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01.13.2025 Ored Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

NIH Public Access Policy Update

Procurement Information for Award Spending online course announcement

National Sea Grant Law Center funding

Endowment To Help Fund Experiential Learning For Education Majors, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi education majors have opportunities to travel for field trips, Renee Hill-Cunningham wants to make sure there's no student left behind.

Mlk Day Of Service, Events To Honor Civil Rights Leader's Legacy, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi community will honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. through its annual MLK Day of Service and a memorial dinner and celebration.

Sea Grant Law Center To Lead Water Contaminant Research Efforts, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi will use a $500,000 grant to lead research efforts on water contaminants in the Southeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

Race And Ethnicity Forum Set For Feb. 24, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Join the Coalition for the Study of Race & Racism (CSRR) for the fourth annual faculty and graduate student forum on Race and Ethnicity Date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Triplett Alumni Center-Butler Auditorium.

Program To Boost Safety, Belonging In Rural Mississippi Schools, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi researchers are using a $2 million grant from the Department of Justice to promote safety, belonging and academic success in rural Mississippi classrooms.

Fundraiser Proceeds To Bolster Student Wellness Efforts, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Sigma Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Mississippi has donated the $60,000 proceeds of a recent fundraiser run on campus to support the work of the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab at the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing.

Alumnus Honors University's Role In His Family's Lives With Gift, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Dan Barber, of Franklin, Tennessee, who earned a master's degree from the University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy, is giving back to the place that makes him feel close to his roots and family.

Scholarships Provide Musical Path Through Ole Miss, Anna Williams

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Sofia Euyoque found her passion early in life through her Mexican-American culture. Starting in middle school, her enthusiasm for music grew through high school to the point where she decided to pursue a career in the musical arts.

January 3, 2025, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Finding Aid For The Priscian Fragments Collection (Mum01753)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

No abstract provided.

First Direct Graduate Student Cohort Thrives With Support, Natalie Ehrhardt

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Graduate students in the first cohort of the University of Mississippi's new Diversifying Interdisciplinary Research Expertise through Community building and Training, or DIRECT, program are making strides in their academic journeys, thanks to the foundational supports it provides.

Southern Register. 2025.1 (Winter 2025), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

No abstract provided.

Distinguished Alumni Of The Year, University Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Awards

No abstract provided.

Issue 458: January 2025, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

Special Issue: 2025 Oxford Fiber Arts Festival, January 23-25, at the Powerhouse

Research News, Publications, 2025, Volume 1, Joshua Sharp

Publications (2015-)

Publications that appeared during the period of January 1 - March 31, 2025.

Applied Statistics Course Offerings: Spring 2025, University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

GMAS Course List

No abstract provided.

Research News, Publications, 2025, Volume 2, Soumyajit Majumdar

Publications (2015-)

Publications that appeared during the period of April 1 - June 30, 2025.

Research News, Grants, 2025, Volume 1, Joshua Sharp

Grants (2015-)

Grants and contracts awarded during January - March 2025

Research News, Grants, 2025, Volume 3, Soumyajit Majumdar

Grants (2015-)

Grants and contracts awarded during July - September 2025.

Bridging Gaps: Librarians Fostering Intellectual Freedom Across State Lines, Harley Rogers, Lindsay Decker

Library Publications

No abstract provided.

Hydrogen And Halogen Interactions With 2,6 Dimethoxypyridine, Margaret Manning Stucky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Raman spectroscopy and computational chemistry are used to explore the effects of non-covalent interactions with the nitrogen-containing building block 2,6-dimethoxypyridine. Previously, we have shown that hydrogen and halogen bonding with simple nitrogen containing heterocycles leads to partial charge transfer and evolving spectroscopic properties. Adding electron donating and withdrawing groups to azabenzenes should allow us then to tune these interactions. Here, 2,6-dimethoxypyridine (DMOP) with its two methoxy substituents offers an excellent opportunity to study the effect of electron withdrawal on spectroscopic observables. Unlike in previous studies, however, hydrogen bonding led to no discernable experimental spectroscopic changes in mixtures of DMOP and …

Giving And Receiving Social Support Among Individuals With Migraine, Lauren Thaxter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Migraine is among the most common and burdensome neurological disorders in the United States, significantly impairing daily functioning. Psychological variables such as depression, anxiety, stress, and fear of pain are known to exacerbate migraine experiences, while receiving social support has been broadly associated with improved health outcomes. Although giving and receiving social support are protective for physical and mental health, their specific influence on migraine outcomes remains underexplored. This study investigated experimentally whether giving social support increased pain tolerance and reduced pain intensity as measured using a cold pressor test among 117 individuals with migraine. This study also examined the …

Examining The Relationship Between Moral Injury, Belief In A Just World, And Substance Abuse In Military Veterans, Alyssa Mae Wood

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Combat-exposed veterans and military service members are at high risk of experiencing mental health problems. Although moral injury is recognized as a unique contributor to mental health challenges in this population, the relationship between changes in world belief, PTSD, and substance use remains unexplored. This cross-sectional quantitative study investigated the relationship among moral injury symptoms, changes in belief in a just world (BJW) and belief in an unjust world (BUW), and substance use in a sample of 122 combat-exposed U.S. military Veterans and service members.

Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that changes in BUW following potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) significantly …

Polylactic Acid-Based Sustainable Hybrid Nanobiocomposites, Utsab Roy Ayan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Optimized extrusion melt-blending of polylactic acid (PLA) polymer with a minor biopolymeric phase, polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), and compatibilized with random ethylene-methyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer (EMA-GMA, Trademark: Lotader® AX-8900) led to an outstanding improvement in mechanical properties. At the non-compatibilized PLA/PBAT (80/20) blend point, significant enhancement (~4500%) in toughness and elongation-at-break was already obtained without compromising any elastic properties. Lotader content at 2 wt.% was determined to be optimal by numerical optimization methodology to maximize toughness and elongation-at-break. Upon adding the compatibilizer, the original phase-separated morphology of the blends changed from PBAT quasi-spherical domains to nearly elongated elliptical ones. The …

Early Career Alumni Awards, University Of Mississippi School Of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Awards

No abstract provided.

The Implications Of The Menstrual Cycle On Upper Extremity Function And Injury Risk, Kaitlyn Ashley Armstrong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the leading cause of time lost from work in the healthcare industry (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022). Women account for 75 percent of the total employment in hospitals (BLS, 2022). It is important to identify key risk factors that may be contributing to the high rates of injury in this sector. Females bring a variety of unique factors into account, and understanding these factors could be critical for improving individual health and the burden placed on the system due to absenteeism resulting from injury. The cyclical hormonal fluctuations that occur over a menstrual cycle …

Safety Effectiveness Of Unsignalized Restricted Crossing U-Turn (Rcut) Intersections In Mississippi Using Empirical Bayes Before After Study, Gaurav Aryal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

At-grade intersections on high-speed highways can be hazardous, particularly where lower-speed vehicles from minor roads must cross fast-moving traffic on major roads. To address this, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) converted more than 20 unsignalized rural and urban intersections to the Restricted Crossing U‐Turn (RCUT) configuration between 2012 and 2022. This study provides the first before-after safety evaluation of these implementations, applying three analytical approaches: naïve before-after annual crash frequency comparison, an Improved Prediction Method (that accounts for changes in duration and AADT in before vs. after period), and a rigorous Empirical Bayes (EB) framework considering two definitions of …

Levee Breach Analysis Using Numerical Simulation Aided By Machine Learning, Mudhaffer Alqudah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation presents a multi-faceted framework for the prediction of geotechnical and hydraulic failure mechanisms in earthen structures, with a focus on levees and embankments. The study integrates laboratory testing, numerical modeling, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the assessment and forecasting of levee performance under static and dynamic loading conditions.

The first component of the research applies various machine learning (ML) algorithms to predict Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) of soils using basic geotechnical parameters. Experimental data from lab-tested soil mixtures were used to train and compare models including Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Gradient Boosting, Random Forests, K-Nearest Neighbors, Support …

Les Conditions De Vie De La Classe Ouvrière Dans Les Chefs-D’ Œeuvre De Ousmane Sembène, Sawel Awuni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Francophone African literature emerged as a vehicle for criticism of the colonial system, subsequently shifting its focus to neocolonialism as a new stage of imperialism. Literature and film served as instruments for critiquing imperialist structures, which engendered societal issues and fostered division among Africans. This study examines how Sembène’s books and films satirize society and their continued relevance to contemporary issues in the countries and cities depicted in these literary and cinematic works. To conduct this study, two books and a film were selected as primary sources: Le Docker Noir, Les Bouts de bois de Dieu, and “La Noire de…”. …