OXFORD, Miss. – Cultural geographer Catarina Passidomo is joining the faculty of the University of Mississippi, where she is to merge the study of food and society through a joint appointment in the departments of Southern studies and sociology and anthropology. Passidomo will teach foodways courses to undergraduate and graduate students. In 2013, the SouthernRead the story …
New Professor Hired to Teach Foodways Classes
Catarina Passidomo's research, teaching interests blend studies of community, food and geography
May 23, 2014 by
UM Integrated Marketing Communications Program Grows to 500 Students
Meek School of Journalism and New Media created emphasis just three years ago
May 22, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Meek School of Journalism and New Media’s undergraduate program in integrated marketing communications has swelled to more than 500 students since the course’s first classes were taught in the fall of 2011. At the start of 2011 fall semester just 80 undergraduate students were majoring in integrated marketingRead the story …
Pharmacy School Names Distinguished Teaching Scholars
Faculty recognized for teaching excellence and dedication to student success
May 21, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Three faculty members in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy have been honored by its Distinguished Teaching Scholars Program, which recognizes excellence in teaching and dedication to student achievement. Erin Holmes, assistant professor of pharmacy administration; Daniel Riche, associate professor of pharmacy practice and medicine; and Kristine Willett, professor of pharmacology,Read the story …
Pharmacy School Honors Distinguished Alumnus
Syed Abidi honored for professional accomplishments, service
May 21, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy recently honored alumnus Syed Abidi, CEO of Phaharmaceutics International Inc., for his outstanding career and service to the school. Abidi, who earned a doctoral degree in pharmaceutics in 1980, was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award April 5 during the school’s annualRead the story …
Two Students Inducted into UM Pharmacy Hall of Fame
Honorees selected for scholastic and professional contributions
May 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two Doctor of Pharmacy graduates at the University of Mississippi were inducted into the School of Pharmacy Hall of Fame during spring commencement ceremonies. Geremy Carpenter of Jackson and Michael “Andy” Kennedy of Quitman were selected by their classmates for their scholastic and professional contributions to the school. Carpenter was president ofRead the story …
Law School’s Tax Clinic Has Best Year Yet
Student preparers helped more than 250 clients obtain $212,000 in refunds
May 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law VITA Tax Clinic continues to provide valuable work and service to the Oxford community, with this tax season bringing more success than ever. Student preparers helped clients with 199 Federal e-files, 55 federal paper returns and 254 total returns this year, said Adrea Watford, student director ofRead the story …
Mark Wagenaar Chosen as UM Summer Poet in Residence
Selection committee praises 'strong elegiac line' in author's work, look forward to his residency
May 19, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mark Wagenaar has been chosen as the eighth annual Summer Poet in Residence at the University of Mississippi. Wagenaar is the 2013 winner of the James Wright Poetry Prize, the Poetry International Prize and the Yellowwood Poetry Prize. His debut manuscript, “Voodoo Inverso,” was the 2012 winner of the University of WisconsinRead the story …
Adam Gussow Finds Many Ways to Teach Blues Culture
Professor, music scholar and professional musician blends life experience with academic expertise
May 19, 2014 by
WATER VALLEY, Miss. – In the mastering room at the Dial Back Sound Recording Studio, the struggles of creation reverberate from the egg crate walls. Those walls were engineered to deliver pure sounds to inspire musicians and remind them of reasons they came together and wrote songs, or why guitar riffs invoke emotions or why,Read the story …
Peralta Named Mississippi’s First Knowles Teaching Fellow
STEM teaching fellowship to provide up to $175,000 for Ole Miss alumna
May 16, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi graduate student Jessica Fancher Peralta doesn’t begin her first year of teaching until this fall, but she has already landed a sizable bonus. The Mooreville native is the first Mississippian to receive a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship worth $175,000. A five-year fellowship for early-career STEM teachers across theRead the story …
UM Alumna Leads Tupelo High School Team to World Robotics Competition
Wood credits university courses, professors with preparing her for teaching career
May 15, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Though she didn’t know it at the time, before Amanda Gamble Wood graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2010, she was already being prepared to take the seat at the front of the classroom. Wood, who earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and another bachelors’ in mathematics, set out with aRead the story …