OXFORD, Miss. – Ten University of Mississippi seniors have been inducted into the university’s 2020-21 Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors afforded to students at UM. The inductees were selected by a committee in accordance with policy developed by the Associated Student Body. Selections are based on outstanding contributions in all aspects ofRead the story …
Elsie Hood Award Winner Lauded for Empathy and ‘Transformative Impact’
Patrick Alexander is university's teacher of the year
April 9, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Patrick Alexander, associate professor of English and African American studies, is the recipient of the 2021 Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award at the University of Mississippi. The honor – the highest bestowed on UM faculty who make a positive difference in the classroom – was announced Thursday evening (April 8) in TheRead the story …
Musical Theater and Film Blend to Take Audiences to Satirical Dystopia
Digital production showcases stage, screen talents of UM students
April 7, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film‘s innovative 2020-21 season continues with another opportunity for students to create and present theater in a way they have never done before. “Urinetown: The Musical” will be available to stream on-demand from 8 a.m. Friday (April 9) through 11:45 p.m. Sunday (April 11).Read the story …
Trent Lott Leadership Institute Works to Prepare Future Leaders
Application for rising juniors and seniors open for the 2021 Pathways to Leadership Workshop
April 6, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Trent Lott Leadership Institute is accepting applications for a two-day workshop from rising 11th and 12th graders who attend high school in south Mississippi and want to enhance their leadership abilities and make a difference in their schools and communities. The 2021 Pathways to Leadership Workshop will takeRead the story …
UM Students Win Coveted Goldwater Scholarships
Austin Wallace and Qing Ivy Li awarded one of nation's most prestigious national scholarships
April 5, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College students at the University of Mississippi have been awarded prestigious and coveted Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Qing Ivy Li, of Oxford, and Austin Wallace, of Southaven, became the university’s 17th and 18th students to receive Goldwater scholarships. Both students are junior chemistry majors. The Goldwater isRead the story …
Greg Tschumper Wins 2021 SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Professor internationally recognized for research in physical and computational quantum chemistry
April 1, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Greg Tschumper, professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named winner of the 2021 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Mississippi, the Southeastern Conference announced this week. Tschumper joined the Ole Miss faculty in 2001, and his research interests are in weak chemical interactions that playRead the story …
Two Years in Beijing: UM Students Earn Yenching Fellowships
Senior international studies and Chinese majors headed to Beijing for two years
March 29, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi seniors are headed to China in September with an opportunity to spend two years studying in Beijing with scholars from around the world after being named UM’s first-ever Yenching fellows. Lennis Barlow, from Madison, and Matthew Travers, from St. Louis, are both majoring in international studies and Chinese and are members ofRead the story …
Two UM Students Selected for Fellowship Program
Jonathan Dabel, Je'Von D. Franklin to work with initiative aimed at solving education challenges
March 24, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students have been chosen to participate in an inaugural national network program designed to use technology to innovate teaching and learning with the goal of improving outcomes for Black, Latino and indigenous students, poverty-affected students and first-generation students across the nation. Jonathan Dabel, of Diamondhead, and Je’Von D.Read the story …
Searching Beyond Einstein
UM professor receives National Science Foundation award to test general relativity theory
March 23, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor will use his new National Science Foundation award to further explore Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and pursue unlocking the universe’s gravitational secrets. Leo Stein, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, recently was granted a Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National ScienceRead the story …
All the World’s a Stage
UM theater program adapts to bring Shakespeare to audiences in time of social distancing
March 22, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – To safely bring theater to the public in the time of COVID-19, the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film is using ingenuity to put a modern spin on a classic idea. “Pop-Up Shakespeare,” a series of informal, catch-them-when-you-can performances, combines the time-honored tradition of staging Shakespeare’s plays outdoors with theRead the story …