2014 Peach Bowl: What You Need to Know
As the Rebels are hard at work gearing up for the 2014 Peach Bowl, we thought we would let you know a few places that you can pick up some Peach Bowl gear before the game: – The Rebel Shop – Rebel Rags – Oxford T-Shirt Company – University Sporting Goods – Barnes and Noble BookstoreRead the story …
FBI Looking into Threat against Grove Trees
University Police Department forwarded threatening letter to federal investigators
OXFORD, Miss – A handwritten note threatening damage to trees and shrubs in the Grove at the University of Mississippi and signed “Hail State/Go to Hell TSUN” was turned over to the Jackson office of the FBI today (Nov. 26) by UM Police Chief Calvin Sellers. The note, which arrived on campus late Tuesday (Nov.Read the story …
HRC Blog: HRC President Chad Griffin and Dustin Lance Black Travel to Mississippi
On Tuesday October 14, Chad Griffin, HRC’s President and Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-Winning screenwriter of the groundbreaking 2008 film Milk, are continuing their tour through Project One America States as they participated in a forum at the University of Mississippi about the critical importance of LGBT people and their straight allies sharing their courageous stories andRead the story …
WTVA: Grant Funds Study of Cancer Gene kRAS
OXFORD, Miss. (WTVA) — The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy will help with a U. S. Department of Defense study of a cancer gene called kRAS. The school is receiving a grant for $333,878 to study the DNA make up the gene. Researchers say kRAS is an important gene in the progression of pancreatic,Read the story …
Incoming Freshmen Survive Biology Boot Camp
Biology Boot Camp is a five-day intensive program for incoming freshman enrolled in BISC160 at the University of Mississippi. The program is designed to prepare students for the rigor of collegiate courses. In these photos, Boot Camp Director Lucile McCook and Laura Cline, junior and recruiting coordinator for the UM American Medical Student Association chapter, gaveRead the story …
Video: Get to Know Shawnboda Mead
We sat down with Shawnboda Mead to talk about what the new Center for Inclusion & Cross-Cultural Engagement will offer students, how she feels about being back in her home state, and why being an Mississippi State graduate won’t prevent her from cheering at least one Hotty Toddy during the Ole Miss football season.
New York Times: Mississippi Death Row Case Faults Bite-Mark Forensics
In one of the country’s first nationally televised criminal trials, of the smirking serial murderer Ted Bundy in Florida in 1979, jurors and viewers alike were transfixed as dental experts showed how Mr. Bundy’s crooked teeth resembled a bite on a 20-year-old victim. Mr. Bundy was found guilty and the obscure field of “forensic dentistry”Read the story …
Thousands of Freshmen Sprint Across Vaught-Hemingway Turf
Annual Rebel Run event offers unique experience for new Ole Miss students
The 2014 Rebel Run offered Ole Miss freshmen an opportunity to sprint across the football field to the cheers of tens of thousands of fans. The event, which took place Sept. 13 at the Ole Miss vs. Louisiana-Lafayette football game, is sponsored by the UM Student Programming Board, Department of Campus Programming and the Ole MissRead the story …
Inside Science: Astronauts May Grow Better Salads On Mars Than On The Moon
Any explorers visiting Mars and the moon will have to boldly grow where no man has grown before. Setting up lunar or Martian colonies will require that explorers raise their own food. New research finds that simulated Martian soil supported plant life better than both simulated moon soil and low-quality soil from Earth. But manyRead the story …