OXFORD, Miss. – A cold rain forced Friday’s Duff Center groundbreaking ceremony indoors, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of more than 200 University of Mississippi supporters and community members from showing up to celebrate the largest single construction project ever on the Oxford campus. Jim and Thomas Duff, the brothers and owners of DuffRead the story …
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UM Breaks Ground on Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation
New STEM facility to strengthen Mississippi's workforce, job market and economy
October 29, 2021 by
University Creates Institute for Data Science
New institute to further expertise of Ole Miss students, others in field
August 12, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With the explosion of big data fueling new jobs and technologies, the University of Mississippi has created a new Institute for Data Science to help educate the next generation of data scientists. The Institute for Data Science, or IDS, will attract and instruct students and others who want to develop expertise to ethicallyRead the story …
New Engineering Emphasis Focuses on Computer Security
With expert faculty hires, three courses to be offered beginning fall 2020 semester
January 21, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As hackers continue infiltrating global databases, stealing personal identities and illegally accessing financial assets, computer security professionals are in high demand in both industry and academia. In response, the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi is offering a new security emphasis. The department has hired assistant professorsRead the story …
Truth of Black Holes Topic of April Science Cafe
UM physicist Leo Stein to discuss deep-space phenomena
April 5, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The latest observations about the deep-space phenomena of black holes is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The spring semester’s final meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday (April 9) at Uptown Coffee, 265Read the story …
UM Researchers Uncover Brain Science Behind Impulsivity
Applied Sciences professors translate animal studies in breakthrough neurological research
December 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Researchers in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi have discovered an anatomical link in the human brain associated with impulsivity. “Impulsivity is the tendency of your behavior to make decisions based on what you see in front of you, rather than seeing the entire picture,” said Tossi Ikuta, assistant professor of communicationRead the story …
National Science Foundation Funds Further Lightning Research
UM professors studying the mysteries of how lightning starts
June 13, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Science has revealed several fascinating things about lightning. For instance, a lightning flash can heat the surrounding air to temperatures around 50,000 degrees – five times hotter than the sun’s surface. Lightning bolts roar toward the ground at speeds of 200,000 mph. And an American has about a one-in-14,600 chance of being struck byRead the story …
School of Applied Sciences Lauds Annual Research Symposium Winners
Students present research in broad range of fields
April 13, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Administrators and faculty in the School of Applied Sciences offer congratulations to the school’s winners of the Graduate Student Council’s Eighth Annual Research Symposium: Christopher Hill, Sam Wilson, James Grant Mouser, Caleb Williams, Lauren Luginsland and Harish Chander for their third-place podium session, “Impact Of Repeated Balance Perturbations on Lower Extremity LeanRead the story …
UM Engineering Science Ph.D. Continues Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Mamun Miah studying earthquake hazard simulations, risk assessments
June 29, 2017 by
From the suburbs of his native Dhaka, Bangladesh, to the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, Mamun Miah has been on an incredible journey. And the faculty, courses and programs of the University of Mississippi School of Engineering have played an important role in his career path. “During my undergraduate study,Read the story …
Topological Quantum States of Matter is Topic for Next Science Cafe
UM physicist to share research on changes of non-thermal materials in Oct. 20 talk
October 15, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The topological properties of cold mater is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the UM Department of Physics and Astronomy. The fall semester’s second meeting of the Oxford Science Café is set for 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at Lusa Bakery Bistro and Bar, 1120 North Lamar Blvd. KevinRead the story …