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Pharmacology Professor Works to Reverse Impact of Opioids on HIV

Jason Paris researches therapies for cognitive disorders caused by opioid use in patients

OXFORD, Miss. – The opioid epidemic has reached new heights across the United States, becoming one of the nation’s leading causes of death. Though opioid abuse can be dangerous for anyone, those diagnosed with HIV can see increased adverse effects on their brain and nervous system. Jason Paris, assistant professor of pharmacology at the UniversityRead the story …

Matching Gift to Benefit Medgar Evers Scholarship in Law

Alumnus, former professor challenges others to contribute to endowment

OXFORD, Miss. – John Robin Bradley, a native of Inverness, is challenging the University of Mississippi Office of Development to raise $100,000 for the Medgar Evers Scholarship in Law Endowment. In turn, he has agreed to match up to the total goal amount himself. Bradley, law professor emeritus, wants the scholarship endowment to grow andRead the story …

Reverse Transfer Program Offers Degree Opportunity

Plan allows community college transfers to earn associate's degree while completing coursework at four-year colleges

OXFORD, Miss. – Students who begin their college course work at Mississippi community colleges before transferring to one of the state’s public four-year universities can receive their associate’s degree by simply saying “yes” during the enrollment process. The program, called reverse transfer, began as a pilot at Ole Miss and is now available at allRead the story …

CBS News: For Medgar Evers’ widow, husband’s legacy trumps personal bitterness

OXFORD, Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams acknowledges it would be easy to remain mired in bitterness and anger, 50 years after a sniper’s bullet made her a widow. Instead, she’s determined to celebrate the legacy of her first husband, Medgar Evers — a civil rights figure often overshadowed by peers such as the Rev. Martin LutherRead the story …

Washington Post: Myrlie Evers-Williams returns to Mississippi as more than a civil rights widow

Oxford, Miss. — Myrlie Evers-Williams moves gingerly about the crowd, slowed by her 80-year-old knees. The University of Mississippi chancellor, who has invited her to speak at commencement exercises, takes her hand to lead her down a flight of stairs. Students, black and white, ask to pose for a photo with her as she makes herRead the story …

Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemoration

In partnership with museums, universities, foundations, and national organizations across the country, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute is sponsoring events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ assassination, culminating in a series of activities in Washington, D. C., and Jackson, Miss., in June 2013. For a complete list of events, visit http://www.eversinstitute.org/. Events inRead the story …

NEMS Daily Journal: Myrlie Evers-Williams encourages 2013 University of Mississippi graduates

OXFORD – Declaring her belief in their individual and combined power, renowned civil rights activist and author Myrlie Evers-Williams challenged University of Mississippi graduating seniors to become active in making the state, nation and world a better place for all people. “I believe in you, and I hope you believe in yourselves, too,” Evers-Williams saidRead the story …

Clarion-Ledger Blog: Myrlie Evers receives Humanitarian Award from Ole Miss — nearly 60 years after law school turned her husband away

Myrlie Evers-Williams today (May 11) became the first person in a decade honored with a Humanitarian Award by the University of Mississippi — the same institution that turned away her late husband from entering law school. The widow of slain Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers was surprised with the award after delivering the university’s 160thRead the story …

Mississippi Press Blog: Myrlie Evers-Williams challenges Ole Miss graduates to ‘soar, and be free’

Declaring her belief in their individual and combined power, renowned civil rights activist and author Myrlie Evers-Williams challenged University of Mississippi graduating seniors to become active in making the state, nation and world a better place for all people. “I believe in you, and I hope you believe in yourselves, too,” Evers-Williams said today asRead the story …

WTOK: Evers-Williams Addresses Ole Miss Graduates

Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams has told graduates at the University of Mississippi to “soar, and be free.” She spoke Saturday during a commencement ceremony on the university’s main campus in Oxford. Read the full story.