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Professor's New Book Examines Origins, Evolution Of Kkk, Right-Wing American Terrorism, Michael Harrelson Jan 1999

Professor's New Book Examines Origins, Evolution Of Kkk, Right-Wing American Terrorism, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Ask average Americans for their conceptions of the Ku Klux Klan, and the answers elicited are likely to be that of a backward, monolithic and discredited terrorist organization from out of the Southern past.


Nsf Project Will Put Graduate Students In Oxford, Lafayette Schools To Assist Teachers, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Nsf Project Will Put Graduate Students In Oxford, Lafayette Schools To Assist Teachers, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

... Resources available for computers, professional meetings,"electronic village"


Ole Miss Professor Creates World's First Testing, Certification Program For Linux, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss Professor Creates World's First Testing, Certification Program For Linux, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A professor at The University of Mississippi has launched the first-ever worldwide testing and certification program for Linux, the revolutionary computer operating system that's putting Microsoft on the defensive.


Nov. 4 Orchestra Concert To Feature Works By Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn And More, Heather Sullivan Jan 1999

Nov. 4 Orchestra Concert To Feature Works By Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn And More, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi Orchestra will perform its fall concert Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.


Ole Miss Offers Workshop On Legal, Ethical Issues In Mental Health Professions, Will Odom Jan 1999

Ole Miss Offers Workshop On Legal, Ethical Issues In Mental Health Professions, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A workshop on "Contemporary Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health" will be conducted by The University of Mississippi Institute of Continuing Studies Nov. 11 at the Old Capitol Inn in Jackson.


Cookbook From Um Southern Culture Center Offers Recipes, Recollections From American South, Michael Harrelson Jan 1999

Cookbook From Um Southern Culture Center Offers Recipes, Recollections From American South, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Where else but The University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture would the definitive cookbook on the American South originate?


Coca-Cola Foundation Presents $100,000 Gift To Trent Lott Leadership Institute At Ole Miss, Staff Report Jan 1999

Coca-Cola Foundation Presents $100,000 Gift To Trent Lott Leadership Institute At Ole Miss, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Coca-Cola Foundation today announced a $100,000 gift to the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at The University of Mississippi. The gift will be used to create The Coca-Cola Leadership Awards for minority high school students and minority undergraduates. Each award will sponsor a student's participation in the Leadership Institute's programs.


New Pharmacy Student Center Dedicated In Ceremony Honoring Supporters Clint, Ellen Ann Johnson, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

New Pharmacy Student Center Dedicated In Ceremony Honoring Supporters Clint, Ellen Ann Johnson, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The new Clint and Ellen Ann Johnson Pharmacy Student Center was dedicated in a ceremony at The University of Mississippi at Nov. 5, in the National Center for Natural Products Research facility.


Use Safety Precautions During Holidays To Avoid Dangers When Shopping, Away From Home, Will Odom Jan 1999

Use Safety Precautions During Holidays To Avoid Dangers When Shopping, Away From Home, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Every year around the holidays, crime rates increase across the nation, especially in the area of auto and home burglaries. However, people can still enjoy the season by practicing a few simple precautions.


Acclaimed Chef Paul Prudhomme Shares Memories Of Family Holidays, Love Of Cooking, Amy Lorton Jan 1999

Acclaimed Chef Paul Prudhomme Shares Memories Of Family Holidays, Love Of Cooking, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

Note to Editors: Chef Paul Prudhomme is a founding member of the new Southern Foodways Alliance, which is headquartered at The University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.


Seminar Set For Health Professionals Who Deal With Substance Addictions, Abuse, Will Odom Jan 1999

Seminar Set For Health Professionals Who Deal With Substance Addictions, Abuse, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "Substance Abuse and Addictions Awareness" is the topic of a March 17 workshop conducted by The University of Mississippi at the Crown Plaza in Jackson.


Um Faculty, Staff Receive $1.6 Million For Research, Education Projects, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Um Faculty, Staff Receive $1.6 Million For Research, Education Projects, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi at Oxford received almost $1.6 million for research, service and education projects in October.


Business Incubation At Its Best: As Fnc Prospers, So Does The University Of Mississippi, Stella Connell Jan 1999

Business Incubation At Its Best: As Fnc Prospers, So Does The University Of Mississippi, Stella Connell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --The deal The University of Mississippi struck with FNC, a highly valued Web startup, is about to prove more lucrative than either party ever imagined.


From Southeastern Asia To Ole Miss, Novice Monk Cum Nouveau Computer Whiz Reflects On Journey, Heather Sullivan Jan 1999

From Southeastern Asia To Ole Miss, Novice Monk Cum Nouveau Computer Whiz Reflects On Journey, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- It's tricky to identify anything typical about University of Mississippi student Bounthanom Munxayaphom, better known to his friends as "Nome."


Pascagoula Attorney Gives $500,000 To Ole Miss For Scholarships, Athletic Fund, Amy Lorton Jan 1999

Pascagoula Attorney Gives $500,000 To Ole Miss For Scholarships, Athletic Fund, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- It's a scientific fact there is a genetic predisposition for some diseases. If a parent has diabetes, for example, there is a good chance that his or her children could be at risk in the future.


Anti-Cancer Plant Grows Like A Weed In Southern States, Ole Miss Researchers Say, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Anti-Cancer Plant Grows Like A Weed In Southern States, Ole Miss Researchers Say, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- To a hiker in the Mississippi woods, it looks like just another weed, something you wouldn't think twice about stepping on and crushing beneath your boot.


Alford Named Public Relations, Marketing Head At Ole Miss, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

Alford Named Public Relations, Marketing Head At Ole Miss, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Following a national search, Jeffrey Alford of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., is the University's new executive director for public relations and marketing.


Ole Miss Elderhostel Program Offers Look At South's History, Art, Literature, Will Odom Jan 1999

Ole Miss Elderhostel Program Offers Look At South's History, Art, Literature, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "The South: in History, Art and Literature" will be presented by The University of Mississippi Elderhostel Program Feb. 6-11 on the Oxford campus.


City, County, Ole Miss Plan Special July 4th Celebration, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

City, County, Ole Miss Plan Special July 4th Celebration, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- This year's annual community-wide Fourth of July celebration marks not only our country's official beginning in 1776 but also The University of Mississippi's in 1848.


Pirates, Damsels In Distress And Sword Fighting Featured In Summer Comic Opera, Peter Lee Jan 1999

Pirates, Damsels In Distress And Sword Fighting Featured In Summer Comic Opera, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Pirates, damsels in distress and sword fighting are all the ingredients needed for an entertaining summer's opera. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, is this summer's show by the Ole Miss Opera Theatre Ensemble June 26-28 in Meek Hall auditorium at The University of Mississippi.


Ole Miss Students, Athletes Share Talents With Area Youth, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

Ole Miss Students, Athletes Share Talents With Area Youth, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Students and athletes from The University of Mississippi are spending part of their summer helping educate area youth about physical fitness and mental well-being.


Daily Mississippian Editor Takes New Job, Attention In Stride, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Daily Mississippian Editor Takes New Job, Attention In Stride, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Natashia Gregoire, a University of Mississippi junior from the Caribbean island of Dominica, has learned a lot in her first months as editor of the campus newspaper, The Daily Mississippian.


Make Yourself At Home In A Library, Learn To Identify Reputable References, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Make Yourself At Home In A Library, Learn To Identify Reputable References, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

... An Ole Miss Topical Tips


Accountancy, Business Schools First In Nation To Use German-Engineered Technology, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Accountancy, Business Schools First In Nation To Use German-Engineered Technology, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

System installed in three new computerized classrooms


Two Civil, Human Rights Advocates Speak At Ole Miss In Student-Sponsored Event, Peter Lee Jan 1999

Two Civil, Human Rights Advocates Speak At Ole Miss In Student-Sponsored Event, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two civil rights veterans addressed University of Mississippi workshops on diversity and racial unity, organized by a student group which formed after the President's Initiative on Race visited the campus.


University Museums Offer Fall Brown Bag Lectures, Field Trip, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

University Museums Offer Fall Brown Bag Lectures, Field Trip, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Tired of fighting traffic during your lunch hour, waiting in long lines and having to eat in a hurry? Then pack the lunch of your choice and relax at The University of Mississippi Museums for one of the fall semester brown bag luncheons.


Ole Miss Insurance Golf Classic Set Oct. 2, Benefits Academic Program, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Ole Miss Insurance Golf Classic Set Oct. 2, Benefits Academic Program, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The first Ole Miss Insurance Classic, a four-person scramble golf tournament, will be held Oct. 2 at The University of Mississippi Golf Course.


Ole Miss Receives $3.8 Million In July, August For Research, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss Receives $3.8 Million In July, August For Research, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Professors at The University of Mississippi received nearly $3.8 million for research, service and education projects in July and August. July's total came to $1,727,961, while the August tally came to $2,031,169.


Seymour Lawrence, Fortune Galleries To Be Dedicated Nov. 5 At Ole Miss, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Seymour Lawrence, Fortune Galleries To Be Dedicated Nov. 5 At Ole Miss, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A year after construction and renovation began at The University of Mississippi Museums, the Fortune and Seymour Lawrence galleries will be dedicated Nov. 5 during Sesquicentennial activities on the Oxford campus.


Dr. Gerald Walton, Ole Miss Provost, To Retire After Nearly 40 Years, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Dr. Gerald Walton, Ole Miss Provost, To Retire After Nearly 40 Years, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- He has been a steadying, positive influence for nearly 40 years at The University of Mississippi, shepherding Ole Miss through the best and worst of times. Now Dr. Gerald Walton, the University's Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, is retiring, leaving behind a legacy of scholarship, quiet efficiency and courage under fire.