REUTERS – Cardiologists are taking aim at treating and preventing heart disease, the world’s No. 1 killer, with a more personalized approach under a new research collaboration that will marry data with the evolving understanding of genetics. The effort, being billed as Heart Studies v2.0 and which was announced on Sunday, will be a collaborationRead the story …
NerdWallet: Space Tourism Insurance: What Happens When You Crash into a Space Station?
October 16, 2013 by
For tourists, space travel represents an exciting and unexplored frontier. For insurers, the prospect of insuring commercial space travel offers great opportunity, but it is also riddled with uncertainty. Companies such as Space X and Virgin Galactic are taking steps to offer space tourism to the mainstream public. If Space X and Virgin Galactic succeedRead the story …
Symmetry Magazine: ‘Why Particle Physics Matters’
September 10, 2013 by
At a major particle physics planning meeting this summer, a couple of dozen physicists volunteered to speak on camera about why they do what they do. We at symmetry chose our top five explanations and asked you to vote for your favorite. The results are in: University of Mississippi physicist Breese Quinn is the winnerRead the story …
CollegeSafe.com: UM Named One of Top Ten Safest Colleges and Universities
September 3, 2013 by
Ole Miss serves just over 15,000 students. The school works hard to integrate campus police officers in with students and allows Greek organizations to Adopt-a-Cop into their fraternity and sorority house to spend time talking with kids about safety issues. View the list of the Top Ten Safest Colleges and Universities.
USA Today: New university programs will train space lawyers
August 28, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As the space tourism market continues to grow, two universities have developed programs to prepare law students to expand their jurisdictions beyond the ozone. The law schools at University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) and the University of Mississippi will begin new programs in space law this fall, which will train students to dealRead the story …
Southern Living: New Heroes of Civil Rights: Susan Glisson
August 13, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Through the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi acquired a reputation as the nation’s least progressive state—violent, brutal, racist. Dr. Susan Glisson doesn’t shy away from that painful past. Instead, she looks that history squarely in the eye and insists that others do the same. “I believe the truth is theRead the story …
CNN: Gupta Interviews UM’s ElSohly in Upcoming Documentary
August 11, 2013 by
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently visited the University of Mississippi to talk to Dr. Mahmoud A. ElSohly, a professor of Pharmaceutics in the UM School of Pharmacy about the Marijuana Potency Project. The full documentary is scheduled to air on CNN tonight at 7 p.m. CT.
PARADE: Talking Barbecue
July 23, 2013 by
Writer John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, charts the barbecue phenomenon, which he credits to Americans’ growing respect for traditional food. And nothing is more traditional than barbecue. Read the blog post.
NPR: Ole Miss Turns Scary Racial Incident Into Teachable Moment
July 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – At new-student orientation this summer, University of Mississippi students are learning about the usual: meal plans and financial aid. But they’re also hearing something else: a seminar born out of an incident on election night last November. Listen to the story.
Livability.com: Oxford Named Second-Best College Town in Nation
Town notches Top 10 rankings for third consecutive year
June 27, 2013 by
Oxford, Miss. has been called the “Hollywood version” of a Southern town, but the city’s architecture and genteel atmosphere are as genuine as the magnolia trees that shade tailgaters before football games at the University of Mississippi. Celebrated authors like William Faulkner, John Grisham and Larry Brown drew inspiration from the city, where intellectual andRead the story …