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Linguistics Panel Examines Katrina's Impact On Gulf Coast Languages, Tobie Baker Nov 2005

Linguistics Panel Examines Katrina's Impact On Gulf Coast Languages, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jambalaya in Vermont? Jazz in Texas? Yat in Utah? Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, forcing tens of thousands to relocate across the United States. The migration required hurricane evacuees to take what possessions they could, including recipes, music and dialects.


New Print Puts Walk Of Champions Campus Landmark In A New Light, Janna Hughes Nov 2005

New Print Puts Walk Of Champions Campus Landmark In A New Light, Janna Hughes

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For more than 22 years, photographer Robert Jordan has worked to capture the essence of the University of Mississippi in more than mere snapshots. Many of his images have become prized collectibles for alumni, and his new print of the Walk of Champions seems destined for a cherished spot on fans' walls.


Crystal Gayle To Perform Dec. 6 At Ford Center, Staff Report Nov 2005

Crystal Gayle To Perform Dec. 6 At Ford Center, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Grammy-award winning singer Crystal Gayle performs a holiday concert Dec. 6 at the University of Mississippi's Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts.


Conference Dec. 2-3 To Focus On Visions Of Gulf Coast Rebuilding, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2005

Conference Dec. 2-3 To Focus On Visions Of Gulf Coast Rebuilding, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Although the waters from Hurricane Katrina have receded, damage to the Gulf Coast presents myriad challenges toward economic and social recovery.


Alumni Hall Of Fame Inductee Briggs Hopson Jr. Establishes Art Scholarship In Honor Of Wife, Edwin Smith Nov 2005

Alumni Hall Of Fame Inductee Briggs Hopson Jr. Establishes Art Scholarship In Honor Of Wife, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

An endowed art scholarship has been established at the University of Mississippi by one of its most recent Alumni Hall of Fame inductees in honor of his spouse.


Theatre Arts Presents Song And Dance Christmas Show Nov. 30-Dec. 3 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Theatre Arts Presents Song And Dance Christmas Show Nov. 30-Dec. 3 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

A holiday celebration of song and dance is planned Nov. 30-Dec. 3 at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts.


Accountancy Professor Wins National Award For Biography Research, Elaine Pugh Nov 2005

Accountancy Professor Wins National Award For Biography Research, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

A University of Mississippi faculty member has been recognized by a national academy of the accounting profession with its first award recognizing outstanding biographical research.


Art Department Chair Becomes First American Inducted Into International Archaeological Society, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Art Department Chair Becomes First American Inducted Into International Archaeological Society, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

A University of Mississippi faculty member has become the first American to gain membership in the Sachsensymposium, a prestigious international archaeological society.


Mississippi Early Music Ensemble Presents 'Christmas In New Spain' Nov. 29, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Mississippi Early Music Ensemble Presents 'Christmas In New Spain' Nov. 29, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

A Christmas concert featuring music of Latin America during the Renaissance and Baroque periods is scheduled for Nov. 29 at the University of Mississippi.


Sen. John Mccain Discusses War On Terrorism, Social Security Reform During Campus Visit, Tobie Baker Nov 2005

Sen. John Mccain Discusses War On Terrorism, Social Security Reform During Campus Visit, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

The war on terrorism was the focus of an address by U.S. Sen. John McCain Friday afternoon at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for Performing Arts.


Students Establish Scholarship In Memory Of Ato Fire Victim, Tobie Baker Nov 2005

Students Establish Scholarship In Memory Of Ato Fire Victim, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

A memorial scholarship honoring Howard Hillhouse Stone has been established at the University of Mississippi by his former classmates. Stone, of Martinsville, Va., was one of three students who died in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house fire in August 2004.


Professor Emeritus Frank Anderson Establishes Piano Scholarship In Honor Of Wife, Edwin Smith Nov 2005

Professor Emeritus Frank Anderson Establishes Piano Scholarship In Honor Of Wife, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

A distinguished and beloved retired professor at the University of Mississippi has given $52,432 to the university to endow a piano scholarship in his wife's honor.


Law Prof's Sequel Revisits Pope Pius Xii, Catholic Church As 'Righteous Gentiles', Edwin Smith Nov 2005

Law Prof's Sequel Revisits Pope Pius Xii, Catholic Church As 'Righteous Gentiles', Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With his book "Hitler, the War, and the Pope" (Genesis Press, 2000), law professor Ronald Rychlak offered documented, historical evidence that Pope Pius XII was not guilty of war crimes leveled against him in John Cornwell's "Hitler's Pope."


Honors Students Feed Hungry, Buy Children Textbooks, Learn Value Of A Dollar, Jennifer Southall, Edwin Smith Nov 2005

Honors Students Feed Hungry, Buy Children Textbooks, Learn Value Of A Dollar, Jennifer Southall, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To help students in the University of Mississippi's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College more deeply explore the primary issues of the Freshman Seminar course - focused on the nature of the self as it relates to society and to the cosmos - Tristan Denley has been showing them just how much good $100 can do in other parts of the world.


United Way Campaign Aims To Help Attain Community Goal Of $400,000, Edwin Smith Nov 2005

United Way Campaign Aims To Help Attain Community Goal Of $400,000, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With two weeks to go, the 2005 University of Mississippi United Way campaign aims to have raised more than 25 percent of the community's overall goal of $400,000.


Business Prof Helps Former Student Structure Biggest Poker Payout In History, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2005

Business Prof Helps Former Student Structure Biggest Poker Payout In History, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - It's not every day that a professor gets a phone call from a former student who has a $52 million question. But Adam Schwartz recently got just such a call - and was even able to answer it.


Researchers To Examine Hurricane's Effects On Coast Languages, Dialects, Tobie Baker Nov 2005

Researchers To Examine Hurricane's Effects On Coast Languages, Dialects, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast-centered languages and New Orleans dialects is the topic of discussion for several University of Mississippi professors Nov. 28.


U.S. Sen. John Mccain Available For Interviews Friday At Um, Staff Report Nov 2005

U.S. Sen. John Mccain Available For Interviews Friday At Um, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is available for interviews at 1:30 p.m. Friday (Nov. 18) in the first floor classroom of the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi.


Southern Foodways Alliance Announces Best Cheese In The South, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2005

Southern Foodways Alliance Announces Best Cheese In The South, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The phrases "barny" and "elegance on a cracker" might seem to be at odds, but they both were used to describe the winner of the best cheese of the South competition, part of the 2005 Southern Foodways Symposium at the University of Mississippi.


Admissions Fee To Be Waived For New Students From Hurricane Area, Emily Powers Nov 2005

Admissions Fee To Be Waived For New Students From Hurricane Area, Emily Powers

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi is offering to waive the admissions application fee for new students affected by Hurricane Katrina.


Alumni Couple Announce $1 Million Gift, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2005

Alumni Couple Announce $1 Million Gift, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - During nearly three decades in Hollywood, Sam and Mary Haskell have always been quick to tell friends and business acquaintances about the quality academic programs and blossoming arts scene at the University of Mississippi.


Donations Sought For ‘Adopt-A-Basket' To Help Area Needy At Thanksgiving, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2005

Donations Sought For ‘Adopt-A-Basket' To Help Area Needy At Thanksgiving, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students are participating in the second annual "Adopt-A-Basket" program to provide Thanksgiving dinners for needy families in the Oxford area.


Roman History Scholar To Lecture On Women & Da Vinci Code Nov. 14, Aaron Madson Nov 2005

Roman History Scholar To Lecture On Women & Da Vinci Code Nov. 14, Aaron Madson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A renowned scholar on the Roman Empire discusses the role of women in early Christianity Monday (Nov. 14) at the University of Mississippi.


Student Relief Fund Exceeds $250,000, Awards Granted, Edwin Smith Nov 2005

Student Relief Fund Exceeds $250,000, Awards Granted, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four hundred University of Mississippi students directly affected by Hurricane Katrina have received $200,000 in donations collected in their behalf.


Stage Actor Brings Life, Works Of Southern Humorist Lewis Grizzard To Ford Center Nov. 18, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Stage Actor Brings Life, Works Of Southern Humorist Lewis Grizzard To Ford Center Nov. 18, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fans of Southern humor are flocking to productions around the country of the acclaimed touring show re-creating the life of the late author and humorist Lewis Grizzard.


Faculty Series Continues With Concert By Woodwind Quintet, Nov. 13, Camille Breland Nov 2005

Faculty Series Continues With Concert By Woodwind Quintet, Nov. 13, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Five members of the University of Mississippi music faculty who have been playing wind instruments together since 1991 present a campus concert Sunday (Nov. 13).


Engineer Finds Success In Law School, Angela Moore Nov 2005

Engineer Finds Success In Law School, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two years ago, John D. Mayo, a 1998 graduate of the University of Mississppi School of Engineering, was just hitting his stride as a project manger for Willmer Engineering in Atlanta.


Naval Academy Grads Together Again At Um Law School, Kara Givens Nov 2005

Naval Academy Grads Together Again At Um Law School, Kara Givens

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - After serving five years in the Navy, Jim and Alyssa Farrell are enjoying life on solid ground and are incorporating their naval experiences into their legal education.


Department Of Music Sponsors Caribbean Dance Night Nov. 14, Camille Breland Nov 2005

Department Of Music Sponsors Caribbean Dance Night Nov. 14, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Couples and singles alike have the opportunity to dance the night away Monday (Nov. 14) at the University of Mississippi during Caribbean Dance Night.


Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell Nov 2005

Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - High-energy dance and electrifying drumming take the stage Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the University of Mississippi in a performance by the Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble.