Ford Center’s New Season Includes Classic Broadway, Fun Family Shows and Big-Name Performers

OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts brings classic Broadway, fun family shows and big-name performers to the University of Mississippi for the 2010-11 season.

Students Take Top Honors In Magazine Competition

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students have edged out hundreds of competitors for top honors in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications’ annual student magazine competition.

NY Giants Quarterback, Wife Give $1 Million to Support Need-based Scholarships at Ole Miss

OXFORD, Miss. – New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, are ensuring some of Mississippi’s neediest students are able to pursue college degrees at the University of Mississippi. They have announced a $1 million gift to Ole Miss Opportunity, a need-based scholarship program. Eli and Abby Manning (from left) visit with University ofRead the story …

UM Joins International Electronic Portfolio Research Coalition to Help Shape Role of Digital Tools in Education

OXFORD, Miss. – The digital revolution has connected people, enhanced exposure to information and even transformed international commerce. It’s also on the brink of revising education.

Rowan Oak Curator Bill Griffith to Welcome Annual Conference Visitors to Faulkner Estate

OXFORD, Miss. – Nobel-prize winning author William Faulkner becomes more than just a name to the thousands of people each year who visit the secluded 33-acre Faulkner estate on the University of Mississippi campus. Bill Griffith, curator of Rowan Oak, examines two Faulkner family Bibles at the home of acclaimed author William Faulkner. UM photoRead the story …

UM Tops List of Colleges Doing Their Job Well

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has been named “most appealing” college in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Lott Institute, Study Abroad Enrich Colorado Native’s UM Experience

OXFORD, Miss. – Three years ago, “excellent academic programs” helped woo Jennifer Urban of Littleton, Colo., more than a thousand miles from home to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Jennifer Urban of Littleton, Colo., a senior at the University of Mississippi, takes in the sights and sounds of Sydney, Australia, where she spent theRead the story …

Award-Winning Acrobatic Company Set to Perform July 30 at Ford Center

OXFORD, Miss. – Recognized as the premier Chinese acrobatic touring company, the Golden Dragon Acrobats are slated to perform July 30 at the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. “The Golden Dragon Acrobats are a part of the very long tradition of acrobatic companies in China,” said Kate Meacham, assistantRead the story …

UM Medical Center Takes Lead Role in New $26 Million Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline

JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center and four collaborating academic medical centers have received $26 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of cognitive decline. The new funding will pay for the ARIC Neurocognitive Study, a comprehensive examination of thousands of patients,Read the story …

UM Medical Center Leads Alzheimer’s Fight with Major New Research Center

JACKSON, Miss. – Supporters of a new research center combating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have announced a $9 million campaign aimed at raising private funds to support its work. The creation of the MIND Center, for Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Research, was announced at a press conferenceRead the story …