Potlikker Film Festival Scheduled Aug. 22 at Powerhouse in Oxford

OXFORD, Miss. - Food, drink and films highlight the Potlikker Film Festival scheduled Aug. 22 at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center in Oxford.

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Letters Provide Insight into Faulkner's Creative Process for 'A Fable'

OXFORD, Miss. - A significant addition to the William Faulkner Collection at the University of Mississippi was announced Wednesday evening on the grounds of the Nobel laureate's home, Rowan Oak, during the 35th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

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THREE DAYS FROM FREEDOM: Mississippi Innocence Project Contributes to Exonerations

Levon Brooks was exonerated of a murder conviction in March in the Noxubee County Courthouse after 18 years wrongfully imprisoned. UM photo by Joe York.

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The Blues, the Devil and Juke Joints: University Efforts Credited With Helping Keep the Blues Alive

Greg Johnson, curator of the blues archive views some of the artifacts in the collection.

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Mathematics Professor Tristan Denley Named Fellow of Planned Residential College

OXFORD. Miss. - Tristan Denley, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Mississippi, will welcome some 450 students to his family of four in August 2009 when UM's first of two planned residential colleges opens.

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Historic Presidential Election, Debate Focus Spotlight On Racial Progress at University of Mississippi

OXFORD, Miss. – With an African-American expected to accept the Democratic nomination for president Aug. 28, many voters are examining their attitudes toward one of the nation’s most perplexing and pervasive issues – race. At the University of Mississippi, the examination has been going on since 1962.

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