As the newest instructor in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Amanda Patterson (BSGE 01, MS 05) teaches mineralogy for majors, as well as nonmajor courses in physical, historical and environmental geology. “I’m actually a graduate of this department and was already familiar with the great experience the program offers itsRead the story …
Building Communities Around Sustainability
Food Summit examines healthy food for Mississippians
February 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Answers to the question “how do we get healthy food to Mississippians from the field to the table” will be examined Friday (March 1) during a Food Summit in Oxford. The University of Mississippi Department of Public Policy Leadership and the Appalachian Regional Commission, collaborating with the university’s Trent Lott Leadership Institute,Read the story …
UM Scientist’s Space Seeds Onboard for NASA’s SpaceX-2 Launch
Experiment could lead the way to growing edible crops on Mars, moon in future
February 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When NASA launches SpaceX-2 Friday (March 1) at Cape Canaveral, University of Mississippi Graduate School Dean John Z. Kiss will be there observing with great pleasure and high expectations. That’s because Kiss’ seedling growth experiment will be onboard the vessel, which has the International Space Station as its destination. The launch isRead the story …
UM Professor Becomes Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Honor recognizes pioneering use of new technology in drug formulation design
February 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi pharmacy professor has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists for his pioneering work on hot-melt extrusion, a technology that is shaping advanced manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry. Michael A. Repka, professor and chair of pharmaceutics, was nominated for fellowship status by a retiredRead the story …
TEDxTalk Featuring UM Alumna Sandra Bloodworth
February 26, 2013 by
UM alumna Sandra Bloodworth, co-author of Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit and the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design Director, tells the story of the rebirth of the New York subway system thanks in part to the introduction of public art at TEDxCapeMay 2012.
Former UM Basketball, Football Player Hoping to Repay Dallas Cowboys
February 22, 2013 by
DALLAS, Texas – University of Mississippi art professor Matt Long has a longstanding tradition of inviting his ceramics students to his home, where they make pottery in a wood-burning kiln. When the professor altered his tradition by inviting a 6-foot-6-inch, nearly 300-pound Ole Miss Rebel basketball and football player to join the group in 2008,Read the story …
Author to Discuss Her Investigation into the Nation’s Food Industry
Tracie McMillian slated for public lecture Monday at Ford Center
February 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Center for Writing and Rhetoric and the Southern Foodways Alliance have teamed up to co-host a lecture next week by award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan on the realities of our country’s food industry. The lecture, at 7 p.m. Monday (Feb. 25) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for theRead the story …
Environmental Studies Film Series Begins Feb. 20
February 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Environmental Studies program will kick off its second film series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium with a screening of “Surviving Progress.” A second film, “Dirt,” will be shown on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m., also in the Overby Center Auditorium.Read the story …
Video: From the Gridiron to the Classroom
February 19, 2013 by
Former University of Mississippi middle linebacker Jonathan Cornell has gone from breaking through offensive linemen to teaching Meridian High School students about African American literature and public speaking during his first year in the Mississippi Teacher Corps. Video by Brandon Rook.
Ole Miss MBA Students Travel to New York City
Group to tour New York Stock Exchange, network with business executives
February 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students from the University of Mississippi MBA class are preparing to experience the thrill of being in the middle of the high-energy New York Stock Exchange. Peter Costa, a governor and senior floor official of the NYSE, invited the MBA students to come to New York to tour the exchange floor, experienceRead the story …