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Visiting High School Students 'Amazed' On Field Trip To Ackerman Mine And Power Plant, Admin Jun 2008

Visiting High School Students 'Amazed' On Field Trip To Ackerman Mine And Power Plant, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Visiting High School Students 'Amazed' On Field Trip To Ackerman Mine And Power Plant, Edwin Smith Jun 2008

Visiting High School Students 'Amazed' On Field Trip To Ackerman Mine And Power Plant, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones is unearthing some magnificent discoveries on the silver screen this summer, but some high school students visiting the University of Mississippi recently found a similar real-life treasure trove just hours from campus.


Orientation Participants Donate To Local Charities, Andrew Abernathy Jun 2008

Orientation Participants Donate To Local Charities, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With thousands of freshman and transfer students registered for summer orientation, the University of Mississippi is coordinating a community service project to benefit local nonprofits for the second year in a row.


Writing Conference For Teachers To Include Writing Marathons, Edwin Smith Jun 2008

Writing Conference For Teachers To Include Writing Marathons, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Area teachers are invited to attend a conference addressing the issues of writing and teaching to be held at the University of Mississippi this weekend (June 13-14).


Mark Wilder Named Dean Of Accountancy School, Elaine Pugh Jun 2008

Mark Wilder Named Dean Of Accountancy School, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mark Wilder has been named dean of the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. Wilder joined the UM faculty in 1993 after completing doctoral studies in accountancy at Florida State University. He was named interim dean of accountancy last year, replacing Morris Stocks, who was appointed to a newly created senior vice chancellor post, later moving to provost.


Pharmacognosy Chair Receives Honorary Doctorate From South Africa, Dabney Weems Jun 2008

Pharmacognosy Chair Receives Honorary Doctorate From South Africa, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The chair of the University of Mississippi Department of Pharmacognosy has been awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the University of the Free State in South Africa, for his contributions to the field of organic chemistry.


Author, Photojournalist To Discuss Book On Block Ice Industry, June 11, Lindsey Phillips Jun 2008

Author, Photojournalist To Discuss Book On Block Ice Industry, June 11, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Writer and photojournalist Elli Morris will discuss her award-winning book, "Cooling the South: The Block Ice Era, " (Wackophoto, 2008), Wednesday at the University of Mississippi.


World Champion Pianist Ethan Uslan To Perform Public Concert, Hold Workshop, Lindsey Phillips Jun 2008

World Champion Pianist Ethan Uslan To Perform Public Concert, Hold Workshop, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- World champion pianist Ethan Uslan will perform 1920s jazz and ragtime pieces Tuesday (June 10) at the University of Mississippi.


Sophomores Exchange Ideas With South Korean Counterparts, Janey Ginn Jun 2008

Sophomores Exchange Ideas With South Korean Counterparts, Janey Ginn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Ten University of Mississippi sophomores have been selected to change places with Korean university students this summer in a program sponsored by UM's Trent Lott Leadership Institute and Study Abroad Office.


University Museum Welcomes Contemporary Quilting Art, Andrew Abernathy Jun 2008

University Museum Welcomes Contemporary Quilting Art, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 19 quilts on display at the University of Mississippi Museum through July 6 do not fit the mold of traditional quilting art. At first glance, you may not even realize they are quilts.


Longtime State Educator Honored With Scholarship, Sonia Thompson Jun 2008

Longtime State Educator Honored With Scholarship, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To honor the memory of his father, a longtime public school administrator, University of Mississippi alumnus Joseph C. Todd of Cincinnati has created the Lindsey O. Todd Scholarship Endowment at his alma mater with a gift of $100,000.


Recent Graduate Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship To Study At Duke University, Lindsey Phillips Jun 2008

Recent Graduate Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship To Study At Duke University, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A recent University of Mississippi graduate is one of 60 students nationwide to receive a 2008 graduate fellowship from the honor society Phi Kappa Phi.


Blues Musician Kenny Brown Headlines Summer Sunset Series With June 8 Show, Staff Report Jun 2008

Blues Musician Kenny Brown Headlines Summer Sunset Series With June 8 Show, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Lafayette-Oxford-University Summer Sunset Series continues Sunday (June 8) at the University of Mississippi featuring Mississippi bluesman Kenny Brown


Fifth Anniversary Oxford Shakespeare Festival Season Promises Love, Laughter And Tears, R. Whittington, J Ginn Jun 2008

Fifth Anniversary Oxford Shakespeare Festival Season Promises Love, Laughter And Tears, R. Whittington, J Ginn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The fifth annual Oxford Shakespeare Festival promises to impress theatre patrons with professional stage productions June 13-July 2 at the University of Mississippi. The schedule of 22 performances includes Shakespeare's plays "Much Ado About Nothing" and "The Merchant of Venice," and Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore."


Media Representatives Visit Campus To Begin Preparations For Presidential Debate, Lee Eric Smith Jun 2008

Media Representatives Visit Campus To Begin Preparations For Presidential Debate, Lee Eric Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Officially, the media circus that is the first 2008 Presidential Debate won't start until the fourth week of September. Unofficially, it began Wednesday.


Accountancy Students Gain Hands-On Experience In Internal Audit Department, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jun 2008

Accountancy Students Gain Hands-On Experience In Internal Audit Department, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Accounting students at the University of Mississippi are gaining real-world experience in the university's Office of Internal Audit.


Mississippi Encyclopedia Nears Final Stage Of Production, Lindsey Phillips Jun 2008

Mississippi Encyclopedia Nears Final Stage Of Production, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Mississippi Encyclopedia, an interdisciplinary reference book produced by the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture, is in the final production stage and should be released late next year.


Ligo Observations Probe Dynamics Of The Crab Pulsar, Staff Report Jun 2008

Ligo Observations Probe Dynamics Of The Crab Pulsar, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The search for gravitational waves has revealed new information about the core of one of the most famous objects in the sky, providing a glimpse of the spectacular discoveries that may come from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration.


35th Faulkner Conference July 20-24 To Consider Writer's Texts In New Light, E. Smith, R. Whittington Jun 2008

35th Faulkner Conference July 20-24 To Consider Writer's Texts In New Light, E. Smith, R. Whittington

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 35th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference hosted by the University of Mississippi July 20-24 will explore "Faulkner: The Returns of the Text."


National Geographic Films On Campus For Episode Of 'Explorer', Jennifer Farish Jun 2008

National Geographic Films On Campus For Episode Of 'Explorer', Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - National Geographic Channel producers researching an upcoming episode of "Explorer" on marijuana quickly discovered they needed to visit the University of Mississippi.


Renowned Scientist Henry Bass, Director Of Um Acoustics Center, Dies, Mitchell Diggs May 2008

Renowned Scientist Henry Bass, Director Of Um Acoustics Center, Dies, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Henry Ellis Bass, 64, director of the National Center for Physical Acoustics at the University of Mississippi, died Wednesday (May 28) at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi after a long illness.


Gift From Alumnus Honors Chancellor Robert Khayat, Sonia Thompson May 2008

Gift From Alumnus Honors Chancellor Robert Khayat, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Retired Florida attorney Jerry Center believes the University of Mississippi spirit is personified by its chancellor, Robert Khayat. That's why Center and his wife, Susan, have made a gift to the Chancellor's Trust in Khayat's honor.


Aspiring Writers Can Hone Skills At Yoknapatawpha Workshop June 6-8, Ryan Whittington May 2008

Aspiring Writers Can Hone Skills At Yoknapatawpha Workshop June 6-8, Ryan Whittington

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Aspiring writers are invited to hone their skills at the University of Mississippi's Yoknapatawpha Summer Writers Workshop June 6-8.


Son Of Legendary Mississippi Bluesman Headlines Summer Sunset Series June 1, Deborah Purnell May 2008

Son Of Legendary Mississippi Bluesman Headlines Summer Sunset Series June 1, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Rev. John Wilkins kicks off the eighth season of the Lafayette-Oxford-University Summer Sunset Series Sunday (June 1) in the Grove at the University of Mississippi. Wilkins, pastor of Hunter's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Como, is the son of legendary Mississippi bluesman the Rev. Robert Wilkins.


School Of Pharmacy Names Distinguished Teaching Scholars, Dabney Weems May 2008

School Of Pharmacy Names Distinguished Teaching Scholars, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four faculty members in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy have been recognized through the Distinguished Teaching Scholars Program, which rewards faculty for teaching excellence and dedication to student achievement.


Two Croft Students Receive Prestigious Iipp Fellowship, Andrew Abernathy May 2008

Two Croft Students Receive Prestigious Iipp Fellowship, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two students in the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi have received competitive fellowships from the Institute of International Public Policy.


Cnn Series To Spotlight Robert F. Kennedy's Relationship To Desegregation At Um, Edwin Smith May 2008

Cnn Series To Spotlight Robert F. Kennedy's Relationship To Desegregation At Um, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Forty-six years ago Robert F. Kennedy gave the order for federal troops to facilitate integration at the University of Mississippi. Appropriately, the progress of race relations at the institution is being examined next week, as CNN remembers the 40th anniversary of the former U.S. attorney general's assassination.


Oxford Residents Urged To Practice Hospitality, Offer Housing For Visiting Journalists, Tobie Baker May 2008

Oxford Residents Urged To Practice Hospitality, Offer Housing For Visiting Journalists, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Seemingly always willing to set aside their own activities or hardships to appease others, those below the Mason-Dixon line consider Southern hospitality a way of life. That graciousness is expected to spring forth again in Oxford when the University of Mississippi hosts the first 2008 presidential debate Sept. 26. At least, local officials are hopeful. With fewer than 800 hotel rooms available, the city of Oxford is scurrying to provide adequate housing for the more than 3,000 journalists expected to converge here for the headline event.


Accounting Firm Kpmg Establishes Professorship In Accountancy, Sonia Thompson May 2008

Accounting Firm Kpmg Establishes Professorship In Accountancy, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Big Four accounting firm KPMG LLP has established the KPMG Professorship in Accountancy at the University of Mississippi.


New Scholarship Available For High-Achieving Cc Transfers, Rebecca Lauck Cleary May 2008

New Scholarship Available For High-Achieving Cc Transfers, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Community college transfer students can benefit from a new scholarship at the University of Mississippi starting this fall.