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Mathematician To Discuss Cancer Development And Genetics, Tobie Baker Feb 2007

Mathematician To Discuss Cancer Development And Genetics, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Memphis mathematician discusses the role of genetics in cancer development at 3 p.m. Friday at the University of Mississippi.


Keynote Address By Angela Davis, Other Public Events To Mark Black History Month, Tobie Baker Jan 2007

Keynote Address By Angela Davis, Other Public Events To Mark Black History Month, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – "They gave you sunshine, they gave you sea, they gave you everything but the jailhouse key. They gave you coffee, they gave you tea, they gave you everything but equality."


Russian Pianist Opens Spring Piano Series Feb. 6 In Newly Renovated Nutt Auditorium, Staff Report Jan 2007

Russian Pianist Opens Spring Piano Series Feb. 6 In Newly Renovated Nutt Auditorium, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Internationally acclaimed Russian pianist Nikita Fitenko opens the spring Piano Series Tuesday (Feb. 6) at the University of Mississippi in Nutt Auditorium in Scruggs Hall.


Ten Students Inducted Into 2006-07 Um Hall Of Fame, Staff Report Jan 2007

Ten Students Inducted Into 2006-07 Um Hall Of Fame, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ten seniors at the University of Mississippi have earned entry to the school's Hall of Fame, which is one of the university's highest honors.


Psychology Professor Receives International Award For Research, Tobie Baker Jan 2007

Psychology Professor Receives International Award For Research, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi psychology professor has received international acclaim as winner of the 2006 Viktor Frankl Promotional Award.


School Of Engineering Awarded $50,000 For Scholarships By Eads/Airbus Na, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

School Of Engineering Awarded $50,000 For Scholarships By Eads/Airbus Na, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The country's second largest aerospace and defense company has established an engineering scholarship at the University of Mississippi.


Poet Alan Shapiro To Read Feb. 12 As Grisham Visiting Writer, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Poet Alan Shapiro To Read Feb. 12 As Grisham Visiting Writer, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning poet Alan Shapiro is the John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer Feb. 12 at the University of Mississippi.


Early Georgia O'Keeffe Oil Painting At University Museum Through Feb. 22, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Early Georgia O'Keeffe Oil Painting At University Museum Through Feb. 22, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A beloved Georgia O'Keeffe oil painting has returned to the University of Mississippi Museum for a short stay.


Electrical Engineering Professor Named Ieee Fellow, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Electrical Engineering Professor Named Ieee Fellow, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi professor of electrical engineering has been accorded the prestigious rank of fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Atef Elsherbeni was conferred the fellowship by the IEEE Board of Directors for his contributions to computational electromagnetics, antenna and microwave applications. The total number of IEEE fellows selected in a single year does not exceed 0.1 percent of the total voting institute membership. Only 268 members were selected to the 2007 class.


Law Professor Rychlak To Be Honored By U.S. Holocaust Museum, Lydia Hailman Jan 2007

Law Professor Rychlak To Be Honored By U.S. Holocaust Museum, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law is being honored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Ron Rychlak, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Professor of Law and associate dean for academic affairs, is to be honored Feb. 6 at a Washington dinner recognizing his efforts toward preventing a future holocaust.


Political Science Department Moves Back To Renovated Deupree Hall, Tobie Baker Jan 2007

Political Science Department Moves Back To Renovated Deupree Hall, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi's Department of Political Science has returned to its home in Deupree Hall following a $1.1 million renovation.


Researchers Find Medicare Part D Trimmed Profits For Community Pharmacists, Staff Report Jan 2007

Researchers Find Medicare Part D Trimmed Profits For Community Pharmacists, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Created to help make prescription drugs more affordable for millions of senior citizens, Medicare Part D has a potential downside for the nation's community pharmacists, a new report by the Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management indicates.


Author, Editor David Baker Is Grisham Visiting Writer Feb. 6, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Author, Editor David Baker Is Grisham Visiting Writer Feb. 6, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Author and editor David Baker is the John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer Feb. 6 at the University of Mississippi.


Alcohol Task Force Recommends Stricter Enforcement, Making 'Two-Strike Rule' Permanent, Mitchell Diggs Jan 2007

Alcohol Task Force Recommends Stricter Enforcement, Making 'Two-Strike Rule' Permanent, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's Alcohol Task Force recommends that the "two-strike rule," implemented on an interim basis in October 2006, become a permanent part of campus regulations governing student conduct.


Internationally Renowned Scientist E.O. Wilson To Speak At Honors College Convocation, Lydia Hailman Jan 2007

Internationally Renowned Scientist E.O. Wilson To Speak At Honors College Convocation, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi welcomes distinguished biologist Edward O. Wilson as this year's spring convocation speaker.


Media Advisory: Alcohol Task Force Presents Report To Chancellor Tuesday, Staff Report Jan 2007

Media Advisory: Alcohol Task Force Presents Report To Chancellor Tuesday, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi's Alcohol Task Force is to present its final report to Chancellor Robert Khayat at 4 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 23) in Butler Auditorium. The report includes the findings of the baseline, education and prevention, peer institutions and policy subcommittees. It outlines the task force recommendations for reducing abusive and illegal drinking on campus. The meeting is open to the public.


New English Chair Proposes More Diversity In Literature, Changes In Writing Program, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

New English Chair Proposes More Diversity In Literature, Changes In Writing Program, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The arrival of 2007 has brought a new perspective to Patrick Quinn, chair of the University of Mississippi's Department of English.


Dancer Gus Solomons Jr To Give Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Feb. 1, Lydia Hailman Jan 2007

Dancer Gus Solomons Jr To Give Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Feb. 1, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning dancer and choreographer Gus Solomons jr is this year's Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar at the University of Mississippi. The renowned artist visits campus Feb. 1-2 to deliver the annual lecture and interact with students and faculty.


Multimedia News Release Launched, Staff Report Jan 2007

Multimedia News Release Launched, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Welcome to the Office of Media and Public Relations’ new multimedia news release format. We offer a standard news release, video, audio, hi-resolution images and a timeline. Feel free to include the video or images on your Web site. Check back with us for more multimedia news releases in the future.


Faculty Authors Of Gender-Related Books To Present Discussion At Off Square Books Jan. 23, Staff Report Jan 2007

Faculty Authors Of Gender-Related Books To Present Discussion At Off Square Books Jan. 23, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Off Square Books in Oxford welcomes four University of Mississippi faculty members and authors of recently published gender-related books for a panel discussion Tuesday (Jan. 23).


World Space Agency Needed, Say Space Law Experts At Um Round Table, Jennifer Farish Jan 2007

World Space Agency Needed, Say Space Law Experts At Um Round Table, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Though current space law policy does not support the establishment of a world space agency or similar organization, some international space law experts meeting today (Thursday) at the University of Mississippi say it's just a matter of time before such an agency becomes a reality.


Winter Institute Secures $146,000 Grant Toward Restoration Of Rosenwald School, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Winter Institute Secures $146,000 Grant Toward Restoration Of Rosenwald School, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi has secured a $146,000 grant to complete the restoration of the historic Rosenwald School in Drew.


Ole Miss Student Media Katrina Documentary To Air Jan. 18 On Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Staff Report Jan 2007

Ole Miss Student Media Katrina Documentary To Air Jan. 18 On Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - "Pressing On," a 30-minute documentary about how five Mississippi Coast newspapers continued delivering news after Hurricane Katrina, premieres on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television at 8 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 18). Ralph Braseth, co-producer of the documentary, said he arrived on the coast the day after Hurricane Katrina and made 12 more trips there over the next 10 months to document the story.


Center Of Research Excellence Offers Community Outreach Programs, Angie Barmer Jan 2007

Center Of Research Excellence Offers Community Outreach Programs, Angie Barmer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Center of Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience at the University of Mississippi is launching a Community Outreach Program that addresses the effects of natural products and/or herbal supplements.


Mba Students Hone Public Speaking Skills In ‘Speaker’S Edge’ Event Jan. 18-19, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2007

Mba Students Hone Public Speaking Skills In ‘Speaker’S Edge’ Event Jan. 18-19, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – In this age of communicating by text messaging and e-mail, it may seem that the art of speaking is going out of style. However, students in the University of Mississippi's School of Business Administration are getting a special lesson in the beauty of the spoken word.


'Delta Constant' Photography Exhibition At University Museum Jan. 16-March 18, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

'Delta Constant' Photography Exhibition At University Museum Jan. 16-March 18, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Photographs of the Earth's deltas are on display at the University of Mississippi Museum & Historic Houses through March 18.


Barksdales To Give $12.8 Million To Sally Mcdonnell Barksdale Honors College, Sonia Thompson Jan 2007

Barksdales To Give $12.8 Million To Sally Mcdonnell Barksdale Honors College, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jim Barksdale, former president and CEO of Netscape Communications Corp., and his wife, Donna, are giving $12.8 million to the University of Mississippi to support and enrich educational opportunities in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College


Author Howard Owen To Read Jan. 30 As Grisham Visiting Writer, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Author Howard Owen To Read Jan. 30 As Grisham Visiting Writer, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Novelist Howard Owen reads from his work Jan. 30 at the University of Mississippi.


Space Law Round Table To Draw Participants From Across The Globe, Jennifer Farish Jan 2007

Space Law Round Table To Draw Participants From Across The Globe, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - From Brazil to Thailand, representatives from dozens of space law organizations will converge in Oxford Jan. 18 for a one-day round-table discussion.


Honors College Student Finalist For Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Edwin Smith Jan 2007

Honors College Student Finalist For Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A student in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi is a finalist for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship.