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Blues Today 2006 Asks: Is Blues The Devil's Music?, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Dec 2005

Blues Today 2006 Asks: Is Blues The Devil's Music?, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Living Blues magazine delves into the topic of blues as the devil's music at the 2006 Blues Today Symposium. Held for the fourth year at the University of Mississippi, the Feb 9-11 symposium takes a fresh look at the music that made Mississippi known worldwide.


Lifestyle Changes, Gradual Progress Are Keys To Permanent Weight Loss, Deborah Purnell Dec 2005

Lifestyle Changes, Gradual Progress Are Keys To Permanent Weight Loss, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - One of the national health objectives by the year 2010 is to reduce the number of adults who are obese to less than 15 percent of the total population. However, the latest data indicates that the situation is worsening rather than improving.


Destination South Africa For Students During Winter Session, Staff Report Dec 2005

Destination South Africa For Students During Winter Session, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mark Twain said travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Some University of Mississippi students will discover this for themselves as they take part in three Winter Session study-abroad programs in South Africa.


Music Student Awarded Rotary Scholarship, Study Trip To England, Camille Breland Dec 2005

Music Student Awarded Rotary Scholarship, Study Trip To England, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi student Elise Gutshall has good reason to smile. Not only has she received a $26,000 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship but she has also gained the opportunity to finish her doctoral degree in the United Kingdom.


Land Of The Free: Law Students Find Success In Immigration Court, Natashia Gregoire Dec 2005

Land Of The Free: Law Students Find Success In Immigration Court, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When immigrants come to America's shores, some quickly learn that the path to freedom is blocked by gates - prison gates. But thanks to a group of University of Mississippi law students, two immigrants are free to pursue the lives they sought when they journeyed to this country.


Fifth-Year Accountancy Courses To Begin At Desoto Center In Fall, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Fifth-Year Accountancy Courses To Begin At Desoto Center In Fall, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi plans to expand its master's degree program in accountancy to the DeSoto Center in 2006.


Winter Institute, Economics Cooperate In Researching Minority Discrimination, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Winter Institute, Economics Cooperate In Researching Minority Discrimination, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Research is under way at the University of Mississippi to evaluate the economic consequences of minority discrimination reaching as far back as the 1880s.


Um, Msu, Usm Libraries Reach Agreement To Put Researchers Back On Track, Tobie Baker Dec 2005

Um, Msu, Usm Libraries Reach Agreement To Put Researchers Back On Track, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mississippi higher education library officials, fighting back against multiple-year flat budgets, have announced a cooperative agreement to provide increased access to research journals.


Overseas Study Program Gives Students A New View Of Art, Staff Report Dec 2005

Overseas Study Program Gives Students A New View Of Art, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Department of Art's "Art on Location" courses to New York, London and Tokyo are moving students beyond the classroom to interact with great art and discover the uniqueness of other cultures.


Law Students, Faculty Provide Legal Aid To Hurricane Victims, Natashia Gregoire, Ann Shelto Dec 2005

Law Students, Faculty Provide Legal Aid To Hurricane Victims, Natashia Gregoire, Ann Shelto

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - After Hurricane Katrina left them with little or nothing, thousands of Mississippians found themselves struggling to find basic necessities of life. At the same time, many discovered that they needed law degrees to understand the legal quandries that came with the storm.


Legal Studies Department Offers Real World Experience, Continuing Ed, State Law Enforcement Training, Deborah Purnell Dec 2005

Legal Studies Department Offers Real World Experience, Continuing Ed, State Law Enforcement Training, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When University of Mississippi officials decided to combine court reporting, paralegal studies and criminal justice to establish a Department of Legal Studies, their goal was to provide a broader range of legal educational opportunities for students.


Geoinformatics Center Teams With Homeland, Global Security To Create State Alert System, Staff Report Dec 2005

Geoinformatics Center Teams With Homeland, Global Security To Create State Alert System, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, in partnership with the University of Mississippi, has launched a program to implement a secure statewide alert system for emergency responders by summer 2006.


Mis Students Get Boost Toward Cisa Designation, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Mis Students Get Boost Toward Cisa Designation, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A management information systems curriculum in accountancy at the University of Mississippi has been approved by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, giving graduates of the program an advantage in the job market.


National Institute Recognizes Two Accountancy Profs' Research, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

National Institute Recognizes Two Accountancy Profs' Research, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi School of Accountancy faculty have been honored by the Institute of Management Accountants for their research.


Communicative Disorders Students, Faculty Help Coast Family Overcome Katrina Aftermath, Deborah Purnell Dec 2005

Communicative Disorders Students, Faculty Help Coast Family Overcome Katrina Aftermath, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Christmas came a little early for Joe and Susan Cunningham. On Dec. 1, the couple and their six adopted children received a Wal-Mart gift card for more than $750 from their "angels" at the University of Mississippi.


Second-Generation Alumni Family Continue Support, Become Members Of Chancellor's Trust, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Second-Generation Alumni Family Continue Support, Become Members Of Chancellor's Trust, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A few years after graduating from the University of Mississippi, Robert S. Murphree began giving back regularly to his alma mater.


Free Replacement Diplomas Offered To Katrina Victims, Edwin Smith Dec 2005

Free Replacement Diplomas Offered To Katrina Victims, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi graduates whose diplomas were lost in Hurricane Katrina are being offered free replacements by the university.


Pharmacy Prof Elected To Leadership Post In Pharmaceutical Science Association, Dabney Weems Dec 2005

Pharmacy Prof Elected To Leadership Post In Pharmaceutical Science Association, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Christopher R. McCurdy, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology at the University of Mississippi, has been elected vice chair for the drug design and discovery section of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.


Topical Tips: Police Chief Offers Advice For Safe Holiday Driving, Mary Stanton Dec 2005

Topical Tips: Police Chief Offers Advice For Safe Holiday Driving, Mary Stanton

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - At this time of year, millions of drivers hit the nation's highways to visit family and friends.


High School Students Receive Awards, Offers Of Engineering Scholarships, Edwin Smith, Emilie Bramlett Dec 2005

High School Students Receive Awards, Offers Of Engineering Scholarships, Edwin Smith, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Six north Mississippi high school students who completed a unique semester-long learning opportunity at the University of Mississippi this fall were recently presented awards and offered representative scholarships as encouragement to study engineering at UM.


Former Civil Rights Worker Takes Class In Hopes Of Writing An Autobiography, Mary Stanton Dec 2005

Former Civil Rights Worker Takes Class In Hopes Of Writing An Autobiography, Mary Stanton

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A well-lived life makes the best story; however, if such a tale is not written, it may not stand the test of time. Such is the case with Mississippi native Willie Blue.


Three Students Mourned, Staff Report Dec 2005

Three Students Mourned, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi mourns the loss of three students who died in a one-car accident south of Batesville early Saturday morning.


American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Teams With Um Natural Products Center To Develop Botanical Standards, Staff Report Dec 2005

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Teams With Um Natural Products Center To Develop Botanical Standards, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. and OXFORD, Miss. - The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi have formed a research collaboration to develop quality standards for botanical dietary supplements.


Public Accounting Report Ranks Um Accountancy School In Nation's Top 25, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Public Accounting Report Ranks Um Accountancy School In Nation's Top 25, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fierce competition abounds for excellence in accounting education across the country and a new national ranking places the University of Mississippi's undergraduate program in the top 25.


Jake Lemon Joins Pharmacy School As New Assistant To The Dean, Dabney Weems Dec 2005

Jake Lemon Joins Pharmacy School As New Assistant To The Dean, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jake Lemon has joined the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy as assistant to the dean for advancement. He most recently was a financial adviser with Strategic Financial Partners in Jackson.


Gallery 130 Presents Alumni Exhibit Featuring Charlie Buckley & James Price Dec. 12-Jan. 30, Staff Report Dec 2005

Gallery 130 Presents Alumni Exhibit Featuring Charlie Buckley & James Price Dec. 12-Jan. 30, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Gallery 130 at the University of Mississippi presents "Environmental Issues," an alumni exhibition by Charlie Buckley and James Price, Dec. 12-Jan. 20.


Affordable Housing, Rebuilding Capital Top Priorities For Coast, Katrina Panelists Advise, Tobie Baker Dec 2005

Affordable Housing, Rebuilding Capital Top Priorities For Coast, Katrina Panelists Advise, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Former Gov. William Winter ranks publicly funded, affordable housing as the most critical need on the Mississippi Gulf Coast following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina.


Oxford Attorneys Establish Corporate Membership In Chancellor's Trust, Elaine Pugh Dec 2005

Oxford Attorneys Establish Corporate Membership In Chancellor's Trust, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two business partners - who met through the University of Mississippi, admire Chancellor Robert Khayat and live in Oxford because they think it's a great town - have honored Khayat with a gift to the university.


Husband-And-Wife Pharmaceutical Research Team Honored For Efforts To Find New Cancer Drugs, Janna Hughes Dec 2005

Husband-And-Wife Pharmaceutical Research Team Honored For Efforts To Find New Cancer Drugs, Janna Hughes

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The old saying that "two heads are better than one," really does turn out to be true sometimes. This is particularly on target for a pair of University of Mississippi researchers working to develop new drugs to battle cancer and other diseases.


Museum's Annual Holiday Ornament Available Featuring Barnard Observatory, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Dec 2005

Museum's Annual Holiday Ornament Available Featuring Barnard Observatory, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For the fifth year, the University of Mississippi Museum offers for sale the replica of a historic campus landmark in a collectible holiday ornament, this time featuring Barnard Observatory.