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Renowned Social Psychologist To Debunk Myths Of Gender, Sex In March 15 Lecture, Heather Sullivan Jan 1999

Renowned Social Psychologist To Debunk Myths Of Gender, Sex In March 15 Lecture, Heather Sullivan

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Social psychologist Dr. Carol Tavris, who lectures March 15 at The University of Mississippi, knows how to get folks riled up.


Um-Tupelo Offers Workshop On Decreasing Debt, Building Wealth, Will Odom Jan 1999

Um-Tupelo Offers Workshop On Decreasing Debt, Building Wealth, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A comprehensive seminar designed to help individuals live debtfree, stress-free lifestyles leading to financial independence is offered March 28 at The University of Mississippi-Tupelo.


Barksdale Reading Institute Names Board Members, Sets First Meeting, Staff Report Jan 1999

Barksdale Reading Institute Names Board Members, Sets First Meeting, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The board of directors of the Barksdale Reading Institute -- a joint venture with The University of Mississippi School of Education, Mississippi Department of Education and the state's seven other public universities -- meets for the first time March 9 in Jackson.


Oxford Conference For The Book Features Array Of Authors March 13-15 At Ole Miss, Lp White Jan 1999

Oxford Conference For The Book Features Array Of Authors March 13-15 At Ole Miss, Lp White

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Stephen E. Ambrose -- the best-selling author of Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West and the distinguished biographer of Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower -- will headline the 1998 Oxford Conference for the Book at The University of Mississippi March 13-15.


Um Announces Summer College Designed For High School Students, Karyn Smith Jan 1999

Um Announces Summer College Designed For High School Students, Karyn Smith

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Project PACE pushed the envelope of achievement for Le'Herman Payton.


Ole Miss School Of Accountancy Receives World's Largest 19th Century Book Collection, Dale Flesher, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Ole Miss School Of Accountancy Receives World's Largest 19th Century Book Collection, Dale Flesher, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss -- The University of Mississippi School of Accountancy has become the repository for what is thought to be the world's largest collection of 19th-century accounting books.


Black Law Student Group Plans Annual Scholarship, Awards Banquet, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

Black Law Student Group Plans Annual Scholarship, Awards Banquet, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi School of Law's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) has scheduled its annual scholarship and awards banquet April 1.


Ole Miss Concert Singers Perform At Choral Directors' Convention, George Kehoe Jan 1999

Ole Miss Concert Singers Perform At Choral Directors' Convention, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. The University of Mississippi Concert Singers were selected to perform under the direction of Dr. Jerry Jordan at the Southern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association Feb. 27 in Charleston, S.C.


General Education, Core Curriculum Issues Addressed In Campus Program, April 21, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

General Education, Core Curriculum Issues Addressed In Campus Program, April 21, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. General education and core curriculum issues are getting increased attention nationwide.


The Future Of Mississippi: April 14 Panel To Explore State's Economy, Education, Role In Nation, Tina Hahn Jan 1999

The Future Of Mississippi: April 14 Panel To Explore State's Economy, Education, Role In Nation, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), former Gov. Ray Mabus and state Sen. Gray Tollison will address "The Future of Mississippi" in an April 14 forum at The University of Mississippi.


Mississippi Business Today Visits Ocean Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg On April 10 Edition, Deidra Walters Jan 1999

Mississippi Business Today Visits Ocean Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg On April 10 Edition, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. The Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs has been a popular attraction since opening in 1991. Named for Mississippi artist Walter Ingles Anderson, the museum holds more than 500 of Anderson's works in a permanent collection.


Ole Miss Grants 17 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 17 Faculty, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

Ole Miss Grants 17 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 17 Faculty, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Promotions for 17 and tenure for 17 University of Mississippi faculty members were approved today (May 21) by members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning at its meeting in Jackson.


Parsons, Graduate Students Working To Make Gulf Coast Waters Safe For Sharks, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Parsons, Graduate Students Working To Make Gulf Coast Waters Safe For Sharks, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mention shark-infested waters to most folks, and they'll get a little antsy. Grisly images from the Jaws movie spring to mind -- a gaping maw full of huge, knife-like teeth and doomed bodies spilling from a capsized boat.


Modernist Or Postmodernist: Um Conference To Examine Faulkner, Literature Of Exhaustion, Michael Harrelson Jan 1999

Modernist Or Postmodernist: Um Conference To Examine Faulkner, Literature Of Exhaustion, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

... Participants to hear novelist John Barth, critic Ihab Hassan


Ole Miss Grants 25 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 19 Faculty, Barbara Lago Jan 1999

Ole Miss Grants 25 Promotions, Awards Tenure To 19 Faculty, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Promotions for 25 and tenure for 19 University of Mississippi faculty members have been approved for 1999-2000 by members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.


Ole Miss Professors Receive $2.8 Million For Research, Education Projects In June, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss Professors Receive $2.8 Million For Research, Education Projects In June, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi professors received more than $2.8 million for research, service and education projects in June.


Mullins Endowment At Ole Miss To Honor School Administrators, Math Teachers, Tina Hahn Jan 1999

Mullins Endowment At Ole Miss To Honor School Administrators, Math Teachers, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- New awards in The University of Mississippi School of Education will serve to recognize and encourage school administrators and secondary math teachers, thanks to a $100,000 gift from Richard and Diane Scruggs of Pascagoula.


Ole Miss, State Office Of Geology Conduct Study Of Radioactive Materials In Mississippi's Oil Wells, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss, State Office Of Geology Conduct Study Of Radioactive Materials In Mississippi's Oil Wells, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi scientists have teamed up with the Mississippi Office of Geology to study the levels of radioactive materials found in the brines and sludge associated with the state's oil and gas production.


Without Perot, Reform Party Could Play Role Of Spoiler In 2000, Ole Miss Professor Says, Michael Harrelson Jan 1999

Without Perot, Reform Party Could Play Role Of Spoiler In 2000, Ole Miss Professor Says, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

... Party could draw votes away from a major party, costing electoral votes


Pharmacognocist Croom Seeks Balance Of Science, Spirit In Ground-Breaking Research Of Herbal Medicines, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Pharmacognocist Croom Seeks Balance Of Science, Spirit In Ground-Breaking Research Of Herbal Medicines, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The ancient Greeks made a science of it. The Bushmen of Africa and the Aborigines of Australia practiced it religiously. Some modern Native Americans and mountain folk still believe in its powers.


Ole Miss Scientists Plunge Deeper Into Cyberspace With Super-Fast, Super-Reliable Internet 2, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss Scientists Plunge Deeper Into Cyberspace With Super-Fast, Super-Reliable Internet 2, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A two-year, $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help connect researchers at The University of Mississippi to a speedier, more reliable version of the Internet -- known as Internet 2 -- by early 2000.


Ole Miss, Research!America To Sponsor Health And Science Conference Nov. 11, Rick Hynum Jan 1999

Ole Miss, Research!America To Sponsor Health And Science Conference Nov. 11, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Some of the nation's foremost experts on health and science will join top journalists in a Nov. 11 conference in Jackson sponsored by The University of Mississippi Department of Journalism and Research!America.


Greenwood Native Returns To State To Head K-12 Math, Science Education Reform, Elaine Pugh Jan 1999

Greenwood Native Returns To State To Head K-12 Math, Science Education Reform, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... $10 million, three-state project targets 237,000 schoolchildren


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.