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StarTalk Program Immerses High School Students in Chinese Language And Culture

Video by Lee Eric Smith. OXFORD, Miss. – When the 13 teenagers who participated in StarTalk 2009 at the University of Mississippi return to their high schools this fall, they’ll have some interesting tidbits for their “what I did during summer vacation” reports. Most notably, within 30 days, they progressed from zero knowledge of MandarinRead the story …

Holiday Bazaar Scheduled Nov. 13, 14 in Student Union Lobby

OXFORD, Miss. – A Holiday Bazaar featuring 15 vendors with one-of-a-kind gifts and much more is scheduled Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13-14, at the University of Mississippi. Sponsored by the Department of Campus Programming, the unique shopping opportunity is set both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union Lobby. It isRead the story …

Southern Foodways Alliance to Host 11th Annual Symposium Oct. 23-26

Public invited to two Thursday events OXFORD, Miss. – The anthropologist Loran Eisley said, “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” With this in mind, the liquid South is the focus at the 11th annual Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium at the University of Mississippi. Held on Oct. 23-26, the symposiumRead the story …

Family and Consumer Sciences Department Plans Food-and-Wine Event to Raise Scholarship Funds

OXFORD, Miss. – The Oxford Square will show off its knack for Southern hospitality this fall when the University of Mississippi’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences hosts its first Square Toast for Scholarships food-and-wine fundraiser. FCS, part of UM’s School of Applied Sciences, has scheduled the event for 5-8 p.m. Oct. 6. It includesRead the story …

The Blues, the Devil and Juke Joints: University Efforts Credited With Helping Keep the Blues Alive

View a slide slow of the some items from the Blues archive. {gallery}08-2008/blues{/gallery} OXFORD, Miss. – After toiling long hours in the field under a hot Mississippi Delta sun, poor black sharecroppers of the early 20th century gathered on front porches and put to music their sorrow and suffering. The soulful lyrics and sounds ofRead the story …

Potlikker Film Festival Scheduled Aug. 22 at Powerhouse in Oxford

Noon Brown Bag program at CSSC features fun film OXFORD, Miss. – Food, drink and films highlight the Potlikker Film Festival scheduled Aug. 22 at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center in Oxford. The Southern Foodways Alliance, housed at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, teamed up with theRead the story …

Discussion on Constitution, National Security Sept. 17 Opens Weeklong Constitution Day Observance

09/14/2007 OXFORD, Miss. – A free, public discussion titled “National Security and the Constitution” opens a weeklong observance of Constitution Day Monday (Sept. 17) at the University of Mississippi.