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Jan Ruehling Polio Era Collection

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and records related to the life and work of Jan Ruehling, as well as the 20th century polio epidemic of the United States of America.

Newsletter, Spring 2024, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Supplemental Information. Theoretical Rotational And Vibrational Spectral Data For The Hypermagnesium Oxide Species Mg2o And Mg2o+, Athena R. Flint, Brent R. Westbrook, Ryan C. Fortenberry

Faculty and Student Publications

Tables to accompany a forthcoming article in the journal ChemPhysChem.

Hpv Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, And Behaviors Among Community College Students: A Scoping Review, E. Pittman, D. Barker, S. Veeramachaneni, B. Suttles, M. Nagra, A. Ford-Wade, M. Kang, H. Allen, M. Barnard

Faculty and Student Publications

Background: Human Papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Approximately 42.5 million individuals in the U.S. are infected with disease-associated HPV and 13 million new cases occur every year. It is estimated that 85% of sexually active adults will be infected with HPV at some point during their lifetime. Most individuals infected with HPV are asymptomatic and clear the virus without any complications. However, in some individuals, the virus persists. Prolonged HPV infection has been associated with six different types of cancer and genital warts. There are approximately 37,000 cases of HPV-associated cancers diagnosed annually …

Lavender Graduation 2024, University Of Mississippi. Center For Inclusion And Cross Cultural Engagement

Lavender Graduation

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, April 2024, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Disputed Reading In The Codex Veronensis Lx (58): Revisiting The Imperial Rescript On The Communion Of Damasus And Meletius., Lester L. Field Jr.

Faculty and Student Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, February 2024, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Finding Aid For The James O. Eastland Collection (Mum00117)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Correspondence, documents, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, and recordings from the congressional office of U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi. Also includes his personal correspondence, financial records, plantation records, and law firm files.

Domestic And Foreign Policies Are Intertwined, Matthew Thomas Becker

Faculty and Student Publications

This guest editorial appeared in multiple venues:

1. Missoulian, 25 January 2024
2. The Oxford Eagle, 29 January 2024
3. The Panolian, 29 January 2024
4. Magnolia Tribune, 30 January 2024
5. The Laurel Leader, 31 January 2024
6. The Commercial Dispatch, 1 February 2024
7. The Daily Progress. 7 February 2024

Newsletter, January 2024, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Research News, Publications, 2024, Volume 1, Soumyajit Majumdar

Publications (2015-)

Publications that appeared during the period of January 1 through March 31, 2024

Research News, Grants, 2024, Volume 1, Soumyajit Majumdar

Grants (2015-)

Grants and contract awarded during January - March 2024

Newsletter, December 2023, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Data-Supported Policy Recommendations For Usda Food Insecurity-Related Programs, Kara Woods, Anne M. Cafer, Meagen Rosenthal, Jillian Morrison, Natalie Minton, Brian K. Phillips, Si-Arah Mccray, Iris Crosby, Henry English, Kandi Williams

Food Systems

This report summarizes the findings obtained from a collaborative research project between the University of Mississippi Community First Research Center for Wellbeing and Creative Achievement (CREW), Southern University Agriculture Center, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The purpose of this research initiative was to examine the demand for nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs by farmers in rural areas across Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and to examine to what degree, if any, local farmers are currently incorporated into existing USDA Farm Bill funded produce prescription and nutrition incentive initiatives based on the 2018 Farm Bill changes.

Usda Food Insecurity Programs: Barriers & Policy Recommendations, Alcorn State University. Socially Disadvantaged Farmers And Ranchers Policy Research Center, University Of Mississippi. Community-First Research Center For Wellbeing And Creative Achievement, Southern University. Agriculture Center, University Of Arkansas At Pine Bluff

Food Systems

An evaluation of the effectiveness of nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs in rural areas across Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi identified barriers to participation for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (SDFRs) and informed five policy goals for widening access and funding.

Newsletter, November 2023, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Stem Lunch Series: Student Belonging In Stem, Rebecca Symula, Susan Pedigo, Jessica Osborne

Events

Date: Friday, November 10 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Johnson Commons East Banquet Room Panelists: Rebecca Symula, instructional associate professor of biology; Susan Pedigo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and Jessica Osborne, principal evaluation associate, Center for Research Evaluation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) awards the University of Mississippi a grant to understand, promote, and evaluate inclusivity in STEM education. In this session, HHMI team members will share and discuss some of their initial research featuring student and faculty perspectives on belonging and inclusivity.

Beyond Chatgpt: New Tools To Augment Your Research, Derek Bruff, Kellye Makamson, Marc Watkins

Events

Date: Wednesday, November 8 Time: 11:00 am-12:00 pm Location: Zoom Facilitators: Derek Bruff, visiting associate director, CETL; Kellye Makamson, Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric; and Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow As generative AI tools like ChatGPT receive widespread attention, there has been little focus on how the technology can aid research and education. Join us to learn about AI-powered research tools that can augment academic work. We will discuss new research applications of tools like Anthropic’s Claude 2, Google’s NotebookLM, and Perplexity. Attendees will learn how these systems can help your own research and how you can use them with …

Original Library Collection Provides Insights Into Um’S Early Days, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Archivist working on project ahead of University Libraries' anniversary next year

Getting Started With Alternative Grading, Emily Pitts Donahoe, Josh Eyler

Events

Date: Wednesday, November 1 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Zoom Facilitators: Emily Pitts Donahoe and Josh Eyler Interested in different approaches to grading? Maybe even thinking about trying an alternative grading model in your own course? Join us for a workshop in which we’ll explore your grading approaches as they relate to your teaching values and your philosophy of education. We will also introduce a variety of different grading models and some strategies for implementation.

Normalized Linearly-Combined Chaotic System: Design, Analysis, Implementation And Application, Md Sakib Hasan, Anurag Dhungel, Partha Sarathi Paul, Maisha Sadia, Md Razuan Hossain

Faculty and Student Publications

This work presents a general framework for developing a multi-parameter 1-D chaotic system for uniform and robust chaotic operation across the parameter space. This is important for diverse practical applications where parameter disturbance may cause degradation or even complete disappearance of chaotic properties. The wide uninterrupted chaotic range and improved chaotic properties are demonstrated with the aid of stability analysis, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov exponent (LE), Kolmogorov entropy, Shannon entropy, and correlation coefficient. We also demonstrate the proposed system’s amenability to cascading for further performance improvement. We introduce an efficient Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based implementation and validate its chaotic properties using …

Universal Aspects Of Barrier Crossing Under Bias, Sudeep Adhikari, Kevin S. D. Beach

Faculty and Student Publications

The thermal activation process by which a system passes from one local energy minimum to another is a recurring motif in physics, chemistry, and biology. For instance, biopolymer chains are typically modeled in terms of energy landscapes, with folded and unfolded conformations represented by two distinct wells separated by a barrier. The rate of transfer between wells depends primarily on the height of the barrier, but it also depends on the details of the shape of the landscape along the trajectory. We consider the case of bias due to an external force, analogous to the pulling force applied in optical …

Biomembrane-Based Memcapacitive Reservoir Computing System For Energy-Efficient Temporal Data Processing, Md Razuan Hossain, Ahmed S. Mohamed, Nicholas X. Armendarez, Joseph S. Najem, Md Sakib Hasan

Faculty and Student Publications

Reservoir computing is a highly efficient machine learning framework for processing temporal data by extracting input features and mapping them into higher dimensional spaces. Physical reservoirs have been realized using spintronic oscillators, atomic switch networks, volatile memristors, etc. However, these devices are intrinsically energy-dissipative due to their resistive nature, increasing their power consumption. Therefore, memcapacitive devices can provide a more energy-efficient approach. Herein, volatile biomembrane-based memcapacitors are leveraged as reservoirs to solve classification tasks and process time series in simulation and experimentally. This system achieves a 99.6% accuracy for spoken-digit classification and a normalized mean square error of 7.81×10−4$7.81 \times …

Provenance And Significance Of The Molded Frog Lamp: An Art Historical Analysis, Lucas Laroche

Art and Art History Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

Come discover the fascinating story behind the “Molded Frog Lamp” housed by The University of Mississippi Museum as my research paper explores its provenance, historical context, artistic and cultural significance, as well as methods of creation.

Newsletter, October 2023, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Ghosting From The Workplace: The Impact Of Feedback (Or Lack Thereof) On Applicants’ Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Natasha R. Wood, Christina Leckfor, Sydney Wicks, Andrew Hales

Faculty and Student Publications

Background: Applying for a job can be a stressful experience. When a potential employer chooses to not move forward with a candidate, they can either directly tell them or cease communication altogether—known as ghosting. Ghosting has harmful consequences, such as lower basic psychological needs satisfaction than direct rejection, and there has been an apparent increase in this phenomenon by potential employers. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of being ghosted after submitting a hypothetical job application.
Methods: An international sample of unemployed people (N = 554) completed an online job application task and were randomly assigned …

00. About Tupelo Pride, September 30, 2023, Madeline Burdine, K. B. Hurst, Amy Mcdowell

Tupelo Pride, 2023: Voices

Description of activities by the Queer Mississippi team during Tupelo Pride 2023. Includes a list of the conversation prompts placed in a fishbowl.

Newsletter, September 2023, Cedar Oaks Guild

Cedar Oaks Guild Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Pedagogy Of Kindness, Cate Denial

Events

Date: Wednesday, September 20 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Johnson Commons East Ballroom Facilitator: Cate Denial, Bright Distinguished Professor of American History, Chair of the History department, and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College What does it mean to practice a Pedagogy of Kindness? This session will explore three tenets of compassionate teaching: justice, believing students, and believing in students. We’ll reflect together on what kindness (and its lack) has meant to us within academia, and how we can – piece by piece – assemble a kind approach to pedagogy that meets the needs of our students and ourselves …