The 2008 Faculty Research Fellows pose for a group photo with Provost Morris Stocks, Vice Chancellor for Research and Sponsored Programs Alice Clark and Chancellor Robert Khayat. Photo by Nathan Latil OXFORD, Miss. – The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs honored 19 faculty members as recipients of 2008 Faculty Research Program grants totalingRead the story …
UM Sets Goal to Become A ‘Green’ American Public University
April 21, 2008 by
Chancellor Robert Khayat signs the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment as a group of faculty, staff and students watch. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi takes pride in being “a great American public university.” Now, UM is working to add “green” to that description. Chancellor RobertRead the story …
Civil Engineering Chair Spotlighted in Thomson Scientific’s ScienceWatch
April 14, 2008 by
Alexander H.D. Cheng OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi civil engineer is featured in the March edition of a prestigious online site that tracks trends and performance in basic research. Alexander H.D. Cheng, chair and professor of civil engineering, appears in the Fast Moving Fronts section of ScienceWatch.com by Thomson Scientific. Thomson Scientific isRead the story …
Nineteen Faculty Named Research Fellows, Win Grants Totaling More Than $209,000
April 14, 2008 by
The 2008 Faculty Research Fellows pose for a group photo with Provost Morris Stocks, Vice Chancellor for Research and Sponsored Programs Alice Clark and Chancellor Robert Khayat. Photo by Nathan Latil OXFORD, Miss. – The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs honored 19 faculty members as recipients of 2008 Faculty Research Program grants totalingRead the story …
New Seminar Course Increasing Awareness of Global Warming
April 2, 2008 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It was a major issue in Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2004. Two years later it was the subject of an Oscar- and Nobel Prize-winning documentary. It continues to generate stories in the mainstream news media, getting blamed for many weather-related natural disasters and a growing number of endangered species.
Greenwood Couple Gives $321,000 to School of Engineering
March 18, 2008 by
Harper and Elsie Johnson. OXFORD, Miss. – For 93 years, University of Mississippi alumnus Harper Johnson has watched the world change. He remembers the tracks and locomotives that carried him to Oxford in 1935 to enroll at the university, and he recalls the building of highways back then that Ole Miss students still travel.Read the story …
UM, Oxford Habitat for Humanity Chapters Team Up to Build Home
March 18, 2008 by
UM custodian Barbara Walker says she is grateful to be part of Habitat’s efforts to build her new house. OXFORD – It’s been more than 30 years since Barbara Walker owned a home, and when she moved out, it wasn’t under the best of circumstances. She was in the process of splitting up withRead the story …
Engineering Faculty, Spouses Attend Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
February 20, 2008 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Sometimes it’s really good to have friends in high places.
UM Enters Partnership with Jordan University of Science and Technology
February 14, 2008 by
Wajih M. Owais (left), president of the Jordan University of Science and Technology, and Morris Stocks, interim provost at the University of Mississippi, sign an agreement that creates exchange opportunities for faculty, students and researchers at both institutions. UM photo by Kevin Bain OXFORD, Miss. – On its name alone, it’s not hard toRead the story …
Public Program Thursday to Mark Climate Change Awareness Day
February 6, 2008 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Roots and Shoots, an environmental awareness student organization at the University of Mississippi, is marking Climate Change Awareness Day Thursday in cooperation with Focus the Nation, a national education initiative.