Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 11761 - 11790 of 13497

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

'Continuous' Dining Services Now Available, Deborah A. Purnell Aug 2002

'Continuous' Dining Services Now Available, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Students at the University of Mississippi and Oxford-area residents can get a real meal deal on campus.


Music Prof Invited To Perform In Worldwide Sept. 11 Observance, Deidra Jackson Aug 2002

Music Prof Invited To Perform In Worldwide Sept. 11 Observance, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Bradley Robinson, a University of Mississippi assistant professor of music, sings Mozart's "Requiem" Sept. 11 in a worldwide choral tribute to the victims and survivors of 2001's terrorist attacks.


Award-Winning Poets Read In Series Launch Sept. 5, Deidra Jackson Aug 2002

Award-Winning Poets Read In Series Launch Sept. 5, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Writers Nick Carbo and Denise Duhamel launch the University of Mississippi campus poetry series Sept. 5.


Pharmacy School Puts West Nile Virus Course Online, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2002

Pharmacy School Puts West Nile Virus Course Online, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- As West Nile virus spreads rapidly across the South and Midwest, the University of Mississippi is helping educate pharmacists about the disease.


‘Welcome Week 2002' Offers Students Fun, Get-Acquainted Opportunities, Deborah A. Purnell Aug 2002

‘Welcome Week 2002' Offers Students Fun, Get-Acquainted Opportunities, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - From gravity-defying M-4 motion simulators to free cartoon portraits, to rock, rhythm and blues, and more, abundant entertainment and activities greet new and returning University of Mississippi students and personnel during "Welcome Week 2002" Aug. 19-24.


New Fountain Honors Sorority’S 75 Years At Um, Angela Moore Aug 2002

New Fountain Honors Sorority’S 75 Years At Um, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Alumni, students, staff, faculty and visitors at the University of Mississippi have another attractive place to congregate: a new quadrangle between the J.D. Williams Library and Paris-Yates Chapel.


Sept. 11 Anniversary: Experts By Topic, Staff Report Aug 2002

Sept. 11 Anniversary: Experts By Topic, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

MEDIA ALERT ... (updated Aug. 14) To assist your coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks' anniversary, below are University of Mississippi faculty with applicable expertise. Call them at the numbers listed, or call for other assistance.


Convocation Aug. 22 Introduces New Um Students To Campus, Deborah A. Purnell Aug 2002

Convocation Aug. 22 Introduces New Um Students To Campus, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Freshman and transfer students get an official welcome to the University of Mississippi Aug. 22 at 8:30 p.m. in C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum.


Award-Winning Novelist To Address Honors College’S New Freshman Class, Deborah A. Purnell Aug 2002

Award-Winning Novelist To Address Honors College’S New Freshman Class, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award engages some of the nation's best and brightest scholars when she speaks Aug. 17 at the University of Mississippi.


Media Advisory: Move-In Days Aug. 15-17, Meet & Greet Aug. 19-20, Staff Report Aug 2002

Media Advisory: Move-In Days Aug. 15-17, Meet & Greet Aug. 19-20, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

MOVE-IN DAYS -- University of Mississippi students start moving into residence halls on Thursday, Aug. 15. It's going to be even busier than usual because of the anticipated record number of students on the Oxford campus.


More Than Three R’S: Educators Converge For Lessons In Character, Angela Moore Aug 2002

More Than Three R’S: Educators Converge For Lessons In Character, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mississippi students need more than reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic -- they need character, too, the state Legislature says. That's why north Mississippi school counselors are learning how to teach it.


Longtime Pharmacology Researcher To Lead Center For Natural Products Research, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2002

Longtime Pharmacology Researcher To Lead Center For Natural Products Research, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

Pharmacologist Dr. Larry A. Walker is the new director of the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research.


Some Students Assigned To Lounges As Residence Halls Fill, Staff Report Aug 2002

Some Students Assigned To Lounges As Residence Halls Fill, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Housing officials at the University of Mississippi Wednesday began notifying some students they may be sleeping in temporary rooms or residence hall lounges when classes begin Aug. 19.


Accountancy Students 'Sweep' National Competition In Tax Research, Elaine Pugh Aug 2002

Accountancy Students 'Sweep' National Competition In Tax Research, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - It's a "sweep" for University of Mississippi accountancy students, winning the top three awards in national research and writing competition.


Satellites Come To The Courtroom: Remotely Sensed Images As Evidence, Elaine Pugh Aug 2002

Satellites Come To The Courtroom: Remotely Sensed Images As Evidence, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

The use of images gathered from satellites, aircraft and even balloons as courtroom evidence is the focus of a free workshop Sept. 27 at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Accountancy Students Sweep National Competition In Tax Research, Elaine Pugh Aug 2002

Accountancy Students Sweep National Competition In Tax Research, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - It's a "sweep" for University of Mississippi accountancy students, winning the top three awards in national research and writing competition.


Media Advisory: West Nile Virus Expert, Staff Report Aug 2002

Media Advisory: West Nile Virus Expert, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Media Alert ... Marvin Davis, professor emeritus of pharmacology, has studied the spread of mosquito-borne viral diseases, including encephalitis and West Nile virus, in the United States. He can talk about West Nile's history in this country, how it spreads, risks of infection and how to limit chances of becoming infected. (Contact him)


Nuclear Engineer Seeks Mba To Expand Own 'Universe', George Kehoe Aug 2002

Nuclear Engineer Seeks Mba To Expand Own 'Universe', George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Cindy Jones was primed to start a promising career after graduating from a Tennessee university with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. She had her degree and work experience in nuclear engineering, but when she discovered that work in a nuclear plant was not her cup of tea, she made a change.


Biologist Elected To Lead Regional Wetland Society, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2002

Biologist Elected To Lead Regional Wetland Society, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - University of Mississippi biologist Marjorie Holland is new president of the South Central Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists.


Biology Prof Recounts Rain Forest Adventures At Public Seminar Friday, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2002

Biology Prof Recounts Rain Forest Adventures At Public Seminar Friday, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Gary Gaston knows what it is like to wake up to the sounds of exotic toucans and howler monkeys, and he shares those experiences at noon Friday.


Tupelo Attorney Selected Law Alumnus Of Year, Elaine Pugh Jul 2002

Tupelo Attorney Selected Law Alumnus Of Year, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - William P. "Pete" Mitchell of Tupelo has been chosen the 2002 Law Alumnus of the Year by the Law Alumni Chapter of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association.


Free Small Business Tax & Marketing Workshops Offered In Oxford, Tupelo, George Kehoe Jul 2002

Free Small Business Tax & Marketing Workshops Offered In Oxford, Tupelo, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Small business owners in North Mississippi can get answers to tax and marketing questions for free during August workshops in Oxford and Tupelo.


English Prof Goes Comic In New Short Fiction Collection, Deidra Jackson Jul 2002

English Prof Goes Comic In New Short Fiction Collection, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Fifteen short stories in David Galef's "Laugh Track" tell alluring tales of subjects, settings and singular souls.


Remote-Sensing Center Awards Contracts To Develop First Classes In New Degree Program, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2002

Remote-Sensing Center Awards Contracts To Develop First Classes In New Degree Program, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Use of remote-sensing applications is one of America's fastest growing industries. Workers who can collect, manage and analyze the data are in high demand.


Recruiting Project Aims To Increase Diversity In Pharmaceutical Marketing, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2002

Recruiting Project Aims To Increase Diversity In Pharmaceutical Marketing, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - An effort to recruit minority students for careers in pharmaceutical marketing promises to open new opportunities for qualified Mississippians, while helping solve an industry-wide problem.


Events Set To Mark Integration Anniversary, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2002

Events Set To Mark Integration Anniversary, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - The University of Mississippi marks the 40th anniversary of its integration this fall with speakers, exhibitions and establishment of an oral history and memorabilia archive. Next spring, artwork will be erected on campus to memorialize the historic action.


Free Symphony Concert In The Grove Sunday, J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2002

Free Symphony Concert In The Grove Sunday, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Musical notes drift and swirl beneath a leafy canopy in the University of Mississippi's Grove on Sunday as the Germantown Symphony Orchestra brings the 2002 L-O-U Summer Sunset Series to a flourishing finish.


From Sherwood Forest To The Grove: ‘Robin Hood’ Comes To Campus Thursday, J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2002

From Sherwood Forest To The Grove: ‘Robin Hood’ Comes To Campus Thursday, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Ever at home in Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his band of merry men take to the University of Mississippi's fabled Grove Thursday in a free public screening of the classic 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood."


'Claiming The Future ... Um Monument Honors Idealism And Courage', Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Jul 2002

'Claiming The Future ... Um Monument Honors Idealism And Courage', Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

University of Mississippi News

The following editorial appeared Saturday, July 20, in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.


Eco-Campers Get To The Point, Staff Report Jul 2002

Eco-Campers Get To The Point, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Thirteen-year-old Hanna Holland points out a grub she uncovered in a decaying tree at the University of Mississippi Field Station to fellow Ole Miss Ecology Day Camp participants (l-r) Rana Gordji, 10, Riki Roederer, 12, and Mack Savage, 9. The annual camp offers a fun learning environment for 5th- to 10th-graders learning about plants, animals and how we use water.