Watch video of Anna Hailey. Video by Mary Stanton. OXFORD, Miss. – For the third year in a row, University of Mississippi student Anna Hailey will be studying in China this summer. Over the past two summers, the Ole Miss senior from Muscle Shoals, Ala., immersed herself in the language and culture as a ChineseRead the story …
Chancellor Search Advisory Committee Named
March 13, 2009 by
Alice Clark. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has appointed a 23-member Search Advisory Committee to help select the University of Mississippi’s next chancellor. The advisory committee will help the Board Search Committee chaired by Amy Whitten of Oxford find a successor to Chancellor Robert Khayat, who retires June 30. TheRead the story …
Rebel Basketball Game to Promote Business School
February 17, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department are teaming up this weekend to help promote both the business school and women’s basketball. The athletics department has donated 200 free tickets to the business school to distribute among faculty and students for the Sunday (Feb. 22) contestRead the story …
Golf Inc. Magazine Names UM Golf Course Among Top Five Renovated Courses in Nation
February 11, 2009 by
A new water feature on the newly renovated golf course. UM photo by Robert Jordan. OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Golf Course, which reopened in October after a yearlong, $3.5 million renovation, has been named among the top five renovated courses in America by the international magazine Golf Inc. The public course wasRead the story …
UM Space Law Students Partner with MIT Engineering Students on Project
February 10, 2009 by
Joanne Gabrynowicz (left), director of the University of Mississippi National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, and Annalisa Weigel, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talk with UM law students about the legal challenges facing engineers who work on space-related projects. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss.Read the story …
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Ranked Among Nation’s Top 40 Undergraduate Programs
January 13, 2009 by
Students combine their knowledge for a chemistry experiment during a lab in Coulter Hall.UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss. – If there is a science to producing chemistry graduates, the University of Mississippi is certainly developing a reliable formula for it. For the second consecutive year, the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Professional TrainingRead the story …
Pre-College Summer Programs Offer Students Early Experience in College Life, Academic Credit
January 9, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Some high school students go to camp in the summer and some get a job, but at the University of Mississippi, they have the option of experiencing college life a little early. The university’s Division of Outreach and Continuing Education offers a series of pre-college programs this summer that grant both highRead the story …
Introductory Course in Nuclear Engineering Receives Funding, Scheduled for Fall 2009
December 22, 2008 by
Faculty specialist spent five years with Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Elizabeth Ervin OXFORD, Miss. – With global efforts intensifying to find alternatives to fossil fuels, the University of Mississippi is pointing students toward career opportunities in nuclear engineering. With funds from a Nuclear Regulatory Commission education grant, UM’s Department of Civil Engineering has created theRead the story …
Workshops Train 22 Teachers Statewide to Use Alice 3-D Animation Software in Schools
June 18, 2008 by
NSF-funded project may enable state to lead nation in effort LaShonda Levy (left) of Leland Park School, Suzanne Calvert of Pope School (South Panola) and Nancy Cossey of South Pontotoc Attendance Center participate in an Alice graphic software program training workshop at the University of Mississippi. UM photo by Robert Jordan. Download Hi-Res Version OXFORD,Read the story …