OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor is opening her fall religion course to people in the Lafayette-Oxford-University community, inviting them to come learn what both the Bible and the Quran teach on several topics. The class, REL 300: Comparative World Religions: Bible and Quran, meets from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays at variousRead the story …
Religion Course Open to LOU Community
Free sessions focus on comparing Christianity and Islam
August 25, 2017 by
McLean Institute Hosts Virtual Reality Experience
Public will get a glimpse of technology work conducted in the Delta
August 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will host a virtual reality experience for students in the Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development program Thursday (Aug. 24) at the Innovation Hub at Insight Park Vince Jordan, CEO and president of virtual reality production company Lobaki, will join theRead the story …
Archaeology Field School Led by UM Professor Gets National Attention
Carter Robinson mound site also to be featured this fall in American Archaeology magazine
August 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students participated this summer in a four-week field school excavating the remains of a Native American house at the Carter Robinson Mound site in Ewing, Virginia. The field school, led by Maureen Meyers, assistant professor of anthropology, returned to a house on the site that was partially excavated inRead the story …
Barbour to Receive Geographic Visionary Award
UM's Mississippi Geographic Alliance to honor former governor Sept. 7
August 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Geographic Alliance at the University of Mississippi will honor former Gov. Haley Barbour with its MGA Geographic Visionary Award at the fifth annual awards ceremony Sept. 7. News analyst, White House correspondent and author Ellen Ratner will be the keynote speaker. The event is set for 6 p.m. at the MississippiRead the story …
Honors College Debuts Exhibit in New Building with ‘America Selfie’
Mississippi native Laura Elkins offers a portrait of America through paintings
August 20, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College will debut a site-specific exhibit by painter Laura Elkins this week in some of its renovated space that was dedicated last spring. The installation, titled “America Selfie,” is a contemporary take on history painting and uses current events, American history, national symbols and both contemporary andRead the story …
First-Year Pharmacy Students Receive White Coats
115 students take the Pledge of Professionalism at annual ceremony
August 15, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For 115 first-year pharmacy students, the school year unofficially began Thursday (Aug. 10) at the White Coat Ceremony, where each received his or her white coat, a symbol of professionalism. The annual event is an opportunity to formally impart the seriousness of a pharmacist’s responsibility to new pharmacy students. The students willRead the story …
NCNPR Signs Collaboration Agreement with Australian University
Research center has partnerships on all inhabited continents
August 10, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute of Complementary Medicine in Australia, making the NCNPR part of research collaborations on every inhabited continent. The agreement will allow the two entities to work together onRead the story …
Accounting Librarian Wins International Lifetime Achievement Award
Royce Kurtz honored for his work to make materials available for researchers worldwide
August 9, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Royce Kurtz, who has shaped the University of Mississippi‘s accounting library for the last 16 years, has been honored with an international award for his efforts. Kurtz, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants research and instruction librarian and associate professor, has won the Academy of Accounting Historians’ Hourglass Award for lifetime achievement.Read the story …
Ralph Eubanks to Serve as Visiting Professor at UM
Alumnus and author will teach courses in Southern studies and English
August 8, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Author and journalist Ralph Eubanks returns to the University of Mississippi this fall, this time as a visiting professor. The Mount Olive native will teach a Southern studies course this fall and an English course during the spring semester. His Southern studies course, SST 598: Special Topics, examines the American South throughRead the story …
McLean Institute ELC Program Helps Students Improve Communities
Entrepreneurial leadership classes taught in three Mississippi counties
August 7, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly 60 elementary and middle school students in Mississippi have been exposed to entrepreneurial leadership skills this summer, thanks to a traveling program sponsored by the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi. The Entrepreneurial Learning Center began meeting in Charleston in late May. It movedRead the story …