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Um Names Dr. Alice Clark Vice Chancellor For Research, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Um Names Dr. Alice Clark Vice Chancellor For Research, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Alice M. Clark, who has helped develop a nationally respected program in natural products research as a scientist, professor, program coordinator and administrator, is The University of Mississippi's (UM) new vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs.


Mississippi Consortium Reports Initial Research Findings To U.S. Navy, George Kehoe Jun 2001

Mississippi Consortium Reports Initial Research Findings To U.S. Navy, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Calling the work "an important first step in getting our military forces back to full strength," University of Mississippi (UM) researcher Dr. Keith Womer led more than 30 colleagues reporting recently to U.S. Navy officials on projects aimed at devising more effective recruiting methods and management systems in all branches of the U.S. military.


Counselor Graduate Education Program Receives Accreditation After Review, Deidra Jackson Jun 2001

Counselor Graduate Education Program Receives Accreditation After Review, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- After more than two years of self-study, research and collaboration, The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Education's counselor education program has been accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).


School Of Education's Website Rates Kudos From A Leading Math Internet Site, Deidra Jackson Jun 2001

School Of Education's Website Rates Kudos From A Leading Math Internet Site, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Question: What do you get when you offer inquisitive Internet-savvy students a weekly chance to win a "cool" calculator by e-mailing their solutions to math problems posted on a University of Mississippi (UM)-based website?


Professor Is Statewide Coordinator Of Federal Youth Program, Tobie Baker Jun 2001

Professor Is Statewide Coordinator Of Federal Youth Program, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi (UM) professor was recently tapped as the statewide coordinator for a federally-funded summer youth program.


Alabama Novelist Named Writer-In-Residence, Deidra Jackson Jun 2001

Alabama Novelist Named Writer-In-Residence, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Fate, lately, has been very kind to Tom Franklin. The new John and Renée Grisham Southern Writer-in-Residence at The University of Mississippi (UM) doesn't taste the bad karma that twists the lives of the arcane, gritty and, at times, wicked characters he writes about in his enduring short stories.


New School Created To House Five Existing Um Departments, Will Odom Jun 2001

New School Created To House Five Existing Um Departments, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Following a recent decision by the State College Board, The University of Mississippi (UM) announces the creation of a new school to house disciplines that emphasize service-scholarship, professional training and human health sciences.


Study Of Undersea Hydrate Deposits Promises To Make Oil Production Safer, Develop Clean Energy Source, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Study Of Undersea Hydrate Deposits Promises To Make Oil Production Safer, Develop Clean Energy Source, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- America's insatiable appetite for energy has led oil and gas producers into increasingly deeper waters in the Gulf of Mexico, where they may encounter hurricanes, sharks and other menacing creatures. But perhaps the biggest threat to their efforts looks like nothing more than blue ice.


Family Remembers Nephew With Scholarship, Amy Lorton Jun 2001

Family Remembers Nephew With Scholarship, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Although the late José de la Vega grew up in Georgia, when he moved to Oxford to attend The University of Mississippi, he knew he had found his home.


Faulkner Conference To Focus On Role War Played On Nobel Laureate's Life And Works, Deidra Jackson Jun 2001

Faulkner Conference To Focus On Role War Played On Nobel Laureate's Life And Works, 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.


Wetlands Center Poised For International Impact, Mitchell Diggs Jun 2001

Wetlands Center Poised For International Impact, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Scientific and educational activities at The University of Mississippi's (UM) Center for Water and Wetland Resources will help shape environmental and economic policy for generations, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran predicted Friday.


Southern Foodways Alliance Offers Field Trip, Amy Lorton May 2001

Southern Foodways Alliance Offers Field Trip, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) -- a group of more than 50 chefs, food writers, cookbook authors and other food enthusiasts who preserve and promote the traditional and developing diverse food culture of the South -- takes the show on the road July 13-15 with an inaugural field trip to North Carolina.


Proper Care Is Key To Preserving Antiques, Amy Lorton May 2001

Proper Care Is Key To Preserving Antiques, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- One area of the country that is known for preserving family heritage is the South, where it's not uncommon for a family to keep a home for generations. For many Southern families, an attic or walk-in closet is a place where you may find aunt Martha's christening gown, great-great grandpa's World War I uniform or a treasure trove of turn-of-the century photographs.


Um Economists Edit Top Reference Work In Field Of Public Choice, George Kehoe May 2001

Um Economists Edit Top Reference Work In Field Of Public Choice, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two University of Mississippi (UM) economists have co-edited a new reference work likely to become a standard in the field of public choice, an academic amalgam that draws on economics and political science to study collective decision-making processes such as those used in electoral voting and legislative action.


University Museums Offers Summer Science Camps, Amy Lorton May 2001

University Museums Offers Summer Science Camps, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — The University of Mississippi Museums helps kids discover the world of science by offering three summer day camps for children ages 6 through 12.


Um Offers Swimming Lessons For Children Of All Ages, Tobie Baker May 2001

Um Offers Swimming Lessons For Children Of All Ages, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) campus recreation department offers children's swimming lessons beginning June 4.


Um Group Seeks Artwork For Civil Rights Memorial, Amy Lorton May 2001

Um Group Seeks Artwork For Civil Rights Memorial, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's (UM) Civil Rights Commemoration Initiative -- a group of UM students, former students, faculty and staff -- has begun a national search for an artist to create a permanent civil rights memorial on the UM-Oxford campus


University Of Oklahoma Chair Becomes Dean Of Um Business School, George Kehoe May 2001

University Of Oklahoma Chair Becomes Dean Of Um Business School, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Michael Harvey, equipped with extensive experience in both the academic world and private business, has been named dean of The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Business Administration.


Special Broadcast Highlights Um Research On Wild Turkeys, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Special Broadcast Highlights Um Research On Wild Turkeys, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The research activities and facilities at The University of Mississippi's Center for Water and Wetland Resources (CWWR) are highlighted June 1 during a special prime-time broadcast of "Mid-South Outdoors."


Infrasound Monitoring For Nuclear Test Ban Violations May Produce A Technical Revolution, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Infrasound Monitoring For Nuclear Test Ban Violations May Produce A Technical Revolution, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The first link in a global network of listening stations to monitor nuclear test ban compliance is months away from certification, but data from several sites are giving University of Mississippi (UM) scientists tantalizing hints of a coming scientific revolution.


Center For Water And Wetland Resources Hosts June 1 Dedication Of New Complex, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Center For Water And Wetland Resources Hosts June 1 Dedication Of New Complex, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- At its commercial peak in the early 1960s, Minnows Inc. turned out each year nearly 4 million bait fish, mostly goldfish and golden shiners. The facility was a boon for sport fishing and boosted the Lafayette County economy.


Executive Assistant To The Chancellor Appointed To Southern Regional Education Board, Deidra Jackson May 2001

Executive Assistant To The Chancellor Appointed To Southern Regional Education Board, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Andrew P. Mullins Jr., executive assistant to University of Mississippi (UM) Chancellor Robert Khayat, has been named by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove for a five-year term on the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), which governs working alliances between government and education leaders in 16 states to cooperatively advance education.


Study Of Forest Runoff Helps Shape Guidelines For State's Logging Industry, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Study Of Forest Runoff Helps Shape 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 is playing a crucial role in the timber industry's future across the Southeast.


Center For Water And Wetlands Resources Offers New Facilities For Broad Range Of Studies, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Center For Water And Wetlands Resources Offers New Facilities For Broad Range Of Studies, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) Field Station originated as a minnow farm and offers an ideal habitat for spawning and raising a variety of aquatic species, but the facility is not limited to studies of fish.


Writer-In-Residence Ends Year With Second Book, Deidra Jackson May 2001

Writer-In-Residence Ends Year With Second Book, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Poet and Artist Claude Wilkinson, the John and Renée Grisham Southern Writer-in-Residence at The University of Mississippi (UM), ends his one-year tenure with joy; that is, "Joy in the Mourning," a forthcoming book of poems he hopes to have published soon.


Young Children May Learn Better With More Volume In The Classroom, Mitchell Diggs May 2001

Young Children May Learn Better With More Volume In The Classroom, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Put 15 or 20 children into one room, and things are sure to get pretty noisy. But University of Mississippi (UM) researchers are hoping to boost academic performance in elementary school classrooms by turning the volume up a notch. The project, a joint study by audiologists and speech-language pathologists in the UM Center for Speech and Hearing Research, is aimed at helping pupils hear the teacher clearly, improving concentration and learning.


Frist Awards Recognize Exceptional Service To Students, Will Odom May 2001

Frist Awards Recognize Exceptional Service To Students, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Each day on The University of Mississippi campus, students are impacted by words and actions of faculty and staff, who know their work extends beyond classrooms, labs and office space. Through selfless acts of service, faculty and staff positively affect students' lives. Dr. Donald Cole, associate dean of the Graduate School and associate professor of mathematics, and Dr. Linda Spargo, special projects coordinator and academic adviser in the Chancellor's Office, personify those ideals and have been awarded the Frist Student Service Awards for 2001.


Um-Desoto Center Awards 58 Degrees For Graduation, Regina Pitts May 2001

Um-Desoto Center Awards 58 Degrees For Graduation, Regina Pitts

University of Mississippi News

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. -- Sharing the honors as new University of Mississippi (UM) graduates May 12 are 56 students who attended the UM-DeSoto Center in Southaven.


Student Receives Scholarship To Study Japanese Abroad, Tobie Baker May 2001

Student Receives Scholarship To Study Japanese Abroad, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — A trip by train to Washington, D.C., put a twist on Marty O'Rear's journey through life.


Um Student Selected To Work With Nasa Scientists At Langley, Tobie Baker May 2001

Um Student Selected To Work With Nasa Scientists At Langley, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi (UM) physics and mathematics student will work as a full-time scientist with NASA researchers next fall