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Demographer's Katrina Assessment Included In National Exhibition June 7, Edwin Smith, Cynthia Bullion May 2006

Demographer's Katrina Assessment Included In National Exhibition June 7, Edwin Smith, Cynthia Bullion

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An investigation by a University of Mississippi sociologist into the effects of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi Gulf Coast residents is to be highlighted as part of a national science exposition June 7 in Washington, D.C.


Ole Miss Students To Spend Summer Studying Around The World, Deborah Purnell May 2006

Ole Miss Students To Spend Summer Studying Around The World, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Summer school started at the University of Mississippi this week, but many students have traded the traditional summer classrooms for more exciting locales far away.


Library Receives Early Musical Players Echoing Sounds Of Yesteryear, Tobie Baker May 2006

Library Receives Early Musical Players Echoing Sounds Of Yesteryear, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Patrons of the J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi may be surprised to hear sounds from the early 20th century echoing inside.


Faculty, Staff From Across Campus Honored For Outstanding Teaching, Research And Service, Staff Report May 2006

Faculty, Staff From Across Campus Honored For Outstanding Teaching, Research And Service, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Several University of Mississippi faculty and staff members have been honored for outstanding contributions to their respective schools.


L-O-U Summer Sunset Series Kicks Off Sixth Season June 4 With Acoustic Blues Concert, Staff Report May 2006

L-O-U Summer Sunset Series Kicks Off Sixth Season June 4 With Acoustic Blues Concert, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Lafayette-Oxford-University community is invited to enjoy the sixth annual L-O-U Summer Sunset Series at the University of Mississippi, beginning Sunday, June 4, with an evening of acoustic blues entertainment in the Grove.


Ole Miss Receives $1.5 Million Endowment For Scholarships To Benefit Alcorn County Students, Tobie Baker May 2006

Ole Miss Receives $1.5 Million Endowment For Scholarships To Benefit Alcorn County Students, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Robert Palmer Scott may be a man of mystery, having died leaving no known living relatives, but there's no doubt about plans for the $1.56 million endowment he left to the University of Mississippi.


Two Croft Students Chosen For Prestigious Fellowships, Jennifer Farish May 2006

Two Croft Students Chosen For Prestigious Fellowships, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two students in the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi have been selected for prestigious national fellowships.


Graduate Instructor In English Receives Teaching Award Honoring Predecessor, Edwin Smith May 2006

Graduate Instructor In English Receives Teaching Award Honoring Predecessor, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi doctoral student and graduate instructor in English has received an award that recognizes extraordinary teaching.


Civil Engineering Professor Receives Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, Edwin Smith May 2006

Civil Engineering Professor Receives Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A civil engineering professor at the University of Mississippi was recently honored as the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year in the School of Engineering.


Shaw Chosen Outstanding Teacher In Patterson School Of Accountancy, Elaine Pugh May 2006

Shaw Chosen Outstanding Teacher In Patterson School Of Accountancy, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - J. Riley Shaw, assistant professor, has been named the 2005-06 Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi.


Teacher Of Year Honor Crowns Banner Year For English Professor, Edwin Smith May 2006

Teacher Of Year Honor Crowns Banner Year For English Professor, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 2005-06 academic year has been filled with achievements for University of Mississippi English professor Ann Fisher-Wirth.


Pharmacy Faculty Honored For Outstanding Teaching, Research, Service, Dabney Weems May 2006

Pharmacy Faculty Honored For Outstanding Teaching, Research, Service, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Several faculty in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy were honored for teaching, research and service excellence with awards presented during the school's recent graduation ceremonies.


Annual Awards Given To Law School Faculty, Staff Member, Emilie Bramlett May 2006

Annual Awards Given To Law School Faculty, Staff Member, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two members of the University of Mississippi School of Law have been recognized for their extraordinary work and commitment to the school.


Health Promotion Prof Selected Top Faculty Member In School Of Applied Sciences, Jennifer Farish May 2006

Health Promotion Prof Selected Top Faculty Member In School Of Applied Sciences, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi assistant professor who developed a study-abroad course for students in the Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management has been named the 2006 outstanding faculty member in the School of Applied Sciences.


Grad Wins Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship For 2006-07, Deborah Purnell May 2006

Grad Wins Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship For 2006-07, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Marc Edward Walker, a 2006 graduate of the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a Walter and Adelheid Hohenstein Fellowship by Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.


Foundation Welcomes Four New Members To Advancement Team, Emilie Bramlett May 2006

Foundation Welcomes Four New Members To Advancement Team, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Foundation has added four new members to its advancement staff.


Summer Study Abroad Takes Faculty Members To Belgium, England, India, Turkey, Emilie Bramlett May 2006

Summer Study Abroad Takes Faculty Members To Belgium, England, India, Turkey, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four University of Mississippi professors plan to expand their teaching and research horizons while studying abroad this summer as part of an international education exchange program.


Faculty Honored With Research Fellowships, Edwin Smith May 2006

Faculty Honored With Research Fellowships, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Office of Research and Sponsored Programs honored 35 faculty members as recipients of 2006 Faculty Research Fellowships recently at its annual luncheon.


Jackson Couple Establishes Endowment In Honor Of Friend, Esteemed Administrator, Edwin Smith May 2006

Jackson Couple Establishes Endowment In Honor Of Friend, Esteemed Administrator, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Almost 10 years ago John H. "Tommy" Thames Jr. and his wife, Suzan, donated three parcels of prime property to the University of Mississippi Foundation. Over time, foundation officials sold the land, with proceeds totaling $262,518.


School Of Pharmacy Honors Alumnus With Inaugural Dean's Leadership Award, Mitchell Diggs May 2006

School Of Pharmacy Honors Alumnus With Inaugural Dean's Leadership Award, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has honored an adviser to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran with its inaugural Dean's Leadership Award.


Croft Scholar Awarded Boren Scholarship To Study Chinese Language In Hangzhou, China, Tobie Baker May 2006

Croft Scholar Awarded Boren Scholarship To Study Chinese Language In Hangzhou, China, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Learning the proper strokes to write Chinese characters requires resilience, but speaking the tonal language can pose greater problems.


Op Ed: Why Insist On Mladic's Arrest?, Timothy William Waters May 2006

Op Ed: Why Insist On Mladic's Arrest?, Timothy William Waters

University of Mississippi News

(This opinion piece ran in The New York Times, May 12, 2006) I don't think Europe should insist on arresting Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes. That's hardly the side of the debate one wants to be assigned, because Mladic - described as the engineer of ethnic cleansing at Srebrenica and Sarajevo in the 1990s - should be arrested and handed over to the United Nations' war crimes tribunal. But why might it not be a good idea for Europe to insist on it?


Teachers Statewide Can Register For Session On Preparing Students For Ap Exam, College, Mary Margaret Miller May 2006

Teachers Statewide Can Register For Session On Preparing Students For Ap Exam, College, Mary Margaret Miller

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Teachers from across the state gather at the University of Mississippi July 16-21 to gain insight and direction in how to better prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam and for a college curriculum.


Law Professor Appointed To National Committee, Jennifer Farish May 2006

Law Professor Appointed To National Committee, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi law professor has been appointed to the executive committee of the American Association of Law Schools' Section on Clinical Legal Education. Hans P. Sinha, clinical professor of law and director of the Prosecution Externship Program at the law school's National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, is to serve a three-year term.


Oped: Regulatory Price-Gouging At The Gas Pump, William F. Shughart Ii May 2006

Oped: Regulatory Price-Gouging At The Gas Pump, William F. Shughart Ii

University of Mississippi News

Blame the oil companies. That is a time-tested political tactic in America, and this year certainly is no exception.


Theatre Arts Prof Wins Award For Outstanding Teaching Of Freshmen, Deborah Purnell May 2006

Theatre Arts Prof Wins Award For Outstanding Teaching Of Freshmen, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Joe Turner Cantu, assistant professor of theatre arts at the University of Mississippi, is the 20th recipient of the annual Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen.


Professor's 10th Book Focuses On Post-9/11 Politics, Economics, Cynthia Bullion May 2006

Professor's 10th Book Focuses On Post-9/11 Politics, Economics, Cynthia Bullion

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Distinguished economist William F. Shughart II is on a mission to get people thinking differently about government's role in the American economy.


Court Reporting Professor Presented Statewide Award, Jennifer Farish May 2006

Court Reporting Professor Presented Statewide Award, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi court reporting professor has been awarded the 2006 Mississippi Court Reporters Association Lifetime Achievement Award.


Student Teams From Um And Usm Among Winners At Fedex Business Plan Competition, J. R. Queen May 2006

Student Teams From Um And Usm Among Winners At Fedex Business Plan Competition, J. R. Queen

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two graduate students from the University of Mississippi, along with their partners from the University of Southern Mississippi, outpaced two dozen competing teams as they placed in the top six at the recent FedEx Institute of Technology Business Plan Competition.


Journalist Judy Woodruff Urges Graduates To Be Tolerant Of Others, Vigilant In Demanding Truth, Mitchell Diggs May 2006

Journalist Judy Woodruff Urges Graduates To Be Tolerant Of Others, Vigilant In Demanding Truth, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When considering the divisive issue of immigration, Americans should consider the lessons learned and applied over the past four decades at the University of Mississippi, acclaimed journalist Judy Woodruff told graduates and families Saturday morning.