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Brits' Prince Edward To Visit Um, Oxford Feb. 12-13 As Part Of American Tour, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Brits' Prince Edward To Visit Um, Oxford Feb. 12-13 As Part Of American Tour, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, 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.


'Telling The South's Stories,' How-To Workshop On Oral Histories, Set Jan. 22, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

'Telling The South's Stories,' How-To Workshop On Oral Histories, Set Jan. 22, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Teachers and others who are interested in learning to create and use oral histories are invited to a workshop at the University of Mississippi on Saturday, Jan. 22.


'A Night With Ole Miss' Goes To Jackson For Prospective Students, Families, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

'A Night With Ole Miss' Goes To Jackson For Prospective Students, Families, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To help prospective college students who have little time to squeeze in campus visits, the University of Mississippi's Office of Admissions is bringing campus representatives to Jackson Jan. 27 for "A Night with Ole Miss."


Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats Perform Jan. 20 In Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats Perform Jan. 20 In Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The spellbinding theatrics of the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats kick off the spring 2005 schedule of the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts Series, Jan. 20 at the University of Mississippi.


Potential Power Of Acoustic Fusion Energizes New Cross-Country Research Group, Tobie Baker Jan 2005

Potential Power Of Acoustic Fusion Energizes New Cross-Country Research Group, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has joined forces with other leading academic and commercial institutions to examine how acoustic fusion might be used to create alternative energy sources.


Blood Drive To Benefit Honors Student, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Blood Drive To Benefit Honors Student, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Croft Institute for International Studies are hosting a blood drive next week for UM senior Rose Bui, who was diagnosed with lymphoma last spring.


Workplace Violence Expert Available To Discuss Tdot Shooting, Staff Report Jan 2005

Workplace Violence Expert Available To Discuss Tdot Shooting, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Police have reported that a man shot and killed three people and wounded two others at a Tennessee Department of Transportation garage in Jackson, Tenn. A local newspaper is reporting that four of the people shot were TDOT employees and the fifth was a delivery person. The facility is located off Interstate 40.


Faculty Expert Available To Comment On State Of The State Address, Staff Report Jan 2005

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

University of Mississippi News

Mississippi's budget crunch and ways to fund state services are expected to dominate Gov. Haley Barbour's State of the State address this evening. The address is set for 6 p.m. today and is being aired live on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.


Mexican Migration Art On Display In Meek Gallery Through Feb. 4, Angela Moore Jan 2005

Mexican Migration Art On Display In Meek Gallery Through Feb. 4, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A collection of religious-themed folk art gathered by researchers with the Mexican Migration Project is on display through Feb. 4 at the University of Mississippi.


Civil Rights Law Prof Available To Discuss Charges In '64 Neshoba Co. Murders, Staff Report Jan 2005

Civil Rights Law Prof Available To Discuss Charges In '64 Neshoba Co. Murders, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

When the state of Mississippi returned indictments Thursday in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, it took the first step in a long and involved legal process on the road to justice, said University of Mississippi law professor Michael Waterstone. "Reopening civil rights murder cases raises complicated issues of state and federal law," Waterstone said. "There's definitely a high payoff, as it can bring closure and justice to the community, but on the other hand it begins a long and complicated process."


Croft Institute Invites Public To Join International Language Teleconference, Jan. 10-11, Natashia Gregoire Jan 2005

Croft Institute Invites Public To Join International Language Teleconference, Jan. 10-11, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi invites the public to participate in an international teleconference Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 10 and 11) to kick off a yearlong observance of the study of foreign languages.


Um Experts Available On Use Of Satellite Imagery In Tsunami Relief, Staff Report Jan 2005

Um Experts Available On Use Of Satellite Imagery In Tsunami Relief, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Apart from the striking up-close photographs and videos of devastation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, satellite images have provided some of the most fascinating perspectives of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. Private satellite imaging firms and government agencies have been inundated with requests for images depicting the changes in the South Asian landscape.


N.Y. Company Stages National Premiere Of Civil Rights Drama At Ford Center Jan. 15, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

N.Y. Company Stages National Premiere Of Civil Rights Drama At Ford Center Jan. 15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - "My Soul is a Witness," a play about key people and events of the civil rights movement, premieres Jan. 15 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Expert Offers Tips On Fitting Fast Food Into A Healthful Diet, Jennifer Russell Jan 2005

Expert Offers Tips On Fitting Fast Food Into A Healthful Diet, Jennifer Russell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For millions of Americans on a weight-loss diet, fast food may seem like a forbidden pleasure, but that's not necessarily so.


Nfsmi Oral History Project Captures School Lunch Room Memories, Jennifer Southall Jan 2005

Nfsmi Oral History Project Captures School Lunch Room Memories, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The recounting of children bringing live chickens to school for a special meal - and those chickens' subsequent demise - is just one of the many stories recorded as part of an oral history project at the National Food Service Management Institute's Child Nutrition Archives.


Reading Chair To Be Established To Help Teachers Statewide Meet Certification, Tobie Baker Jan 2005

Reading Chair To Be Established To Help Teachers Statewide Meet Certification, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A new reading chair at the University of Mississippi School of Education stands to strengthen reading education across the state and region.


Mississippi Coalition Responds To Poverty, Justice Issues Raised In Katrina's Aftermath, Edwin Smith Jan 2005

Mississippi Coalition Responds To Poverty, Justice Issues Raised In Katrina's Aftermath, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi continues to seek faith-based and nonprofit organizations to join a statewide coalition that is addressing issues raised in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.


Free Osteoporosis Prevention Seminar For Women Sept. 15, Deborah Purnell Jan 2005

Free Osteoporosis Prevention Seminar For Women Sept. 15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A free osteoporosis prevention seminar for women in north Mississippi is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15, at the University of Mississippi.


Child's Play: Toy Robots Offer Inexpensive, Easy Way To Teach, Angela Moore Dec 2004

Child's Play: Toy Robots Offer Inexpensive, Easy Way To Teach, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Some of the country's best computer science professors gathered at the University of Mississippi recently to play with children's toys.


University Tree Wins Mississippi 'Big Tree' Contest, Jennifer Russell Dec 2004

University Tree Wins Mississippi 'Big Tree' Contest, Jennifer Russell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An Osage orange tree on the University of Mississippi campus has been named co-champion of the Mississippi "Big Tree" Contest of the Mississippi Forestry Commission.


Third Annual Blues Today Features Discussions, Performances, More, Jennifer Southall Dec 2004

Third Annual Blues Today Features Discussions, Performances, More, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Anyone who thinks the blues is dead need only travel to the University of Mississippi Feb. 17-19 for Living Blues magazine's third annual Blues Today Symposium.


Music Prof To Perform At 2005 Hawaii International Conference, Deborah Purnell Dec 2004

Music Prof To Perform At 2005 Hawaii International Conference, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Bradley Robinson, associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, has been chosen to participate in the Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, set for Jan. 13-16 in Honolulu.


7th Theatre Arts Film Gives Students 'Reel-World' Opportunity, Joe Thompson Dec 2004

7th Theatre Arts Film Gives Students 'Reel-World' Opportunity, Joe Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre Arts recently wrapped up production on its seventh feature film, "Nightshade," due to be released early in 2005.


Independent Study Program Proves A Plus For High School Students, Joe Thompson Dec 2004

Independent Study Program Proves A Plus For High School Students, Joe Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ask Bethany Kennedy about the University of Mississippi and her brown eyes light up and the high school student starts talking fast.


Supercomputer Addition Expands Service Statewide, Tobie Baker Dec 2004

Supercomputer Addition Expands Service Statewide, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With a new award-winning supercomputer from Silicon Graphics, the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research at the University of Mississippi offers the eight state-supported Institutions of Higher Learning the most powerful shared memory system available.


Law Professor Receives 2004 Public Service Award, Natashia Gregoire Dec 2004

Law Professor Receives 2004 Public Service Award, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For years the University of Mississippi School of Law has honored outstanding Mississippi attorneys, public servants and legal advocates with its Public Service Award. This year, for the first time, the law school is honoring one of its own.


English Grad Student Among 'Best New American Voices 2006', Deidra Jackson Dec 2004

English Grad Student Among 'Best New American Voices 2006', Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi graduate student in English is to be featured in "Best New American Voices 2006," a short story anthology series that lauds the latest crop of promising new writers from around the country.


Alumnus, Soap Opera Star Recounts Cancer Battle In First Book, Deborah Purnell Dec 2004

Alumnus, Soap Opera Star Recounts Cancer Battle In First Book, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Millions of fans know him as the villainous James Stenbeck from the CBS daytime soap opera "As the World Turns," but Anthony Herrera says cancer is the real villain.


Ole Miss Rugby On Rise After 30 Years, Tobie Baker Dec 2004

Ole Miss Rugby On Rise After 30 Years, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - After three decades at the University of Mississippi, the Ole Miss rugby side (team) finished undefeated in conference play this fall, thanks in part to the hiring of its first coach.


During Season Of Giving, Parents Memorialize Son With Scholarship, Elaine Pugh Dec 2004

During Season Of Giving, Parents Memorialize Son With Scholarship, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Despite being physically challenged, Mike Carmichael lived a remarkable life, graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1980 then spending his remaining years helping others.