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Scientist Honored That His Discovery Of Flowering Plant Is Featured On Thai Stamp, Lauren Freeman Mar 2007

Scientist Honored That His Discovery Of Flowering Plant Is Featured On Thai Stamp, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss For most people, finding a previously undiscovered species of plant and being honored with a postage stamp are unimaginably rare events. But a University of Mississippi research scientist has accomplished both, thanks to a little luck and a lot of hard work.


Neshoba Democrat's Stanley Dearman To Be Honored With 2007 Silver Em Award, Staff Report Mar 2007

Neshoba Democrat's Stanley Dearman To Be Honored With 2007 Silver Em Award, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Stanley Dearman, whose editorials in The Neshoba Democrat called for reopening the case involving the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in his home county, has been named to receive the 2007 Silver Em.


Honors College Student Chosen For National Goldwater Scholarship, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2007

Honors College Student Chosen For National Goldwater Scholarship, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Crediting an uncle diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as his inspiration for setting career goals in medical research, University of Mississippi junior Brandon Skylur Russell has won one of the most prized national awards available to undergraduates.


2007 Grove Bowl Funds Davidson Scholarship, Offers Sports, Tailgating, Tobie Baker, Barbara Lago Mar 2007

2007 Grove Bowl Funds Davidson Scholarship, Offers Sports, Tailgating, Tobie Baker, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Grove Bowl 2007 not only provides University of Mississippi fans with an excuse for tailgating and autograph hunting, but also benefits the M-Club's scholarship fund.


Asb Officers Inaugurated On Steps Of Historic Lyceum, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2007

Asb Officers Inaugurated On Steps Of Historic Lyceum, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 2007-08 officers of the Associated Student Body at the University of Mississippi were inaugurated today (March 28) on the front steps of the Lyceum.


Celebrate Indian Culture During 'India Night' At Ford Center April 1, Megan Daniel Mar 2007

Celebrate Indian Culture During 'India Night' At Ford Center April 1, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - India's traditional food, fashion, song and dance take center stage at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts Sunday (April 1) during India Night.


Civil Engineering Research Center Awarded Technology Transfer Grant For Work In Pakistan, Edwin Smith Mar 2007

Civil Engineering Research Center Awarded Technology Transfer Grant For Work In Pakistan, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Traffic management in Pakistan's largest metropolitan city, Karachi, stands to improve thanks to a $94,000 grant to the Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology at the University of Mississippi.


Honors College Student From Sandersville Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Mar 2007

Honors College Student From Sandersville Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When Shadrack "Shad" Tucker White walked into the Lyceum Friday morning, he thought he was headed for a meeting with University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat. Instead, he opened the door to discover a roomful of people congratulating him on being selected as the university's latest Truman Scholar.


U.S. Army Field Band And Soldiers' Chorus To Perform Free Concert March 31, Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

U.S. Army Field Band And Soldiers' Chorus To Perform Free Concert March 31, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The internationally acclaimed U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus of Washington, D.C., continues its long history of presenting public performances when it appears at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Saturday (March 31).


Prospective College Students, Parents Invited To Spring Visit Day March 31, Staff Report Mar 2007

Prospective College Students, Parents Invited To Spring Visit Day March 31, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Prospective college students and their parents are invited to the University of Mississippi Saturday (March 31) for Spring Visit Day.


Student Dietetic Association Sponsors Box Top Drive For Bramlett Elementary School, Lauren Freeman Mar 2007

Student Dietetic Association Sponsors Box Top Drive For Bramlett Elementary School, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - To commemorate National Nutrition Month, the Student Dietetic Association at the University of Mississippi is sponsoring a drive to raise money for nutritious snacks for children at Bramlett Elementary School.


Um Institute To Host Symposium For School Districts Affected By Toyota Plant, Genie Alice Via Mar 2007

Um Institute To Host Symposium For School Districts Affected By Toyota Plant, Genie Alice Via

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The impact of the new Toyota plant being built near Tupelo on nearby school districts is the focus of a symposium later this week at the University of Mississippi.


Museum To Host Master Gardeners Lecture Series Beginning March 29, Edwin Smith Mar 2007

Museum To Host Master Gardeners Lecture Series Beginning March 29, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Members of the Lafayette County Master Gardeners - described as "rock stars of gardening" - are slated to speak during their annual Spring Lecture Series at the University of Mississippi Museum.


Pharmacy Student Receives National Scholarship From Professional Fraternity, Dabney Weems Mar 2007

Pharmacy Student Receives National Scholarship From Professional Fraternity, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fourth-year University of Mississippi pharmacy student Terry Lynn Zepponi of Indianola is among six students to receive a national Zada M. Cooper Scholarship from the Kappa Epsilon Foundation.


Students To Present Research At Poster Symposium, Lydia Hailman Mar 2007

Students To Present Research At Poster Symposium, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi students from various academic departments present their research Monday (March 26), when the campus chapter of Sigma Xi scientific research society hosts its annual poster symposium.


Aka Chapter Collaborates With Local Businesses To Sponsor Communitywide Health Fair March 24, Staff Report Mar 2007

Aka Chapter Collaborates With Local Businesses To Sponsor Communitywide Health Fair March 24, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Oxford residents can get free health services, including body composition and blood pressure testing, this weekend at a "Living in the Pink" communitywide health fair at Second Baptist Church, 611 Jackson Ave.


Kennon Observatory Open House Friday Offers Look At Moon, Planets, Stars, Edwin Smith Mar 2007

Kennon Observatory Open House Friday Offers Look At Moon, Planets, Stars, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A close-up look at the planets and beyond is available to amateur stargazers and other interested public Friday night (March 23) during open house at the University of Mississippi's Kennon Observatory.


Ole Miss Students Have Opportunity To Compete In Poetry Slam March 28-29, Genie Alice Via Mar 2007

Ole Miss Students Have Opportunity To Compete In Poetry Slam March 28-29, Genie Alice Via

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi students have a chance to wax poetic and show off their creativity next week in the "Ole Miss Poetry Slam."


Renowned Cosmologist To Offer Answers To Big Question In Lecture, Megan Daniel Mar 2007

Renowned Cosmologist To Offer Answers To Big Question In Lecture, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Virginia Trimble promises to answer the age-old question of "Man's Place in the Universe" Tuesday (March 27) at the University of Mississippi.


Um Hosts Region Vii Science And Engineering Fair March 27-28, Sarah Crabtree Mar 2007

Um Hosts Region Vii Science And Engineering Fair March 27-28, Sarah Crabtree

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 900 students in grades 1-12 are headed to the University of Mississippi next week to show off their knowledge of scientific principles and the results of careful observations at the 19th annual Region VII Science and Engineering Fair.


Media Advisory: Interview Opportunities For 'Whad'ya Know?', Staff Report Mar 2007

Media Advisory: Interview Opportunities For 'Whad'ya Know?', Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The popular public radio program "Whad'Ya Know?" featuring Michael Feldman is slated to broadcast live from the Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 10 a.m. Saturday (March 24). For interviews with Feldman, call Judith H. Kovalic, program marketing director,.


Nobel Prize-Winning Author Derek Walcott To Speak March 28, Edwin Smith Mar 2007

Nobel Prize-Winning Author Derek Walcott To Speak March 28, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nobel Prize-winning author Derek Walcott is a featured lecturer March 28 at the University of Mississippi.


Holly Springs Pharmacist Named To Advisory Committee, Dabney Weems Mar 2007

Holly Springs Pharmacist Named To Advisory Committee, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Holly Springs pharmacist Bob Lomenick has been named to the Dean's Advisory Committee for the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.


Mississippi Historical Society Recognizes Library Archivist For Preservation Work, Elaine Pugh Mar 2007

Mississippi Historical Society Recognizes Library Archivist For Preservation Work, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi librarian has received an Award of Merit from the Mississippi Historical Society for her outstanding work as director of the Department of Archives and Special Collections at the John D. Williams Library.


Mississippi Senate Celebrates Life Of Former Um Student, Genie Alice Via Mar 2007

Mississippi Senate Celebrates Life Of Former Um Student, Genie Alice Via

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A resolution celebrating the life of University of Mississippi student Will Townsend, who died Aug. 27, 2004, in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house fire, is to be presented to his family at a ceremony Tuesday (March 19) in Jackson.


New Startalk Program To Provide Chinese Immersion For High School Students, Lydia Hailman Mar 2007

New Startalk Program To Provide Chinese Immersion For High School Students, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than two dozen high school students get a chance to become proficient in Chinese this summer through Mississippi STARTALK, a new federally-funded program at the University of Mississippi.


2007 Frist Student Service Awards Nominations Open Through April 13, Staff Report Mar 2007

2007 Frist Student Service Awards Nominations Open Through April 13, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi is seeking nominations of faculty and staff members who go beyond the norm in rendering outstanding service to students. Students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff have until April 13 to submit nominations for the 13th annual Thomas Frist Student Service Awards.


Michael Feldman And The 'Whad'ya Know?' Gang Visit Ole Miss March 24 To Discuss 'All The News That Isn't', Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

Michael Feldman And The 'Whad'ya Know?' Gang Visit Ole Miss March 24 To Discuss 'All The News That Isn't', Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - If your answer to "Whad'Ya Know?" is "not much," then you're definitely a fit for Michael Feldman's hit public radio show "Whad'Ya Know?," which reaches 1.3 million listeners every week.


Community Mourns Death Of Professor Emeritus Queyja, Tobie Baker Mar 2007

Community Mourns Death Of Professor Emeritus Queyja, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Miguel Tomas Queyja, 80, died Thursday, March 15, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford after a long illness. He was assistant professor emeritus of modern languages at the University of Mississippi.


Artist Series Brings Opera 'Aida To Ford Center Stage March 27, Deborah Purnell Mar 2007

Artist Series Brings Opera 'Aida To Ford Center Stage March 27, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 90-member Bulgarian State Opera brings Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" to the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. March 27.