OXFORD, Miss. – For two decades, David Pasco has pursued the discovery of plants that can enhance a person’s immune system. Pasco, a pharmacognosist, is a longtime researcher and associate director of the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research and director of the Drug Discovery Core at the University of Mississippi MedicalRead the story …
UM Cancer Institute Researchers Receive International Recognition
Team honored for work revealing bacterial role in echinacea's immune-boosting power
September 5, 2017 by
State Organization Awards Three UM Pharmacy Professors
Professional society honors innovation and service
September 4, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Three University of Mississippi professors from the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacy Practice were honored at the annual Mississippi Society for Health-System Pharmacists meeting. Laurie Fleming, clinical associate professor at the pharmacy school, was the Health-System Pharmacist of the Year Award winner, chosen for her outstanding service, collaboration and significant contributionsRead the story …
Overstreet Gift to Help Low-Income Students Attend UM
Estate gift supports Ole Miss Opportunity program
September 2, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An estate gift provided by the late Katie Mae Overstreet, of Oxford, will help give lower-income Mississippians an opportunity to attend the University of Mississippi. Overstreet’s gift was designated by her sons, Mike and Larry Overstreet, both of Oxford, to support the Ole Miss Opportunity Scholarship program, which provides financial aid forRead the story …
UM Student Selected as Inaugural Ira Wolf Scholar
Gwenafaye McCormick to spend 2017-18 academic year studying in Japan
September 1, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi student is the first to receive a prestigious new scholarship from the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation. Gwenafaye McCormick, a junior international studies and biology major from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the inaugural recipient of the Ira Wolf Scholarship. She will study Japanese culture and history at Waseda University in TokyoRead the story …
Calling All Connections
Alumni, constituents asked to submit suggestions for 2017-18 Ole Miss Engineer
September 1, 2017 by
Engineering friends, I have had the privilege of serving as one of the editors the past few years and more recently as editor-in-chief of Ole Miss Engineer magazine. We are gearing up for the 2017-18 edition now. I so enjoy collecting great articles to share with our alumni, friends, prospective and current students, visitors andRead the story …
Engineering Students Enjoy Summer Internships
Prospective employers provide employment, training to four from UM
September 1, 2017 by
Professional development is vital to the preparation of future engineers. Students who graduate with some type of internship experience are more likely to gain employment upon graduation than those who do not, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Many students receive employment offers directly from their internship employers. This past summer, severalRead the story …
UM Engineering Faculty Collaborates on Deep-Space Communications
Team includes researchers at Jackson State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 1, 2017 by
Three University of Mississippi engineering professors are collaborating with colleagues at Jackson State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve communications with deep-space probes and, perhaps even, manned missions. Lei Cao, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan and John Daigle, all professors of electrical engineering, are working with researchers at Jackson State University and the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRead the story …
UM, Jackson Prep Offer Pre-Engineering Course
Marni Kendricks and Marsha Hobbs co-teach Engineering 100
September 1, 2017 by
Marsha Hobbs had been teaching physics and engineering courses at Jackson Preparatory School for two decades when she decided it was time for a change: not where she taught or what she taught, but how she taught. “I just thought it was time for a 21st-century approach,” said Hobbs, who holds degrees in physics andRead the story …
Mathematics Professor Awarded Prestigious Ralph E. Powe Grant
Thái Hoàng Lê will use funds to study prime numbers
August 31, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi faculty member has been selected for a prestigious Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Thái Hoàng Lê, assistant professor of mathematics, is the third UM faculty member to win the honor. The awards, which run for one year, provide seed money forRead the story …
NCNPR Director Named Honorary Member of Pharmacognosy Society
Ikhlas Khan recognized for his service to the professional group
August 29, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ikhlas Khan, director of the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been named an honorary member of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. Pharmacognosy, the study of medicinal drugs made from plants and other natural sources, is at the heart of Khan’s more-than-25-year careerRead the story …