OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Pride of the South band is marching with renewed enthusiasm on its new $5.4 million practice field – a replica of Hollingsworth Field, the playing surface at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The practice field features drainage structures and lights, a director’s tower, a fence, a storage building and proper fieldRead the story …
Ole Miss Band Gets Its Field of Dreams
New practice facility promises to elevate performances
August 31, 2023 by
Study Finds Most Sports Supplements Inaccurately Labeled
UM researchers discover nearly 90% of labels are false
August 30, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly 90% of sports supplements are inaccurately labeled according to a new study by scientists at the University of Mississippi‘s National Center for Natural Products Research. NCNPR researchers Ikhlas Khan, Bharathi Avula and Kumar Katragunta collaborated with scientists from Harvard Medical School, the Cambridge Health Alliance and NSF International on the study,Read the story …
CME Internships Help Beat ‘Brain Drain’ in Mississippi
Students improve production, negotiate deals and land jobs
August 28, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eighteen students in the University of Mississippi‘s Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence spent their summers solving real-world problems for Mississippi manufacturing companies. Sponsored by a $200,000 Robert M. Hearin Foundation grant, the students interned at small-to-medium facilities with limited funding for summer internships. “The support of the Hearin Foundation has providedRead the story …
Convocation Welcomes University’s Largest Incoming Class
Convocation speaker, author Dave Isay encourages students to find and nurture their callings
August 23, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Finding a passion is like falling in love – you know it when you see it and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to chase it all your life. That was the message noted radio producer Dave Isay gave to more than 5,000 University of Mississippi students on Tuesday (Aug. 22) evening. IsayRead the story …
University Records Second-Highest Annual Total for Private Support
Now & Ever campaign bolstered by $155.1 million in gifts
August 23, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Alumni and friends of the University of Mississippi stepped up once again in fiscal year 2023, with gifts totaling $155.1 million, the second-highest fundraising year on record. The Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss has reached $1.38 billion of its $1.5 billion goal, the largest-ever fundraising initiative for higher educationRead the story …
Some Mississippi Pharmacies Hesitant to Dispense Naloxone
UM researchers conduct first study of its kind to assess naloxone availability in state
August 22, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Many Mississippi pharmacies do not have the lifesaving drug naloxone available, according to a recent paper by University of Mississippi researchers. Naloxone is a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose by restoring normal breathing and preventing possible fatal consequences. In 2017, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s headRead the story …
UM Launching Nation’s First Center for Narrative Intelligence
AI-driven processes to aid in national security, identifying misinformation and more
August 21, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning has approved the creation of a new National Center for Narrative Intelligence at the University of Mississippi, the first of its kind in the country. Narrative intelligence – a human and artificial intelligence-driven process that analyzes large amounts of data to derive meaning, trends and outcomesRead the story …
Lodge Bolsters Mission of Southern Foodways Alliance
Cast iron cookware manufacturer invests in studies of region's food and culture
August 19, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Lodge Manufacturing Co., a fifth-generation, family-owned cast iron cookware company in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, is strengthening the mission of the Southern Foodways Alliance with an unrestricted gift of $150,000. Based at the University of Mississippi‘s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the SFA works to document, study and explore theRead the story …
University’s Theora Hamblett Collection Grows
Relative of famous painter donates two pieces to UM Foundation
August 14, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi owns the world’s largest collection of paintings by renowned artist Theora Hamblett, and thanks to the generosity of 1954 alumna Mary Louise Rosenbush, that collection just got a little larger. Rosenbush recently donated two pieces connected to Hamblett to the University of Mississippi Foundation, saying she believes herRead the story …
Researchers Find Evidence of Undiscovered Particles in New Study
UM physicists partner with Department of Energy to test precision of the Standard Model
August 11, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The work of University of Mississippi physics researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory could point to undiscovered subatomic particles or forces that could change the current understanding of how the universe works. Since its inception in 2008, the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Muon g-2 experiment, has attempted toRead the story …