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Nas President To Deliver Keynote At Gathering Of State Scientists, Angela Moore Feb 2005

Nas President To Deliver Keynote At Gathering Of State Scientists, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When the president of the National Academy of Sciences speaks, world leaders, members of Congress and business elites listen.


Ole Miss Marching Band Unit Performs Free Concert To Support Student Scholarships, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Ole Miss Marching Band Unit Performs Free Concert To Support Student Scholarships, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The wind ensemble of the University of Mississippi's Pride of the South Marching Band performs a free public concert Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Jackson.


Students Receive Lesson In Gravity Soaring Over Lookout Mountain, Tobie Baker Feb 2005

Students Receive Lesson In Gravity Soaring Over Lookout Mountain, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Ole Miss Outdoors, a multifaceted program that exposes University of Mississippi students to the great outdoors, enabled a group of thrill seekers to join the U.S. Hang Gliding Association Saturday after soaring over Lookout Mountain.


Pharmacy Students Advised To Plan For Ethical Quandries, Dabney Weems Feb 2005

Pharmacy Students Advised To Plan For Ethical Quandries, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss - Pharmacists should develop a plan of action before they face a situation in which they choose, as a matter of conscience, not to fill a patient's prescription, a leader of the American Pharmacists Association told students this week at the University of Mississippi.


Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell Feb 2005

Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ghanaian-American concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho performs a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the University of Mississippi.


Students To Perform Fund-Raiser ‘Vagina Monologues' Feb. 12, 14, Elaine Pugh Feb 2005

Students To Perform Fund-Raiser ‘Vagina Monologues' Feb. 12, 14, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students at the University of Mississippi plan to perform the sometimes controversial play "The Vagina Monologues" on campus Feb. 12 and 14.


Space Law, Homeland Security Experts To Gather Feb. 10 For Conference, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2005

Space Law, Homeland Security Experts To Gather Feb. 10 For Conference, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Data obtained from outer space is helping the United States improve homeland security operations. The use of geospatial technologies for homeland security purposes is one of the topics to be addressed Feb.10 at the Law, Homeland Security and Geospatial Technologies Conference at the University of Mississippi.


Student Dance Troupe To Perform Pandora Myth Dance Feb. 10-12, Camille Breland Feb 2005

Student Dance Troupe To Perform Pandora Myth Dance Feb. 10-12, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Greek myth of Pandora is revealed through a blend of dance styles by University of Mississippi students in evening performances Feb. 10-12 on the Oxford campus.


Art Department To Host Exhibit To Fund Finger Memorial Scholarship, Camille Breland Feb 2005

Art Department To Host Exhibit To Fund Finger Memorial Scholarship, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Alumni, students and other supporters are invited to contribute to the University of Mississippi Department of Art by purchasing student art during an open exhibition Feb. 7 through March 4.


Blues Archive's New Collection Cements Status As World-Class Resource Center, Tobie Baker Feb 2005

Blues Archive's New Collection Cements Status As World-Class Resource Center, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Music enthusiast and author Sheldon Harris - the first curator of New York's Institute of Jazz Studies and former blues editor of Jazz and Pop Magazine - has donated his vast collection of early blues and jazz materials to the University of Mississippi's Blues Archive.


Faculty Experts Available To Comment On State Of The Union Address, Staff Report Feb 2005

Faculty Experts Available To Comment On State Of The Union Address, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

President Bush plans to use his State of the Union address to discuss his strategies for Iraq, the economy and Social Security, among other topics. The address is set for 8 p.m. today. University of Mississippi faculty experts are available to comment and offer insight into these issues for analysis and/or followup coverage.


Law School Speaker Series To Address Diversity And Legal Education, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2005

Law School Speaker Series To Address Diversity And Legal Education, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Roy L. Brooks, law professor and civil rights scholar, discusses "The Obligations of State Institutions of Higher Education in the Aftermath of Racial Atrocities" in an address Thursday (Feb. 3) at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Cooperative New Online Program To Help Train Miss. Teachers, Camille Breland Feb 2005

Cooperative New Online Program To Help Train Miss. Teachers, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has joined forces with the Mississippi Department of Education and three other universities to start a new online program that qualifies noneducation students and graduates to become K-12 teachers in the state.


Events Scheduled In Celebration Of Black History Month, Staff Report Jan 2005

Events Scheduled In Celebration Of Black History Month, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has announced the following schedule of events on observance of Black History Month. This year's celebration is built around the theme "A Celebration of Life and History."


Lafayette-Oxford-University Orchestra Presents Feb. 7 Concert At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Lafayette-Oxford-University Orchestra Presents Feb. 7 Concert At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -The Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra continues its inaugural season at the University of Mississippi with a concert Monday, Feb. 7. Tickets for the 8 p.m. program in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts are $8 general admission and $5 for Ole Miss students. Call the Central Ticket Office.


Prominent Information Systems Expert To Speak At Biz School Feb. 3-4, Deidra Jackson Jan 2005

Prominent Information Systems Expert To Speak At Biz School Feb. 3-4, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - One of the world's most respected experts in information systems delivers three free public addresses Thursday (Feb. 3) and Friday (Feb. 4) at the University of Mississippi.


African Films Celebrate Black History, Kick Off International Film Series, Natashia Gregoire Jan 2005

African Films Celebrate Black History, Kick Off International Film Series, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Algerian film "Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask" recounts the life of a man who is believed to be the pre-eminent theorist of the anti-colonial movement. The first of four African films scheduled throughout February in celebration of Black History Month, the biopic is being screened Wednesday (Feb. 2) to kick off Cine World, the University of Mississippi's international film series.


Ten Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame 2004-05, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Ten Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame 2004-05, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ten University of Mississippi seniors have earned entry into the school's Hall of Fame, created 75 years ago to recognize UM's most outstanding students.


Portrait Of Late Liberal Arts Dean At Home In Barnard Observatory, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Portrait Of Late Liberal Arts Dean At Home In Barnard Observatory, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Barnard Observatory might not be the most obvious place to hang a portrait of Arthur Beverly Lewis, late dean of the University of Mississippi's College of Liberal Arts, but according to those who knew him, it is no doubt the best place.


Nationally Ranked Insurance Program Attracts Recruiters From 28 Companies Feb. 1-2, Deidra Jackson Jan 2005

Nationally Ranked Insurance Program Attracts Recruiters From 28 Companies Feb. 1-2, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Representatives from 28 national and regional companies plan to recruit University of Mississippi students for full-time jobs and summer internships at the school's 10th Annual Insurance Careers Day Tuesday and Wednesday (Feb. 1-2).


Ole Miss, Oxford Communities Invited To Help Variety Of Causes At Inaugural 'Ole Miss Cares' Day, Mitchell Diggs Jan 2005

Ole Miss, Oxford Communities Invited To Help Variety Of Causes At Inaugural 'Ole Miss Cares' Day, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and the needs of local families are literally a world apart, but members of the University of Mississippi and Oxford communities can lend a hand to assist both causes at the inaugural "Ole Miss Cares" event Thursday (Jan. 27) in the Student Union.


Pulitzer Prize Winner To Deliver Address On American Foreign Policy, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Pulitzer Prize Winner To Deliver Address On American Foreign Policy, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power visits the University of Mississippi Thursday, Feb. 3, to deliver a critique of American foreign policy - especially as it relates to genocide, a painful but timely topic, considering the massacres in the Balkans and Rwanda during the 1990s and the current slaughter taking place in the Sudan.


Piano Series At Ole Miss Presents Husband-And-Wife Duo In Concert Jan. 30, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Piano Series At Ole Miss Presents Husband-And-Wife Duo In Concert Jan. 30, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The husband-and-wife team of Stacy Rodgers and Diane Wang present a piano concert on Sunday, Jan. 30, at the University of Mississippi.


Holocaust Survivor, Author Featured In Free Public Programs Jan. 26-27, Deidra Jackson Jan 2005

Holocaust Survivor, Author Featured In Free Public Programs Jan. 26-27, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, co-author of an award-winning book about her family's ordeal during and after the Nazi occupation, shares her story Wednesday (Jan. 26) at the University of Mississippi.


World-Renowned Russian Dance Company Performs Jan. 28 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

World-Renowned Russian Dance Company Performs Jan. 28 At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Moiseyev Russian Dance Company performs Friday, Jan. 28, at the University of Mississippi on its way to New York City's Carnegie Hall.


Natural Products Center Names New Associate Director, Dabney Weems Jan 2005

Natural Products Center Names New Associate Director, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Susan P. Manly has been named associate director of the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi.


Huneycutt Memorial Service Set For Sunday In Paris-Yates Chapel, Staff Report Jan 2005

Huneycutt Memorial Service Set For Sunday In Paris-Yates Chapel, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A memorial service honoring the late Maeburn Bruce Huneycutt is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 23) at the University of Mississippi's Paris-Yates Chapel.


Faculty Expert Available To Comment On Bush’S Second Term, Staff Report Jan 2005

Faculty Expert Available To Comment On Bush’S Second Term, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

With news coverage focusing on Thursday’s presidential inauguration, Dr. Richard Forgette (UM professor and chair of political science) is available to discuss the political implications and offer analysis of Bush’s second term.


Piano Series To Present Award-Winning Artist Jerome Rose In Concert Jan. 23, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Piano Series To Present Award-Winning Artist Jerome Rose In Concert Jan. 23, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jerome Rose, considered one of America's most distinguished pianists, kicks off the 2005 Piano Series at Ole Miss Sunday, Jan. 23 at the University of Mississippi.


Students Returning From Winter Breakto Find Campus Dining Area Updated, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Students Returning From Winter Breakto Find Campus Dining Area Updated, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To accommodate its growing student body, the University of Mississippi is nearing completion of Phase I of a project to refurbish the dining and food court area in the Ole Miss Student Union.