Since its founding in 1848, the University of Mississippi has benefited from the foresight and generosity of people who have invested in the future by naming the university as a beneficiary in their wills. As tax laws changed, many other gift plans emerged, and each year these planned gifts have added to the value ofRead the story …
Fall 2012 Wish List
December 10, 2012 by
Apple iPads for Student Use Apple’s iPad has been an extremely popular device and has set new standards for what is possible with tablet computing. We would like to make a few iPads available for check-out by students. These iPads would include Apple’s word processor (Pages), spreadsheet application (Numbers), and presentation software (Keynote). HavingRead the story …
Former Oxford resident donates 1962 memorabilia
December 10, 2012 by
Robert A. Herring III was in 11th grade when one of the most significant moments in Mississippi and American history took place just outside his front door. An eyewitness to the events surrounding James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi, Herring has donated three scrapbooks to the university’s Department of Archives and SpecialRead the story …
Database adds new dimension to studying 18th-century texts
December 10, 2012 by
A recently added database, available through the University of Mississippi J.D. Williams Library, offers students a new way to learn and teachers a new way to teach. The Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) database provides more than 32 million pages published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, many of which were previously onlyRead the story …
Conference commemorates influential philosopher
Nov. 29 special public lecture kicks off three-day event
November 27, 2012 by
A three-day conference at the University of Mississippi will commemorate the 100th anniversary of philosopher Bertrand Russell’s influential book The Problems of Philosophy. Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy: The Centenary Conference will take place Nov. 29-Dec. 1 on the UM campus. The event will begin with a special public lecture delivered by JohnRead the story …
UM Nutrition Clinic offers ServSafe Certification Course
Seminars scheduled Nov. 30, Dec. 11 and Jan. 17
November 19, 2012 by
The University of Mississippi’s Nutrition Clinic will host its first public ServSafe seminar on the Oxford campus Nov. 30. The one-day course, which provides a certification required by the state of Mississippi for food-service professionals, covers food-safety topics ranging from cleaning methods to preventing cross contamination. “It’s required in Mississippi that one personRead the story …
Grant works to improve free online learning resources
November 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. — A new grant, awarded to Robert Cummings, director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, will help improve the visibility of Open Educational Resources. OERs are free and openly licensed online learning materials. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are one type of OER aimed atRead the story …
School of Pharmacy Hosts Largest Research Poster Session in History
Session encourages discussion, collaboration in scientific community
November 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Pharmacy and its National Center for Natural Products Research hosted a campus-wide research poster session Nov. 8 to encourage discussion and collaboration in the university’s scientific community. “Since completing our Research Visioning process, which served to identify our research strengths and target areas, highlighting our scientific enterprise has beenRead the story …
Library to host student-organized events
November 12, 2012 by
What do poetry slams, library tours, music events and open mic nights have in common? They’re all event ideas proposed by a new Library Ambassadors student group that aims to encourage interaction between the library and the student body. The group, which met for the first time in September and currently has 33 members,Read the story …
Nov. 12 lecture to focus on models of grammar, language varieties
November 9, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss.—William Kretzschmar, prominent linguist and editor-in-chief of the Linguistic Atlas Project, or LAP, will speak on the University of Mississippi campus Nov. 12. The lecture, “The Complex Adaptive System of Speech: Corpus Linguistics, Lexicogrammar and Language Variation,” will cover the topics of variation in language, models of grammar and the rise of new languageRead the story …