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Um’S State Data Center Co-Sponsors Census Information Conference March 5, Deidra Jackson Feb 2002

Um’S State Data Center Co-Sponsors Census Information Conference March 5, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Year 2000 census data -- what does it mean? The public can learn more when U.S. and Mississippi population data are analyzed March 5 during the 2002 Census Information Conference, hosted at Jackson State University (JSU) in Jackson.


‘What Is Race?’ Panel Asks In Campus Discussion, Patsy R. Brumfield Feb 2002

‘What Is Race?’ Panel Asks In Campus Discussion, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Define the word "race." In this case, it's about people, not speed. Six University of Mississippi (UM) panelists explain what they think it is at 3 p.m. March 6 in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory on the UM-Oxford campus.


Turn Faulkner Reading Into Literary Adventure, Elizabeth Kelly Feb 2002

Turn Faulkner Reading Into Literary Adventure, Elizabeth Kelly

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Nobel laureate William Faulkner's fabled home, Rowan Oak, may be closed for renovations, but perhaps you'd still like to visit Oxford, stroll the grounds or find it a good time to read - or re-read - some of his work.


Actor Morgan Freeman Narrates University’S Annual Report On Cd, Staff Report Feb 2002

Actor Morgan Freeman Narrates University’S Annual Report On Cd, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has released its 2000-01 annual report in a format intended to raise eyebrows from the state capital to the nation's capital.


Cardiologist Comes To Campus With Guidelines For Good Health, Tobie Baker Feb 2002

Cardiologist Comes To Campus With Guidelines For Good Health, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Fighting flab and staying healthy - University of Mississippi (UM) employees and the public can learn more about both from Oxford cardiologist Dr. Laura Fowlkes on Thursday (Feb. 28).


Um Establishes Honorary Chair In Appreciation Of Pharmacy Prof's Service, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2002

Um Establishes Honorary Chair In Appreciation Of Pharmacy Prof's Service, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Dr. Ronald Borne has won plenty of teaching awards over the past three decades, but the University of Mississippi (UM) pharmacy professor says the latest honor is the most meaningful.


Mississippi: The Dance Company Hosts Children’S Dance Workshop, Deidra Jackson Feb 2002

Mississippi: The Dance Company Hosts Children’S Dance Workshop, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - A children's workshop by Mississippi: The Dance Company on Saturday (March 2) may spark a flame for future performers.


New York-Based Artist Talks Monday (March 4) About Her Work To Be Displayed At Um, J. Adrian Aumen Feb 2002

New York-Based Artist Talks Monday (March 4) About Her Work To Be Displayed At Um, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - If spoken words were visible, would they pile up in heaps? Would we need to sort and stack them or sweep the old ones aside whenever we wanted to speak again? "Word Pile," a thought-provoking work of art, is among an array of intriguing installations by Amy Hinten, a New York City-based artist who shows a sampling of her work at The University of Mississippi (UM) March 4-21.


Spend The Summer In Mexico, Learn & Earn College Credit, Angela Moore Feb 2002

Spend The Summer In Mexico, Learn & Earn College Credit, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - University of Mississippi students enjoyed free pizza and heard a presentation about UM's summer study program in Mexico, an opportunity to dispel some myths about America's southern neighbor.


Unique Faulkner Portrait Donated To Library, Tobie Baker Feb 2002

Unique Faulkner Portrait Donated To Library, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - A one-of-a-kind portrait of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner has been donated to The University of Mississippi (UM).


Composer Of Um Fight Song, E.F. Yerby Dies In Oxford, Staff Report Feb 2002

Composer Of Um Fight Song, E.F. Yerby Dies In Oxford, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – Jazz musician and author of The University of Mississippi's fight song "Forward Rebels" died Sunday in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.


For Media On Local Reaction To Anthrax-Suspect Story, Staff Report Feb 2002

For Media On Local Reaction To Anthrax-Suspect Story, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi has a quotable expert on the bacterium that causes the disease known as anthrax. Dr. John Williamson, associate professor of medicinal chemistry, gave a talk to the Exchange Club recently on what it takes to produce anthrax.


'Coaches Vs. Cancer' Awareness Week Makes Ole Miss Debut Monday, Isla Schuchs Feb 2002

'Coaches Vs. Cancer' Awareness Week Makes Ole Miss Debut Monday, Isla Schuchs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Student fans of The University of Mississippi (UM) men's basketball team compete this week for a meal with the Rebel players while raising money for cancer research.


Time Short For Debating Stem Cell Research, Ethicist Warns, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2002

Time Short For Debating Stem Cell Research, Ethicist Warns, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Human stem cell researchers generate fierce debate on the legal and ethical implications of their work, but the opportunity to sort out those issues is limited, warns one of America's foremost experts in applied ethics.


Academics Staff Celebrates Progress In Developing Campus Management System, J. Adrian Aumen Feb 2002

Academics Staff Celebrates Progress In Developing Campus Management System, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Academics personnel across the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus are celebrating the recent completion of another step toward a unique, new electronics-based campus management system.


Grenada Resident Selected Miss University Of Mississippi, Deborah Purnell Feb 2002

Grenada Resident Selected Miss University Of Mississippi, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Jessica Catherine Hill of Grenada charmed five judges and wowed the audience to win the crown of Miss University of Mississippi (UM) 2002.


‘Non-Traditional Educator’ Meets Needs Of Um-Tupelo’S Non-Traditional Students, Angela Moore Feb 2002

‘Non-Traditional Educator’ Meets Needs Of Um-Tupelo’S Non-Traditional Students, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Students enrolled at The University of Mississippi's (UM) Tupelo campus have a full-time education professor who knows what they're going through.


You Name It: Law Magazine Contest Awards Dinner For Two, Patsy Brumfield Feb 2002

You Name It: Law Magazine Contest Awards Dinner For Two, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Suggest the winning name for The University of Mississippi Law Center's revamped magazine and be eating in style.


Enrich Your Life, Learn New Skills: Non-Credit Classes Available At Desoto Center, Angela Moore Feb 2002

Enrich Your Life, Learn New Skills: Non-Credit Classes Available At Desoto Center, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - You took pictures of your sweetheart on Valentine's Day, but they came out fuzzy, dark and headless. Worse, she wants you to e-mail them to her, and you don't even know how to turn on the computer. Relax. There are answers to those dilemmas and more.


Rough Riding African-Americans Focus Of Um Photo Exhibit, Feb. 22 Artist’S Talk, J. Adrian Aumen Feb 2002

Rough Riding African-Americans Focus Of Um Photo Exhibit, Feb. 22 Artist’S Talk, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Long before many European settlers began taming the American West, the role of courageous cowboy often belonged to African-Americans. At least one award-winning photographer has focused his lens on some of their daring descendants.


Enrich Your Life: Non-Credit Classes Still Available For February And Beyond, Angela Moore Feb 2002

Enrich Your Life: Non-Credit Classes Still Available For February And Beyond, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - So, you procrastinated all winter and forgot to sign up for the Robert Johnson Blues Day Trip or perhaps you're dreading tax time and wish you'd signed up for that Personal Finance class. Relax. There's still time.


Symposium Focuses On Issues Of Stem Cell Research, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2002

Symposium Focuses On Issues Of Stem Cell Research, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Renowned experts in the legal, scientific and societal implications of stem cell research gather this weekend at The University of Mississippi for a public forum on the controversial subject.


'Best Doctors In America' Counts 284 Physicians At Umc, Umcc Staff Feb 2002

'Best Doctors In America' Counts 284 Physicians At Umc, Umcc Staff

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. -- You can go to some of the best doctors in America right here, in Mississippi. There are 284 of them affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC).


Ole Miss Hosts Paintball Tournament, Tobie Baker Feb 2002

Ole Miss Hosts Paintball Tournament, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Forty paintball teams from across America come to the 2nd Annual Rebel Benefit Tournament on The University of Mississippi (UM) campus Feb. 23-24.


High Schools ‘Lawyers’ Head To State Mock Trial Competition March 1-2, Angela Moore Feb 2002

High Schools ‘Lawyers’ Head To State Mock Trial Competition March 1-2, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Teen "lawyers" from Ripley, Grenada, Tupelo, South Panola high schools and Washington and North Delta schools have court dates in Jackson.


You Name It: Law Magazine Contest Awards Dinner For Two, Patsy Brumfield Feb 2002

You Name It: Law Magazine Contest Awards Dinner For Two, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – Suggest the winning name for The University of Mississippi Law Center's new magazine and be eating in style.


Services Set For Retired Art Professor Charles Gross, Staff Report, Wire Reports Feb 2002

Services Set For Retired Art Professor Charles Gross, Staff Report, Wire Reports

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Services for art professor emeritus Dr. Charles Merrill Gross, 66, of Oxford, who died Feb. 14 from injuries sustained in a Deer Park, Texas, auto accident, are 2 p.m. Thursday in Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Visitation is 12:30-2 p.m.


Anthropology & Sociology Instructor Peter Aschoff To Be Missed, Staff Report, Wire Reports Feb 2002

Anthropology & Sociology Instructor Peter Aschoff To Be Missed, Staff Report, Wire Reports

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Peter Richard Aschoff, a University of Mississippi instructor in the departments of sociology and anthropology and Afro-American studies and a long-time contributor to Living Blues magazine, died Friday (Feb. 15) at age 52.


Retired Art Professor Charles Gross Dies In Texas Auto Accident, Staff Report, Wire Reports Feb 2002

Retired Art Professor Charles Gross Dies In Texas Auto Accident, Staff Report, Wire Reports

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Art professor emeritus Dr. Charles Merrill Gross, 66, of Oxford died Thursday in a Deer Park, Texas, car crash, his family and law enforcement officials said Friday.


Water On Lips Of City Officials, Educators At Inaugural Groundwater Workshop, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2002

Water On Lips Of City Officials, Educators At Inaugural Groundwater Workshop, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Few Mississippians think much about the water they drink each day, but population growth and economic development depend on careful management of water resources.