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Scruggs Family Provides Transformative Support To Ole Miss, Staff Report Mar 2026

Scruggs Family Provides Transformative Support To Ole Miss, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Scruggs family has made two gifts totaling $450,000 to University of Mississippi, strengthening both the future Triplett Alumni Center and opportunities for Ole Miss law students.


English Professor Explores Race, Culture And Value In Annual Lecture, Marvis Herring Mar 2026

English Professor Explores Race, Culture And Value In Annual Lecture, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Online streaming services and digital platforms are generating record profits for the corporations that run them, but they have dramatically devalued artists' labor even as prices soar, a University of Mississippi professor contends.


Ole Miss Bridge Program Equips First Responders With Sensory Kits, Marvis Herring Mar 2026

Ole Miss Bridge Program Equips First Responders With Sensory Kits, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Flashing lights and blaring sirens during an emergency can overwhelm anyone, especially individuals with autism or sensory sensitivities. But a new initiative from the University of Mississippi's Bridge Program aims to help families find comfort when first responders arrive.


Oxford Conference For The Book Returns To Celebrate The Written Word, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2026

Oxford Conference For The Book Returns To Celebrate The Written Word, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Stories can change the world, and the nation's leading and emerging authors, poets, scholars and publishers will gather this spring for discussion of those stories at the annual Oxford Conference for the Book.


First-Generation Ole Miss Student Selected As Truman Finalist, Clara Turnage Mar 2026

First-Generation Ole Miss Student Selected As Truman Finalist, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named University of Mississippi junior Aminata Ba as a finalist for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship.


Study Shows Spiral Sound Can Shift Sideways, Clara Turnage Mar 2026

Study Shows Spiral Sound Can Shift Sideways, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A new University of Mississippi study shows that some sound waves don't just move forward – they also move slightly to the side. Understanding this movement could help researchers develop more precise acoustic tools.


Law Alumnus Offers Gift Of Compassion, Bill Dabney Mar 2026

Law Alumnus Offers Gift Of Compassion, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – In his 47 years as a law professor, L. Darnell Weeden has witnessed students face unforeseen hardships and hopes to relieve some of the financial burden associated with such challenges.


Ole Miss Online Programs Earn National Recognition From U.S. News, Marisa C. Atkinson Mar 2026

Ole Miss Online Programs Earn National Recognition From U.S. News, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – U.S. News & World Report has recognized four University of Mississippi online programs in business and education as among the nation's best.


Ole Miss Esports Scores Big At World Tournament, Clara Turnage Mar 2026

Ole Miss Esports Scores Big At World Tournament, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students came out on top in an international esports tournament held in the land Down Under.


Oxford's Unity Displayed As Nonprofits Team Up After Historic Storm, Marvis Herring Mar 2026

Oxford's Unity Displayed As Nonprofits Team Up After Historic Storm, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – As ice toppled trees across Lafayette County the weekend of Jan. 25, a text message from a University of Mississippi official illuminated Camie Bianco's phone.


Pharmacy Team Develops 3d-Printed Bandage To Help Heal Chronic Wounds, Clara Turnage Mar 2026

Pharmacy Team Develops 3d-Printed Bandage To Help Heal Chronic Wounds, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A team of University of Mississippi researchers is developing a way to use 3D printed medicated patches to help close persistent sores and ulcers.


One Mother At A Time: Ole Miss Pharmacy Assists Maternal Health Effort, Marisa C. Atkinson, Natalie Ehrhardt Mar 2026

One Mother At A Time: Ole Miss Pharmacy Assists Maternal Health Effort, Marisa C. Atkinson, Natalie Ehrhardt

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi is experiencing a maternal and infant health crisis, and the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and its alumni are stepping in to help resolve it one patient at a time.


Couple's Gift Elevates Ole Miss Athletics, Bill Dabney Feb 2026

Couple's Gift Elevates Ole Miss Athletics, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Diane and J.L. Holloway of Nashville, Tennessee, recently made a $5 million gift to the Vaught Society, the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation's fundraising level that provides assistance to University of Mississippi student-athletes through scholarships, academic guidance and wellness support.


Recognize Outstanding Service To Students With A Frist Nomination, Staff Report Feb 2026

Recognize Outstanding Service To Students With A Frist Nomination, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The nomination portal for this year's Thomas Frist Student Service Award opens Sunday (March 1), and all members of the University of Mississippi community are encouraged to nominate faculty and staff members who have provided exceptional assistance to students.


Rebelthon Breaks $300,000 Mark For Children's Of Mississippi, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Rebelthon Breaks $300,000 Mark For Children's Of Mississippi, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students donned costumes, shared dance moves and made memories to raise a record $305,211.38 during the 2026 RebelTHON fundraiser.


Study Finds Increased Risk Of Sexual Violence For Lgbtq+ Youth, Clara Turnage Feb 2026

Study Finds Increased Risk Of Sexual Violence For Lgbtq+ Youth, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Sexual violence remains a widespread problem for teens in the United States, but a new study shows some students are at greater risk than others.


Researchers Study Underwater Lakes To Understand Oceans, Outer Space, Clara Turnage Feb 2026

Researchers Study Underwater Lakes To Understand Oceans, Outer Space, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Underwater lakes may sound like fiction, but they dot the ocean floor and, according to a new University of Mississippi study, the structures could also help researchers understand life in space.


Q&A With Filmmaker Antonio Tarrell On 'Cole: Bridge To Justice', Clara Turnage Feb 2026

Q&A With Filmmaker Antonio Tarrell On 'Cole: Bridge To Justice', Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Antonio Tarrell is a Mississippi filmmaker who recently co-directed "Cole: Bridge to Justice," a documentary on the life and legacy of University of Mississippi icon Donald Ray Cole.


Documenting A Changed Campus, Kevin Bain, Srijita Chattopadhyay, Hunt Mercier Feb 2026

Documenting A Changed Campus, Kevin Bain, Srijita Chattopadhyay, Hunt Mercier

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. — Four weeks ago, winter storm “Fern” brought more than just a freeze; it left the University of Mississippi fractured. As the ice slowly thawed, it revealed an estimated 100,000 cubic yards of debris across campus.


Public Health Professor Named W.K. Kellogg Fellow, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Public Health Professor Named W.K. Kellogg Fellow, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi professor Tess Johnson looks to enhance community, wellness and leadership skills as she starts a new fellowship in the W.K. Kellogg Leadership Network.


Grove Scholars Endowment Honors Development Officer, Bill Dabney Feb 2026

Grove Scholars Endowment Honors Development Officer, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumni Johnny McRight, of Greenville, and Renvy Pittman, of Los Angeles, have established an endowment to honor an Ole Miss development officer admired for helping launch the Grove Scholars program and many other financial-assistance initiatives to benefit students.


Law Students Start Spring Semester With A Competitive Edge, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Law Students Start Spring Semester With A Competitive Edge, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – While many students enjoyed the last two weeks before the spring semester began, first-year students at the University of Mississippi School of Law gained skills and practice in contract drafting and negotiations that set them apart from peers at other schools.


Legal Ai Takes Center Stage At Law School, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Legal Ai Takes Center Stage At Law School, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The growing use of artificial intelligence in legal reasoning and the legal field will be the topic of discussion at the Jack Dunbar and Wylene Dunbar Lecture in Philosophy and Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Black History Month Concert Features Steelpan, Music Of The Caribbean, Delaney Girard Feb 2026

Black History Month Concert Features Steelpan, Music Of The Caribbean, Delaney Girard

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Acclaimed steelpan artist Liam Teague, a professor of music and director of steelpan studies at Northern Illinois University, is the featured guest artist for the University of Mississippi's Black History Month Concert.


Symposium Puts Drones At The Center Of Crisis Response, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Symposium Puts Drones At The Center Of Crisis Response, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Drones are being used for more than package delivery and simple fun. In fact, they are making a big impact as a helpful tool in disaster recovery and saving lives.


Willie Morris Award Winners Plumb The South's Many Realities, Staff Report Feb 2026

Willie Morris Award Winners Plumb The South's Many Realities, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The story of a 12-year boy who loses a leg and helps his community face issues of faith, loss and guilt, along with a sweeping history of one of the nation's most prominent African American churches highlight this year's Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing.


Donors Provide Difference Between Hardship And Hope, Michael Newsom Feb 2026

Donors Provide Difference Between Hardship And Hope, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When the January ice storm swept across north Mississippi, the University of Mississippi campus fell into an uneasy quiet. Trees snapped under the weight of heavy ice. Power lines froze. Buildings went dark.


Kathy Tidwell Is The Calm During The Storm And Through The Decades, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2026

Kathy Tidwell Is The Calm During The Storm And Through The Decades, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Iconic. Just as the columns of the Lyceum are iconic to the campus of the University of Mississippi, so is Kathy Tidwell.


Grant Brings 29 New Trees To Ole Miss, Clara Turnage Feb 2026

Grant Brings 29 New Trees To Ole Miss, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A recent grant from the Mississippi Forestry Commission will help replace trees lost at the University of Mississippi due to recent storms, including those damaged during the January ice storm.


Doctor's Gift Helps Keep Health Care Close To Home, Bill Dabney Feb 2026

Doctor's Gift Helps Keep Health Care Close To Home, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

"Love this clinic! I went here as a kid and now my kids go here. Dr. Vig is the best." – Percyanna Henderson