OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has matched a recent $1 million pledge from Alabama restaurateur Nick Pihakis to the Southern Foodways Alliance as a way to demonstrate mutual appreciation of the alliance’s work and the leadership of longtime director John T. Edge. Pihakis, cofounder of Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar-B-Q and principal in theRead the story …
University Accepts Challenge of Alabama Restaurateur
Major gift supports future of Southern Foodways Alliance, honors longtime director
February 10, 2018 by
Applied Sciences Doctoral Student, Faculty Featured in TEDx
Emily Frith and Jandel Crutchfield present 'ideas worth spreading'
February 9, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences was well-represented at the recent TEDxUniversityofMississippi event at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Jandel Crutchfield, assistant professor of social work, and doctoral student Emily Frith presented “ideas worth spreading” about creativity and perspective to more than 500 attendees. Frith isRead the story …
Chemistry Professor Receives Prestigious Honor
Davita L. Watkins named 2018 Young Investigator by division of the American Chemical Society
February 9, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi chemistry professor has been awarded a prestigious national honor for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and materials science. Davita L. Watkins, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named a 2018 Young Investigator by the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division, a branch of theRead the story …
Pharmacy Faculty Create Podcast to Inspire Pharmacists
'PharmacyForward' features interviews with profession's leaders
February 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In the first few weeks of 2018, a small group of faculty from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy launched “PharmacyForward,” a podcast featuring interviews with experts and leaders about pharmacy practice, patient care and health care delivery in every setting. The podcast, which has a tagline of “Transforming Knowledge into Action,”Read the story …
Morgan Tapped as Emerging Philanthropist
Ole Miss Women's Council recognizes a 'legacy that matters'
February 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Every morning Markeeva Morgan and his wife, Shaquinta, send their two daughters off to school by emphasizing a message: “Be learners, be leaders and be lights.” “We feel these attributes form a foundation of humble greatness infused with a central compulsion to give forward,” said Morgan, the inaugural recipient of the EmergingRead the story …
Conservator Completes Work on Three Marble Busts at UM Museum
Amy Jones Abbe's weeklong residency also included lectures and public presentations
February 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Amy Jones Abbe, one of the country’s most respected conservators of Greek and Roman sculpture, enjoyed a brief residency at the University of Mississippi Museum last week. The Athens, Georgia, resident divided her time between restoring three busts in the museum’s David M. Robinson Greek and Roman Antiquities Collection and speaking aboutRead the story …
UM Engineers Without Borders Adopting Village in Ecuador
Launching crowdfunding campaign, team advances infrastructure project
February 6, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Entering its seventh year of helping people in developing nations build sound infrastructures, members of the University of Mississippi chapter of Engineers Without Borders are adopting a small village in South America. After working on two primary projects in Togo, West Africa, as well as several minor projects, the UM chapter hasRead the story …
Community Health the Focus of 2018 Waller Lecture
Baltimore community advocate DeJuan Patterson joins lecturer Daniel Mullins for UM presentation
February 6, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – C. Daniel Mullins, professor and chair of the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, will deliver the 2018 Coy W. Waller Distinguished Lecture at the University of Mississippi. The lecture, “Patient-Centered Discovery,” at 11 a.m. Friday (Feb. 9) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the PerformingRead the story …
UM Student Discovers Potentially New Tarantula Species
Andrew Snyder makes find during research trip to Guyana
February 5, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A shiny cobalt blue gleamed in the beam of a flashlight sweeping through the evening darkness of the tangled rainforest in Guyana. Holding the flashlight, University of Mississippi doctoral student Andrew Snyder walked closer to this brilliant blue source, lured by the curiosity twinkling from a small hole in a rotting tree stump. What theRead the story …
Alumnus Ryan Upshaw Reflects on BSU’s Legacy of Service
Time in organization helped him develop leadership skills
February 2, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When he was a freshman at the University of Mississippi in 2002, Ryan Upshaw saw a flyer about the Black Student Union and decided to join with some other classmates. Little did he know, this decision would greatly shape his life. Upshaw, a Moss Point native who earned his undergraduate degree inRead the story …