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Fire Ant War Rages At Field Station, Jennifer Southall Dec 2004

Fire Ant War Rages At Field Station, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi entomologist James Anderson likes to quote famed biologist E.O. Wilson on the topic of fire ants. Wilson once said that fire ants are the "Vietnam of entomology." He was referring specifically to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 20-year, $200 million failed campaign to eradicate the South American invaders through the use of insecticides.


New Head Football Coach Named, Um Sports Information Dec 2004

New Head Football Coach Named, Um Sports Information

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ed Orgeron, regarded as one of college football's premier defensive line coaches, has been named the 35th head football coach in the history of The University of Mississippi. Orgeron is currently in his seventh season as the defensive line coach at the University of Southern California.


Reward Fund Created For 1964 Neshoba Murders, Special Bulletin Dec 2004

Reward Fund Created For 1964 Neshoba Murders, Special Bulletin

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. - An effort to bring to justice those responsible for the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, gained new momentum Monday with the creation of a $100,000 reward fund.


New Partnership To Expand Nursing Education Programs, Staff Report Dec 2004

New Partnership To Expand Nursing Education Programs, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - North Mississippi Medical Center and Baptist Memorial Health Care announced today an agreement to provide joint funding for two new nursing programs at the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford.


Students Raise $10,000 For Local 'Feed The Children', Deborah Purnell Dec 2004

Students Raise $10,000 For Local 'Feed The Children', Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students in a University of Mississippi social work class raised more than $10,000 to provide food this holiday season for 400 families in Lafayette, Panola, Calhoun and Yalobusha counties.


Robotics Researcher Dreams Big For Defense, Angela Moore Dec 2004

Robotics Researcher Dreams Big For Defense, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Since the start of the Iraq War, hundreds of American soldiers have been killed in roadside attacks targeting military vehicles.


Venerable Ventress Hall Adorns Annual Holiday Ornament, Angela Moore Dec 2004

Venerable Ventress Hall Adorns Annual Holiday Ornament, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For the fourth year, alumni and friends of the University of Mississippi can bring some of the historic campus into their home at Christmas.


New Academic Program To Be Announced At News Conference, Staff Report Dec 2004

New Academic Program To Be Announced At News Conference, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Representatives from the University of Mississippi and two private sector partners are announcing the launch of a new academic program that promises to dramatically improve health care operations across north Mississippi. A news conference is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, in room 200 of the Lyceum, also known as the IHL Boardroom. Representatives from all the partner organizations will be available for interviews.


New Partnership Aims To Deliver Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Andrew Johnson Dec 2004

New Partnership Aims To Deliver Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Andrew Johnson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi is teaming with an in-state pharmaceutical firm to develop and market new products based on research efforts at the UM School of Pharmacy.


Luncheon Series Heads To Jackson With Talk On Chronic Pain, Jim Urbanek Dec 2004

Luncheon Series Heads To Jackson With Talk On Chronic Pain, Jim Urbanek

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi and the Ole Miss Alumni Association announce the Ole Miss Luncheon Series in Jackson on Tuesday, Dec. 14.


Attorney, Alum Honors Mother With Ole Miss First Scholarship, Deidra Jackson Dec 2004

Attorney, Alum Honors Mother With Ole Miss First Scholarship, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A Batesville attorney is recognizing his mother's unselfish devotion to her family and lauding the University of Mississippi's support of her by endowing an Ole Miss First Scholarship in her honor.


Dallas Resident Credits Book Conference For Career, Jennifer Southall Dec 2004

Dallas Resident Credits Book Conference For Career, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Dallas resident Nancy Ashley says she owes much to the Oxford Conference for the Book. She credits the event - put on annually since 1993 by the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Oxford's Square Books - with sparking her four-year career delivering presentations on Mississippi writers to Dallas-Fort Worth book clubs.


Williams Library Adds Leading Online Business Archive, Other Resources, Grant H. Brashier Dec 2004

Williams Library Adds Leading Online Business Archive, Other Resources, Grant H. Brashier

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's J. D. Williams Library has acquired an online archive that provides detailed summaries on virtually every aspect of business, from company histories to new product development.


Engineering Prof Offers Advice For Making Homes More Energy-Efficient, Rebecca Reyenga Dec 2004

Engineering Prof Offers Advice For Making Homes More Energy-Efficient, Rebecca Reyenga

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The first frost has already come to many areas of Mississippi, but it's not too late to get your home ready for winter. And with energy costs at near-record highs, a well-insulated house is more crucial than ever.


Acoustics Researchers Approach Aviation History, Tobie Baker Dec 2004

Acoustics Researchers Approach Aviation History, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The window-rattling scream of high-performance fighter jets is a familiar sound for people living near many military bases, but acoustics researchers at the University of Mississippi have found a way to tone down the jets' engine noise.


Images Of Outdoorsmen And Their Prey On Display Through Mid-January, Jennifer Southall Dec 2004

Images Of Outdoorsmen And Their Prey On Display Through Mid-January, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Judging from the "unsanitized" yet compelling images of skinned squirrels, mud-caked hog carcasses and bare-chested men "noodling" for catfish, Winona native and University of Mississippi graduate Wiley Prewitt has achieved his artistic goal.


Tree Population Inventory To Produce Comprehensive Management Plan, Tobie Baker Dec 2004

Tree Population Inventory To Produce Comprehensive Management Plan, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students, staff and visitors at the University of Mississippi may notice two men wearing yellow-and-orange backpacks with antennas wandering around campus and paying close attention to trees in the coming days.


Finance Students Retain Lead In Investment Competition, Grant H. Brashier Dec 2004

Finance Students Retain Lead In Investment Competition, Grant H. Brashier

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A group of finance majors at the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration is in the lead of an ambitious academic competition involving five universities.


Head Football Coach Dismissed, Successor's Search Begins, Staff Report Dec 2004

Head Football Coach Dismissed, Successor's Search Begins, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi officials dismissed head football coach David Cutcliffe. UM Chancellor Robert Khayat, Cutcliffe and Athletics Director Pete Boone met with news media Wednesday afternoon to discuss the decision, the process of finding a new coach and long-range goals for the Ole Miss football program.


New Titles Added To Small Business Seminar Compact Disc Series, Deidra Jackson Nov 2004

New Titles Added To Small Business Seminar Compact Disc Series, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Mississippi Small Business Development Centers, which in June made its most-requested information available on compact discs, has added four new seminars to its CD series.


Um Luncheon Series Heads To Tupelo, Jim Urbanek Nov 2004

Um Luncheon Series Heads To Tupelo, Jim Urbanek

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi and the Ole Miss Alumni Association announce the Ole Miss Luncheon Series in Tupelo on Dec. 8.


National Science Foundation Boosts Psychexperiments Web Project, Tobie Baker Nov 2004

National Science Foundation Boosts Psychexperiments Web Project, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi psychology instructional Web site has joined a select group of educational Internet sites that collectively form the National Science Digital Library.


National Institute's 'Wash Your Hands' Project Inspires Initiatives Elsewhere, Deborah Purnell Nov 2004

National Institute's 'Wash Your Hands' Project Inspires Initiatives Elsewhere, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - According to the Centers for Disease Control, hand washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection and germs that can cause colds and flu.


Importance Of University Research Explained At Intellectual Property Forum, Staff Report Nov 2004

Importance Of University Research Explained At Intellectual Property Forum, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Researchers from the state's research universities show off their new technologies and innovations next week at the inaugural Intellectual Property Forum and Technology Expo. Gov. Haley Barbour is scheduled to speak, further highlighting the importance of university research to economic development.


Novelist, Former Creative Writing Instructor Larry Brown Dies, Deidra Jackson Nov 2004

Novelist, Former Creative Writing Instructor Larry Brown Dies, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acclaimed novelist Larry Brown, 53, whose work has been lauded for its powerful descriptions of the rural South, died at home Tuesday night of a heart attack. He was buried Saturday at the Brown Family Farm in Tula.


Novelist, Former Creative Writing Instructor Larry Brown Dies, Deidra Jackson Nov 2004

Novelist, Former Creative Writing Instructor Larry Brown Dies, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acclaimed novelist Larry Brown, 53, whose work has been lauded for its powerful descriptions of the rural South, died at home Tuesday night of a heart attack. Services are to be announced by Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford.


Department Of Theatre Arts Presents 'It's A Wonderful Life' Dec. 1-4, Joe Thompson Nov 2004

Department Of Theatre Arts Presents 'It's A Wonderful Life' Dec. 1-4, Joe Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An updated version of the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life" comes to Fulton Chapel on the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus Dec. 1-4 at 8 p.m.


Pharmacy Dean Named Distinguished Practitioner By National Group, Dabney Weems Nov 2004

Pharmacy Dean Named Distinguished Practitioner By National Group, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Barbara G. Wells, dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been named a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy.


Truman Scholars Gather For Presentation Of Truman Foundation Honor, Staff Report Nov 2004

Truman Scholars Gather For Presentation Of Truman Foundation Honor, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Several of the University of Mississippi's Harry S. Truman Scholars gathered Friday, Nov. 19, on the Oxford campus for presentation of the university's Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award. The group included (from left) Julie Grimes Waldorf of New York City, a native of Fulton and 1992 graduate; John Joseph of Tuscaloosa, Ala., a native of Decatur, Ala., and 2000 graduate in political science; Chancellor Robert Khayat; Thomas Joel Fyke of Jackson, a senior in international studies; Benjamin M. Logan of Sherman, a Tupelo native who earned a bachelor's in accountancy in 1985; Russell M. Dallen Jr. of Caracas, Venezuela, a …


Archaeology Students Explore State's Prehistoric Past Using New Technologies, Angela Moore Nov 2004

Archaeology Students Explore State's Prehistoric Past Using New Technologies, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In the summer heat of a Mississippi Delta cotton field, the practice of archaeology is a hot, sweaty, painstaking business.