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Back To School:, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

Back To School:, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Melanie Bean of Southaven resumes her role as "homework helper" when her 9-year-old heads back to school this fall.


Teach Children Attention Control 'In The Age Of Distraction', J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2001

Teach Children Attention Control 'In The Age Of Distraction', J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Taking a look at their children's homework habits, today's moms and dads may recall their own parents' wondering how they could possibly do any studying with the television or radio playing full blast.


Tips To Boost A Child’S Self-Confidence, Will Odom Jul 2001

Tips To Boost A Child’S Self-Confidence, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- While the life of a child may seem carefree, many times that happiness is overshadowed with challenges, disappointments and fears.


Special Thacker Mountain Radio Show To Be Broadcast From Grove July 19, J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2001

Special Thacker Mountain Radio Show To Be Broadcast From Grove July 19, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Members of the Lafayette-Oxford-University community are invited to participate in a special summer presentation of Thacker Mountain Radio Show being broadcast live from The Grove on The University of Mississippi (UM) Oxford campus Thursday, beginning at 6:30 p.m.


28th Faulkner Conference Focuses On War's Influence On Writer's Work, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

28th Faulkner Conference Focuses On War's Influence On Writer's Work, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- William Faulkner () -- the first American novelist to receive the Nobel Prize after World War II -- considered it his duty to write stories so that the true spirit of man might prevail through his fictional accounts.


World War I Memorabilia Focus Of Museums Exhibit, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

World War I Memorabilia Focus Of Museums Exhibit, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Want to see an authentic World War I era field telephone and U.S. Army issue gas mask kit? How about genuine wartime posters, preserved and framed in near mint condition? Or a nostalgic handwritten, two-page letter from a young homesick soldier to his mother just before he headed overseas into battle?


Theatre Group Performs 'Faulkner's Bicycle' July 24, 26, 27, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

Theatre Group Performs 'Faulkner's Bicycle' July 24, 26, 27, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Faulkner’s Bicycle, a play about a William Faulkneresque character who meanders in and out of the lives of a mother and her two grown daughters in Oxford, Miss., journeys south from Chicago to be performed near the location of the play’s actual setting.


28th Faulkner Conference Focuses On War's Influence On Writer's Work, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

28th Faulkner Conference Focuses On War's Influence On Writer's Work, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- William Faulkner () -- the first American novelist to receive the Nobel Prize after World War II -- considered it his duty to write stories so that the true spirit of man might prevail through his fictional accounts. The Southern writer declared in a rare speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize in 1950: "It is the (poet's, the writer's) privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past." Throughout his literary …


C-Span 2 To Tape Faulkner Conference Lecturer’S Reading At Oxford Bookstore, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

C-Span 2 To Tape Faulkner Conference Lecturer’S Reading At Oxford Bookstore, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Author Don Harrison Doyle visits The University of Mississippi (UM) and Oxford, Miss., July 21-27 with a dual mission.


25-Year Pictorial Of Faulkner Environs On Display, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

25-Year Pictorial Of Faulkner Environs On Display, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A retired Tennessee English professor’s photographs of Oxford, Lafayette County and other nearby places that reminded him of William Faulkner's world are on exhibit through Aug. 15 at The University of Mississippi’s (UM) Center for the Study of Southern Culture


Three Um World Class Teachers Go To China For Educational Exchange, Deidra Jackson Jul 2001

Three Um World Class Teachers Go To China For Educational Exchange, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Three Mississippi public school teachers, who received national board certification after completing an intense study course through The University of Mississippis World Class Teaching Program, returned recently from a two-week international educational exchange trip to China.


Um-Designed Pharmacy Modules Help Build $6-Million Business, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2001

Um-Designed Pharmacy Modules Help Build $6-Million Business, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A modular storage and work system for pharmacies developed at The University of Mississippi has provided a consistent business for a Crystal Springs firm for more than a decade.


Childhood Hobby Dominates Life Of Um's ‘Mr. Magazine', Tobie Baker Jul 2001

Childhood Hobby Dominates Life Of Um's ‘Mr. Magazine', Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Do you remember the first magazine you ever purchased? Dr. Samir Husni, University of Mississippi (UM) journalism professor -- a.k.a. Mr. Magazine -- not only remembers the title of his first such buy but also recalls details of its contents, and maybe even the scent of the paper and how it felt to his touch.


Alumnus Funds State's Largest Undergraduate Scholarships, Elaine Pugh Jul 2001

Alumnus Funds State's Largest Undergraduate Scholarships, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- At $50,000 each, the state's four largest undergraduate scholarships have been established at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Website Tranforms University Admissions, Draws More To Campus, Stephanie Kahler Jun 2001

Website Tranforms University Admissions, Draws More To Campus, Stephanie Kahler

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For years a visit to The University of Mississippi (UM) campus by prospective students and their families included strolling through the tree-studded Grove and The Circle and soaking up the rich blend of history and opportunity at the core of the university.


Um Invited To Join Partnership On Internet Research And Policy, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Um Invited To Join Partnership On Internet Research And Policy, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) has been invited to join a select group of institutions that will assist in studying issues and shaping public policy concerning the Internet.


South Mississippi Firm Builds $6 Million Annual Business With Um-Designed Pharmacy Modules, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

South Mississippi Firm Builds $6 Million Annual Business With Um-Designed Pharmacy Modules, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A modular storage and work system for pharmacies developed at The University of Mississippi has provided a consistent business for a Crystal Springs firm for more than a decade.


Study Of Forest Runoff Will Help Shape Future Guidelines For State's Logging Industry, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Study Of Forest Runoff Will Help Shape Future Guidelines For State's Logging Industry, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A 60-year-old stand of oaks and hickories near Big Creek in the Calhoun County State Wildlife Management Area plays a crucial role in the timber industry's future across the Southeast.


From Farm To Feast: Southern Foodways Examines Route Of Food To Table, Amy Lorton Jun 2001

From Farm To Feast: Southern Foodways Examines Route Of Food To Table, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Southern food-laden table always has been a way for those below the Mason-Dixon Line to connect with their agrarian past. Now the link between agriculture and the cuisine concocted from its products is celebrated at the fourth annual Southern Foodways Symposium at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Competition Heats Up On Origin Of Brunswick Stew, Amy Lorton Jun 2001

Competition Heats Up On Origin Of Brunswick Stew, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Any schoolchild knows of the infamous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys, and arguments between movie stars Betty Davis and Joan Crawford are legendary.


Um Marketing Class Features Mississippi Furniture Industry, George Kehoe Jun 2001

Um Marketing Class Features Mississippi Furniture Industry, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- With annual factory sales of about $2 billion, Mississippi leads the country in manufacturing upholstered furniture.


Small Business Development Center Helps Mississippi Firms Ring Up $403 Million In Annual Sales, University Communications Jun 2001

Small Business Development Center Helps Mississippi Firms Ring Up $403 Million In Annual Sales, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) is home to the central office of the Mississippi Small Business Development Center (MSBDC), a partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration that has helped small businesses in the state raise more than $69 million in equity capital since the beginning of fiscal year 2000.


New Alternative Crop For Agriculture May Result From Medicinal Research, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

New Alternative Crop For Agriculture May Result From Medicinal Research, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- What common weed is considered poisonous to humans but is used by pharmaceutical companies to manufacture anti-cancer medications?


Um's Radar Research Fuels Local, State Economy, Tobie Baker Jun 2001

Um's Radar Research Fuels Local, State Economy, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Electrical engineers at The University of Mississippi are working with industrial partners to shrink a key component of mobile radar units, a project that promises to help at least one Mississippi manufacturer land new U.S. Army contracts


Research Funding Tops $100 Million For First Time In School's History, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Research Funding Tops $100 Million For First Time In School's History, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Research and service efforts at The University of Mississippi (UM) have passed another milestone, topping $100 million for the current fiscal year.


Actors' Workshop For High School Students, Teachers, Other Adults Scheduled July 17-20, University Communications Jun 2001

Actors' Workshop For High School Students, Teachers, Other Adults Scheduled July 17-20, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's Institute for Continuing Studies offers the Actors' Workshop July 17-20 to introduce the art and business of theater to high school students, teachers and other adults.


Um Center Cosponsors International Pavement Symposium July 29-Aug. 1 At Auburn University, Elaine Pugh Jun 2001

Um Center Cosponsors International Pavement Symposium July 29-Aug. 1 At Auburn University, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- World-renowned experts in pavement research gather at Auburn, Ala., July 29-Aug.1 for the Second International Symposium on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control.


Summer Workshop Gives High School Students, Teachers, Other Adults Try At Filmmaking, Lori Topp Jun 2001

Summer Workshop Gives High School Students, Teachers, Other Adults Try At Filmmaking, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- High school students, teachers, and other adults can develop techniques for filmmaking at a University of Mississippi (UM) Institute for Continuing Studies-sponsored workshop.


Um Seeks Nominations For ‘Silver Em' Journalism Award, John Johnson Jun 2001

Um Seeks Nominations For ‘Silver Em' Journalism Award, John Johnson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi Department of Journalism seeks nominations for its annual Silver Em award honoring an outstanding journalist with a Mississippi connection.


Um-Developed Marijuana Tracking Technique Being Tested In War On Drugs, Deidra Jackson Jun 2001

Um-Developed Marijuana Tracking Technique Being Tested In War On Drugs, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Kentucky State Police continue a long-term agreement with The University of Mississippi, testing UM-patented technology to trace marijuana back to the place where it was grown.