On Tuesday October 14, Chad Griffin, HRC’s President and Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-Winning screenwriter of the groundbreaking 2008 film Milk, are continuing their tour through Project One America States as they participated in a forum at the University of Mississippi about the critical importance of LGBT people and their straight allies sharing their courageous stories andRead the story …
HRC Blog: HRC President Chad Griffin and Dustin Lance Black Travel to Mississippi
October 15, 2014 by
Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi Soldier Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2014 by
JACKSON, Miss. – When Army Reserve Sgt. Randy Sandifer of Pinola deployed to Iraq as a sophomore at Ole Miss, he didn’t realize he was on a journey that would take him not only overseas, but eventually would tie his name to one of the most prestigious honors in the world. Sandifer, now 30 andRead the story …
New York Times: Mississippi Death Row Case Faults Bite-Mark Forensics
September 16, 2014 by
In one of the country’s first nationally televised criminal trials, of the smirking serial murderer Ted Bundy in Florida in 1979, jurors and viewers alike were transfixed as dental experts showed how Mr. Bundy’s crooked teeth resembled a bite on a 20-year-old victim. Mr. Bundy was found guilty and the obscure field of “forensic dentistry”Read the story …
Inside Science: Astronauts May Grow Better Salads On Mars Than On The Moon
September 12, 2014 by
Any explorers visiting Mars and the moon will have to boldly grow where no man has grown before. Setting up lunar or Martian colonies will require that explorers raise their own food. New research finds that simulated Martian soil supported plant life better than both simulated moon soil and low-quality soil from Earth. But manyRead the story …
CollegeChoice.net: 50 Best Colleges for Summer School
University of Mississippi named as one of top locations to study
May 30, 2014 by
Students looking to boost their academic credentials over the summer needn’t give up their precious vacation time completely. Some university campuses are naturally conducive to a healthy work-life balance; some are set in cool college towns replete with outdoor restaurants and cafés, happening music scenes, and interesting cultural activities; and yet other campuses are ideallyRead the story …
Washington Post: New case again demonstrates duplicity of embattled Mississippi medical examiner
May 19, 2014 by
In February, I wrote about a Fifth Circuit decision rejecting the claims of a defendant who was convicted based on improbable testimony from the controversial medical examiner Steven Hayne. Over the course of about two decades, Hayne nearly monopolized Mississippi’s criminal autopsy referrals, performing 1,500-1,800 autopsies per year all by himself. Most of these wereRead the story …
The Eastern Progress: Student Earns Award for Ole Miss Grad Program
May 5, 2014 by
An Eastern student recently won a prestigious award that will pay for her schooling while studying fiction writing at the University of Mississippi. Ashley Mullins, a senior studying creative writing, was the winner of the 2014 John and Renée Grisham Fellowship Award. The fellowship is valued at $60,000 and will pay for her to continueRead the story …
Impariamo: UM Center for Intelligence Studies Featured in Defense Intelligence Agency Newsletter
April 28, 2014 by
Impariamo, the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s newsletter, recently featured University of Mississippi Center for Intelligence Studies’ workshops. Download the newsletter by clicking on the link below. .
PBS NewsHour: Former university chancellor offers memoir of moving on at Ole Miss
January 6, 2014 by
PBS NewsHour – During his time as chancellor of the University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, Robert Khayat made moves to repair the university’s segregated past, drawing backlash for his efforts. Judy Woodruff talked to Khayat about his memoir, “The Education of a Lifetime,” and what he learned about human nature along theRead the story …
English Historical Review: At Home and Under Fire: Air Raids and Culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz , by Susan R. Grayzel
December 6, 2013 by
The title of Susan Grayzel’s book cleverly encapsulates the basic thesis of her compelling study of the role of aerial bombardment in British culture between the First World War and the Blitz. By exploring how British civilians experienced and came to terms with aerial warfare, Grayzel demonstrates how the extension of the battle zone toRead the story …