OXFORD, Miss. – The LOU Symphony Orchestra performed Oct. 26 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts to a small audience of families and friends of the performers. The audience may have been limited, but the program offered beautiful, expansive music. The concert was recorded, and the University of Mississippi Department ofRead the story …
Free Symphony Performance Streams Online
LOU Symphony celebrates Chickasaw composer in concert available to all via YouTube
November 30, 2020 by
Graduate Students Helping Organize 2021 ComSciCon-Atlanta
Annual workshop helps participants hone their science communication skills
November 30, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students are co-organizers of an upcoming workshop aimed at helping graduate students in the Southeast hone their skills in science communication. Sumeet Kulkarni, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Kritika Gupta, a doctoral student from the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, areRead the story …
Gift Supports Third-Year Law Students
First recipient named for new scholarship that honors alumnus, telecommunications attorney
November 28, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A $100,000 gift created the James R. Billingsley Third-Year Law Scholarship Fund, which gives each recipient $10,000 toward tuition for their final year at the University of Mississippi School of Law. The first recipient, Jonathon Hoskins, of Banks, Arkansas, said the award comes at an opportune time. “I’ve exhausted my GI benefits,Read the story …
Chemistry Professors Innovate to Run Labs Safely Amid Pandemic
From individual Plexiglas cubicles to carefully coordinated schedules, faculty put forth 'herculean effort' to continue in-person instruction
November 27, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chemistry professors could lecture about displacement reactions in their sleep, but one displacement problem had them stumped as they planned for fall semester. How could some 1,000 University of Mississippi students, many suddenly uprooted last spring, attend lab sessions during a global pandemic? When classes started in August, Mississippi’s Department of HealthRead the story …
Ole Miss Rugby Club Helps Develop Business Majors
UM players use classroom skills to help organization on and off the field
November 25, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Since 1974, the Ole Miss Rugby Club has provided University of Mississippi students with a competitive sport they can play with absolutely no experience. The majority of members do not know how to play initially, but through hard work and determination, they become assets to their team. Hudson Smith, a junior marketingRead the story …
Ryan Whittington Named to Business Journal’s Top 50 Under 40
UM marketing and brand strategy director honored among the state's top young leaders
November 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ryan Whittington, the University of Mississippi‘s marketing and brand strategy director, has been named to the Mississippi Business Journal‘s Top 50 Under 40 for 2020, which recognizes outstanding young business leaders across the state. The annual awards for outstanding young professionals in the state were announced recently, featuring a diverse list ofRead the story …
Biologists Developing Mobile App for Coastal Marine Assessment
Glenn Parsons and Richard Buchholz lead new Gulf of Mexico Citizen Scientist Initiative
November 23, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In the age of crowdfunding and viral media, two University of Mississippi biologists are developing a mobile phone app that will allow “citizen scientists” to conduct marine assessments on the north central Gulf of Mexico. Professors Glenn Parsons and Richard Buchholz have partnered to create a Mobile App for Marine Assessment asRead the story …
New Fund Aims to Create Opportunities for Engineering Upperclassmen
Young alumni 'pay it forward' with O'Haver Scholarship
November 21, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – By creating the Dr. John O’Haver Chemical Engineering Scholarship, two University of Mississippi graduates are expressing their appreciation to a beloved professor and the generous donors who provided the financial assistance they enjoyed. Joanna and Alex Harrelson, 2013 Ole Miss graduates, said the scholarship they established also serves as a way toRead the story …
Mastering a Musical Balancing Act
UM instructor David Carlisle earns doctorate while teaching, performing
November 20, 2020 by
OXFORD – David Carlisle knows how to keep a lot of balls in the air. Carlisle teaches and performs as an adjunct instructor in the University of Mississippi Department of Music. He is also principal percussionist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, which carries responsibilities far beyond performing, and he recently completed his Doctor of MusicalRead the story …
Financiers Club Takes Second in TVA Investment Challenge
Business students achieved university's highest finish to date in financial competition
November 19, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eleven sectors of students from the Financiers Club at the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration brought new ideas and insights to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Investment Challenge, making history in the rankings. The Financiers Club placed second out of 24 schools for the first time since the inception of thisRead the story …