OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management is offering offer four new graduate degrees pathways in public health beginning this fall. The curricula have been approved for: An online Master of Public Health program A concentration in epidemiology, both online and in-person A 4+1 transitional program ARead the story …
School of Applied Sciences Expands Public Health Program
Concentration in epidemiology, new 4+1 and joint degree launching in fall 2022
June 30, 2022 by
Liberal Arts Professors Honored for Excellence in Teaching, Research
Award recipients span the college's disciplines
June 24, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eight University of Mississippi professors have been honored by the College of Liberal Arts for their excellence in teaching and research. Three professors were recognized for their exceptional teaching. Timothy Paul Yenter, associate professor of philosophy, received the Howell Family Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. Named after alumni donors Dr. NorrisRead the story …
University Officials Mark High Point in New STEM Facility
Ceremony marks topping out of the Center for Science and Technology Innovation
June 23, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi officials and others celebrated a milestone in the construction of the emerging Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation during a topping-out ceremony Thursday (June 23) on campus. Touting the economic and academic implications of the 202,000-square-foot science, technology, engineering and mathematics building, Chancellor Glenn BoyceRead the story …
Professor Works to Make Theologian’s Historical Records Accessible
Jeffrey Watt to complete decadeslong, high-profile Reformation period project with $365,000 grant
June 22, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi historian Jeffrey R. Watt has been working for 35 years to transcribe records kept by 16th century theologian John Calvin concerning the Consistory of Geneva. And thanks to two major grants to fund the painstaking work, he is closing in on the project’s completion. The documents provide a glimpseRead the story …
UM, Northwest Community College Partner for Dual Degree Program
Inaugural cohort being registered for innovative alliance between two institutions
June 21, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Aspiring engineers soon will be able to simultaneously receive degrees from both the University of Mississippi and Northwest Mississippi Community College, thanks to a partnership agreement made Tuesday (June 21) between the two institutions. Students will spend the first three years full time at NWCC while taking courses part time at OleRead the story …
University Hosts Regional Conference for Chemists, Chemical Engineers
More than 120 participate in two-day event designed to promote minority STEM careers
June 17, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chemistry and chemical engineering students from across the Southeast and Southwest gathered recently at the University of Mississippi for a two-day conference designed to promote STEM careers for people of color. Some 120 students and researchers, including 95 in-person participants, attended the joint Southeast and Southwest regional conference of the National OrganizationRead the story …
Undercounted Census Numbers Affect State Funding, Political Landscape
UM population studies experts share projections, outlook for 2030 count
June 15, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The discovery that Mississippi’s actual population is significantly higher than 2020 U.S. Census numbers indicate could affect future federal funding and possibly other factors, according to University of Mississippi population studies experts. Mississippi was among six states in which the Census Bureau reported found significant undercounting as part of its Post EnumerationRead the story …
Museum Recognized by Mississippi Heritage Trust
Heritage Award honors stewardship of Faulkner's Rowan Oak
June 10, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For more than two decades, the University of Mississippi Museum has been the steward of Rowan Oak, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner’s home and grounds, with the support of university leadership and the Facilities Management Department. The museum’s efforts were publicly recognized Thursday (June 9) with an award from one of theRead the story …
Acoustics Summer School Draws International Scientists, Students to UM
PASS 2022 features four days of lectures, discussions and demonstrations
June 8, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Graduate and postgraduate students from four countries are on the University of Mississippi campus this week to learn the latest in cutting-edge physical acoustics, including infrasound, medical acoustics, thermoacoustics, nonlinear acoustics, waves and bubbles. Physical Acoustics Summer School 2022 is hosted by the university’s National Center for Physical Acoustics, with support fromRead the story …
Boys State: Still Changing Lives
More than 250 rising seniors statewide converge on campus for annual leadership training
June 3, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As a delegate to the American Legion Boys State in 2014, Milton Robinson had a life-changing experience. As director of the weeklong leadership training, his goal is to see that this year’s delegates have the same transformative encounter. “Eight years ago, I bought into this program and it turned me around,” saidRead the story …