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Nih Chips In $1 Million For Renovations To Ole Miss School Of Pharmacy's Faser Hall, Rick Hynum Jan 2000

Nih Chips In $1 Million For Renovations To Ole Miss School Of Pharmacy's Faser Hall, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Research to develop new and better drugs for a range of diseases will get a booster shot in 2000, thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to renovate The University of Mississippi's Faser Hall, which houses the School of Pharmacy.


Um Offers Counseling Workshop On Helping Others Deal With Grief, Will Odom Jan 2000

Um Offers Counseling Workshop On Helping Others Deal With Grief, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "The Many Facets of Grief" seminar will be offered Feb. 18 by The University of Mississippi at the Grand Casino Convention Center in Robinsonville.


University Museums Celebrates African-American Roots, Amy Lorton Jan 2000

University Museums Celebrates African-American Roots, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- On Feb. 2, local school children will have the chance to create a Kente-type cloth with finger paints at a workshop sponsored by The University of Mississippi Museums, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and Jitney Jungle/Delchamps Charitable Foundation. Kente is an ancient ceremonial cloth made by various ethnic groups in Ghana and other parts of Africa.


National Sbir Conference In Biloxi Will Help Small Business Owners Acquire Federal Funds, Rick Hynum Jan 2000

National Sbir Conference In Biloxi Will Help Small Business Owners Acquire Federal Funds, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Small business owners and would-be entrepreneurs with a hightech product will learn how to apply for and win federal contracts and grants at the National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conference in Biloxi, Miss. next month.


University Finalizes Deal To Purchase Railroad Property, Elaine Pugh Dec 1999

University Finalizes Deal To Purchase Railroad Property, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi officials confirmed today the purchase of a strip of property that runs along the eastern side of the Oxford campus.


Art Department To Host Annual Christmas Auction Dec. 3, Adrian Aumen Dec 1999

Art Department To Host Annual Christmas Auction Dec. 3, Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dozens of original local art pieces will go home with the highest bidders when The University of Mississippi Department of Art hosts its 19th annual Christmas Auction Dec. 3 at Bryant Hall Gallery on the Oxford campus.


Um Alumnus Donates Rare Faulkner First Edition To Um Library As Millionth Volume, Amy Lorton Dec 1999

Um Alumnus Donates Rare Faulkner First Edition To Um Library As Millionth Volume, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A love of reading by a longtime Oxford family has led to the gift of a rare William Faulkner book to The University of Mississippi's John Davis Williams Library.


Student Media Adviser Wins National Award For Exceptional Leadership, Heather Sullivan Dec 1999

Student Media Adviser Wins National Award For Exceptional Leadership, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Ralph Braseth, director of student media and assistant professor of journalism at The University of Mississippi, was recently honored in Atlanta at the National College Media Convention in Atlanta.


Ole Miss Mechanical Engineering Team Places Fourth In National Competition, Elaine Pugh Dec 1999

Ole Miss Mechanical Engineering Team Places Fourth In National Competition, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi mechanical engineering team captured fourth place in the national finals of the annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) student competition.


Um's Ethridge Receives Distinguished Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award, Michael Harrelson Dec 1999

Um's Ethridge Receives Distinguished Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Robbie Franklyn Ethridge, a McMullan Assistant Professor of Southern Studies and assistant professor of anthropology at The University of Mississippi, is the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award from her University of Georgia (UGA) alma mater.


Ole Miss To Host Higher Education Conference On Abusive Drinking Jan. 27-28, Tina Hahn Dec 1999

Ole Miss To Host Higher Education Conference On Abusive Drinking Jan. 27-28, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

... Attorney General, nationally recognized educator to address participants


University Of Mississippi Gospel Choir Cd Receiving Critical Acclaim In Cyberspace, Michael Harrelson Dec 1999

University Of Mississippi Gospel Choir Cd Receiving Critical Acclaim In Cyberspace, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Send Up The Praise, the first CD of The University of Mississippi Gospel Choir, is getting the attention of online gospel music critics.


Two Ole Miss Students Among First In State To Receive Fellowships For Remote Sensing Research, Rick Hynum Dec 1999

Two Ole Miss Students Among First In State To Receive Fellowships For Remote Sensing Research, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two University of Mississippi students have received $20,000 fellowships from the Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative (MSCI) to pursue graduate studies in remote sensing.


Rebel Fans Throw Tailgate Party Of The Century Before Dec. 31 Independence Bowl In Shreveport, Rick Hynum Dec 1999

Rebel Fans Throw Tailgate Party Of The Century Before Dec. 31 Independence Bowl In Shreveport, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If University of Mississippi football fans are looking for an excuse to celebrate, they've got a perfect one on New Year's Eve when their beloved Rebels play in the last American football game of the millennium.


Center For The Study Of Southern Culture One Of 16 Institutions To Receive Landmark Neh Grant, Michael Harrelson Dec 1999

Center For The Study Of Southern Culture One Of 16 Institutions To Receive Landmark Neh Grant, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

... $50,000 award could ultimately boost Center endowment by $20 million


Ole Miss Passes Important Fourth Step Toward Sheltering Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Tina Hahn Dec 1999

Ole Miss Passes Important Fourth Step Toward Sheltering Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- An early Christmas gift was delivered to The University of Mississippi Dec. 11, when the call came confirming Ole Miss has passed the fourth step toward realizing its dream of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter -- the oldest and most respected undergraduate honors organization in the United States.


Earthquake Preparedness Project At Um Considers Strength Of Bridges, Elaine Pugh Dec 1999

Earthquake Preparedness Project At Um Considers Strength Of Bridges, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... MDOT funds research involving DeSoto County bridge


Ole Miss Provides New Technology Tohelp Visually Impaired Students, Amy Lorton Dec 1999

Ole Miss Provides New Technology Tohelp Visually Impaired Students, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If there were a contest for who is the brightest, most well-versed scholar of literature in graduate schools across the country, Jason Johnson could go up against the best.


Ole Miss Fraternities Raise Funds In Basketball Tourney For Literacy Network, Will Odom Dec 1999

Ole Miss Fraternities Raise Funds In Basketball Tourney For Literacy Network, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Through a recent round-robin basketball tournament, five University of Mississippi fraternities helped "Shoot Out Illiteracy" by raising $750 for the Mississippi Literacy Network.


A Last Book: Ole Miss Professors Take Look Back At Texts Of The Century, Heather Sullivan Dec 1999

A Last Book: Ole Miss Professors Take Look Back At Texts Of The Century, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Remember the hullabaloo in July 1998 when the Modern Library released (a bit prematurely, mind you) its list of the 100 best books of the 20th century, topped by James Joyce's Ulysses?


Croft Institute At Ole Miss Names Manwaring Assistant To Executive Director, Michael Harrelson Dec 1999

Croft Institute At Ole Miss Names Manwaring Assistant To Executive Director, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Croft Institute for International Studies at The University of Mississippi has named Alan D. Manwaring to the position of assistant to the executive director.


Um Professors Multiply Outreach As Writers Of Mathematics Textbooks, Elaine Pugh Dec 1999

Um Professors Multiply Outreach As Writers Of Mathematics Textbooks, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... Houghton Mifflin publishers market series nationwide


Um Business Student Group Receives National Merit Award From Shrm, Elaine Pugh Dec 1999

Um Business Student Group Receives National Merit Award From Shrm, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- An organization of business students at The University of Mississippi has garnered national recognition for reaching beyond academic requirements and into the professional world of human resource management.


Student Media Adviser Wins National Award For Exceptional Leadership, Heather Sullivan Dec 1999

Student Media Adviser Wins National Award For Exceptional Leadership, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Ralph Braseth, director of student media and assistant professor of journalism at The University of Mississippi, was recently honored in Atlanta at the National College Media Convention in Atlanta.


New Croft Faculty Additions At Ole Miss Ready International Studies Majors For Asian Century, Michael Harrelson Dec 1999

New Croft Faculty Additions At Ole Miss Ready International Studies Majors For Asian Century, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If the 21st Century belongs to Asia, as many global observers are predicting, then international studies graduates of The University of Mississippi will be ready for it.


Final Segment Of Pbs's Firing Line To Be Taped At Ole Miss Dec. 3, Barbara Lago Nov 1999

Final Segment Of Pbs's Firing Line To Be Taped At Ole Miss Dec. 3, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The finale of the PBS series Firing Line will be taped at The University of Mississippi Dec. 3, when the Emmy-winning show returns for its fourth visit to the Oxford campus.


Halbrook Award Granted To Ole Miss For Graduation Rate Of Female Student- Athletes, Staff Report Nov 1999

Halbrook Award Granted To Ole Miss For Graduation Rate Of Female Student- Athletes, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The Ole Miss Athletic Department received the Halbrook Award for graduating the highest percentage of its female student-athletes of all public universities in the state of Mississippi during the five-year period ending in 1999. Ole Miss graduated 84 percent of its female student-athletes during the five-year period.


Divorced Parents Can Help Make Holidays Easier For Their Children, Will Odom Nov 1999

Divorced Parents Can Help Make Holidays Easier For Their Children, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The holiday season can be especially stressful on children of divorced parents because it is a time when people place special emphasis on the family.


Combined Ole Miss Choirs To Celebrate Holiday Season With Dec. 5 Concert In Oxford, Heather Sullivan Nov 1999

Combined Ole Miss Choirs To Celebrate Holiday Season With Dec. 5 Concert In Oxford, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- In celebration of the season, 250 voices from six University of Mississippi choirs -- the Concert Singers, Chamber Choir, Spirit of Ole Miss, Women's Ensemble, and Men's and Women's Glee Clubs -- will join together Dec. 5 to perform beloved Christmas carols.


Psychology Chair Appointed Mississippi Psychological Association President-Elect, Heather Sullivan Nov 1999

Psychology Chair Appointed Mississippi Psychological Association President-Elect, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. David "Scotty" Hargrove, chair of The University of Mississippi Department of Psychology, has been named president-elect of the Mississippi Psychological Association (MPA), an organization dedicated to the advancement of psychology as a science and a profession.