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Schools, Communities Must Work Together To Prevent Violence, Says Ole Miss Prof, Tina Hahn Jan 1999

Schools, Communities Must Work Together To Prevent Violence, Says Ole Miss Prof, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Parents used to breathe a sigh of relief when their children went off to school, considered a safe haven where students could concentrate on learning.


Sign Language Taps Interest Of University Faculty, Staff And Students, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Sign Language Taps Interest Of University Faculty, Staff And Students, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

... Ole Miss Specialist Offers Community Course


Fact, Reality, Religion Win Awards For Ole Miss Professors, Peter Lee Jan 1999

Fact, Reality, Religion Win Awards For Ole Miss Professors, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Fact, reality and religion have garnered attention for two University of Mississippi philosophy professors.


Journalism Listserv Offers Information For Alumni, Friends, Potential Students, Staff Report Jan 1999

Journalism Listserv Offers Information For Alumni, Friends, Potential Students, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --Alumni and friends of The University of Mississippi Department of Journalism can now exchange ideas and news of interest via the e-mail discussion group, "Miss-Jour."


Historic Buildings Make Ole Miss Unique In State, Region, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

Historic Buildings Make Ole Miss Unique In State, Region, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When The University of Mississippi opened its doors to 80 students on Nov. 6, 1848, those doors belonged to the Lyceum, the first of five buildings comprising the original Oxford campus. Completed in 1848, the Lyceum is the only survivor of those buildings.


Don't Fret About White Christmases, Put Some ‘South' Into Your Holidays, Michael Harrelson Jan 1999

Don't Fret About White Christmases, Put Some ‘South' Into Your Holidays, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Forget the storybook White Christmas. Dismiss the sleigh bells, the sled rides and the chestnuts roasting on an open fire, too. In fact, put anything associated with the ubiquitous "Yankee Christmas" out of your head.


The University Of Mississippi: First Public Institution Of Higher Learning In State Celebrates 150 Years Of Growth, Prepares For Future, Tina Hahn Jan 1999

The University Of Mississippi: First Public Institution Of Higher Learning In State Celebrates 150 Years Of Growth, Prepares For Future, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "The day that witnesses the completion of this magnificent temple of learning will be a brilliant one in the annals of Mississippi. It will be regarded as the dawning of a new era in the history of letters, and such will be hailed with joy by the friends of science throughout the nation," said Gov. A.G. Brown about The University of Mississippi in his 1844 inaugural address.


Ole Miss Professor Honored For Book On African-American Culture, Media, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Ole Miss Professor Honored For Book On African-American Culture, Media, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Outdated stereotypes of African Americans are being conveyed in new ways in today's media, says University of Mississippi Associate Professor of Journalism Carmen Manning-Miller.


National Advisory Committee On Student Financial Assistance To Meet At Um April 27, 28, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

National Advisory Committee On Student Financial Assistance To Meet At Um April 27, 28, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- With the interests of millions of students at stake, key national leaders in higher education tasked with monitoring and improving federal student financial aid will meet at The University of Mississippi April 27-28.


School Of Accountancy Plans Third Annual Accountancy Weekend, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

School Of Accountancy Plans Third Annual Accountancy Weekend, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A keynote address by a former chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will headline the third annual Accountancy Weekend, Jan. 29-30, at The University of Mississippi School of Accountancy.


Salt Water, Pesticides May Be Bad Mix For Coastal Regions, Ole Miss Scientist Says, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Salt Water, Pesticides May Be Bad Mix For Coastal Regions, Ole Miss Scientist Says, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

... Research funded with $263,149 EPA grant


Reinventing Yourself Requires Vision, Determination And Sacrifice, Staff Report Jan 1999

Reinventing Yourself Requires Vision, Determination And Sacrifice, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Is there another person inside you struggling to get out? Would you like to reinvent yourself in the image of the musician, the intellectual, the social gadfly or the philanthropist you always dreamed of becoming?


Ole Miss Professor, Administrator Enjoys Unexpected Success As Best-Seller Textbook Writer, Emily Boling Jan 1999

Ole Miss Professor, Administrator Enjoys Unexpected Success As Best-Seller Textbook Writer, Emily Boling

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY -- What began as a typical task in 1976 for mathematics teacher Dr. Margie Hobbs resulted in the publication of a national best-seller textbook she jointly authored and further book deals for her with leading publisher Prentice Hall.


Buying Prescription Drugs Over The Internet May Be Bad For Health, Um Pharmacy Dean Warns, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Buying Prescription Drugs Over The Internet May Be Bad For Health, Um Pharmacy Dean Warns, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Americans flock to the Internet for their every need, shopping for shoes, software, even sweethearts. But health professionals are prescribing caution for online bargain-hunters in the market for cheaper medicines.


University Receives $9.14 Million For Research, Other Projects In November, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

University Receives $9.14 Million For Research, Other Projects In November, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi professors received $9.14 million for research, service and education projects in November.


Oxford Rotary Member Heads Exchange Program To Argentina, April 28-June 3, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

Oxford Rotary Member Heads Exchange Program To Argentina, April 28-June 3, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi professor will lead a four-member team to Argentina in the Rotary International Group Study Exchange program, April 28-June 3.


Six Mississippi Seniors Tapped To Receive Prestigious $32,000 Carrier Scholarships At Ole Miss, Staff Report Jan 1999

Six Mississippi Seniors Tapped To Receive Prestigious $32,000 Carrier Scholarships At Ole Miss, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Six Mississippi Seniors Tapped to Receive Prestigious $32,000 Carrier Scholarships at Ole Miss


Cornerstone Containing 150-Year-Old Artifacts Located At Ole Miss's Lyceum, Moved To Museum, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Cornerstone Containing 150-Year-Old Artifacts Located At Ole Miss's Lyceum, Moved To Museum, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The cornerstone of The University of Mississippi's Lyceum has been uncovered and its historic contents temporarily removed for safekeeping as the beloved 150-year-old building undergoes extensive restoration.


World's First Testing, Certification Program For Linux Created By Um Prof, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

World's First Testing, Certification Program For Linux Created By Um Prof, 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.


University Changes Telephone Prefix Aug. 1, Becomes Mandatory In August 2000, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

University Changes Telephone Prefix Aug. 1, Becomes Mandatory In August 2000, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi will change its telephone prefix from 232 to 915 effective Aug. 1.


City, County, University Collaborate For Independence Day Celebration, Will Odom Jan 1999

City, County, University Collaborate For Independence Day Celebration, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The 24th annual Lafayette-Oxford-University of Mississippi Fourth of July celebration will take a look at "Freedom: Past, Present and Future" in activities July 2-4.


Ole Miss-Oxford Receive $4.8 Million For Research, Education Projects In July, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss-Oxford Receive $4.8 Million For Research, Education Projects In July, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi professors received $4.8 million for research, service and education projects in July, topping off a record-breaking year for research funding.


Fund-Raiser To Benefit Ole Miss Student With Rare, Genetic Kidney Disease, Will Odom Jan 1999

Fund-Raiser To Benefit Ole Miss Student With Rare, Genetic Kidney Disease, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Community members have two more days this week and four days next week to help a University of Mississippi student while vying for a chance to have lunch with Ole Miss Head Football Coach David Cutcliffe.


University Of Mississippi Gospel Choir To Release First Cd, Goes Professional, Staff Report Jan 1999

University Of Mississippi Gospel Choir To Release First Cd, Goes Professional, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

... CD available nationally in music stores Oct. 26


Competition For Jobs Calls For More Than Just Degrees, Good Grades, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

Competition For Jobs Calls For More Than Just Degrees, Good Grades, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When is a college education more than an academic degree? That question takes on real meaning in the job market when graduates of colleges and universities around the country learn that getting ahead takes more than an impressive gradepoint average in an approved academic curriculum.


Forensic Chemistry Majors At Ole Miss Prepare For Life As Scientific Crime-Busters, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Forensic Chemistry Majors At Ole Miss Prepare For Life As Scientific Crime-Busters, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

a science-intensive internship program that's unique to the southeastern United States.


Um's World Class Teachers Program Produces Recordnumber Of Master Teachers, Earns Community Support, Heather Sullivan Jan 1999

Um's World Class Teachers Program Produces Recordnumber Of Master Teachers, Earns Community Support, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The World Class Teachers program at The University of Mississippi School of Education -- one of the state's four coaching sites this year for teachers seeking National Board Certification -- announces a pass rate of 69 percent, compared to the 49 percent pass rate nationwide.


New Research Foundation Will Allow Ole Miss To Bring Leading-Edge Products, Technology To Market, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

New Research Foundation Will Allow Ole Miss To Bring Leading-Edge Products, Technology To Market, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A newly chartered nonprofit foundation will enable The University of Mississippi to partner with private companies in commercializing technology and products developed by Ole Miss researchers.


Writers, Illustrators Of Children's Books Invited To Conference At Ole Miss Feb. 26, Adrian Aumen Jan 1999

Writers, Illustrators Of Children's Books Invited To Conference At Ole Miss Feb. 26, Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Adults interested in writing or illustrating children's books can meet with experts in the field and receive valuable critiques of their manuscripts as part of an informative conference dedicated to their interests Feb. 26 at The University of Mississippi.


Black, White Organizations Join For Fun, Games In Black History Events At Ole Miss, Adrian Aumen Jan 1999

Black, White Organizations Join For Fun, Games In Black History Events At Ole Miss, Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Spinning, sliding, stepping, rolling. University of Mississippi students will come together in a variety of fun and festive ways as part of Black History Month activities during February on the Oxford campus.