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Professor To Share Space Law Knowledge With Experts From Around The World, Jennifer Farish Nov 2007

Professor To Share Space Law Knowledge With Experts From Around The World, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi law professor is scheduled to join space law experts and educators from around the world Dec. 3-4 in Vienna to explore the possibility of a basic course on space law as requested by a subcommittee of the United Nations.


Scholarship Endowed In Memory Of Business Alumnus Ed Howard, Sonia Thompson Nov 2007

Scholarship Endowed In Memory Of Business Alumnus Ed Howard, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Ed Howard always had a zest for life. He especially loved horsing around with his nieces and nephews, spending time with his wife, Rita, and following Ole Miss sports. He never slowed down, even when he got sick, and was always trying new things such as watercolor painting and playing guitar. Rita remembers that one of Ed's favorite tunes to strum was "You Are My Sunshine."


Winter Institute's 'Year Of Dialogue On Race' Continues, Sarah Crabtree Walker Nov 2007

Winter Institute's 'Year Of Dialogue On Race' Continues, Sarah Crabtree Walker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Since the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation kicked off its "Welcome Table: A Year of Dialogue on Race" program in June, it has held successful events and gained new members.


Overby Center To Host Education Panel, Discuss 1982 Education Reform Act, Nov. 30, Staff Report Nov 2007

Overby Center To Host Education Panel, Discuss 1982 Education Reform Act, Nov. 30, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The combination of journalistic pressure and hardball politics that produced Mississippi's historic Education Reform Act of 1982 is to be discussed by participants of the struggle in a program Nov. 30 at the University of Mississippi's Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.


University To Host Presidential Debate, Jeffrey Alford Nov 2007

University To Host Presidential Debate, Jeffrey Alford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. The University of Mississippi has been selected to host the first of three presidential debates in 2008.


University Community Donates To Needy Families, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2007

University Community Donates To Needy Families, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi students, faculty and staff participated in the annual Adopt-a-Basket program this week, donating 274 baskets filled with ingredients for Thanksgiving meals for needy families in the Oxford area.


Business School Dean To Step Down Next Month, Staff Report Nov 2007

Business School Dean To Step Down Next Month, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Brian Reithel, dean of the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration since 2003, is stepping down in December to return to full-time teaching and research.


Mississippi's Morganwhite Group Seeds Scholarship Endowment With $200,000 Pledge, Sonia Thompson Nov 2007

Mississippi's Morganwhite Group Seeds Scholarship Endowment With $200,000 Pledge, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The MorganWhite Group, a Mississippi company headquartered in Jackson, has pledged $200,000 to create the MorganWhite Group Scholarship Endowment in Insurance and Human Resources Management at the University of Mississippi.


Tailgating Guru Returning To The Grove To Celebrate His Honeymoon, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2007

Tailgating Guru Returning To The Grove To Celebrate His Honeymoon, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Joe Cahn, the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Tailgating," is getting married Friday (Nov. 16) in New Orleans. After a casual ceremony at St. Michael's Special School and reception at a local restaurant, Cahn and his bride plan to head off on their honeymoon to … Oxford.


Watercolors By Mississippi Artist Marie Hull On Display At Museum Through Dec. 20, Edwin Smith Nov 2007

Watercolors By Mississippi Artist Marie Hull On Display At Museum Through Dec. 20, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- As famed Mississippi artist Marie Hull traveled throughout the country and to Europe and northern Africa, she immortalized her memories in some of the most vivid watercolor paintings imaginable.


Lecturer Offers Linguistics Majors Career Insights In Forensic Linguistics, Tobie Baker Nov 2007

Lecturer Offers Linguistics Majors Career Insights In Forensic Linguistics, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Students majoring in linguistics at the University of Mississippi expressed excitement Tuesday after hearing a language expert discuss career opportunities in the field of forensic linguistics.


Sophomore Awarded National Honor Society Scholarship, Emily Eskew Nov 2007

Sophomore Awarded National Honor Society Scholarship, Emily Eskew

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Billie-Jean Lalita Forrest of Toccopola, a sophomore at the University of Mississippi, is among 50 students nationwide to receive a $1,000 Merit Award scholarship presented by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.


Southern Religious Roadside Signs Inspire Book, Lori Simpson Nov 2007

Southern Religious Roadside Signs Inspire Book, Lori Simpson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- For Joe York, a producer and director of documentary films at the University of Mississippi, the idea to publish a book of photos of Southern religious road signs came out of a plan about biscuits.


Art Thesis Exhibition Preparations Challenging, Helping Prepare Young Artists For Real World, Lindsey Phillips Nov 2007

Art Thesis Exhibition Preparations Challenging, Helping Prepare Young Artists For Real World, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Despite studio classes and midterm exams, six University of Mississippi senior art majors have completed time-consuming artwork and scheduled Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibitions this fall in Meek Hall Gallery 130.


Campus Organization Teaches About Chinese Food, Culture In Debut Event, Lauren Freeman Nov 2007

Campus Organization Teaches About Chinese Food, Culture In Debut Event, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. ­ Curious dinner guests venturing into Lenoir Hall on a recent evening were greeted by the aroma of freshly prepared, authentic Chinese cuisine. With not one egg roll or bowl of fried rice in sight, the appetites of diners were satisfied with an atypical, three-course Chinese meal.


Portrait Of Lenoir Hall Donors Unveiled By Department Of Family And Consumer Sciences, Jennifer Farish Nov 2007

Portrait Of Lenoir Hall Donors Unveiled By Department Of Family And Consumer Sciences, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- In a recent private ceremony at the University of Mississippi, officials unveiled a portrait of the couple who generously made possible the renovation of Lenoir Hall into a permanent home for the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.


Orientation And Parent Programs Office Expands, Hires Coordinator, Matt King Nov 2007

Orientation And Parent Programs Office Expands, Hires Coordinator, Matt King

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Office of Orientation and Parent Programs at the University of Mississippi is expanding and a recent UM graduate, who served as president of the Associated Student Body, is its new coordinator.


Digital Revolution In Filmmaking Discussed In Lecture By Pixar Scientist, Tobie Baker Nov 2007

Digital Revolution In Filmmaking Discussed In Lecture By Pixar Scientist, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With a few simple pen strokes, most anyone can draw a stick figure, but producing today's cartoons requires more than artistic ability.


Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Encourages South To Forsake Past Prejudices, Embrace Future, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Nov 2007

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Encourages South To Forsake Past Prejudices, Embrace Future, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - While the South hasn't completely forsaken old prejudices, there are positive signs they're becoming part of a storied past.


Regional Racial Reconciliation Efforts Proving To Be Slow, But Successful, Edwin Smith Nov 2007

Regional Racial Reconciliation Efforts Proving To Be Slow, But Successful, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Efforts to improve race relations and implement policy reforms in Southern communities have been successful, but change remains a slow process.


Four From Um Honored As 'Dynamic Women Of Mississippi' By Madison Chamber Of Commerce, Elaine Pugh Nov 2007

Four From Um Honored As 'Dynamic Women Of Mississippi' By Madison Chamber Of Commerce, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Four women from the University of Mississippi are included in this year's class of a statewide honor coordinated by the city of Madison Chamber of Commerce.


Um, Holmes Community College Team To Offer Education Classes In Grenada, Pam Starling Nov 2007

Um, Holmes Community College Team To Offer Education Classes In Grenada, Pam Starling

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat and Holmes Community College President Glenn Boyce met in Grenada today and signed an agreement bringing higher education to more Mississippians through a joint venture.


Media Advisory: Khayat, Boyce To Sign Agreement Creating Joint Venture In Grenada, Staff Report Nov 2007

Media Advisory: Khayat, Boyce To Sign Agreement Creating Joint Venture In Grenada, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat and Holmes Community College President Glenn Boyce are to sign an agreement creating a joint venture at the Holmes-Grenada Center campus at 9 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 8). The ceremony is set for the Grenada Center administrative offices at 1060 Avent Drive.


Gift To Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Celebrates 30 Years, Sonia Thompson Nov 2007

Gift To Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Celebrates 30 Years, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To help mark 30 years of examining, reflecting upon and celebrating Southern culture, Michelle Hyver Oakes has pledged $30,000 to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Oakes, who recently became chair of the center's advisory committee, said she feels strong ties to both the center and Ole Miss.


Doug Marlette Exhibit To Open At Overby Center Nov. 12, Staff Report Nov 2007

Doug Marlette Exhibit To Open At Overby Center Nov. 12, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- A program at the University of Mississippi's Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics Monday (Nov. 12) highlights the opening of an exhibition of more than 50 pieces of work by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette.


A Sonic Zoom: Um Physicist Verifies That Sound Can Travel Faster Than Light, Admin Nov 2007

A Sonic Zoom: Um Physicist Verifies That Sound Can Travel Faster Than Light, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Engineering Faculty Encourage Attendance At Earthquake Preparedness Workshop, Admin Nov 2007

Engineering Faculty Encourage Attendance At Earthquake Preparedness Workshop, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


University Museum Releases Collectible Holiday Keepsake Depicting Rowan Oak, Will Mestayer Nov 2007

University Museum Releases Collectible Holiday Keepsake Depicting Rowan Oak, Will Mestayer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In tune with the approaching holiday season, the University of Mississippi Museum has released a unique collectible, its seventh in a series.


International Student Group Plans Night Of Sharing Native Traditions Nov. 11, Erica Brown Nov 2007

International Student Group Plans Night Of Sharing Native Traditions Nov. 11, Erica Brown

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students from around the globe plan to gather Sunday (Nov. 11) to share and learn during International Night at the University of Mississippi.


Multicultural Organization To Host Chinese Dinner For Students And Locals, Lauren Freeman Nov 2007

Multicultural Organization To Host Chinese Dinner For Students And Locals, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A taste of authentic Chinese cuisine is offered at the University of Mississippi Thursday (Nov. 8) when the new Cook! Eat! Share! organization hosts its first civic dinner.