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Designated Areas Limit Tobacco Use On Oxford Campus, Barbara Lago Sep 2007

Designated Areas Limit Tobacco Use On Oxford Campus, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Effective today, those who choose to smoke, dip or chew on the University of Mississippi campus must do so only in 30 outdoor "Designated Tobacco-Use Areas," according to the university's new policy governing the use of tobacco products. Before today, tobacco users could light up just about anywhere outdoors, except in stands at football and baseball stadiums.


Efforts To Curb Alcohol Abuse Will Succeed Through Cooperation, Education, Robert C. Khayat Sep 2007

Efforts To Curb Alcohol Abuse Will Succeed Through Cooperation, Education, Robert C. Khayat

University of Mississippi News

By Robert C. Khayat As one of America's leading universities, it is our obligation to address the important issues facing our nation. For many years, society has recognized that the misuse of alcohol among young people has been the number one social challenge on our nation's college and university campuses.


Liberto Creates Lasting Tribute To Mom’S Belief In Education, Tina Hahn Aug 2007

Liberto Creates Lasting Tribute To Mom’S Belief In Education, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Maureen Liberto remembers pursuing a demanding doctoral program while juggling her busy family and career. When Liberto entertained the thought of ending the coursework, her mother gave the encouragement Liberto needed to persevere. Liberto, who successfully completed that doctorate and enjoyed a career in higher education, is honoring her mother's belief in the worth of education through the new Geraldine McGuire Heffernan Women's Council Scholarship Endowment at the University of Mississippi.


Alcohol Task Force To Reconvene For Progress Reports From City, University, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2007

Alcohol Task Force To Reconvene For Progress Reports From City, University, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The university's Alcohol Task Force plans to reconvene Tuesday (Sept. 4) to hear reports from university and community officials on efforts to curb abusive and illegal drinking. The meeting, set for 3 p.m. in the Yerby Conference Center on campus, is open to the public. The session is to include presentations by Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth, UM Attorney Lee Tyner and Dean of Students Sparky Reardon.


New Rebels To Run Field Before First Home Game, Lindsey Phillips Aug 2007

New Rebels To Run Field Before First Home Game, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi freshmen can grab a spot in Ole Miss football lore by running across the field before kickoff Sept. 8 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.


Nasa Interactive Traveling Exhibit To Visit Oxford Campus Sept. 20-21, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Nasa Interactive Traveling Exhibit To Visit Oxford Campus Sept. 20-21, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An interactive mobile exhibit that gives visitors a simulated journey into space comes to the University of Mississippi Sept. 20-21.


Honors College Grants Scholarships To 14 Outstanding Freshmen, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2007

Honors College Grants Scholarships To 14 Outstanding Freshmen, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Eleven students from Mississippi, two from Louisiana and one from the Ukraine have entered the University of Mississippi this fall on prestigious scholarships to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.


Business Community Offered Education Sessions On Japanese Customs, Etiquette, Stephen Belden Aug 2007

Business Community Offered Education Sessions On Japanese Customs, Etiquette, Stephen Belden

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In the coming months, northeast Mississippi will become home to families moving from Japan to work for Toyota at the car company's new Tupelo-area plant.


Museum Exhibition Showcases Theora Hamblett's ‘Famous Artists School' Experience, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Museum Exhibition Showcases Theora Hamblett's ‘Famous Artists School' Experience, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Rare and previously unseen paintings by Theora Hamblett are on display at the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses.


Censorship Film Series To Show, Discuss Controversial Subject Matter, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Censorship Film Series To Show, Discuss Controversial Subject Matter, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fascism, homosexuality, religious extremism and government intrusion are among the controversial subjects to be explored in the University of Mississippi's Censorship Film Series Sept. 5-Nov.19.


Ligo At-A-Glance, Staff Report Aug 2007

Ligo At-A-Glance, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

What is LIGO? The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is a facility dedicated to the detection of cosmic gravitational waves and the measurement of these waves for scientific research. It consists of two widely separated installations within the United States, operated in unison as a single observatory.


Williams Library To Host ‘Let's Talk About It' Reading And Discussion Series On Jewish Literature, Elaine Pugh Aug 2007

Williams Library To Host ‘Let's Talk About It' Reading And Discussion Series On Jewish Literature, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss – The John D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi is slated to host a free five-part reading and discussion series this fall titled "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination."


Physics Researchers Join Ligo In Search Of Gravitational Waves, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Physics Researchers Join Ligo In Search Of Gravitational Waves, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Neutron stars, space-time ripples and gravitational waves all sound more like something from the next "Star Trek" movie than serious science, but a team of University of Mississippi physicists has joined a worldwide collaboration to study these far-out phenomena.


Ford Center Kicks Off New Series Sept. 13 With Rik Reppe, Deborah Purnell Aug 2007

Ford Center Kicks Off New Series Sept. 13 With Rik Reppe, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Rik Reppe's "Staggering Toward America: The Journey Home " - a fascinating story of Reppe's trek from California to New York in the wake of Sept.11, 2001- is scheduled Sept. 13 at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts.


Authors John Grisham, Scott Turow To Headline Law School's Innocence Project Dinner, Jennifer Farish Aug 2007

Authors John Grisham, Scott Turow To Headline Law School's Innocence Project Dinner, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two award-winning writers are teaming up to raise money for the newly formed Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Grisham Writer-In-Residence To Read On Campus Aug. 28, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Grisham Writer-In-Residence To Read On Campus Aug. 28, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jack Pendarvis, the 2007-08 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi, reads from his work Tuesday, Aug. 28. The free, public program begins at 7 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium.


Ole Miss Fans Encouraged To Wear Red And Blue For Annual College Colors Day, Angie Barmer Aug 2007

Ole Miss Fans Encouraged To Wear Red And Blue For Annual College Colors Day, Angie Barmer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi officials urge all Rebel fans to pull out their best red and blue attire Friday, Aug. 31, for the third annual College Colors Day.


Memphis Couple Pledges $500,000 To Seed Classics Endowment, Sonia Thompson Aug 2007

Memphis Couple Pledges $500,000 To Seed Classics Endowment, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi supporters are so impressed with the positive direction that Chancellor Robert Khayat is taking the university that they have decided to help.


Healthworks Free Programming For Faculty, Staff Kicks Off Aug. 20, Tobie Baker Aug 2007

Healthworks Free Programming For Faculty, Staff Kicks Off Aug. 20, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - HealthWorks at the University of Mississippi offers various physical activities and health-related seminars to all faculty and staff free of charge beginning Aug. 20.


Freshmen Complete First Phase Of Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2007

Freshmen Complete First Phase Of Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 2,100 freshmen at the University of Mississippi have completed the first phase of a required alcohol abuse prevention program.


Researchers Find Social Networks Help People Recover From Disasters, Deborah Purnell Aug 2007

Researchers Find Social Networks Help People Recover From Disasters, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Researchers and government officials have known for two years that Hurricane Katrina caused population shifts across the Gulf Coast region, but University of Mississippi researchers have quantified just how sharp the decline has been in affected areas.


Nsf Officer To Discuss Opportunities Under Program To Stimulate Competitive Research, Staff Report Aug 2007

Nsf Officer To Discuss Opportunities Under Program To Stimulate Competitive Research, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A program officer from the National Science Foundation is scheduled to discuss the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR, at 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at the University of Mississippi.


Summer Orientation Groups Donate To Local Charities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2007

Summer Orientation Groups Donate To Local Charities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Freshman and transfer students who completed orientation at the University of Mississippi this summer have been involved in a special service project.


Madison Resident Lands Prestigious Day Scholarship To Study Business, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2007

Madison Resident Lands Prestigious Day Scholarship To Study Business, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Russell Cartledge Adams of Madison has been awarded the $40,000 Christine and Clarence Day Scholarship to nurture his entrepreneurial spirit at the University of Mississippi.


Variety Of Events Highlight Back-To-School Activities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2007

Variety Of Events Highlight Back-To-School Activities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi students look forward to a variety of events during Welcome Week, Aug. 18-25.


Two Mississippi Companies Support School Of Engineering, Sonia Thompson Aug 2007

Two Mississippi Companies Support School Of Engineering, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two of Mississippi's largest companies, Cellular South and Ergon Inc., have made generous contributions to the University of Mississippi School of Engineering. Both companies were founded by UM graduates.


Mfa Program In Creative Writing Lands On Atlantic Monthly's ‘Emerging' List, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Mfa Program In Creative Writing Lands On Atlantic Monthly's ‘Emerging' List, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at the University of Mississippi has been recognized by The Atlantic Monthly magazine as one of five "Up-and-Coming Programs" in the nation.


Students Learn International Aspects Of Insurance During Study In London, Angie Barmer Aug 2007

Students Learn International Aspects Of Insurance During Study In London, Angie Barmer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - From understanding the history represented by Westminster Abbey to meeting Eli Manning's underwriter, a recent week in London proved to be a lifetime experience for six University of Mississippi School of Business Administration students.


Media Advisory: Faculty Experts Available To Discuss Statewide Election Results, Staff Report Aug 2007

Media Advisory: Faculty Experts Available To Discuss Statewide Election Results, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The 1.7 million registered voters in the state are expected to turn out in near-record numbers today in Republican and Democratic primaries. Many of the posts will be decided, while in others the winners will either face a runoff Aug. 28 or advance to the Nov. 6 general election.


Adjunct Instructor In English Awarded Mississippi Arts Commission Grant, Edwin Smith Aug 2007

Adjunct Instructor In English Awarded Mississippi Arts Commission Grant, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi instructor has been awarded a $4,000 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission to produce a new play.