OXFORD, Miss. – When graduate student Ben Stepp walks across the stage during the University of Mississippi’s Commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 14), he will do so in the company of his canine companion, Arliegh, a service dog who rarely leaves his side. A retired U.S. Army staff sergeant and an infantry veteran of the IraqRead the story …
UM Alumnus Begins New Career with Service Dog Arliegh at Side
Ben Stepp applies personal experiences in military to new role as counselor
May 13, 2016 by
UM Journalism School Wins Third Kennedy Award
Depth reporting class exposé on 50th anniversary of Voting Rights Act winner in college category
May 12, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the third time in seven years, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi has won an annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award. UM’s depth reporting class won in the college category for “Land of Broken Promises.” The exposé examines the impact of theRead the story …
Booneville Campus Student Honored with Taylor Medal
Summer Sharplin continues family tradition in education field
May 12, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Summer Sharplin, a senior majoring in elementary education at the University of Mississippi at Booneville, has been awarded the university’s highest academic award, the Taylor Medal, during the annual Honors Convocation, which was April 7 on the Oxford campus. She is the daughter of Tony and Tammy Sharplin of Ripley. Attending theRead the story …
UM LIGO Among Recipients of $3 Million Award
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs
May 12, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Physicists at the University of Mississippi will share in a $3 million prize being awarded to more than 1,000 scientists for their historic discovery of gravitational waves. The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics will be shared among Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss and Ronald Drever, founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ObservatoryRead the story …
Yates Wins Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneurship Award
Annual recognition honors graduate advancing family-owned construction firm
May 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – William G. Yates III, president and CEO of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., is the recipient of the 2016 Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneurship award, presented by the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration. The award, named for Ole Miss alumni Jan and Lawrence Farrington, is given annually to a graduate whoRead the story …
‘Gravy’ Wins Second James Beard Foundation Award
May 9, 2016 by
The James Beard Foundation has honored “Gravy,” a product of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, as the nation’s best podcast. In 2015, the foundation named Gravy, the SFA’s quarterly print journal and podcast, as its Publication of the Year. GravyRead the story …
UM Journalism Student Wins Statewide Public Relations Award
Honor one of many presented to Tori Olker this semester
May 6, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi journalism student has been named Mississippi’s Outstanding PR Student by the Public Relations Association of Mississippi. That award is just the latest of many for Tori Olker, a senior print journalism major with an emphasis in public relations. Olker was also awarded a Taylor Medal, the university’s highestRead the story …
UM Offers New Minor in Digital Media Studies
Program will include four emphases with common areas of technology and problem-solving
May 6, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi will offer a new interdisciplinary minor in digital studies designed to equip undergraduate students from many different degree majors with digital computing, design and communication skills to complement their main academic focus. The new minor, offered beginning in fall 2016, will be housed and administered in the College ofRead the story …
Kids in the Capitol Program Gives Fifth-Graders a Look at Government
UM McLean Institute, Department of Political Science collaborate to create opportunities
May 5, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Dozens of middle school students have gotten a close-up look at their state government in action this spring, thanks to the Kids in the Capitol program, developed by the University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement and Department of Political Science. The goal of the outreach project wasRead the story …
DeSoto Campus Students Honored with Taylor Medals
School of Education seniors land university's highest academic award
May 4, 2016 by
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – Two seniors at the University of Mississippi at DeSoto Center-Southaven have been awarded the Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal. Yasmin Ali and Lauren Carson, both elementary education majors, accepted their medals April 7 during the Spring Honors Day Convocation at the Oxford campus. The Taylor Medals, established in 1904, are the university’sRead the story …