OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s permanent endowment grew in its latest fiscal year to an all-time high of $715 million, thanks in part to the seventh consecutive year of new gifts of $100 million or more. Private support totaled more than $115.8 million from 30,332 donors, giving the university essential resources to continueRead the story …
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Peeples Receives Outstanding Professional Educator Award
Graduate of Grenada regional campus hopes to set an example for his students
August 6, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has named Vaiden native Terry Peeples as one of Mississippi’s Outstanding Professional Educators of the Year. The annual award is given to one graduate from each of 15 Mississippi colleges and universities. Peeples, who graduated from the University of Mississippi’s Grenada regional campus inRead the story …
UM Hosts Rebel Upward Bound Institute
Program helps 32 students from area schools better understand math
June 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss – Thirty-two students from area schools benefited from a new summer math program at the University of Mississippi. The Rebel Upward Bound Institute, which ran June 1-22, was conducted by UM’s Department of Mathematics and the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. The outreach project, affiliated with the federally funded education program UpwardRead the story …
High School Programmers Pilot Robots to Success in UM Competition
Three teams advance to regional contest next month in Georgia
February 22, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After a grueling six-month journey, three high school teams bested 21 others to win top honors in Mississippi’s sixth annual FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition Saturday (Feb. 17) at the University of Mississippi. Hosted by the UM Center for Mathematics and Science Education, the event began with judging at 7 a.m. inRead the story …
Math and Science Center Moves into Renovated Facility
Jackson Avenue Center space will allow CMSE to operate more efficiently
September 10, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Center for Mathematics and Science Education has moved back into its renovated facility at the Jackson Avenue Center. The CMSE’s offices were updated over four months after part of the building was damaged in February. The renovated office is upgraded from the original cinder block wall facility and is specially designedRead the story …
McLean Institute Hosts Virtual Reality Experience
Public will get a glimpse of technology work conducted in the Delta
August 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will host a virtual reality experience for students in the Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development program Thursday (Aug. 24) at the Innovation Hub at Insight Park Vince Jordan, CEO and president of virtual reality production company Lobaki, will join theRead the story …
University Community Mourns Paul Tobin Maginnis
Retired professor, chair helped build Department of Computer and Information Science
June 24, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Paul Tobin Maginnis, a professor emeritus who served as interim chair and helped build the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi, died June 14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. He was 70. A private graveside service was held June 16 at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. FormerRead the story …
Mississippi Robotics Champs Earn World Championship
Pearl team wins title as part of a three-team alliance in Texas
May 5, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A robotics team from Pearl that won the Mississippi’s FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition in March at the University of Mississippi has gone on to win a world championship in Houston, Texas. The group of friends from Pearl has worked together for more than five years and was part of a three-team allianceRead the story …
UM Catapult Competition Draws Top Guns
Tishomingo County High School teams defeated 16 others to take home top honors
April 13, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Normally, tennis balls volley back and forth on the tennis court, but Wednesday afternoon (April 12), the fluorescent yellow balls were being catapulted in the C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum at the University of Mississippi. The School of Engineering, Center for Math and Science Education and Division of Outreach and Continuing Education hostedRead the story …
UM Hosts State Robotics Competition this Weekend
Center for Mathematics and Science Education prepares for fifth annual FIRST Tech Challenge
March 1, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Middle and high school students from across the state will compete in Mississippi’s fifth annual FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition Saturday (March 4) at the University of Mississippi. Hosted by UM’s Center for Mathematics and Science Education, judging begins at 7 a.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. Public events begin at 10 a.m., and the competitionRead the story …