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Faculty Learn To Encourage Active Learning At Campus Institute, Marisa C. Atkinson Feb 2025

Faculty Learn To Encourage Active Learning At Campus Institute, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – As students enjoyed the last of their winter holiday break, 33 University of Mississippi faculty members honed their teaching skills at the university's inaugural Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching.


Scholarship Endowment Aims To Encourage Entrepreneurship, Bill Dabney Feb 2025

Scholarship Endowment Aims To Encourage Entrepreneurship, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi graduate's surprise gift to his father will benefit student entrepreneurs for generations.


Professor Partners With Oxford Pharmacy For Public Health Study, Marisa C. Atkinson Jan 2025

Professor Partners With Oxford Pharmacy For Public Health Study, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi is ranked toward the bottom of the nation in measures of healthy living, avoidable hospital uses and medical inequality. Lindsey Miller, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi, wants to help change that.


Tedx University Of Mississippi Presents Purpose And Potential, Staff Report Jan 2025

Tedx University Of Mississippi Presents Purpose And Potential, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The 10th annual TEDx University of Mississippi event features an evening of music, art and thought-provoking short talks on Feb. 18 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.


Shark-Inspired Design Could Make Air Travel Faster, More Efficient, Clara Turnage Jan 2025

Shark-Inspired Design Could Make Air Travel Faster, More Efficient, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The same flow dynamics that allow sharks to swim easily through Earth's oceans could also allow humans to fly faster through the air, according to a University of Mississippi professor. His research aims to prove it.


Historic Ole Miss Football Crowds Generate $325m Economic Impact, Marvis Herring Jan 2025

Historic Ole Miss Football Crowds Generate $325m Economic Impact, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Home football games at the University of Mississippi generated more than $325 million in economic impact during the 2024-25 season, according to new data from Visit Oxford.


Fueling Success: How Decades Of Training Transformed School Lunch, Edwin Smith Jan 2025

Fueling Success: How Decades Of Training Transformed School Lunch, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Anyone familiar with public schools knows the drill. The lunch bell rings, and the lines form to gather the fuel necessary to make it through the second half of the day.


Endowments Honor Lives Of Service, Andy Belt Jan 2025

Endowments Honor Lives Of Service, Andy Belt

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A $184,000 planned gift from Martha "Ratch" Ratchford and her husband, William A. Tucker Jr., to the University of Mississippi establishes two endowments that will honor the donors' lives while providing scholarships for Ole Miss students.


'Jesus Was A Democrat' Follows Close Of A Colorful Political Career, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2025

'Jesus Was A Democrat' Follows Close Of A Colorful Political Career, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Former Mississippi Rep. Steve Holland gained notoriety as a colorful character during his 36-year career in the Mississippi Legislature, and he recently returned to the spotlight as one of the central characters in the Netflix series "The Kings of Tupelo."


Students Gain Practical Experience In Sports Law, Marisa C. Atkinson Jan 2025

Students Gain Practical Experience In Sports Law, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Nine University of Mississippi law students braved the cold and snow this month to immerse themselves into the evolving world of collegiate sports law.


Spring Southtalks Series Continues Focus On Southern Environments, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2025

Spring Southtalks Series Continues Focus On Southern Environments, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The SouthTalks series at the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture continues its theme of Southern environments this spring.


Speaker's Edge Boosts Students' Public Speaking Confidence, Marvis Herring Jan 2025

Speaker's Edge Boosts Students' Public Speaking Confidence, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Graduate students from across the University of Mississippi campus pitched business ideas and presented solutions to complex hypotheticals during the 21st annual Speaker's Edge Competition.


Writer A.H. Jerriod Avant Plotting His Way To Circle And Square, Jordan Karnbach Jan 2025

Writer A.H. Jerriod Avant Plotting His Way To Circle And Square, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A.H. Jerriod Avant, a poet and Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi, will headline the third Craft Talk at the Brewery, set for 4 p.m. Jan. 28 at Circle and Square.


Estate Gift Supports Constitutional Law Students, Jonathan Scott Jan 2025

Estate Gift Supports Constitutional Law Students, Jonathan Scott

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Before U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. died in October 2023 at age 88, he included a $50,000 gift in his estate plans to benefit the University of Mississippi School of Law and future generations of constitutional law students.


Music Faculty Launch Season, Debut Classical Album, Marisa C. Atkinson Jan 2025

Music Faculty Launch Season, Debut Classical Album, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi music faculty members will highlight the release of their album, "Lyrical Baritone, Volume 1," with a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in Nutt Auditorium.


Daniel Czech Named Dean Of School Of Applied Sciences, Marvis Herring Jan 2025

Daniel Czech Named Dean Of School Of Applied Sciences, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Daniel Czech, whose distinguished career includes performance psychology consulting for professional athletes and Fortune 500 companies, has been named dean of the University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences following a national search.


Ole Miss Program To Grow Stem Teacher Leaders Across State, Marvis Herring Jan 2025

Ole Miss Program To Grow Stem Teacher Leaders Across State, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi's Center for Mathematics and Science Education has selected four K-12 educators for its new teacher leadership initiative aimed at engaging more students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.


Luckyday Scholarship Provides Transformative Journey, Georgia Kate Daniels Jan 2025

Luckyday Scholarship Provides Transformative Journey, Georgia Kate Daniels

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Levi Sides was determined to chart his own course at the University of Mississippi when he transferred after completing two years at Northeast Mississippi Community College. The senior music education major is the first member of his family to attend college.


Study Finds Meth Mortality Skyrocketed Between 1999 And 2021, Clara Turnage Jan 2025

Study Finds Meth Mortality Skyrocketed Between 1999 And 2021, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Methamphetamine deaths in the U.S. rose 61-fold from 1999 to 2021, according to a new study, highlighting a growing crisis in addiction and public health.


Endowment To Help Fund Experiential Learning For Education Majors, Bill Dabney Jan 2025

Endowment To Help Fund Experiential Learning For Education Majors, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi education majors have opportunities to travel for field trips, Renee Hill-Cunningham wants to make sure there's no student left behind.


Mlk Day Of Service, Events To Honor Civil Rights Leader's Legacy, Marvis Herring Jan 2025

Mlk Day Of Service, Events To Honor Civil Rights Leader's Legacy, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi community will honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. through its annual MLK Day of Service and a memorial dinner and celebration.


Sea Grant Law Center To Lead Water Contaminant Research Efforts, Clara Turnage Jan 2025

Sea Grant Law Center To Lead Water Contaminant Research Efforts, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi will use a $500,000 grant to lead research efforts on water contaminants in the Southeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States.


Program To Boost Safety, Belonging In Rural Mississippi Schools, Clara Turnage Jan 2025

Program To Boost Safety, Belonging In Rural Mississippi Schools, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi researchers are using a $2 million grant from the Department of Justice to promote safety, belonging and academic success in rural Mississippi classrooms.


Fundraiser Proceeds To Bolster Student Wellness Efforts, Bill Dabney Jan 2025

Fundraiser Proceeds To Bolster Student Wellness Efforts, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Sigma Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Mississippi has donated the $60,000 proceeds of a recent fundraiser run on campus to support the work of the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab at the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing.


Alumnus Honors University's Role In His Family's Lives With Gift, Tina H. Hahn Jan 2025

Alumnus Honors University's Role In His Family's Lives With Gift, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Dan Barber, of Franklin, Tennessee, who earned a master's degree from the University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy, is giving back to the place that makes him feel close to his roots and family.


Scholarships Provide Musical Path Through Ole Miss, Anna Williams Jan 2025

Scholarships Provide Musical Path Through Ole Miss, Anna Williams

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Sofia Euyoque found her passion early in life through her Mexican-American culture. Starting in middle school, her enthusiasm for music grew through high school to the point where she decided to pursue a career in the musical arts.


First Direct Graduate Student Cohort Thrives With Support, Natalie Ehrhardt Jan 2025

First Direct Graduate Student Cohort Thrives With Support, Natalie Ehrhardt

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Graduate students in the first cohort of the University of Mississippi's new Diversifying Interdisciplinary Research Expertise through Community building and Training, or DIRECT, program are making strides in their academic journeys, thanks to the foundational supports it provides.


Community Service Guides Ole Miss First Scholar's Career Path, Jonathan Scott Dec 2024

Community Service Guides Ole Miss First Scholar's Career Path, Jonathan Scott

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When he first enrolled at the University of Mississippi, Kaleb Henry knew he wanted to pursue a career in a health care profession that would allow him to help others. He just didn't know which specific career.


Former Rebel Basketball Player Helps Keep Um Athletes Competitive, Bill Dabney Dec 2024

Former Rebel Basketball Player Helps Keep Um Athletes Competitive, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A four-year letterman in basketball at the University of Mississippi, Hunter Carpenter, of Dallas, knows how updated facilities and equipment can give student-athletes a competitive edge, enabling the Rebels to score wins at the highest levels.


Mock Trial Team Hosts Annual Chucky Mullins Invitational, Will Jones Dec 2024

Mock Trial Team Hosts Annual Chucky Mullins Invitational, Will Jones

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Several University of Mississippi students earned honors during the fifth annual Chucky Mullins Invitational hosted recently by the university's Mock Trial Association at the School of Law.