OXFORD, Miss. – Monday’s total solar eclipse will be a “twice in a millennium event” that results in 93 percent of the sun being covered by the moon in north Mississippi. Two events at the University of Mississippi will allow the community to safely experience it. The eclipse will happen between 11:54 a.m. and 2:52Read the story …
‘Twice in a Millennium’ Eclipse Viewings Set for UM
Department of Physics and Astronomy and university library offer safe ways to watch solar show
August 17, 2017 by
Registration Open for Inaugural ‘Fury Run’
Sept. 16 event at UM benefits Navy Seal Foundation and Mississippi State Veterans Home
August 14, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Registration is open for the University of Mississippi Navy ROTC’s first-ever “Fury Run” charity race to benefit the program and also the Navy Seal Foundation and the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. The public is invited to enter the run or walk race, which will feature both a 5-K and aRead the story …
Accounting Librarian Wins International Lifetime Achievement Award
Royce Kurtz honored for his work to make materials available for researchers worldwide
August 9, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Royce Kurtz, who has shaped the University of Mississippi‘s accounting library for the last 16 years, has been honored with an international award for his efforts. Kurtz, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants research and instruction librarian and associate professor, has won the Academy of Accounting Historians’ Hourglass Award for lifetime achievement.Read the story …
Harold Burson, ‘Father of Public Relations,’ Named to SPR Hall of Fame
UM alumnus credited with creating industry template for crisis management
July 26, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Harold Burson, a University of Mississippi alumnus known as the “Father of Public Relations,” was inducted Friday (July 21) into the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame in recognition of his decades as a giant figure in the industry he helped invent. Burson, a 1940 Ole Miss graduate who has been describedRead the story …
UM Again Named Among Nation’s Best Universities to Work For
Ole Miss on Chronicle of Higher Education's list for ninth time, makes Honor Roll
July 17, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi employees enjoy a strong work-life balance, have confidence in senior leadership and feel appreciated. Those glowing job satisfaction reports have led the Chronicle of Higher Education to name UM a “Great College to Work For” for the ninth time. The university has made the list, which was released Monday (JulyRead the story …
First Charles Walker Real Estate Scholarships Awarded
Family members, former students established award to honor longtime professor and attorney
July 14, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration’s first Charles H. Walker Real Estate Scholarships, which honor the dynamic, long-serving professor and local attorney, have been awarded to two rising seniors. Walker taught business law and real estate law courses at the business school and the Patterson School of Accountancy for 38 years while locallyRead the story …
University Featured in Fiske’s 2018 ‘Guide to Colleges’
Annual publication highlights nation's top 300 schools
July 11, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is featured in the 2018 edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” a comprehensive annual volume of the country’s best and most interesting schools. This is the seventh year UM has been included in the guide, and it is the only public institution in Mississippi included. Edward B. Fiske, formerRead the story …
Whaling Research Leads UM Professor to Japan on Fulbright Award
Noell Wilson also plans to sail 40-foot vessel from Massachusetts to Japan
July 7, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor of history and international studies is headed to Japan on a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to work on a book about American whalers in the North Pacific in the 1800s. Noell Wilson, chair of the Arch Dalrymple III Department of History and Croft associate professor of historyRead the story …
UM Family Remembers Jeanette Phillips for Courage, Service
Longtime administrator forged career of teaching and upgrading nutrition programs
June 26, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fearless. Gracious. Principled. Kind. A pioneer. Charming, with “a backbone of forged steel.” There is no shortage of flattering terms used when people remember Jeanette Phillips, former professor and chair of the University of Mississippi’s Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management. Phillips, 85, died June 13. A native of Kewanee, just eastRead the story …
History Professor Heads to Amsterdam for EURIAS Fellowship
Nicolas Trépanier plans to use time to collaborate with European colleagues and work on book
June 20, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nicolas Trépanier, associate professor in the University of Mississippi’s Arch Dalrymple III Department of History, has received a yearlong research fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Amsterdam. Trépanier was awarded the European Institutes for Advanced Study fellowship, which brings together scholars in a variety of disciplines, ranging from neurologyRead the story …