JACKSON, Miss. – Heart studies in Massachusetts and Mississippi are teaming up to better understand why people respond differently to treatments for cardiovascular disease. Researchers want to tailor heart-disease treatment for individuals. The $30 million study will be funded by the American Heart Association over the next five years. The effort, still in the frameworkRead the story …

MONTICELLO, Ala. – A college administrator, a public school superintendent, a businessman, and an insurance executive have been selected to receive the 2013 Alumni Awards for Achievement and Merit presented annually by the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Lionel Maten, assistant vice president for enrollment management and housing at the University of Mississippi; Dr. TonyRead the story …

OXFORD – To first understand what happened that day last month, you must first realize what it means to be a walk-on at a major college football program like Ole Miss. You are guaranteed nothing. Scholarship players get extra snaps in practice and chances to play on Saturdays. Walk-ons get to be on scout teams,Read the story …

The College Database has released its list of the Top Colleges in Mississippi for Future Service Members. Each college or university on the list offers at least two ROTC programs to active students, as well as in-state tuition below $20,000 per year. The University of Mississippi ranks first in the state, with an affordable $5,790Read the story …

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. – Another Mississippi native has landed a role in a national television series. TRAV Lyons, of Brookhaven, was featured Wednesday night on Tyler Perry’s new TV series “Love Thy Neighbor,” according to the Daily Leader. Read the story.

JACKSON, Miss. – With approval today from the State Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, University of Mississippi Medical Center leaders will sign an agreement to lease the 156-bed Grenada Lake Medical Center from the Grenada County Board of Supervisors. Under the agreement, UMMC would begin managing GLMC Sept. 1, and lease the facilityRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. — Following a national trend to make higher education more “user-friendly,” the University of Mississippi schools of Engineering and Law have joined forces to create a new program that provides early admission to the latter. Through the accelerated law program, students in the general engineering pre-law program can be admitted into a fast-trackedRead the story …

PHILADELPHIA – University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones told  Neshoba County Fairgoers Wednesday that the country and state are struggling because “the focus” on public education has been lost. Jones spoke Wednesday on the first of two days of political speeches under the tin-roofed pavilion on Founders’ Square in the middle of the historic fairgrounds.Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Four Mississippi schools were among the top ranked in a survey of the best colleges and universities for employees. The annual “Great Colleges to Work For” list by the Chronicle of Higher Education placed Belhaven University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women and the University of Mississippi among the top 97Read the story …