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Second Annual Vinson Memorial Scholarship Walk/Run Fundraiser Scheduled April 21, Tobie Baker Apr 2007

Second Annual Vinson Memorial Scholarship Walk/Run Fundraiser Scheduled April 21, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An April 21 fundraiser at the University of Mississippi honors the memory of beloved UM administrator T.P. Vinson and supports the scholarship endowment bearing his name.


Law Enforcement Alumni Honored By Um Legal Studies Department, Jennifer Farish Apr 2007

Law Enforcement Alumni Honored By Um Legal Studies Department, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jim Greenlee, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, delivered the keynote address and was among University of Mississippi alumni in law enforcement careers honored at a recent banquet, hosted by UM's Department of Legal Studies.


Sorority Chapter Sponsors Campus Bone Marrow Donor Registration, Deborah Purnell Apr 2007

Sorority Chapter Sponsors Campus Bone Marrow Donor Registration, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - "How long will this take?" is the first question most people ask Mary LeSueur, a recruitment specialist for the National Marrow Donor Program.


University To Concentrate On Education, Enforcement To Fight Alcohol Problem In Community, Mitchell Diggs Apr 2007

University To Concentrate On Education, Enforcement To Fight Alcohol Problem In Community, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is implementing a comprehensive plan to combat illegal and abusive use of alcohol. The approach includes an intensive education program, cooperation with local governments, better enforcement of alcohol laws and revised rules governing campus behavior.


Court Of Appeals To Hold Session At Lamar Law Center April 17, Jennifer Farish Apr 2007

Court Of Appeals To Hold Session At Lamar Law Center April 17, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – For the third consecutive year, the Court of Appeals of Mississippi plans to move its proceedings to the University of Mississippi School of Law for a special session in which law students have the opportunity to make oral arguments in cases pending before the court.


Spring Fest Sunday Features Nappy Roots Concert, Step Contest, Megan Daniel Apr 2007

Spring Fest Sunday Features Nappy Roots Concert, Step Contest, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Step into spring with Spring Fest 6 -10 p.m. Sunday (April 15) at the University of Mississippi featuring a step competition, wing-eating contest and Nappy Roots concert in the Grove.


Pianist To Perform Free Concert In Nutt Auditorium Friday, April 13, Deborah Purnell Apr 2007

Pianist To Perform Free Concert In Nutt Auditorium Friday, April 13, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Concert pianist Victor Asuncion presents a free, public program Friday (April 13) at the University of Mississippi.


Inaugural Gsa Diversity Awareness Award Presented By Its Founder, Elaine Pugh Apr 2007

Inaugural Gsa Diversity Awareness Award Presented By Its Founder, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A new diversity awareness award supporting the campus chapter of the Gay-Straight Alliance, or GSA, has been established at the University of Mississippi by an alumnus and awarded for the first time.


Federal Judge To Speak About His 21 Years On The Bench, Jeannie Waller Apr 2007

Federal Judge To Speak About His 21 Years On The Bench, Jeannie Waller

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A Mississippi federal court judge is the featured speaker for the 2007 Sherman L. Muths Jr. Lecture Series in Law Wednesday, April 11, at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


State Supreme Court Justice Cobb To Deliver Space Law Lecture, Jennifer Farish Apr 2007

State Supreme Court Justice Cobb To Deliver Space Law Lecture, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi Supreme Court Presiding Justice Kay Beevers Cobb is the featured speaker during the Journal of Space Law reunion Friday (April 13) at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Original Works Of Faculty, Students, Alumni To Be Featured In Ford Center Concert April 11, Deborah Purnell Apr 2007

Original Works Of Faculty, Students, Alumni To Be Featured In Ford Center Concert April 11, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A concert Wednesday (April 11) at the University of Mississippi highlights the original works of UM faculty, students and alumni.


Honors Day And Phi Kappa Phi Inductions Set For April 12, Phi Beta Kappa April 13, Lydia Hailman Apr 2007

Honors Day And Phi Kappa Phi Inductions Set For April 12, Phi Beta Kappa April 13, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Outstanding students from all disciplines and the top teacher on campus are to be recognized Thursday, April 12, at the University of Mississippi's 64th annual Honors Day Convocation.


Ole Miss Theatre To Present ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuse' At Fulton Chapel, April 12-15, Lateshia D. Harris Apr 2007

Ole Miss Theatre To Present ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuse' At Fulton Chapel, April 12-15, Lateshia D. Harris

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With gritty scenes of seduction and revenge, the romantic drama "Les Liaisons Dangereuse" is to be presented April 12-15 at the University of Mississippi.


Vc Kellum Presents Dsu's Myrtis Tabb With Statewide Women In Higher Ed Award, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2007

Vc Kellum Presents Dsu's Myrtis Tabb With Statewide Women In Higher Ed Award, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Myrtis Tabb, senior administrator for special projects at Delta State University, has been awarded the second annual Women in Higher Education Mississippi Network Leadership Award.


Engineering Center Awarded National $350,000 Contract For Airport Research Program, Edwin Smith Apr 2007

Engineering Center Awarded National $350,000 Contract For Airport Research Program, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Airport and aircraft safety stand to be greatly enhanced thanks to a $350,000 contract awarded to the Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology at the University of Mississippi.


Canadian Pianist To Perform Season's Final Piano Series Concert April 10, Deborah Purnell Apr 2007

Canadian Pianist To Perform Season's Final Piano Series Concert April 10, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Accomplished pianist Garnet Ungar performs Tuesday (April 10) at the University of Mississippi.


Neshoba County Rebel Club Sets Reorganization Lunch Meeting, Scott Thompson Apr 2007

Neshoba County Rebel Club Sets Reorganization Lunch Meeting, Scott Thompson

University of Mississippi News

University of Mississippi alumni and friends in Neshoba County are invited to a reorganization meeting of the Neshoba County Rebel Club Wednesday (April 11) in Philadelphia.


University Challenges Contestants As A Frequent 'Jeopardy!' Clue, Mitchell Diggs Apr 2007

University Challenges Contestants As A Frequent 'Jeopardy!' Clue, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi is the subject of clues on four different episodes of “Jeopardy!” airing through May 17. The university even gets its own category, called "Welcome to Ole Miss," in the episode airing Tuesday (April 10).


Inaugural African-American Studies Symposium To Feature Visiting Scholars, Tobie Baker Apr 2007

Inaugural African-American Studies Symposium To Feature Visiting Scholars, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Four interdisciplinary scholars from across the country examine race and the region in a daylong symposium Monday, April 9, at the University of Mississippi.


Gallery At Marimekko To Host Art Students' Bfa Exhibitions, Staff Report Apr 2007

Gallery At Marimekko To Host Art Students' Bfa Exhibitions, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Who says college students don't have a voice? Susan Lopez and Summer Davis, seniors at the University of Mississippi, intend for their BFA thesis exhibitions to speak loud and clear, causing people to stop and think.


Firm Establishes Scholarship In Memory Of Law Alumnus, Jeannie Waller Apr 2007

Firm Establishes Scholarship In Memory Of Law Alumnus, Jeannie Waller

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi alumnus has been memorialized with an endowment bearing his name to help ensure the education of future law students at his alma mater.


Stanford University Geophysicist To Launch Woods Order Lecture Series April 13, Edwin Smith Apr 2007

Stanford University Geophysicist To Launch Woods Order Lecture Series April 13, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – An accomplished University of Mississippi engineering alumnus returns to his alma mater April 13 to share information on how research collaboration can help curb the effects of global warming.


Honors College Junior Studying In Buenos Aires On Prestigious Ies Scholarship, Genie Alice Via Apr 2007

Honors College Junior Studying In Buenos Aires On Prestigious Ies Scholarship, Genie Alice Via

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi junior Joshua Norris of Jackson is spending the spring semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina, taking a full load of academic courses and living with a local family.


Two School Of Pharmacy Faculty Become Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists, Dabney Weems Apr 2007

Two School Of Pharmacy Faculty Become Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Katie S. McClendon and Daniel M. Riche, both clinical assistant professors of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi, have earned specialty certification in pharmacotherapy from the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties.


Um In Running To Host 2008 Presidential Debate, Tobie Baker Apr 2007

Um In Running To Host 2008 Presidential Debate, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is among 19 proposed host sites for the 2008 presidential debates.


Pharmacology Professor Receives $504,000 Grant, Purchases University's First Confocal Microscope, Lydia Hailman Apr 2007

Pharmacology Professor Receives $504,000 Grant, Purchases University's First Confocal Microscope, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Thanks to a new powerful state-of-the-art microscope, University of Mississippi researchers can better understand how cells work and diseases originate. They can even inspect nonliving cells that make up everyday items such as computers, batteries and tires.


Chucky Mullins Courage Award Banquet Set For Friday At Indoor Practice Facility, Langston Rogers Apr 2007

Chucky Mullins Courage Award Banquet Set For Friday At Indoor Practice Facility, Langston Rogers

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The 18th annual Chucky Mullins Courage Award Banquet is slated for 6 p.m. Friday (April 6) in the University of Mississippi's Indoor Practice Facility.


Um Hosts Symposium For Educators To Be Impacted By New Toyota Plant, Tobie Baker Apr 2007

Um Hosts Symposium For Educators To Be Impacted By New Toyota Plant, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Nemawashi, a Japanese word, refers to the process of discussing problems and potential solutions with all of those affected to collect ideas and achieve agreement on a path forward.


School Of Law Officially Launches Fundraising Campaign, Jennifer Farish Apr 2007

School Of Law Officially Launches Fundraising Campaign, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. The University of Mississippi School of Law celebrated the formal launch of its fundraising campaign this week and announced that more than half of the $60 million goal already has been raised.


Mfa Student's Woodblock Print Is Expected To Break World Record, Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

Mfa Student's Woodblock Print Is Expected To Break World Record, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Christopher Brady never expected to break a record on the same football field where Eli Manning set numerous single-game and season records.