OXFORD, Miss. – Songbird ecologist and award-winning author and poet J. Drew Lanham is the University of Mississippi‘s 2019 Earth Day keynote speaker. Lanham will discuss “Head to Heart – Creatively Writing the Bridge Between Science and Art,” at 7 p.m. April 24 in Weems Auditorium at the Khayat Law Center. Lanham’s own life experiencesRead the story …
Songbird Ecologist, Author to Deliver Earth Day Keynote
J. Drew Lanham's environmental writing praised as opening 'whole new worlds'
April 19, 2019 by
Impressive Graduate Sparks Fruitful Relationship
B&R Insurance inspired to hire others, supports RMI program
April 18, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi graduate’s resume resulted not only in Brown & Riding Insurance hiring the applicant but also sparked the company’s continuing interest in the university. Learning about the risk management and insurance program and its caliber of students, B&R has been inspired to make a major gift to UM andRead the story …
From the Grove to 30 Rock
Journey to Commencement: Ole Miss senior seeks career in sketch comedy
April 18, 2019 by
Mack Hubbell likes to make people laugh. The University of Mississippi senior grew up a bit of a class clown, used his humor as a campaign strategy while running for Mr. Ole Miss and kept things lighthearted during his time as chaplain for the Kappa Alpha fraternity, a technique that allowed him to break downRead the story …
Cohen-Winans Selected as Jackson Heart Study Scholar
New program will provide intense research training and mentoring
April 17, 2019 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Samantha Cohen-Winans, a doctoral student in health and kinesiology at the University of Mississippi, has been selected as a member of the inaugural cohort of the Robert Smith, M.D. Graduate Scholars Program as part of the Jackson Heart Study’s new Graduate Training and Education Center at the UM Medical Center in Jackson.Read the story …
Mother of Two Develops Passion for Nutrition at UM
Journey to Commencement: Transfer student Emma 'Lee' Floyd balances family, work and education
April 17, 2019 by
Every morning, five days a week, after working an overnight shift in the Memphis area, Emma “Lee” Floyd kisses her husband and two children goodbye and drives an hour to Oxford to study dietetics and nutrition at the University of Mississippi. Click the image below to read Floyd’s story, which is part of the “Journey to Commencement”Read the story …
Magazine Innovation Center’s ACT 9 Experience All About the Students
Annual conference draws all-star list of industry leaders to UM
April 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A who’s who of the international magazine industry will be at the University of Mississippi from April 23 to 25, but it won’t be the movers and shakers of publishing who will be in the spotlight. The real stars of the show, according to ACT 9 Experience founder and coordinator Samir Husni, are theRead the story …
Journalism Student Wins Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award
Grace Marion selected for fighting censorship in high school newspaper
April 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi student has been selected for a Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in the journalism category. Grace Marion, a freshman journalism major from Levittown, Pennsylvania, was chosen for fighting against years of school censorship and for publishing her final investigative article about sexual misconduct records. She wrote andRead the story …
Navy ROTC Works to Support Local Veterans
Fundraiser sells shirts to benefit Mississippi State Veterans Home of Oxford
April 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Navy ROTC program is hoping to give back to Oxford’s military veteran community with a fundraiser that will raise money to support the Mississippi State Veterans Home of Oxford. “We in the Ole Miss ROTC programs receive a lot of support from (local military veteran) organizations and we think it’s alsoRead the story …
Center for the Study of Southern Culture Gets New Director
Kathryn McKee will be the first woman to lead the groundbreaking center's work
April 16, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For only the fourth time in the 40-year history of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, a new director will take the helm. Kathryn McKee, McMullan Associate Professor of Southern Studies and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, begins her new role July 1. “I am humbledRead the story …
Faculty, Students Supporting NASA’s Mission to Mars Program
Civil engineering professor Hunain Alkhateb, colleagues directly involved in technology development
April 15, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As InSight, NASA’s eighth successful probe to Mars, continues to stream information from the surface of the Red Planet, a group of University of Mississippi faculty and students find themselves directly connected to the space agency’s Mission to Mars endeavor. The university’s Additive Manufacturing Research and Education Cluster serves NASA’s Mission toRead the story …