OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration and University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Health Related Professions have launched a new part-time option for the online master of health care administration program. “The new three year, part-time option is a response to the demand we have seen from mid-career professionals,Read the story …
NFSMI Welcomes White House Chef
March 29, 2012 by
Sam Kass, White House Assistant Chef, spoke with school chefs, dieticians, and directors at the NFSMI Second Annual Major Cities Training Symposium at Ole Miss today. Video by Mary Stanton.
Ecocritic to Discuss Shakespeare Standard April 3
March 28, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Noted scholar Robert Watson gives the 40th annual James Edwin Savage Lecture in the Renaissance April 3 at the University of Mississippi. His lecture, “Eco vs. Ego in Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’” is a free, public event at 7 p.m. in Bondurant Auditorium. “Professor Watson is an accomplished Renaissance scholar who willRead the story …
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Expert to Deliver Annual Borne Lecture
March 28, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Michael Owens, director of the Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is set to deliver the annual Ronald F. Borne Distinguished Lecture in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Mississippi. The lecture, at 11 a.m. April 10 in the Thad Cochran Research CenterRead the story …
High School Students Create Art that Reflects Their Hometowns
March 27, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With cameras in hand, 22 Mississippi high school students and eight teachers are discovering that art exists everywhere, even in the smallest communities. The Wide Angle Learning project, which allows high school students to plan and create original art projects, is in its second year. The project is coordinated through the MississippiRead the story …
Biloxi Teacher, UM Alum Named Teacher of the Year at Gulf Coast School
March 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Amber Watkins, a 2009 elementary education graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Education, seems to be a natural teacher. In fact, only a year-and-a-half into her teaching career, she’s been honored as Teacher of the Year for Woolmarket Elementary School in Biloxi. “There are so many reasons I love whatRead the story …
Hapten Sciences Licenses Promising Poison Ivy Preventative
March 26, 2012 by
… Developers hopes to put brakes on poison ivy rash OXFORD, Miss. – Hapten Sciences Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., has licensed a compound developed by ElSohly Laboratories Inc. and University of Mississippi pharmaceutical researchers to prevent reactions to poison ivy, oak and sumac. The compound, HPT-721, is being developed for the prevention of contact dermatitisRead the story …
Principal Corps Cohort Addresses House Education Committee
March 22, 2012 by
… Jim Barksdale charges group to reform state’s educational system OXFORD, Miss. – Benjamin Barlow started his career in education 10 years ago as an English and language arts teacher at Rankin County High School. He recently talked to the Mississippi House of Representatives education committee in Jackson about why he is ready to becomeRead the story …
Medicinal Plant, Dietary Supplement Guru Gets Honorary Degree
March 22, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An international expert on dietary supplements and pharmacognosy professor at the University of Mississippi has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Hamdard University in New Delhi. Ikhlas A. Khan, who also serves as assistant director of the UM School of Pharmacy’s National Center for Natural Products Research and director of its FDARead the story …
UM Students Use Technology to Analyze Shakespeare’s Signature
March 20, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Before William Shakespeare created such literary and stage classics as “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet,” the legendary playwright may have labored over property deeds and other mundane legal documents. Did Shakespeare work as an attorney before achieving immortality at the Globe Theatre? That’s one of the theories a University of Mississippi professorRead the story …