OXFORD, Miss. – Josh Gladden, who serves as the University of Mississippi‘s chief research officer, has been elected as vice president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America. Gladden’s role as ASA vice president-elect began Friday (May 15). He will automatically assume the office of vice president on June 6, 2021. Founded in 1929, ASA is the premierRead the story …
Gladden Named Vice President-Elect of Acoustical Society of America
International society promotes science, technology of sound
May 20, 2020 by
Michael A. Repka Presented University’s Top Research Award
Longtime UM pharmaceutics professor honored for his drug delivery work, creative activity
May 8, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Growing up in a small Texas town south of San Antonio, Michael A. Repka worked in his father’s pharmacy. Frank Repka opened Center Pharmacy in Pleasanton in 1961, and Michael started working there when he was 11 – dusting bottles and shelves, restocking those dust-free shelves and performing various tasks for hisRead the story …
Grant to Help Expand Environmental Studies Program
UM English professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities funding
April 29, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi English professor will direct a multidisciplinary National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help further the university’s interdisciplinary minor in environmental studies. Ann Fisher-Wirth, professor of English and director of the university’s environmental studies minor, is principal investigator for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Humanities Connections Planning Grant. GrantsRead the story …
New Center to Engage Mississippi Communities as Research Partners
UM: CREW will partner with communities to advance community development, health, arts
April 27, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is home to a new center that aims to empower local communities to take charge of their community development, policy change and resilience building by using data and the arts. The UM Community First Research Center for Wellbeing and Creative Achievement, or UM: CREW, will be a resource forRead the story …
UM Researchers Working to Detect, Track Tornadoes
Scientists using acoustic technology to 'hear' destructive twisters
April 13, 2020 by
RURAL NORTH ALABAMA – The cold whipping across an Alabama field on this winter morning slaps away the warmth, slowly forcing fingers and toes numb. Under a dull, overcast sky, University of Mississippi researchers trek across a damp pasture just north of Huntsville, braving the freeze and checking an array of 12 sensors that scientistsRead the story …
What’s Your Big Idea?
Venture Launch Weekend seeks business plans for entrepreneurial competition
March 11, 2020 by
Editor’s note: In response to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), all university-sponsored events have been canceled or postponed until further notice. Please visit communications.olemiss.edu/coronavirus for continued updates from the university. OXFORD, Miss. – An idea is all that is needed for Venture Launch Weekend, a two-day business plan development competition hosted byRead the story …
Food for Thought Aplenty During UM Brain Awareness Month
Neuroscience research poster showcase, keynote address and Science Cafe among scheduled events
March 5, 2020 by
Editor’s note: In response to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), all university-sponsored events have been canceled or postponed until further notice. Please visit communications.olemiss.edu/coronavirus for continued updates from the university. OXFORD, Miss. – Connections between the human brain and the immune system is the theme for upcoming Brain Awareness Month observances, set forRead the story …
University Partners with SBDC to Improve Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Pilot program seeks to aid UM faculty, staff looking to start research-related ventures
February 26, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center have launched a pilot program to assist UM employees interested in starting new businesses out of the university’s research enterprise. Based in the UM Office of Technology Commercialization, or OTC, the program’s main goal is developing faster, more effective pathways to ease the creation ofRead the story …
Universal Communicator
Astrochemist Ryan Fortenberry breaks down the chemistry of the cosmos
February 13, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “Science should be explained like campfire stories,” said Ryan Fortenberry, University of Mississippi assistant professor of astrochemistry, a subspecialty that explores chemistry in outer space. “Any science concept can be talked about in everyday language.” Fortenberry wants to reduce jargon in scientific prose, as evidenced by his piece in the February 2020Read the story …
UM Scientists Discover Novel Method for Catching, Maneuvering Droplets
Sound wave technique has benefits for biotechnology, laboratory work
February 13, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It’s a sonic marvel seemingly ripped from the fictional scenes of “Doctor Who” or “Star Wars,” what researchers are accomplishing at the University of Mississippi‘s National Center for Physical Acoustics, but in reality, it’s revolutionary research. In a recent Physical Review Applied paper, scientists at the center announced they were able toRead the story …