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Former State Education Leader Tapped As Dean Of School, Tobie Baker Jun 2004

Former State Education Leader Tapped As Dean Of School, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Former state superintendent of education Tom Burnham returns home July 1 to head the University of Mississippi's School of Education.


Summer Workshop Offers Filmmaking Tips, Hands-On Experience, July 12-15, Deborah Purnell Jun 2004

Summer Workshop Offers Filmmaking Tips, Hands-On Experience, July 12-15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For the first time since its inception in 2000, the filmmaking workshop at the University of Mississippi will carry on this year without the visionary leadership of its founder, award-winning independent filmmaker Ron Tibbett, who died earlier this month in a car accident near his home in West Point.


Miss University Ready To Compete For State Title In Vicksburg, Jennifer Southall Jun 2004

Miss University Ready To Compete For State Title In Vicksburg, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With four Austrian-crystal-studded evening gowns designed especially for her, the ability to succinctly speak her mind on complex regional, national and global issues, and a soprano singing voice that could break glass, Miss University 2004 - known to her friends and family as April Lancaster - is no doubt ready to compete for Miss Mississippi.


Oas Partnership Brings Latin America's Best Students To Um, Jennifer Southall Jun 2004

Oas Partnership Brings Latin America's Best Students To Um, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi and the Organization of American States recently signed a cooperation agreement that promises to bring to the Oxford campus some of the best and brightest students from Latin America and the Caribbean.


Ncpa Researcher Awarded Honorary Degree In Physics, Tobie Baker Jun 2004

Ncpa Researcher Awarded Honorary Degree In Physics, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Mack Breazeale, distinguished researcher at the National Center for Physical Acoustics, has been awarded an honorary professional degree in physics from University of Missouri-Rolla.


U.S. Will Not Ban Internet Hate Speech, Signs Anti-Racism Treaties, Staff Report Jun 2004

U.S. Will Not Ban Internet Hate Speech, Signs Anti-Racism Treaties, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UM Law Professor Ron Rychlak, who traveled to France last week as part of a U.S. Department of Justice delegation examining the relationship between hate crimes and racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic speech on the Internet, is available for interviews.


News Photographer Captures Local Literati In His Lens, Angela Moore Jun 2004

News Photographer Captures Local Literati In His Lens, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In recent decades, Oxford has served as a literary mecca, drawing important writers from parts unknown, either to visit Square Books, to teach at the University of Mississippi or simply to soak in the land of Faulkner.


South Africa-Educated Chemist Named Head Of Pharmacognosy Department, Dabney Weems Jun 2004

South Africa-Educated Chemist Named Head Of Pharmacognosy Department, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Daneel Ferreira has joined the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy as chair and professor of pharmacognosy after serving since 2000 as a principal scientist in the university's National Center for Natural Products Research.


Student, Faculty, Research Exchange To Begin With Brazilian University, Jennifer Southall Jun 2004

Student, Faculty, Research Exchange To Begin With Brazilian University, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi on Friday (June 18) hosts the rector of Brazil's Mackenzie University, Manasses Claudino Fonteles, who will be on campus to sign an agreement of cooperation between the two universities.


40th Anniversary Commemoration Of Civil Rights Murders Planned In Neshoba County, Mississippi, Staff Report Jun 2004

40th Anniversary Commemoration Of Civil Rights Murders Planned In Neshoba County, Mississippi, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Philadelphia Coalition, a 30-member multi-racial task force, invites media representatives to the 40th anniversary commemoration of the deaths of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss. (This event is not to be confused with erroneous advisories about a 1 p.m. ceremony at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. That 1 p.m. service will not take place, and all media are directed to the Neshoba County Coliseum, 12000 Highway 15 North.)


Second Annual Oxford Film Festival On Campus June 17-20, Off Staff Jun 2004

Second Annual Oxford Film Festival On Campus June 17-20, Off Staff

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The Second Annual Oxford Film Festival, presented by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, is June 17-20 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Orphan As Father: A Commentary For Father's Day, Ben Mcclelland Jun 2004

Orphan As Father: A Commentary For Father's Day, Ben Mcclelland

University of Mississippi News

What difference does a day make, when the day in question is Father's Day? The beneficial effects of a nurturing father on his children are deep and lasting. Similarly profound are the debilitating effects of an abusive or absent father on his children.


Prof Teaches, Learns As Fulbright Scholar To Turkey, Tobie Baker, Elaine Pugh Jun 2004

Prof Teaches, Learns As Fulbright Scholar To Turkey, Tobie Baker, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - James Payne, longtime faculty member at the University of Mississippi, recently returned from serving an academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, where he taught college students about dealing with people and understanding each other's differences.


Winter Institute Gets Grant While Helping History Unfold, Deidra Jackson Jun 2004

Winter Institute Gets Grant While Helping History Unfold, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As hundreds gather June 20 in Philadelphia, Miss., to commemorate a heinous crime that took place there - the 1964 murders of three young civil rights workers - standing with Neshoba County citizens will be staff from the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi.


Ihl Board To Discuss Tuition, Room, Board Fee Increase, Ihl Staff Jun 2004

Ihl Board To Discuss Tuition, Room, Board Fee Increase, Ihl Staff

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) will vote whether or not to adopt a tuition and room and board fee increase at their June 17 meeting. The presidents of Mississippis public universities met with the budget and financial affairs committee last week to ask for tuition increases.


'Bama Blues Stars To Perform Free Concert Sunday In Grove, J. Adrian Aumen Jun 2004

'Bama Blues Stars To Perform Free Concert Sunday In Grove, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two acclaimed Alabama blues musicians bring a steamy mix of down-home and urban styles to the Grove at the University of Mississippi Sunday (June 20) in a free outdoor concert at 7:30 p.m.


Forget The Necktie: Football Calendar Makes Unique Father's Day Gift, Tobie Baker Jun 2004

Forget The Necktie: Football Calendar Makes Unique Father's Day Gift, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The necktie - infamous as the classic Father's Day gift - often suits as a last-ditch idea, but there's a better option this year: the University of Mississippi Football Calendar.


'Teaching Faulkner' Workshops To Be Part Of Annual Conference, Deidra Jackson Jun 2004

'Teaching Faulkner' Workshops To Be Part Of Annual Conference, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Teachers looking for a "hands-on" workshop to help them explain novelist William Faulkner's works to their students are encouraged to attend at least two sessions at this year's Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference at the University of Mississippi.


Jackson’S Northside Hs Seniors Again Choose Um Over Other Schools, Wire Report, Northside Sun Jun 2004

Jackson’S Northside Hs Seniors Again Choose Um Over Other Schools, Wire Report, Northside Sun

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. - For the fifth year in a row, the University of Mississippi has proven to be the most popular college choice among high school seniors from the Northside area.


Expert In International Conflict, Regime Change Honored As Top Teacher Of Freshmen, Tobie Baker Jun 2004

Expert In International Conflict, Regime Change Honored As Top Teacher Of Freshmen, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - International politics and relations is foremost in the news and a topic worthy of attention at colleges and universities across the country.


Political Science Professors Available To Discuss Reagan's Legacy, Staff Report Jun 2004

Political Science Professors Available To Discuss Reagan's Legacy, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The death of former President Ronald Reagan has prompted much discussion about his political legacy and role on the world stage during the major shifts in power during the 1980s and early '90s. Two University of Mississippi professors can offer fresh perspectives on these matters.


Standing On The Edge Of Loss: Commentary On Dedication Of Wwii Memorial, Ben Mcclelland Jun 2004

Standing On The Edge Of Loss: Commentary On Dedication Of Wwii Memorial, Ben Mcclelland

University of Mississippi News

With family members, I attended the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. There was also a Memorial Day parade and an observance at Arlington National Cemetery. These events evoked in me complex emotions, including awe and patriotic pride as well as sadness and a sense of loss.


Friends, Family Honor Slain Student By Creating Opportunity For Others, Jennifer Southall Jun 2004

Friends, Family Honor Slain Student By Creating Opportunity For Others, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Friends, family and University of Mississippi students have joined to create an endowed scholarship to honor recently slain UM student Carnesha Rena Nelson.


Um-Sponsored School Accountability Project Re-Funded Until 2006, Pam Hutcheson Jun 2004

Um-Sponsored School Accountability Project Re-Funded Until 2006, Pam Hutcheson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss.- The Appalachian Regional Commission has renewed a grant for the University of Mississippi-sponsored Accountability Plus project in the amount of $300,000 to extend the work until 2006 and adding three school districts.


Community Invited To Free Sunset Jazz-Big Band Concert In Grove June 6, J. Adrian Aumen Jun 2004

Community Invited To Free Sunset Jazz-Big Band Concert In Grove June 6, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Lively jazz and big band sounds fill the Grove on the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 6, as the fourth annual L-O-U Summer Sunset Series begins.


Institute For Racial Reconciliation Helps Unite Town For Cause, Deidra Jackson Jun 2004

Institute For Racial Reconciliation Helps Unite Town For Cause, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. ­ Since its founding at the University of Mississippi in 1999, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation has spearheaded efforts to renovate a local landmark in Drew and to help the Delta community of Rome acquire its first sewer system.


Pharmaceutics Professor Appointed Technology Management Director, Andrew Johnson Jun 2004

Pharmaceutics Professor Appointed Technology Management Director, Andrew Johnson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Walt Chambliss, professor of pharmaceutics at the University of Mississippi, has been named the university's director of technology management.


Oxford Shakespeare Festival Presents June, July Performances At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell Jun 2004

Oxford Shakespeare Festival Presents June, July Performances At Ford Center, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Oxford Shakespeare Festival kicks off its inaugural season June 11 at the University of Mississippi with an 8 p.m. performance of the Shakespearean classic "Othello."


Breathe Easy, Celebrate ‘World No Tobacco Day', Tobie Baker May 2004

Breathe Easy, Celebrate ‘World No Tobacco Day', Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Smoking half a pack of cigarettes per day leads to an annual accumulation of two cups of tar in a person's lungs.


Acoustics Team Certified To Help Monitor Nuclear Treaty Compliance, Tobie Baker May 2004

Acoustics Team Certified To Help Monitor Nuclear Treaty Compliance, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acoustic scientists at the University of Mississippi have cleared an important hurdle in their efforts to help monitor a nuclear weapons test ban and improve weather forecasts.