OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi public relations students have won first place in a competition among students from universities throughout the Southeast. Tori Olker and Victoria Lanza, both students in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media, won the Southeastern Journalism Conference on-site public relations competition hosted last month by Austin PeayRead the story …
UM Students Take First Place in Regional Public Relations Competition
Winners among 27 awards for Ole Miss in Southeastern Journalism Conference
March 11, 2016 by
UM Study Affirms Treating Insomnia May Ease Migraines
Researchers use behavioral intervention to achieve long-term results
March 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Even relatively brief sessions with a sleep therapist may prove useful in relieving the frequency of migraines for chronic sufferers, concludes a study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi. The study is reported in the February issue of Headache, the flagship journal of the American Headache Society. Todd Smitherman, UM associateRead the story …
UM Students Lead ACT Prep Initiative in North Mississippi
Team 36 program assists more than 100 high school students
March 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Since January, University of Mississippi juniors Ben Logan and Emily Reynolds have traveled to Coffeeville High School once a week to dedicate a few midday hours to leading ACT workshops for nearly a dozen 11th- and 12th–graders at the small-town school. Like thousands of high school students across the state, Coffeeville students spentRead the story …
UM Collaboration Leads to New Research Center in Poland
Pharmacy researchers excited about possibilities of three-year collaboration
March 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A new center devoted to natural products research has been dedicated at Bialystok University of Technology in Poland, due in part to collaboration with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Located in Hajnowka and funded by the European Union, the state-of-the-art Scientific and Research Centre is overseen by Bialystok’s Faculty ofRead the story …
Donors Support Art in Southern Foodways Alliance Programming
Gifts will support creative relationships to bolster SFA events
March 9, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – While food nourishes the body, art nourishes the soul. The Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi expertly blends both into programming, and supporters believe the two will continue to pair well together for years to come. Impressed by the SFA’s use of art to enhance the presentation of Southern foodRead the story …
UM Law Student Featured in National Jurist Magazine
Olivia Hoff is among 25 students selected for inaugural Law Student of the Year feature
March 7, 2016 by
A University of Mississippi law student is among 25 featured in the National Jurist magazine’s inaugural Law Student of the Year feature, showcasing the many talents and accomplishments of law students across the country. Olivia Hoff’s name was submitted by the School of Law to be considered for one of the coveted 25 spots. Hoff, aRead the story …
UM Concert Singers Part of ACDA Performance
Group members are excited about opportunity to sing at convention
March 7, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As part of an invitation-only, 175-voice chorus, the University of Mississippi Concert Singers will perform March 10 at the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Convention. Forty-nine members of the UM ensemble will join singers from three other institutions to perform “Hymnus Paradisi” by Herbert Howells at the Tivoli Theater in Chattanooga,Read the story …
Longtime Educator Donates $250,000 to UM School of Education
Bob Depro's gift to support scholars of social studies
March 5, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Bob Depro has called basketball games as the PA announcer for the Sikeston (Missouri) Senior High School Bulldogs for 53 years. He’s passionate about his support of the team, but there’s one thing he’s even more passionate about: education. “Very few people have an opportunity as I have for the last 51Read the story …
UM Pharmacy Graduate Student Partners with St. Jude
Nick Keeling works to strengthen hospital safety
March 3, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Through a relatively new fellowship, a graduate student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is working at one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Nick Keeling, who is pursuing a doctorate in pharmacy administration, is working under the hospital’s chiefRead the story …
UM Lazarus Project Attracts International Collaborations
Spectral scanning program launches three-year effort to recover medieval manuscripts in France
March 3, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When the Lazarus Project began five years ago at the University of Mississippi, Gregory Heyworth and his colleagues envisioned using multispectral scanning to recover, digitize and preserve damaged manuscripts in danger of being lost forever. But after several successful efforts, the program is exceeding its creator’s wildest imaginations as proposals for collaborationsRead the story …