OXFORD, Miss. – The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Mississippi will offer a free parent workshop on Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to noon to help families better understand if their child’s behavioral issues are actually sensory issues. “A child’s tantrums or inattentiveness are not always strictly behavioral problemsRead the story …
Communication Sciences and Disorders Workshop for Parents of Children with Disabilities Set for Saturday
Clinician and educator address children's behavioral problems as potential sensory issues
June 12, 2018 by
Center Director Named William Winter Professor of History
Ted Ownby selected to be third holder of prestigious position
June 11, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Ted Ownby fulfills many roles. He recently added one more to the list as the university’s William F. Winter Professor of History. In 1992, the University of Mississippi Foundation established an endowment fund to promote and recognizeRead the story …
University Appoints Erica McKinley as General Counsel
Respected attorney brings 20 years of experience in private and public sectors
June 11, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has appointed Erica McKinley as general counsel. McKinley, former chief operating officer for the National Basketball Players Association, is an attorney with nearly 20 years of global legal experience in the private and public sector. As general counsel, McKinley will serve as the university’s chief legal officer. SheRead the story …
UM Scientists Work toward Natural Remedy for Bedbugs
NCNPR researchers look for safer solution in pest management
June 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It’s a fear for children that monsters reside under the bed. But those monsters could be living on the mattress or in the sheets. They’re called bedbugs. However, scientists with the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy are searching for a natural remedy toRead the story …
Pharmacy Administration Graduate Student Receives Fellowship
Ashley Crumby will continue her dissertation research on mentor relationships
June 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ashley Crumby, a graduate student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, was named a recipient of the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences given by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Crumby will use her fellowship to continue research for her dissertation on “Valuation of mentorship in pharmacy education and theRead the story …
Alumna Begins Endowment to Rename Magazine Innovation Center
Amy Lyles Wilson seeks to name the unit after journalism professor Samir Husni
June 4, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumna Amy Lyles Wilson is working to raise $100,000 to rename the Magazine Innovation Center at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media for the center’s longtime director and journalism professor Samir Husni. A former student of Husni’s, Wilson wants to rename the foundation of the university’s magazineRead the story …
Duffs Honor Late Father with Major Gift
Contribution supports Ole Miss' inaugural Flagship Constellations
June 2, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The youngest of five children and the first in his family to pursue higher education, Ernest Duff left his small home town of Columbia to attend the University of Mississippi, where “his eyes were opened and his mind enlarged.” Duff became a widely respected attorney, visionary, entrepreneur and community leader who alwaysRead the story …
UM Film Nominated for Regional Emmy
'Shake 'Em on Down' was produced by the Southern Documentary Project
June 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi filmmakers have been nominated for a 2018 Southeast Emmy Award for their documentary chronicling the life and music of a regional bluesman. “Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell,” a 55-minute film produced as part of the Southern Documentary Project, housed in the university’s CenterRead the story …
Liberal Arts Dean Named Fellow in Society of Behavioral Medicine
Psychology professor Lee Cohen joins prestigious group of scholars
May 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lee M. Cohen, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of psychology at the University of Mississippi, has been named a fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Fellow status is a distinction conferred by SBM on full members in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the scienceRead the story …
Pharmacy Graduate Student Earns Student Exchange Award
Ann Fairly Barnett will research pollution effects on oysters in Ocean Springs
May 30, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ann Fairly Barnett, a University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy graduate student, has received the Student Training Exchange Opportunity award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The award will allow Barnett to conduct research in the Shoemaker Toxicology Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory inRead the story …