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 …
The College Database: UM Named Top Mississippi Institution for Future Service Members
August 17, 2013 by
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 …
Clarion Ledger: University of Mississippi grad lands role on TV show
August 16, 2013 by
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.
UMMC to Enter Lease Agreement for Grenada Lake Medical Center
August 16, 2013 by
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 …
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 …
Mississippi Business Journal: Ole Miss launches new law/engineering program
August 13, 2013 by
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 …
American Idol Audition Bus Tour to Visit Oxford on Aug. 19
Thirteenth season of popular reality television show to air in January 2014
August 12, 2013 by
LOS ANGELES – In its quest for undiscovered talent, American Idol XIII will embark on the “American Idol Audition Bus Tour” to search the nation for the next superstar. Beginning later this month, the hit competition series will hit the road for a five-town mobile tour offering hopefuls a chance to audition for American IdolRead 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.
NEMS Daily Journal: Ole Miss Chancellor at Fair: Refocus on Education
August 1, 2013 by
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 …