OXFORD, Miss. – An innovative delivery method for tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, is being developed at the University of Mississippi. School of Pharmacy faculty members Michael A. Repka, Soumyajit Majumdar and Mahmoud A. ElSohly have developed a transmucosal THC patch to overcome problems related to taking the drug in pill form. TheRead the story …
Three UM Scientists Develop Innovative Method to Deliver THC
Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption
December 15, 2012 by
Longtime UM Engineering Educator, Administrator Damon Wall Dies at 80
Professor remembered as a mentor, colleague, encourager and loyal friend
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Damon Wall, 80, a longtime engineering educator, administrator and mentor to hundreds of students and faculty members at the University of Mississippi, died Friday (Dec. 14) at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Assistant dean emeritus of the School of Engineering and associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering, Wall wasRead the story …
Three UM Scientists Develop Innovative Method to Deliver THC
Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An innovative delivery method for tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, is being developed at the University of Mississippi. School of Pharmacy faculty members Michael A. Repka, Soumyajit Majumdar and Mahmoud A. ElSohly have developed a transmucosal THC patch to overcome problems related to taking the drug in pill form.Read the story …
Inside The Diabetic Shoppe
UM alumnus turns his Charleston pharmacy into a multimillion-dollar business
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert Salmon opened a drugstore, Southern Discount Drugs, across the street from a clinic in Charleston in 1980. Fifteen years later, he and his pharmacy technician began packaging diabetic testing supplies in a back room of the drugstore and mailing them to patients. Since then, the University of Mississippi alumnus hasRead the story …
Professor Receives $1.6 Million to Study Potential Hepatitis C Drugs
UM graduate students contribute to pharmaceutical research
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi pharmacognosy professor has been awarded a $1.6 million Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct studies on potential drugs for hepatitis C. “There is a significant need for new drugs to treat hepatitis C,” said Mark T. Hamann, principal investigator on the project. “BasedRead the story …
Snow Named National Play Therapy Chair
UM Counseling scholar leads governing body for U.S. play therapists
December 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Marilyn Snow, a leading expert in the growing mental health field of play therapy and a University of Mississippi professor, has been appointed chair of the board of directors for the Association for Play Therapy, the governing body for play therapists in the United States. Snow, a licensed professional counselor andRead the story …
First African-American Homecoming Queen Makes Essence Magazine List
Courtney Pearson shares company of Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams
December 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – By being elected the University of Mississippi’s first African-American homecoming queen, Courtney Roxanne Pearson has made Essence Magazine’s “25 Reasons We’re Proud to Be Black Women” list. The 21-year-old senior English secondary education major from Memphis is No. 20 on the list, which includes such notables as first lady Michelle Obama,Read the story …
Pechenik Receives Paragon Award for Excellence in Online Instruction
Instructor finds that distance learning opens new possibilities for students
December 7, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Anna Pechenik, an instructor in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, has received the 2012 Paragon for Excellence in Distance Learning Education. The annual award recognizes an outstanding faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in instruction and service to Ole Miss students through the useRead the story …
UM Graduate Dissertation Receives Top Award
St. George Tucker Society Honors Jay Langdale for 'Superfluous Southerners'
December 7, 2012 by
CUTHBERT, Ga. – Assistant Professor of History and Coordinator of the Social Science Division, Jay Langdale Ph.D., recently had the revised manuscript of his doctoral dissertation titled Superfluous Southerners: Cultural Conservatism and the South published by the University of Missouri Press. The St. George Tucker Society awarded it the 2006 M.E. Bradford Dissertation Prize, anRead the story …
Bryant Bolsters Confidence in State’s Aerospace Industry
Governor reaffirms commitment to educational equality to ensure Mississippi maintains a stable work force
December 4, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Praising the role of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi in assisting aerospace manufacturing operations around Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant reaffirmed his commitment Tuesday to maintain and increase an educated work force for present and future employers. “Mississippi is working for so many people inRead the story …