OXFORD, Mississippi — The 40th annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference will look at the black literature of the western hemisphere and the relationship between it and author William Faulkner. Read the story.

OXFORD, Miss. – Music fans around the world have marked Aug. 16 as a day of mourning. No doubt most think back to 1977 when Elvis Presley sang his last tune. But a few will have 1938 on their minds. That’s when a different American music pioneer died just outside Greenwood. Robert Leroy Johnson wasRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi public schools students might see some big changes in the food served at school in the next school year. Trainers from the National Food Service Management Institute are traveling the country to teach school food-service directors about child nutrition. On Wednesday and Thursday, staff from the University of Mississippi’s NFSMI centerRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. — This is the true story of how a Mississippian came to be one of the best pole vaulters in the world. There’s another story, one Sam Kendricks will tell people. It’s shorter, more direct and perhaps saves a little face. But the reality is that his athletic career began as a kidRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – A minority vendor fair Tuesday is geared toward opening more business opportunities with the state’s universities. Tuesday’s event, “Minority Business Expo: Making the University Connection,” begins at 1 p.m. in the Jackson Avenue Center multipurpose room. The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University are co-sponsoring the event. “The purpose of thisRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Andy Mullins, who has been a leader in public education in Mississippi for more than 30 years, will retire at the end of this month from his current job as chief of staff to University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones. Mullins has served as a special assistant to two governors and threeRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss and Mississippi State will hold a minority vendor fair June 18 in Oxford. Minority Business Expo: Making The University Connection begins at 1 p.m. in the Jackson Avenue Center Multipurpose Room near the Ole Miss campus. Online registration is available through www.Where2Go411.com  and early registration is encouraged. The event isRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Andy Mullins had spent three years as point person of this historic 97-minute event — the Sept. 28, 2008, presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford. As a reward, then-Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat made sure his chief of staff gotRead the story …

OXFORD – Beginning a story about John Winkle’s career at the University of Mississippi is difficult. It can focus on the number of students the political science professor taught during his 39-year career or the hundreds of practicing Mississippi attorneys who took his courses as undergraduates. It could highlight his role in starting the SallyRead the story …

Pascagoula gave the go-ahead to the University of Mississippi to conduct research on the beach on equipment that detects buried explosive devices. Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/24/4688925/ole-miss-will-conduct-research.html