… Event set for March 1-3 OXFORD, Miss. – Just as the South has produced musicians, so has the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and this spring both will be celebrated with a special event. The Music of the South symposium is set for March 1-3 at the University of Mississippi and otherRead the story …
Ole Miss NROTC Hosts Regional Drill Competition
February 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 300 students from eight high schools participated in the Junior Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Area Eight Drill Meet, which was conducted Feb. 11 at the University of Mississippi. Students braved some of the year’s coldest temperatures to compete in company drill, personnel inspections and physical contests. The annual drillRead the story …
NIH Official to Deliver Annual Waller Lecture
February 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A National Institutes of Health official will deliver the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s Coy W. Waller Distinguished Lecture at 11 a.m. Feb. 24 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Susan B. Shurin, acting director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at NIH, willRead the story …
Monty Python’s Award-Winning ‘Spamalot’ Coming to Ford Center Feb. 25
February 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lovingly ripped off from the 1974 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Tony Award-winning musical “Spamalot” is a highly irreverent spoof of both King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and that “miracle meat in a can,” Spam. It all comes to the University of Mississippi, complete withRead the story …
Patents, Trademarks Discussed at Intellectual Property Institute
February 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law hosted the first Mid-South Intellectual Property Institute on Feb. 10-11. The institute allowed law school faculty, staff and students, as well as lawyers and entrepreneurs, to share knowledge and learn the latest about intellectual property. Cosponsored by the University of Mississippi School of Law, FNCRead the story …
Oxford Shakespeare Festival Sets Auditions, Schedule for 2012 Season
February 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Auditions for Oxford Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season are set for Feb. 25 at the University of Mississippi. The auditions begin at 9 a.m. in Isom Hall, Rooms 202 and 302. Sign-up begins at 8:30 a.m. in the hallway. Callbacks will be 1:30-5 p.m. that day.
Video: Environmental Film Series
February 11, 2012 by
Environmental Studies Director, Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth has teamed with Dr. Andy Harper, Media & Documentary Projects Director, on an Environmental Film Series aimed to open students to a discussion about environmental issues the world is dealing with today. The series will also offer a lecture by the internationally acclaimed environmental activist, biologist and author SandraRead the story …
Mississippi’s Political Change to Highlight Spring Season at the Overby Center
February 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With the Republican Party controlling the Legislature and holding nearly all statewide offices for the first time since Reconstruction, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics is hosting two programs dealing with partisan developments during its spring season. The season kicks off at 11 a.m. Thursday (Feb. 16), when the foundingRead the story …
Ole Miss PMBA Program Ranked Among Nation’s Finest
February 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – U.S. News & World Report has named the Professional MBA program at the University of Mississippi as one of the top 14 in the nation. According to U.S. News, a strong online master’s in business degree program performs well across all of their indicator rankings for online education. A program made theRead the story …
Economist Carl Riskin to Lecture on Inequality in China
February 9, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – While China experienced an explosive economic growth in the late 1980s, it seems the nation did not escape the growing inequality of income that has led to staggering poverty there in the past couple of decades, a noted economist says. Carl Riskin, author of “China’s Political Economy: The Quest for Development sinceRead the story …