OXFORD, Miss. – Everyone can identify with a life-changing crisis of one kind or another: unexpected illness, death of a family member or loss of property due to natural disaster. These types of emergencies often put families on hard times, both financially and emotionally. For a University of Mississippi student, such an event could easilyRead the story …
Ole Miss Builds Safety Net for Students
Emergency 'family fund' will help students in crisis
February 25, 2014 by
Clarion Ledger: Quilt Exhibit At Museum Shows Artistic History
February 17, 2011 by
A rich history in bold color and form fills the walls of the Hattie Mae Edmunds Gallery at the University of Mississippi Museum.An exhibition that celebrates the nationally renowned quilts from Gee’s Bend, Ala., offers samples from generations of women quilters. Read the story.
Longtime Professor Jimmy Davis Gives Back to University
April 8, 2009 by
Chancellor Robert Khayat presents Jimmy Davis with a framed certificate in appreciation for his gift to fund the James W. Davis Scholarship Endowment in Accountancy. UM photo by Nathan Latil. James W. “Jimmy” Davis’ career at UM has spanned more than 44 years and four chancellors. In that time, Davis has helped UM’s accounting programRead the story …
Award-Winning Poet Sarah Maclay Is Grisham Visiting Writer March 9
March 4, 2009 by
Sarah Maclay OXFORD, Miss. – Award-winning poet Sarah Maclay visits the University of Mississippi Monday (March 9) as part of the John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer Series. Maclay is scheduled to give a 7 p.m. reading in Peabody Hall, Room 209. She will sign books immediately following the event, which is free and openRead the story …
Porter Fortune History Symposium March 5-6 to Focus on Civilian Experience of World War
March 3, 2009 by
Started in 1975, event honors late UM chancellor emeritus OXFORD, Miss. – The advent of air travel drastically altered warfare, both for military strategists and the civilian populations that endure bombings. But historians tend to focus on the strategy of military campaigns, leaving little record of civilian experience. The stories of those who survived wartimeRead the story …
CNN Bloggers Roll onto Campus in Biofuel-Powered Truck, Film Segment
August 8, 2008 by
Brad Crafton (left), research technician with UM’s Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute is interviewed by CNN’s Cody McCloy (second from left) and Brian Hardy in front of the Lyceum. Photo courtesy of Ole Miss Editor Ashley Dees. OXFORD, Miss. — After more than 1,000 online voters had their say, CNN’s Cody McCloy and Brian Hardy droveRead the story …
University Invites Review of Self-Study of Athletics Programs
March 24, 2008 by
A UM committee is wrapping up a campuswide study of athletics programs as part of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. A draft of the 375-page self-study report is on reserve in the J.D. Williams Library through March 31 to encourage public review and comment. The final report is to be submitted to theRead the story …