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Business Prof Named Outstanding Teacher In Southwest, George Kehoe Jun 2002

Business Prof Named Outstanding Teacher In Southwest, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Classroom technique can make for better students, says Jere Waitz Littlejohn, a University of Mississippi business communication specialist.


Student's Surprise Detour Results In Study Exchange To Chile, Angela Moore Jun 2002

Student's Surprise Detour Results In Study Exchange To Chile, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Laura Congleton found happiness in Chile after her plans to study in Argentina collapsed with that country's recent economic collapse.


Telescopes Available To View Jupiter, Star Clusters Friday, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2002

Telescopes Available To View Jupiter, Star Clusters Friday, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Amateur stargazers are invited for a look at Jupiter and star clusters Friday evening at the University of Mississippi's Kennon Observatory.


Keep Cool In The Grove With Visions Of Alaska, Angela Moore Jun 2002

Keep Cool In The Grove With Visions Of Alaska, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - You may be sweating on the outside, but on the inside, you can zip along the Alaskan tundra via dogsled Thursday night in The Grove on the University of Mississippi campus.


Student Places High In National Latin Contest, Tobie Baker Jun 2002

Student Places High In National Latin Contest, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Contestants from around the country came from large state institutions and small liberal arts programs, and a University of Mississippi senior made the cut translating Latin.


Physics Researchers Share New Techniques With Hs Teachers, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2002

Physics Researchers Share New Techniques With Hs Teachers, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - It's hard to tell a muon from a charm until you spend time with them, and that is what high school teachers are doing at the University of Mississippi.


Classics Student Chosen To Help Excavate Ancient Greek Site, Tobie Baker Jun 2002

Classics Student Chosen To Help Excavate Ancient Greek Site, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Brent Bonds of Iuka works weekends as a landscaper. He can operate heavy equipment, but he usually ends up digging with a shovel.


Ole Miss Student Is State's First Chosen To Nasa Academy, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2002

Ole Miss Student Is State's First Chosen To Nasa Academy, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Douglas Grant admits he's a "late bloomer," but that has not hindered the University of Mississippi senior in his quest for the stars.


Economics Prof Chosen To Edit Prestigious Journal, George Kehoe Jun 2002

Economics Prof Chosen To Edit Prestigious Journal, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Laura Razzolini, a University of Mississippi economist, is the new editor of the prestigious Southern Economic Journal.


L-O-U Summer Sunset Series Brings Back Movies In The Grove Thursday, Angela Moore Jun 2002

L-O-U Summer Sunset Series Brings Back Movies In The Grove Thursday, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - For Dicki King of Oxford, her first memorable movie experience was as a child on a blanket in The Grove on the University of Mississippi campus in the summer of 1950. Crickets chirped and stars twinkled overhead.


English Department Gets 'Blood Transfusion', Deidra Jackson Jun 2002

English Department Gets 'Blood Transfusion', Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Shay Youngblood finds magic in the written word. As a toddler and avid reader, she even dreamed of living in a library.


Um To Lead World's Remote-Sensing Training, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2002

Um To Lead World's Remote-Sensing Training, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - The University of Mississippi this week becomes a world leader in training the next generation of remote sensing professionals.


Relay For Life Aims At $40,000 Goal To Benefit Cancer Aid, Angela Moore May 2002

Relay For Life Aims At $40,000 Goal To Benefit Cancer Aid, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Staying up all night is usually reserved for college students, but June 7-8 the University of Mississippi hosts the local Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society.


Um Center, Attorneys General Cooperate In Fighting Cybercrime, Elaine Pugh May 2002

Um Center, Attorneys General Cooperate In Fighting Cybercrime, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Starting this fall, additional training opportunities on the investigation and prosecution of cybercrime will be available to personnel in the offices of the attorneys general in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories and commonwealths.


Two-Stage Renovations Begin On Pharmacy’S Faser Hall, Dabney Weems May 2002

Two-Stage Renovations Begin On Pharmacy’S Faser Hall, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Faser Hall, home of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, adds 5,000 square feet of new laboratories in the first phase of a major renovation.


Jazz Alumni Big Band Kicks Off Summer Sunset Series, Sunday, June 2, Angela Moore May 2002

Jazz Alumni Big Band Kicks Off Summer Sunset Series, Sunday, June 2, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Some Ole Miss Jazz Alumni Big Band members count nearly 50 years together because they love the music. On June 2, they'll play a concert in the Grove at the University of Mississippi to kick off the second annual L-O-U Summer Sunset Series. It's free and open to the public.


Education Profs Author ‘Toolkit’ For Teaching & Learning Science, Deidra Jackson May 2002

Education Profs Author ‘Toolkit’ For Teaching & Learning Science, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Toddlers to preteens and their teachers can learn science skills through an innovative classroom resource designed by two University of Mississippi teaching veterans.


Magazine 'Guru,' Marine Biologist Named Top Lib Arts Teachers, Elaine Pugh May 2002

Magazine 'Guru,' Marine Biologist Named Top Lib Arts Teachers, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Two professors in the University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts have been honored with awards for outstanding performance in the classroom.


Prof Eagles Awarded Honorary Degree From Presbyterian College, Wire Report May 2002

Prof Eagles Awarded Honorary Degree From Presbyterian College, Wire Report

University of Mississippi News

CLINTON, S.C. - Dr. Charles Eagles, University of Mississippi professor of history, was presented an honorary doctorate in humane letters by his alma mater during Presbyterian College's 119th commencement exercises on May 11.


English Faculty Teach Creative Writing At Prison, Deidra Jackson May 2002

English Faculty Teach Creative Writing At Prison, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The students always arrive on time, pay close attention and eagerly contribute to discussions during an evening class taught by University of Mississippi faculty members Mairéad Byrne and Gabriel Gudding. The 17 pupils sit in a large circle and wear identical uniforms -- horizontally striped black-and-white pants and shirts with the words "Marshall County Correctional Facility" stenciled on the backs.


Ultrasound Device May Save Lives On Battlefields, Permit ‘Bloodless' Surgeries In Hospitals, Mitchell Diggs May 2002

Ultrasound Device May Save Lives On Battlefields, Permit ‘Bloodless' Surgeries In Hospitals, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Modern soldiers rely on an increasingly high-tech array of gadgets in combat, but they still bleed to death at roughly the same rate as their Civil War counterparts. A device using sound waves to improve those odds is being developed at the University of Mississippi.


New Power Plant Projected To Trim Um Electric Bill By A Third, Mitchell Diggs May 2002

New Power Plant Projected To Trim Um Electric Bill By A Third, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – The University of Mississippi flipped the switch May 20 on the Tennessee Valley Authority power grid's newest electrical generating plant, a facility that may serve as a cost-saving model for universities across the country.


Justice Center Granted $4.6 Million To Continue, Expand Programs, Elaine Pugh May 2002

Justice Center Granted $4.6 Million To Continue, Expand Programs, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UM's National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law is granted an additional $4.6 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to continue its work.


Mississippi Teachers Can Hone Skills, Earn College Credit In Weeklong Sessions, Angela Moore May 2002

Mississippi Teachers Can Hone Skills, Earn College Credit In Weeklong Sessions, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

Intense June 2-July 19 weeklong courses in history, English, art, mathematics and counseling, enable Mississippi teachers to sharpen classroom skills and to earn college credit.


Backup Power Plant Dedication Set For May 20, Mitchell Diggs May 2002

Backup Power Plant Dedication Set For May 20, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – The University of Mississippi flips the switch Monday, May 20, on the Tennessee Valley Authority power grid's newest electrical generating plant, a facility that may serve as a cost-saving model for universities across the country.


Backup Power Plant Dedication Set For May 20, Mitchell Diggs May 2002

Backup Power Plant Dedication Set For May 20, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

Dedication is set May 20 in Johnson Commons for a new $7 million power plant at the UM-Oxford campus.


Museums Offers Art, Science Camps For Kids, Elaine Pugh May 2002

Museums Offers Art, Science Camps For Kids, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

Museums-sponsored art, science camps, which are aimed at children as young as 6, are to be led by local artists and scientists.


School Of Accountancy Earns 10 More Years Accreditation, Elaine Pugh May 2002

School Of Accountancy Earns 10 More Years Accreditation, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

The nation's top accrediting agency for accountancy and business education grants 10-year reaccreditation to all UM's accountancy degree programs.


Summer Ecology Camps Focus On Water Conservation And Scientific Methods, Mitchell Diggs May 2002

Summer Ecology Camps Focus On Water Conservation And Scientific Methods, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

Ecology day camps in June and July introduce youth to water conservation, biology and experimentation.


School Of Accountancy Earns 10 More Years Accreditation, Elaine Pugh May 2002

School Of Accountancy Earns 10 More Years Accreditation, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

The nation's top accrediting agency for accountancy and business education grants 10-year reaccreditation to all UM's accountancy degree programs.