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Winter Institute Presents Cc Bryant Award To Philadelphia Coalition, Edwin Smith Oct 2005

Winter Institute Presents Cc Bryant Award To Philadelphia Coalition, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi on Tuesday honored the Philadelphia Coalition for its work in the civil rights movement.


Doctoral Student Among 20 In Nation To Receive Prestigious French Scholarship, Aaron Madson Oct 2005

Doctoral Student Among 20 In Nation To Receive Prestigious French Scholarship, Aaron Madson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi doctoral student is one of 20 nationwide recipients of the prestigious Bourse Chateaubriand Fellowship awarded by the French government.


Emmy Award Winner Gibney To Discuss 'Enron' Film Nov. 1, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2005

Emmy Award Winner Gibney To Discuss 'Enron' Film Nov. 1, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

Alex Gibney, an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director, discusses his film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" Tuesday (Nov. 1) at the University of Mississippi.


Faculty Series Oct. 30 Features Husband And Wife In Concert, Staff Report Oct 2005

Faculty Series Oct. 30 Features Husband And Wife In Concert, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Doubled Air, a husband and wife musical duo, perform Sunday (Oct. 30) at the University of Mississippi as part of the Faculty Series.


Wherefair Offers Opportunities To Broaden Cultural Horizons Nov. 1, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2005

Wherefair Offers Opportunities To Broaden Cultural Horizons Nov. 1, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

Learning about different cultures broadens a person's horizons, and the Office of International Programs at the University of Mississippi offers the public that opportunity on Tuesday (Nov. 1) with WhereFair.


Classics Professor Receives Humanities Teaching Award, Schedules Public Lecture, Tobie Baker Oct 2005

Classics Professor Receives Humanities Teaching Award, Schedules Public Lecture, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

Miss. ­ Aileen Ajootian , acting chair and associate professor of classics, is recipient of the 2005 Humanities Teacher Award at the University of Mississippi.


Um Engineers Use Their Skills To Help Mississippi Pull Through Katrina And Beyond, Angela Moore Oct 2005

Um Engineers Use Their Skills To Help Mississippi Pull Through Katrina And Beyond, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

Engineers are a decidedly hands-on bunch, far removed from the ivory tower academic stereotype. So as Hurricane Katrina threatened the state then dealt a deadly blow, University of Mississippi engineering professors and graduate students went to work, toiling alongside emergency management officials around-the-clock to predict the storm's damage, save lives and assist in recovery.


"A Conversation With" Features Baltimore City State’S Attorney, Natashia Gregoire Oct 2005

"A Conversation With" Features Baltimore City State’S Attorney, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

Attorney Patricia Coats Jessamy discusses her "Career in Prosecution: From the Delta to Baltimore City State's Attorney" at the University of Mississippi Law School Monday (Oct. 24).


Wheelchair Magician Presents Disability Awareness Month Show Oct. 29 In Oxford, Edwin Smith Oct 2005

Wheelchair Magician Presents Disability Awareness Month Show Oct. 29 In Oxford, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acclaimed magician Jim Passe performs his eye-opening, breath-taking illusions Oct. 29 in a show at the Oxford Conference Center.


Department Of Archives And History Commends Um Preservation Efforts, Tobie Baker Oct 2005

Department Of Archives And History Commends Um Preservation Efforts, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has applauded the University of Mississippi for its work to preserve Mississippi history.


Eighth Southern Foodways Symposium Oct. 27-30 Gets Sweet, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2005

Eighth Southern Foodways Symposium Oct. 27-30 Gets Sweet, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Southern Foodways Symposium explores sugar and the sweet life Oct. 27-30 when food enthusiasts, academics, restaurateurs and chefs gather at the University of Mississippi.


Winter Institute To Recognize Philadelphia Coalition For Racial Reconciliation Work, Elaine Pugh Oct 2005

Winter Institute To Recognize Philadelphia Coalition For Racial Reconciliation Work, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi plans a ceremony and civil rights lecture Tuesday (Oct. 25), when the Philadelphia Coalition receives the first C.C. Bryant Award for Community Organizing.


Women's Rights Attorney Weddington To Speak, Sign Books Oct. 26, Janna Hughes Oct 2005

Women's Rights Attorney Weddington To Speak, Sign Books Oct. 26, Janna Hughes

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Sarah Weddington, the attorney who successfully argued the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in 1973, speaks Wednesday (Oct. 26) at the University of Mississippi.


Piano Series Brings Acclaimed Pianist To Ford Center Oct. 25, Deborah Purnell Oct 2005

Piano Series Brings Acclaimed Pianist To Ford Center Oct. 25, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Critically acclaimed concert pianist Eric Himy performs Tuesday (Oct. 25) at the University of Mississippi's Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.


Fall Choral Concert Features Three Groups Thursday, Camille Breland Oct 2005

Fall Choral Concert Features Three Groups Thursday, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The combined voices of some 130 University of Mississippi students are to be featured in a 7:30 p.m. concert on Thursday (Oct. 20) at North Oxford Baptist Church.


Former White House Speechwriter Aram Bakshian To Speak Tuesday, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2005

Former White House Speechwriter Aram Bakshian To Speak Tuesday, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In today's competitive business climate, communicating clearly and effectively means the difference in success and failure, says Aram Bakshian Jr., a specialist in business communications and a former speechwriter for presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.


Law School Closes Diversity Lecture Serieswith Discussion On Gender In Legal Education, Kara Givens Oct 2005

Law School Closes Diversity Lecture Serieswith Discussion On Gender In Legal Education, Kara Givens

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A yearlong law lecture series at the University of Mississippi, which has touched on topics from race to disability, closes Thursday (Oct. 20) with a program about gender and legal education.


L-O-U Symphony Orchestra Presents Season's First Concert Oct. 24 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Oct 2005

L-O-U Symphony Orchestra Presents Season's First Concert Oct. 24 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert of the 2005-06 season Monday (Oct. 24) in the Gertrude Ford Center for Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Business School Establishes Global Commerce Certification Program, Names Director, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2005

Business School Establishes Global Commerce Certification Program, Names Director, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A new overseas study certification program in the University of Mississippi's School of Business Administration stands to strengthen a student's credentials in the job market both at home and abroad.


Women's Council Scholarship Changes Life Forever For Smithdale Recipient, Tina Hahn Oct 2005

Women's Council Scholarship Changes Life Forever For Smithdale Recipient, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - April Taylor remembers the evening she broke down sobbing to her mother. Her high school graduation was nearing, the family could not afford to send her to college, and anticipated scholarships were not materializing. April had lost all hope.


Student-Alumni Forum Offers Networking Opportunities, Staff Report Oct 2005

Student-Alumni Forum Offers Networking Opportunities, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A panel of the University of Mississippi's high-profile alumni return to their alma mater Friday (Oct. 21) for the Student Alumni Council's third annual alumni-student interactive forum.


New Campus Health Service Provided For Covered Faculty, Staff, Deborah Purnell Oct 2005

New Campus Health Service Provided For Covered Faculty, Staff, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In a continuing effort to enhance quality of life for faculty and staff, University of Mississippi administrators are providing a new health care option for covered employees.


Veteran Journalists Offer Career Advice To Students, Janna Hughes Oct 2005

Veteran Journalists Offer Career Advice To Students, Janna Hughes

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Learn to multi-task, stand on what you believe and be prepared to deal with incredible pressure are just a few of the tips that three veteran journalists gave University of Mississippi journalism students Friday (Oct. 14).


'The Rocky Horror Show' Brings Fun, Laughter, Campy Horror To Fulton Chapel Oct. 26-29, Deborah Purnell Oct 2005

'The Rocky Horror Show' Brings Fun, Laughter, Campy Horror To Fulton Chapel Oct. 26-29, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Even if you've seen the movie, you don't want to miss an opportunity to do the "Time Warp" at a live performance of the "The Rocky Horror Show." It starts with just a jump to the left and then ... well ... you know.


Ford Series Brings Lively Broadway Musical ‘Mame’ To Oxford Oct. 21, Camille Breland Oct 2005

Ford Series Brings Lively Broadway Musical ‘Mame’ To Oxford Oct. 21, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Called "sumptuous and flamboyant" by LIFE magazine, the classic musical "Mame" hits the stage at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21.


Social Work Professors Named Outstanding Faculty In School Of Applied Sciences, Deborah Purnell Oct 2005

Social Work Professors Named Outstanding Faculty In School Of Applied Sciences, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two social work professors are recipients of the 2005 top faculty awards in the University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences.


National Book Award Finalists Announced From Rowan Oak, Staff Report Oct 2005

National Book Award Finalists Announced From Rowan Oak, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi law school graduate and best-selling author John Grisham announced the 2005 National Book Award Finalists from the front steps of historic Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's former home, Wednesday afternoon.


Fedex Senior Vp Returns To Ole Miss To Share Advice With Law Students, Natashia Gregoire Oct 2005

Fedex Senior Vp Returns To Ole Miss To Share Advice With Law Students, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi law students are receiving advice and guidance from some of the law school's most successful alumni.


Former Shuttle Program Chief To Speak Friday On Campus, Staff Report Oct 2005

Former Shuttle Program Chief To Speak Friday On Campus, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Former NASA Shuttle Program Chief Bill Parsons, director of the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, is to speak to University of Mississippi engineering students in a visit to his alma mater Friday (Oct. 14).


Second Waller Lecture To Focus On Marijuana And Brain Function, Dabney Weems Oct 2005

Second Waller Lecture To Focus On Marijuana And Brain Function, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Billy R. Martin, director of the Center of Drug Abuse Research with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses "Marijuana: A Probe for Unraveling Brain Function" at 2 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 13) at the University of Mississippi.