OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has been named “most appealing” college in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center and four collaborating academic medical centers have received $26 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of cognitive decline. The new funding will pay for the ARIC Neurocognitive Study, a comprehensive examination of thousands of patients,Read the story …

JACKSON, Miss. – Supporters of a new research center combating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have announced a $9 million campaign aimed at raising private funds to support its work. The creation of the MIND Center, for Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Research, was announced at a press conferenceRead the story …

JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center will partner with the renowned Mayo Clinic on a series of initiatives intended to convert laboratory discoveries into new therapies and train a new generation of medical scientists. An agreement between the institutions, titled the Translational Research and Training Program for Clinician Scientists, was formally announcedRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss – Just days before heading to the Miss Mississippi Pageant, Miss University Adrian Turner of Tupelo held a trunk show and silent auction on campus, raising $1,811 to support her pageant platform, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis.

OXFORD, Miss. – Oxford residents can play golf while supporting health at a Men’s Wellness Fair, set for 7:30-10:30 a.m. June 24 at the Ole Miss Golf Course.

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi theatre arts presentation is being recognized June 5 by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

OXFORD, Miss. – Anthony Seaman, director of brand creative services at the University of Mississippi, has been named the 2010 president-elect for the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association, a professional organization for in-house corporate publishing, printing and distribution operations.

OXFORD, Miss. – Whenever an individual needs information to apply for a federal grant or lawmakers need figures to redistrict the Mississippi Legislature, the Center for Population Studies at the University of Mississippi provides the U.S. Census data necessary to accomplish the tasks.