OXFORD, Miss. – Low-to-middle income residents of the Lafayette-Oxford-University community can get their federal and state income tax returns prepared for free, thanks to some University of Mississippi accounting students. The tax assistance is available 1-5 p.m. Thursdays through April 11 at the Stone Recreation Center on Washington Avenue in Oxford.
Fisher-Wirth to Sign ‘Ecopoetry Anthology’ April 9
UM faculty, student work featured in critically acclaimed poetry collection
April 5, 2013 by
University of Mississippi English professor and poet Ann Fisher-Wirth will sign her latest work, “The Ecopoetry Anthology,” at Square Books in Oxford on April 9. Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street, assistant professor of English at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va., co-edited the critically acclaimed anthology, which was released in February and is considered the most extensiveRead the story …
Forberg Skogeng, Tisher Up For SEC Scholar-Athlete Award
April 3, 2013 by
Winners To Be Announced April 5 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s tennis player and women’s track and field member Neal Tisher have been nominated for the Southeastern Conference H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award, the league office announced Wednesday. Twenty-eight student-athletes – one male and one female from each of the SEC’s 14 institutions –Read the story …
Overby Center Event to Reflect on Medgar Evers’ Career
Myrlie Evers-Williams headlines panel to commemorate 50th anniversary of husband's death
April 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, will join two other prominent Mississippians to discuss her late husband’s life and career at 5 p.m. Friday (April 5) in the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. Evers-Williams rose to fame herself as a civil rightsRead the story …
UM Cinema Program Hosts ‘An Evening of Cinema’
Four-day event April 4-7 features cinema competition winners and stand-out student films
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fans of drama, musical, documentary and film noir are in for a treat. The University of Mississippi’s “An Evening for Cinema,” featuring the final projects of the 2012 UM Cinema Competition winners, debuts April 4-7 at Meek Hall Auditorium. The four-day cinematic affair, which also includes stand-out student films, is set forRead the story …
Ole Miss’ Sam Kendricks Named SEC Field Athlete Of The Week
April 2, 2013 by
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After his record-breaking performance at the Texas Relays last weekend, Ole Miss sophomore pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has been named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. Kendricks cleared a school-record height of 19-0.75 to win a world-class pole vault competition in Austin. His vaultRead the story …
Overby Center Event to Reflect on Medgar Evers’ Career
Myrlie Evers-Williams headlines panel to commemorate 50th anniversary of husband's death
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, will join two other prominent Mississippians to discuss her late husband’s life and career at 5 p.m. Friday (April 5) in the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. Evers-Williams rose to fame herself as a civil rightsRead the story …
Students Spent Spring Break Digitally Mapping Vercelli Manuscript
Group visited Italy as part of the Ole Miss Lazarus Project
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi students recently traded sunshine and relaxation for ancient manuscripts and the chance of a lifetime. The three sophomores and one freshman, all students in the university’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, spent spring break in Vercelli, Italy, digitally mapping a 10th century text called the Vercelli manuscript asRead the story …
Students Spent Spring Break Digitally Mapping Vercelli Manuscript
Group visited Italy as part of the Ole Miss Lazarus Project
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi students recently traded sunshine and relaxation for ancient manuscripts and the chance of a lifetime. The three sophomores and one freshman, all students in the university’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, spent spring break in Vercelli, Italy, digitally mapping a 10th century text called the Vercelli manuscript asRead the story …