OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, along with student pharmacist organization Prescription for Service, kicks off National Diabetes Awareness Month on Sunday (Nov. 4) with the Mississippi Walk for Diabetes, a fundraiser for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. by the Lyceum, with team pictures takingRead the story …
Pharmacy School Hosts Mississippi Walk for Diabetes
Event takes place at 2 p.m. Nov. 4 on Ole Miss campus
October 31, 2018 by
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Receives National Recognition
Campus organization among nation's best at a public university
October 29, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honor society has been recognized as one of two outstanding chapters nationwide administered at a public university. A Certificate of Recognition is given to just six “outstanding chapters” nationally every three years: two public universities, two private universities and two liberal arts colleges. OnlyRead the story …
Famed Mississippi Author to Share Inspiring Message with UM Students
Clifton Taulbert on campus to speak with CEED Innovation Scholars
October 29, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The McLean Institute of Public Service and Community Engagement will host “An Evening with Clifton Taulbert” from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Bryant Hall gallery to discuss his career as an entrepreneur, businessman, Pulitzer-nominated author and U.S. Air Force veteran. Taulbert’s books illustrate the power of incorporating community engagementRead the story …
Political Science Professor Wins Second Award for Book
Conor Dowling, co-authors receive national praise with Louis Brownlow Book Award
October 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A book exploring the weaknesses of modern health care policy, co-authored by University of Mississippi political science professor Conor Dowling, has won the Louis Brownlow Book Award, a prestigious honor for scholars in the public administration field. This is the second award for “Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-based Medicine” (Princeton UniversityRead the story …
UM Alumni Association Welcomes 2018-19 Officers
Augustus Collins to lead organization for coming year
October 21, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Alumni Association introduced its elected officers for 2018-19 at its annual meeting Oct. 6 as part of Homecoming activities. Augustus L. Collins (BBA 82), of Madison, was named president, a one-year term that changes each Homecoming. Collins is chief executive officer for MINACT Inc., a major job developmentRead the story …
UM to Stage Reading of William Faulkner’s ‘Marionettes’
Public invited to free Monday performance of Nobel Prize-winning author's play
October 19, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When it comes to Oxford’s original writer-in-residence, William Faulkner, most people can easily rattle off at least one or two of the titles that earned the man his place in the literary pantheon. Relatively few people, however, are familiar with a work titled “The Marionettes,” a one-act play written by Faulkner yearsRead the story …
Broadway Rendition of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Coming to Oxford
The Yellow Brick Road leads to the Ford Center on Sunday
October 19, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The national tour of “The Wizard of Oz” stops off at the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts for one performance at 7:30 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 21). The musical, based on the most recent Broadway production, is a celebration of the 1939 film, and audiences will findRead the story …
UM Organizing World’s Largest Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament
Ole Miss Phenomena coordinating event to benefit William Magee Center for Wellness Education
October 18, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!” Those words will be uttered by a projected 3,000 people Oct. 25 in the Grove as a number of student organizations at the University of Mississippi try to break the world record for the largest rock-paper-scissors tournament. The Guinness World Record is held by Oobma Inc., which hostedRead the story …
UM Senior Honored with Museum of Women in the Arts’ Scholarship
Student's sculptures seek to raise awareness of mental illness
October 14, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An ability to use her artistic skills to raise awareness of those struggling with mental illness helped a University of Mississippi senior earn a prestigious visual arts scholarship from the Mississippi State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Charlotte Burge, of Saltillo, a senior pursuing a Bachelor ofRead the story …
Army Intelligence Veteran to Share Inside Story on Hussein’s Capture
Oklahoma congressman set to speak Oct. 17 at UM
October 13, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – U.S. Rep. Steve Russell will share details about his Army battalion’s intelligence-related efforts that led to the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a program Wednesday (Oct. 17) at the University of Mississippi. Russell also plans to discuss how the U.S. Congress uses military intelligence during his talk, hosted byRead the story …