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Problematic Beliefs About Sexual Assault, Hazing Exist Before College, Clara Turnage Sep 2025

Problematic Beliefs About Sexual Assault, Hazing Exist Before College, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A preliminary study published in Psychology of Violence by University of Mississippi researchers reveals that student attitudes about sexual violence and hazing may be shaped well before college.


Ole Miss Research On Aging Earns Gold Honor, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Ole Miss Research On Aging Earns Gold Honor, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi researcher's study of how livestreamed nature videos can help older people feel less isolated shows promise to help them stay alert and active. The work has also drawn attention from a nonprofit institute focused on healthy aging.


National Rankings Recognize Um As Mississippi’S Leading University, Staff Report Sep 2025

National Rankings Recognize Um As Mississippi’S Leading University, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The latest U.S. News & World Report "Best Colleges" rankings reaffirm the University of Mississippi as the top public university in the state and among the best in the nation.


Ole Miss Fraternities Partner With Grove Grocery To Fight Hunger, Marvis Herring Sep 2025

Ole Miss Fraternities Partner With Grove Grocery To Fight Hunger, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Fraternity members at the University of Mississippi view Greek life as more than tradition, rituals and the letters they wear. It also carries a responsibility to give back to the campus community.


Karma Feels Good After Being Unfairly Excluded, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Karma Feels Good After Being Unfairly Excluded, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Call it karma, schadenfreude or any number of other terms, but nearly everyone has taken joy at someone else's misfortune, especially if the victim had snubbed others.


New Partnerships Strengthen Workforce, Economic Development, Clara Turnage Sep 2025

New Partnerships Strengthen Workforce, Economic Development, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi’s state workforce development office has joined University of Mississippi’s Insight Park, offering new opportunities for students and industries in the region.


Um Researchers Warn Of Problem Gambling Risk Among College Students, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

Um Researchers Warn Of Problem Gambling Risk Among College Students, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The stats scrolling at the bottom of televised football games, mandated athlete injury reporting and fantasy sports drafts are not just extra information or fodder for water cooler discussions. They are for gambling.


Exclusive Belts Support Ole Miss Athletics, Bill Dabney Sep 2025

Exclusive Belts Support Ole Miss Athletics, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A unique gift to the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation from Roostas, an apparel company founded by University of Mississippi graduates Ashley and Trent Cox, created a win-win scenario for their business and for Rebel fans.


Ole Miss Named To Great Colleges To Work For List For 16th Year, Marvis Herring Sep 2025

Ole Miss Named To Great Colleges To Work For List For 16th Year, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – For the 16th year, the University of Mississippi is one of the nation's 2025 Great Colleges to Work For.


Pharmacy Professor Receives Nih Grant To Study Protein Mutants, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

Pharmacy Professor Receives Nih Grant To Study Protein Mutants, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi pharmacy professor will use a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to delve into how tiny changes in a cell's proteins can lead to large health problems.


Safeguard Mississippi Brings Lifesaving Opioid Training To 26 Schools, Sage Mcnamara Sep 2025

Safeguard Mississippi Brings Lifesaving Opioid Training To 26 Schools, Sage Mcnamara

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi's SafeGuard Mississippi program has trained more than 460 public school staff members on how to respond to opioid overdoses, bringing vital knowledge and resources to 26 schools across north Mississippi.


Flu Shots Return With Operation Immunization, Natalie Ehrhardt Sep 2025

Flu Shots Return With Operation Immunization, Natalie Ehrhardt

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is launching its 2025 Operation Immunization, a student-led initiative offering flu shots to students, faculty and staff across the Oxford campus.


Student Uses Ai To Study Clean Energy With Nuclear Fellowship, Clara Turnage Sep 2025

Student Uses Ai To Study Clean Energy With Nuclear Fellowship, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Energy selected University of Mississippi graduate student Abigail Hogue for its University Nuclear Leadership Program graduate research fellowship, where she will use artificial intelligence to help improve nuclear fuel development.


'Hard To Look Away': Death Penalty Expert Brings Research To Law School, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

'Hard To Look Away': Death Penalty Expert Brings Research To Law School, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Lethal injection is the primary method of execution in 28 of the 29 states that use them as punishment. Legal scholar Corinna Barrett Lain plans to unveil the secrets of lethal injection during a Sept. 22 discussion at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Experts Urge Culture Change To Address Burnout In Pharmacy Education, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Experts Urge Culture Change To Address Burnout In Pharmacy Education, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Colleges and universities face unprecedented challenges related to faculty burnout and dissatisfaction in pharmacy schools, and institutions must work to create more supportive and healthier workplaces to reduce turnover rates, a new study indicates.


Celebrating Now & Ever's Historic Success, Glenn Boyce Sep 2025

Celebrating Now & Ever's Historic Success, Glenn Boyce

University of Mississippi News

It is with deep gratitude and celebration that we announce that Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss concluded with a final campaign total of $1.75 billion — a monumental milestone for our university that belongs to every single one of us.


Um Celebrates Largest Capital Campaign In State History, Tina H. Hahn Sep 2025

Um Celebrates Largest Capital Campaign In State History, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi raised $1.75 billion in the largest fundraising campaign in state history.


Student Selected For National Human Rights Fellowship, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Student Selected For National Human Rights Fellowship, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights advocacy organization has chosen University of Mississippi senior Tyren Boyd Jr., of Indianola, as a fellow in its leadership program that honors the late civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis.


Law School Welcomes Justice Reuben Anderson For Constitution Day, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

Law School Welcomes Justice Reuben Anderson For Constitution Day, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The country has come a long way since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in Philadelphia by 39 delegates on Sept. 17, 1787, and the University of Mississippi School of Law will celebrate by hosting former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson.


Ole Miss Team Studies Health Threat From Southwest Us Dust Storms, Clara Turnage Sep 2025

Ole Miss Team Studies Health Threat From Southwest Us Dust Storms, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Massive dust storms swept across the American Southwest in the last month, leaving thousands without power and grounding dozens of flights. The storms are becoming more frequent, but the health impacts of these storms remain unknown.


Collector Shares Trove Of Eudora Welty Materials With Um Library, Tina H. Hahn Sep 2025

Collector Shares Trove Of Eudora Welty Materials With Um Library, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The late Floyd Sulser spent 40 years building a rare collection of work by Eudora Welty, an American short-story writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, photographer and Mississippian. Now, scholars and fans can enjoy the works at the University of Mississippi's J.D. Williams Library.


Hotty Toddy! Ole Miss Named No. 1 College For Sports Fans, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Hotty Toddy! Ole Miss Named No. 1 College For Sports Fans, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – USA Today named the University of Mississippi as the nation's No. 1 college for sports fans in its 2025 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards.


Blowing Off Steam At Work Builds Connections But Carries A Cost, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Blowing Off Steam At Work Builds Connections But Carries A Cost, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When something happens in life that you want to vent about, most people have a go-to listener. Being this person for others serves an important purpose in the workplace, providing emotional and problem-focused support.


Alumnus Hopes To Help Business School Retain Great Teachers, Bill Dabney Sep 2025

Alumnus Hopes To Help Business School Retain Great Teachers, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Public universities often struggle with hiring and retaining esteemed faculty members who, understandably, often choose to work for more competitive salaries offered by private schools.


Ole Miss Engineer Lands Nasa Grant For Antenna Research, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Ole Miss Engineer Lands Nasa Grant For Antenna Research, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – NASA has awarded Elliott Hutchcraft, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Mississippi, $750,000 in funding for a project aimed at reducing interference in wireless communications systems.


Ole Miss Students Gain Global Experience In East Asia, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

Ole Miss Students Gain Global Experience In East Asia, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Several University of Mississippi students spent their summer experiencing everyday life in East Asia as they got real-world experience as interns for companies across the region.


William Magee Center Sets Recovery Awareness Month Observance, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

William Magee Center Sets Recovery Awareness Month Observance, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – What began as a day recognizing recovery from substance addictions at the University of Mississippi has turned into a weekend of events that highlight the support efforts of those in recovery or who choose to live a sober lifestyle.


Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Could Target Deadly Breast Cancer, Clara Turnage Sep 2025

Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Could Target Deadly Breast Cancer, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Triple-negative breast cancer is particularly aggressive and difficult to treat; but recent research may offer a new way to target the often-deadly disease.


News You Can Use: Fall Increases Substance Abuse Risk For Young People, Marisa C. Atkinson Sep 2025

News You Can Use: Fall Increases Substance Abuse Risk For Young People, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The start of the fall semester and college football season can also kick off rising substance use and the harms that come with it for many young people.


Music, Theater And Dance Highlight Ford Center's 2025-26 Season, Jordan Karnbach Sep 2025

Music, Theater And Dance Highlight Ford Center's 2025-26 Season, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The 2025-26 season at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts will bring world-class performers, beloved classics and popular new productions to the University of Mississippi.