OXFORD, Miss. – Recognized for designing the HIV drug abacavir, medicinal chemist Robert Vince is to deliver the 2014 Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture at the University of Mississippi. Sponsored by the School of Pharmacy, the lecture will be held at 11 a.m. April 2 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.Read the story …
Designer of HIV Drug Abacavir to Give UM Hartman Lecture
Robert Vince plans to discuss drug design 'adventures' in April 2 speech
March 20, 2014 by
UM Family Law Moot Court Team Wins National Title
Win marks school's second championship this year
March 14, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law won its second national moot court championship this year, this time in family law. The win was secured March 1 by second-year students Trey Lyons and Eric Duke at the Gabrielli National Moot Court Competition at Albany Law School in New York. The student pairRead the story …
Public Policy Leadership Students Invited to Present at Conferences
Four UM juniors preparing to share their research, conclusions at national meetings
March 12, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Dynamic teachers and students who stretch their minds beyond their comfort zones are a winning combination at the University of Mississippi. Such a match has produced four public policy leadership majors who have been invited to present papers at national conferences this spring. The papers were required writing last semester in theRead the story …
UM Pharmacy Student Advances to National Competition
Kayla Snow to attend APhA's National Patient Counseling Competition in March
March 12, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After winning a local patient counseling competition sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists, a University of Mississippi pharmacy student will advance to a national competition later this month. Kayla Snow, an Okolona native in her second professional year of pharmacy school, will attend APhA’s annual meeting March 28-31 inRead the story …
Pharmacy Alumni Weekend Scheduled for April 4-5
Classes of 1954, '64, '74, '84, '89, '94 and 2004 celebrating reunions
March 11, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Pharmacy is encouraging all its graduates to register for Pharmacy Alumni Weekend, to be held April 4-5 in Oxford. “I am greatly looking forward to reconnecting with our alumni during Pharmacy Weekend,” said David D. Allen, the school’s dean. “It’s always a wonderful time of fun and fellowship.” CelebratingRead the story …
UM Doctoral Student Develops Common Core Project for Oxford Teachers
Class project by UM education students provides resources for Oxford teachers
March 11, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two large trunks packed with binders and hand-crafted games may seem like an unlikely donation, but at least two teachers at Oxford Elementary School couldn’t be happier about the delivery. University of Mississippi doctoral student Jessica Simpson, of Oxford, and UM School of Education faculty members Denise Soares and Susan McClelland recentlyRead the story …
NIUST Makes Deep-Sea Challenges Fun in the Classroom
UM-based research center shares robot technology with fourth-grade classes
March 11, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nothing excites kids like robots, except maybe getting to build and operate one. That’s exactly what lucky fourth-graders at Regents School of Oxford enjoyed recently when specialists from the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology visited their classroom. NIUST is a collaboration between the University of Mississippi and the University ofRead the story …
UM Journalism School Offers Narrative-Focused Master’s Degree
Students will take multimedia storytelling, documentary classes
March 8, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media has developed a specialized professional master’s degree to train journalists in the art of narrative storytelling. The new program is aimed at helping media professionals improve their narrative storytelling across multiple media platforms. The new degree comes at a time whenRead the story …
Partnership to Screen Films on America’s Civil Rights Struggle
Initial film delayed by snow rescheduled for March 18, other events slated throughout year
March 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Several community and University of Mississippi entities are partnering to offer film screenings and discussions of four documentaries focusing on civil rights in America. Some of the events, which were postponed from February because of winter weather, are set for March 18. The series of events is part of “Created Equal: America’sRead the story …
Planned Gift Honors Pharmacy Alumnus
Gladys Garrett pledges $100,000 to support scholarships, renovations
March 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Setting foot on the University of Mississippi campus brings back countless memories for Nashville native Gladys Garrett. “In the ’40s, Ole Miss was nothing like it is now, and neither was Oxford,” Garrett said. “We didn’t even have a hotel. When my husband graduated, the neighbors put his family up so theyRead the story …