OXFORD, Miss. – More than 100 entrepreneurs, economic developers, innovators and future business owners gathered in Jackson recently for the fifth Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum to learn more about the state’s entrepreneurial climate and the future of entrepreneurship. Sponsored in part by the University of Mississippi‘s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement, the event is part ofRead the story …
Entrepreneurship Forum Focuses on State’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
Event sponsored by UM McLean Institute, others sparks economic development conversation
April 10, 2019 by
School of Pharmacy Honors Alice Clark as Alumna of the Year
Vice chancellor emerita of university relations awarded for career accomplishments
April 5, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After a nearly 40-year career with the University of Mississippi, Vice Chancellor Emerita of University Relations Alice Clark is being honored as the 2019 School of Pharmacy alumna of the year. “I’m so honored to be recognized in this way by the place I’ve called home for so many years,” Clark said.Read the story …
How Do Bacteria Handle Microgravity?
UM professor's research investigates controlling microorganisms in space
April 3, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor soon will be sending bacteria to space with the aim of improving future spaceflights. Patrick Curtis, an associate professor of biology, has been awarded an International Space Station, or ISS, Flight Opportunity Award, which will send bacteria grown in his UM laboratory to the space station in the comingRead the story …
Venturing for Success
UM Venture Launch Weekend educates new, future business owners
February 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Venture Launch Weekend landed with success recently at the University of Mississippi, as more than two dozen people competed in the entrepreneurial development program. Held at various sites on the Ole Miss campus Feb. 8-10, the event featured 27 participants from the UM and local community forming development teams and pitching business ideas. TheRead the story …
New Center for Research Evaluation Director Approaches Job with Zeal
Sarah Mason joins UM with 15 years of experience
February 8, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Sarah Mason is bringing fresh energy to the Center for Research Evaluation at the University of Mississippi as its new director. In barely over a month on the job, Mason is reaching out to the UM, state and regional community, reminding longstanding partners of the broad spectrum of high-quality research and evaluation services theRead the story …
Professor Receives Competitive NIH Award, Peer-reviewed Journal Cover
Saumen Chakraborty's research explores alternate energy, Alzheimer's disease
January 3, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The fall semester was kind to University of Mississippi researcher Saumen Chakraborty, who received a National Institutes of Health award and earned the cover of a scientific journal. Chakraborty, an assistant professor in the UM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was awarded a $317,198 grant from the NIH in September to study a class of enzymesRead the story …
UM Recognized Among Country’s Top-Tier Research Universities Once Again
Carnegie Classification recognizes R&D investment and doctoral and professional degrees granted
December 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss – The University of Mississippi is included in the elite group of R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity released Monday in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the definitive list of the top doctoral research universities in the United States. UM is among a distinguished group of 120 institutions thatRead the story …
Federally Funded Marijuana Turns 50
University researchers observe half-century of growing contract
December 5, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fifty years ago, the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy was awarded a competitive contract from the government to grow marijuana that could be standardized for research. Interest in marijuana research had grown throughout the late ’60s, and the government wanted to study the effectsRead the story …
Past Meets Future with UM Research into Greek Plaques
Classics, engineering professors team up to explore ancient history
November 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It is a delicate balancing act Brad Cook performs as he places a more-than-2,000-year-old golden Greek artifact atop a high-energy X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. In position, the wafer-thin ancient article soon will be beamed with billions of photons, all to unlock its age. Cook, an associate professor of classics at the University of Mississippi,Read the story …
UM Establishes Center for Researching Multi-messenger Astrophysics
Emergent scientific field arose from discovery of gravitational waves
November 15, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Riding a new frontier of scientific discovery into gravitational waves, the University of Mississippi is now home to the Center for Multi-messenger Astrophysics. The center was launched Nov. 1 after the center’s creation was approved by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning in August. It will allow UM researchers to play a prominent roleRead the story …