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Braseth Joins University Relations Team, Staff Report Mar 2008

Braseth Joins University Relations Team, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ralph Braseth, longtime director of student media at the University of Mississippi, has been named to a new post assisting with media relations in preparation for the Sept. 26 presidential debate.


Award-Winning Russian Writers To Visit Oxford, Read Works April 4-12, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

Award-Winning Russian Writers To Visit Oxford, Read Works April 4-12, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four Russian writers are scheduled to read from their works and visit with students and others at the University of Mississippi through April 12 as part of a cultural exchange program.


National Sba Head To Speak Tuesday On Economy, Free Trade, Julie Ward Mar 2008

National Sba Head To Speak Tuesday On Economy, Free Trade, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Steve Preston, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is scheduled to speak Tuesday (April 1) at the University of Mississippi.


New Seminar Course Increasing Awareness Of Global Warming, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

New Seminar Course Increasing Awareness Of Global Warming, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - It was a major issue in Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2004. Two years later it was the subject of an Oscar- and Nobel Prize-winning documentary. It continues to generate stories in the mainstream news media, getting blamed for many weather-related natural disasters and a growing number of endangered species.


Theatre Arts Students To Stage Steinbeck's Classic 'Grapes Of Wrath' April 2-6, Lindsey Phillips Mar 2008

Theatre Arts Students To Stage Steinbeck's Classic 'Grapes Of Wrath' April 2-6, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Theatre arts students at the University of Mississippi bring John Steinbeck's award-winning novel "The Grapes of Wrath" to life April 2-6 with their portrayal of the Joad family, sharecroppers who flee Oklahoma's dust bowl for California seeking release from hardships of the Great Depression.


Theatre Arts Offers 'Grapes Of Wrath' Matinee Especially For Invited Students, Retirees, Deborah Purnell Mar 2008

Theatre Arts Offers 'Grapes Of Wrath' Matinee Especially For Invited Students, Retirees, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students in the University of Mississippi Department of Theatre Arts have scheduled a special matinee performance of "The Grapes of Wrath" Thursday (April 3) for invited students and retirees.


Alumni Couple Create Scholarship To Honor Lifelong Friend, Sonia Thompson Mar 2008

Alumni Couple Create Scholarship To Honor Lifelong Friend, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mitzi Whittington fondly remembers her childhood best friend Morris George - his bright red hair and freckles, his love of learning and their good-natured competition for grades at Coffeeville High School in their hometown.


Honors Day, Phi Kappa Phi Induction Set For April 3, Phi Beta Kappa April 4, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2008

Honors Day, Phi Kappa Phi Induction Set For April 3, Phi Beta Kappa April 4, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Outstanding students from all disciplines and the top teacher on campus are to be recognized Thursday (April 3) at the University of Mississippi's 65th annual Honors Day Convocation.


Southern Foodways Alliance To Celebrate 'Cornbread Nation' Book Release With Dinner, Lindsey Phillips Mar 2008

Southern Foodways Alliance To Celebrate 'Cornbread Nation' Book Release With Dinner, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the University of Mississippi, plans to host the first of four dinners celebrating release of the book "Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing" April 4 at City Grocery restaurant in Oxford.


Environmental Concerns Focus Of 'Green Series' Luncheon Programs, Julie Ward Mar 2008

Environmental Concerns Focus Of 'Green Series' Luncheon Programs, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A series of luncheon programs to encourage awareness of and interest in environmental concerns begins Monday (March 31) at the University of Mississippi.


Natural Disaster Planning Is Focus Of Sea Grant Law Symposium, Will Mestayer Mar 2008

Natural Disaster Planning Is Focus Of Sea Grant Law Symposium, Will Mestayer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Specific needs to help ensure resiliency for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the event of natural disasters were addressed at the University of Mississippi Tuesday and Wednesday (March 25-26) during the National Sea Grant Law Center Symposium.


Journalism Department Introduces New Web Site Featuring Online Magazine, Blog, Deborah Purnell Mar 2008

Journalism Department Introduces New Web Site Featuring Online Magazine, Blog, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- A new Web site that merges the latest in digital, print and broadcast media has been launched by the Department of Journalism at the University of Mississippi.


Former Gov. William Winter To Speak At Institute's Banquet March 31, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

Former Gov. William Winter To Speak At Institute's Banquet March 31, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Former Gov. William Winter is the keynote speaker for the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation's anniversary banquet Monday (March 31) at the University of Mississippi.


Fourth-Graders Learn About Court, Trials During Visit To Law School, Jennifer Farish Mar 2008

Fourth-Graders Learn About Court, Trials During Visit To Law School, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Forty fourth-graders from Lafayette Elementary School witnessed a staged crime and court trial during their trip to the University of Mississippi School of Law Wednesday (March 26).


University-Oxford Airport Provides Needed Service, Fuels Local Economy, Tobie Baker Mar 2008

University-Oxford Airport Provides Needed Service, Fuels Local Economy, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- From open-cockpit monoplanes that sound like floating Weed Eaters to multipassenger, twin-engine jets roaring toward the speed of sound, aircraft using the University-Oxford Airport at Clegg Field provide a boost to the local economy and a convenience for travelers.


Opening Session Of Oxford Book Conference Centers On Mississippi Women Library Exhibit, Elaine Pugh Mar 2008

Opening Session Of Oxford Book Conference Centers On Mississippi Women Library Exhibit, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Early registrants for the Oxford Conference for the Book on opening day April 3 have an opportunity to attend a luncheon at 11:30 a..m. in the J.D. Williams Library's Department of Archives and Special Collections.


Business Plan Competition For All Students Offers Prizes, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2008

Business Plan Competition For All Students Offers Prizes, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students at the University of Mississippi have an opportunity to be on the cusp of the next big business idea with the Gillespie Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the School of Business Administration.


Award-Winning Writer Ellen Gilchrist Is Guest Panelist At Book Conference April 5, Jennifer Southall Mar 2008

Award-Winning Writer Ellen Gilchrist Is Guest Panelist At Book Conference April 5, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - National Book Award winner Ellen Gilchrist agreed to come home to Mississippi for the 15th Oxford Conference for the Book because the timing was good.


Disaster Warning Sirens To Be Tested March 27, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

Disaster Warning Sirens To Be Tested March 27, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Six new digital warning sirens with voice capabilities are slated for testing at the University of Mississippi Thursday (March 27) in preparation for a possible tornado, earthquake, natural disaster or man-made threat.


Oxford Book Conference April 3-5 Dedicated To Zora Neale Hurston, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2008

Oxford Book Conference April 3-5 Dedicated To Zora Neale Hurston, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The life and work of writer, folklorist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston is to be spotlighted at the 15th annual Oxford Conference for the Book April 3-5, hosted by the University of Mississippi.


University Museum To Host Master Gardeners Lecture Series, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

University Museum To Host Master Gardeners Lecture Series, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Master Gardeners of Oxford and Lafayette County launch their annual spring lecture series Thursday (March 27) at the University of Mississippi.


Journalism Faculty To Present At Six-State Regional Conference In New Orleans, Staff Report Mar 2008

Journalism Faculty To Present At Six-State Regional Conference In New Orleans, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four University of Mississippi journalism faculty members are program participants for the six-state Society of Professional Journalists Regional Conference March 28-29 in New Orleans.


Law School's Dunbar Lecturer To Discuss Relationship Between Law And Philosophy, Jennifer Farish Mar 2008

Law School's Dunbar Lecturer To Discuss Relationship Between Law And Philosophy, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Texas at Austin law professor Brian Leiter plans to examine the Realist theory of adjudication in a Thursday (March 27) lecture set to take place in the Lamar Law Center on campus.


Traci Mitchell Named Interim Director Of Student Media Center, Lindsey Phillips Mar 2008

Traci Mitchell Named Interim Director Of Student Media Center, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - After working 24 years with University of Mississippi student media, Traci Mitchell has been named interim director of the S. Gale Denley Student Media Center. She oversees all aspects of student media, from the student-run newspaper, yearbook, radio station and television station to the advertising and marketing departments.


Southern Studies Professor Selected For Distinguished Lectureship Program, Christina Lopez Mar 2008

Southern Studies Professor Selected For Distinguished Lectureship Program, Christina Lopez

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ted Ownby, interim director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has been chosen to participate in the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program.


Law Alumni, Officials To Break Ground For New Law Facility March 29, Jennifer Farish Mar 2008

Law Alumni, Officials To Break Ground For New Law Facility March 29, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Hundreds of University of Mississippi alumni, faculty, students and friends are expected to gather at the site of the university's new law building for a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday, March 29.


Scholarship Endowment Honors Pharmacy Alumnus, Sonia Thompson Mar 2008

Scholarship Endowment Honors Pharmacy Alumnus, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Like most little girls, Cecilia Caldwell adored her daddy. From the time she was a 2-year-old sitting beside him as he drove, to fishing with him and her brothers on Wissahickon Creek, Cecilia could usually be found by his side. He was her hero.


'Home Makeover' Art Exhibit On Display At University Museum Through April 6, Edwin Smith Mar 2008

'Home Makeover' Art Exhibit On Display At University Museum Through April 6, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A colorful collection of prints portraying household and botanical imagery is on display at the University of Mississippi Museum through April 6.


Ummc Named To Annual Top 100 Hospitals, Staff Report Mar 2008

Ummc Named To Annual Top 100 Hospitals, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Medical Center is listed among the 100 top hospitals in the country as designated by Thomson Healthcare, a national health care information company.


Insurance Symposium Scheduled March 25-26, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2008

Insurance Symposium Scheduled March 25-26, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The year 2008 as a defining point in time is the focus for discussion during the 13th annual Insurance Symposium March 25-26 at the University of Mississippi.