OXFORD, Miss. – More than 60 University of Mississippi staff and students are working to get area eighth-graders thinking about their future at the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo this week. The event began today (Oct. 4) and ends Thursday (Oct. 6) at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. With the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund atRead the story …
Meet Olivia Walt: ‘Wonder Woman’ of Yates Construction
General engineering alumna among company's youngest directors
September 30, 2016 by
In the 1970s television series “Wonder Woman,” Diana Prince is transformed from an exceptional special agent into the powerful Amazonian heroine with a few simple moves. Like the fictional character, Olivia Walt has evolved from a promising 2015 University of Mississippi general engineering graduate to director of business development at Yates Construction in Jackson. Walt,Read the story …
Chemical Engineering Professors Lead Sustainable Energy & Environment Project
Wei-Yin Chen and Nosa Egiebor are co-principal investigators for collaborative $1.6 million grant
September 30, 2016 by
Two heads are better than one, especially when a multimillion-dollar research grant is involved. University of Mississippi chemical engineering professors Wei-Yin Chen and Nosa Egiebor are the co-principal investigators of the UM Sustainable Energy and Environment research group. SEE has been awarded $1.6 million of the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Track II grant for “CollaborativeRead the story …
16 UM Students Awarded Engineering Scholarships
Scholars are recipients of prestigious Brevard, John G. Adler and Harper Johnson gifts
September 30, 2016 by
Sixteen University of Mississippi students have been named scholarship recipients this fall in the School of Engineering. Representing Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, they are this year’s Brevard, John G. Adler and Harper Johnson scholars. This exceptional group of students posted an average ACT score of 32.3 and an average 3.92 high school grade-point average. “EachRead the story …