OXFORD, Miss. – Anyone who enjoys ragtime, jazz, blues, honky-tonk, boogie or novelty songs is in for a good time as the 48th annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Festival returns Memorial Day weekend in Oxford and at the University of Mississippi. Scheduled for May 26-28, the festival’s sixth season in Oxford followsRead the story …
World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest, Festival Returns
Annual event's 48th season set for May 26-28 at Oxford, UM venues
May 16, 2023 by
Faculty Members Honored With Top Research, Teaching Awards
English professor first humanities faculty member chosen for top research award
May 12, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi recognized three professors who have demonstrated exceptional teaching, research, creativity and service on Friday (May 12) during the 2023 spring faculty meeting in Fulton Chapel. The university honored Aimee Nezhukumatathil, professor of English and creative writing, with the Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award, the university’s highest honorRead the story …
Chemistry Professor Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Eden Tanner awarded early-career honor to continue work with ionic salts as drug delivery agents
May 10, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The National Science Foundation has awarded Eden Tanner, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, an $850,000 CAREER award to further her study of salts called ionic liquids and how a coating of them enables selective hitchhiking on blood components. Tanner’s five-year project, “Elucidating the Mechanism ofRead the story …
Student Named Campus Compact 2023 Newman Fellow
Junior Caroline Leonard chosen for prestigious yearlong fellowship
May 9, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi junior Caroline Leonard will spend the next year learning how to make large-scale positive change in the world as one of the 2023 cohort of Campus Compact’s Newman Civic Fellows. Leonard, a junior majoring in Arabic and international studies, is among 154 student leaders chosen from 38 states, MexicoRead the story …
A Quick Guide to 2023 Commencement
Alumna and CEO of award-winning construction company to give address
May 5, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 5,000 prospective graduates will gather in Oxford with their friends and family to attend the University of Mississippi‘s 170th Commencement ceremonies from May 10 to 14. Morning Convocation will be held Saturday (May 13) at 8 a.m. in the Grove. The program is a campuswide celebration of graduation that includesRead the story …
Concert Singers to Tour Europe
Performances include worship services at cathedrals, memorial concert at Normandy
May 4, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Concert Singers are preparing for an upcoming trip to Europe to sing in historic cathedrals and give a special memorial performance at Omaha Beach in Normandy. “There are so many things to be excited about,” said Ontarius Woodland, choral conducting master’s student and member of the Concert Singers.Read the story …
Researcher, Student Published in Prestigious Nature Water Journal
Research shows increase in absences in Jackson Public School District during water crisis
May 3, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Water quality issues in Jackson have potentially led to more than 1,000 school disruptions each year between 2015 and 2021, according to a recent study in Nature Water co-authored by a University of Mississippi researcher and undergraduate student. The study, “Boil water alerts and their impact on the unexcused absence rate inRead the story …
University Names New FASTrack Director
Experienced educator Derrick Jones joins university's learning community
May 2, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts has selected Derrick T. Jones as the new director of the FASTrack: Foundations of Academic Success Track program. Jones previously served as executive director of Upward Bound at Mississippi Valley State University, which provided low-income, first-generation high school students from the Mississippi Delta withRead the story …
University Named Gold-Level Military Friendly Institution
Achievement marks second consecutive year of Ole Miss reaching gold
May 2, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the second year in a row, the University of Mississippi has been named a gold-ranked 2023-24 military friendly institution by the Military Friendly Advisory Council. Military Friendly ranks schools, employers, spouse employers and others based on how well that institution takes care of veterans and active military members. The university hasRead the story …
Senior Named Inaugural Frezzo Award Winner
Honors College student conducts research on critical race theory
May 1, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Te’keyra Shelton, a senior from Tupelo, is the inaugural Mark V. Frezzo Human Rights and Social Justice Award winner at the University of Mississippi and recently discussed her research in a campus program. The scholarship award tributes the life of Mark V. Frezzo, a UM associate professor of sociology and scholar ofRead the story …