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Leigh Anne Tuohy is the Tennessee firecracker played by Sandra Bullock in her Oscar-winning performance in the 2009 film The Blind Side. In case you missed the movie, Tuohy and her husband Sean were driving one evening when they saw 16-year-old Michael Oher in a tee-shirt and shorts at a bus stop — in the snow. Leigh Anne made her husband turn around and pick him up.
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is building a new mechanical plant north of Kinard Hall to support chilled and hot water demand for heating and cooling in that area of campus. The new facility will provide additional capacity to support new facilities for housing and academics, said Chad Hunter, associate university architect. TheRead the story …
OXFORD, Miss. – Michael Metcalf devoted much of his three-decade career to promoting foreign language and culture studies. Now, he is ensuring that University of Mississippi students have opportunities to achieve high levels of language proficiency by studying abroad. The former executive director of the university’s Croft Institute for International Studies has contributed $200,000 toRead the story …
ChatGPT in evaluation – An opportunity for greater creativity? By Natalie Simon As debate rages over the possibilities and risks to higher education of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, evaluators are also asking what role AI and machine learning can play in their field. Speaking at a virtual symposium hosted by the Centre for ResearchRead the story …
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