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Most Conference Brings Top Students To Oxford Campus Feb. 25-26, Kezia Pigford Feb 2005

Most Conference Brings Top Students To Oxford Campus Feb. 25-26, Kezia Pigford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi hosts nearly 60 students this weekend (Feb. 25-26) for the spring 2005 Mississippi Outreach to Scholastic Talent Conference.


Poet, Professor Fennelly Pens Essay For Academy Of American Poets' Almanac, Deidra Jackson Feb 2005

Poet, Professor Fennelly Pens Essay For Academy Of American Poets' Almanac, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi, is featured among 30 "emerging poets" commissioned to write essays for the Academy of American Poets' National Poetry Almanac.


March 6 Recital Features Opera Singer, Daughter Of Former Chancellor, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

March 6 Recital Features Opera Singer, Daughter Of Former Chancellor, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss alumna and opera singer Angela Turner Wilson performs Sunday, March 6, at the University of Mississippi.


Alumnus' Sculpture Initiates Change In Campus Landscape, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Alumnus' Sculpture Initiates Change In Campus Landscape, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Accomplished sculptor Willie Ray Parish returned to his alma mater recently to change people's views with the installation of his original sculpture "Alchemy," on loan to the University of Mississippi for two years.


Impromptu Speakers Compete Thursday And Friday At Um, Staff Report Feb 2005

Impromptu Speakers Compete Thursday And Friday At Um, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi showcases some of the country's best rising public speakers and debaters in the first "Speaker's Edge Competition" Thursday and Friday (Feb. 24-25) in the Lyceum and Conner and Holman Halls. Event times are 1-7: 30 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, with finals beginning at 1 p.m. Friday.


‘Gnostic Gospels' Author To Speak March 3 In Lecture Series, Elaine Pugh Feb 2005

‘Gnostic Gospels' Author To Speak March 3 In Lecture Series, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning author and Princeton University religious historian Elaine Pagels ­ whose take on early Gnostic gospels shakes the foundation of traditional Christian belief ­ is slated to speak March 3 at the University of Mississippi.


Accomplished Paper Artist Dolph Smith Lectures At Um March 1-2, Camille Breland Feb 2005

Accomplished Paper Artist Dolph Smith Lectures At Um March 1-2, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Southern artist Dolph Smith visits the University of Mississippi next week to discuss his handmade paper and book arts.


Wheelchair Basketball Game To Raise Money, Awareness For Disabled Group, Jessica Chrestman Feb 2005

Wheelchair Basketball Game To Raise Money, Awareness For Disabled Group, Jessica Chrestman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi student-athletes and athletics administrators take a seat in wheelchairs Feb. 26 to help raise money and awareness for an organization that helps disabled people live more independent lives.


Custodians Empowered Through Apprentice Program, Tobie Baker Feb 2005

Custodians Empowered Through Apprentice Program, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Several former University of Mississippi custodians feel more empowered now that they have received training to become maintenance technicians.


'Scientific Temper' Needed To Improve World, Says National Academy Of Sciences President, Angela Moore Feb 2005

'Scientific Temper' Needed To Improve World, Says National Academy Of Sciences President, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Teaching young people to enjoy learning science - no matter what they grow up to be - is an investment in the world's future, National Academy of Sciences President Bruce Alberts said Thursday in a speech to Mississippi scientists.


Top Teacher Award Nominations Sought, Staff Report Feb 2005

Top Teacher Award Nominations Sought, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nominations are being sought for the campuswide top teacher award at the University of Mississippi.


Graduate Student Council Offers Community Asthma Education Program, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2005

Graduate Student Council Offers Community Asthma Education Program, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Parents of asthmatic children and asthma sufferering adults are invited to learn more about the condition and its treatment Saturday in an educational program sponsored by the University of Mississippi Graduate Student Council.


Accomplished Faculty Musician To Present Feb. 27 Piano Series Concert, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Accomplished Faculty Musician To Present Feb. 27 Piano Series Concert, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Accomplished pianist Ian Hominick performs a solo concert featuring works from the Romantic Era on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the University of Mississippi.


Art Department Plans 2005 Art Alumni Reunion For Spring, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Art Department Plans 2005 Art Alumni Reunion For Spring, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Art alumni far and wide are invited to return to the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus April 29-May 1 for the 2005 Art Alumni Reunion.


U.S. Special Envoy For Holocaust Issues Visits Um, Staff Report Feb 2005

U.S. Special Envoy For Holocaust Issues Visits Um, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Ambassador Edward B. O'Donnell Jr., the United States' Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, meets with University of Mississippi students Wednesday (Feb. 16) during an 11 a.m.-1 p.m. luncheon in Room 107 of the Croft Institute for International Studies.


Law School Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Gala, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2005

Law School Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Gala, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Some 300 attorneys, alumni and friends of the University of Mississippi School of Law are expected to gather in Jackson Thursday for a dinner gala to celebrate the law school's 150th anniversary.


Kyiv Youth Orchestra And Chorus Performs Feb. 18 At Fulton Chapel, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Kyiv Youth Orchestra And Chorus Performs Feb. 18 At Fulton Chapel, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Kyiv Youth Orchestra and Chorus of Ukraine performs Friday (Feb. 18) at the University of Mississippi.


Radio Show ‘Highway 61' Celebrates 20 Years At Blues Symposium, Jennifer Southall Feb 2005

Radio Show ‘Highway 61' Celebrates 20 Years At Blues Symposium, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - It's been 20 years since Center for the Study of Southern Culture founding director Bill Ferris went on the air as the Blues Doctor on the weekly radio show "Highway 61," and today the show is still going strong, thanks to the University of Mississippi and Mississippi Public Broadcasting.


Artist Series Presents 'Musicians From Marlboro' In Concert Feb. 22, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Artist Series Presents 'Musicians From Marlboro' In Concert Feb. 22, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Musicians from Marlboro are noted not only for their joyous performances but also for offering touring experience to artists at the beginning of their careers.


Author Reviews State's Troubled Past In Light Of Recent Events, Deidra Jackson Feb 2005

Author Reviews State's Troubled Past In Light Of Recent Events, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mississippi native W. Ralph Eubanks, who reveals his personal perspectives of the state's troubled past in the critically acclaimed memoir, "Ever is a Long Time," delivers a free, public address at 4 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 17) at the University of Mississippi.


Magazine Expert, Longtime Professor Is New Journalism Chair, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2005

Magazine Expert, Longtime Professor Is New Journalism Chair, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Professor Samir Husni, the country's foremost expert on magazines, has been named chair of the University of Mississippi Department of Journalism.


Risk Management Program Among Nation's Largest, Deidra Jackson Feb 2005

Risk Management Program Among Nation's Largest, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A leading insurance industry magazine ranks the University of Mississippi's Insurance and Risk Management program among the nation's largest in terms of enrollment for the third straight year.


Legalities Of Computer Search, Seizure Topic Of Symposium Feb. 15-17, Kara Givens Feb 2005

Legalities Of Computer Search, Seizure Topic Of Symposium Feb. 15-17, Kara Givens

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - How Fourth Amendment guarantees of protection from unreasonable searches apply to search and seizure of computers and the collection of electronic evidence is the focus of a conference and symposium to be held at the University of Mississippi Feb. 15-17.


Media Opportunities Available For Prince Edward Visit, Staff Report Feb 2005

Media Opportunities Available For Prince Edward Visit, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and son of Queen Elizabeth, visits the University of Mississippi and Oxford Feb. 12-13 as part of a five-city tour to address American audiences about the restoration of Windsor Castle. Sponsored by UM's Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, public events surrounding the prince's visit include a concert at 11 a.m. Sunday in Paris-Yates Chapel, and the prince's lecture, including video and slides, at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Ford Center.


Earthquake Offers Unlikely Preview To Um-Hosted Statewide Symposium, Angela Moore Feb 2005

Earthquake Offers Unlikely Preview To Um-Hosted Statewide Symposium, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Exactly one week after the Thursday morning earthquake that rattled the windows of Mid-South residents, University of Mississippi researchers are scheduled to speak to around 500 scientists about - what else? - earthquake hazards in Mississippi.


Security, Defense Experts At Space Law Conference Call For Better Info Sharing, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2005

Security, Defense Experts At Space Law Conference Call For Better Info Sharing, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To effectively conduct homeland security and national defense operations, U.S. governmental agencies must keep up with advances in technology, improve information sharing and be willing to learn from each other's mistakes, a national panel of security and defense experts said Thursday at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Madison Native Crowned 54th Miss University, Laura Hawks, Jennifer Southal Feb 2005

Madison Native Crowned 54th Miss University, Laura Hawks, Jennifer Southal

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jennifer Jernigan's vocal performance and passion for helping children overcome disabilities earned her the title of Miss University 2005 Wednesday night (Feb. 9) at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.


Earthquake Scientists Available To Discuss Thursday Mid-South Quake, Staff Report Feb 2005

Earthquake Scientists Available To Discuss Thursday Mid-South Quake, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Researchers at the Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness say Thursday's 4.0-estimated magnitude quake in the New Madrid fault zone underscores the need for Mid-South emergency management officials to have a seismic response plan ready. The quake, which occurred just after 8 a.m. Thursday, was centered in northeastern Arkansas near the town of Caraway, according to early reports. The quake was felt as far away as several places in Mississippi.


Reflections Of Beauty, Staff Report Feb 2005

Reflections Of Beauty, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

University of Mississippi senior Jennifer Jernigan (center) was crowned Miss University 2005 Wednesday night at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The Madison native, who also won Miss University in 2003, won both the swimsuit and talent portions of the competition. Pictured with Jernigan are first alternate Elizabeth Rainey (left), a sophomore psychology major from Jackson, and second alternate Tara Smith, a junior political science major from Richland.


Missouri Photographer 'Takes Time To Appreciate' Mississippi Delta, Jennifer Southall Feb 2005

Missouri Photographer 'Takes Time To Appreciate' Mississippi Delta, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Photographer Bruce West said his interest in the Mississippi Delta was inspired by his ex-wife's love of Southern literature and the fact that the South was one part of the United States he'd never traveled through.