Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is expanding hands-on learning opportunities for students through a new partnership with the University of Mississippi as part of the Gulf Scholars Program. Supported by a $75,000 grant from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,…
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law and the University of Southern Mississippi have forged a new partnership that allows USM undergraduate students to earn a law degree in less time through the schools' new Accelerated Law School Pathway. Officials signed…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (AP) — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962. Meredith, 91, wore a red Ole…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 2:35 PM CST, December 3, 2024 A University of Mississippi student who disappeared in 2022 was a happy person who spoke with his mother daily and called her every year to sing happy birthday, his mom…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State students who aspire to become attorneys now have a new accelerated pathway into the legal profession thanks to a new university partnership with the University of Mississippi. Mississippi State and UM’s School of Law formally signed an…
Ole Miss receives funds for the school's new cannabis program. Governor Tate Reeves recently signed a bill that establishes the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program at Ole Miss. State Senator Kevin Blackwell spearheaded that legislation. Under this program, researchers will…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A college town in Mississippi temporarily closed a street Wednesday after a delivery truck dropped dozens of cases of beer. The spill happened in Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. The Oxford Police Department posted photos…
OXFORD, Miss. – Designing a satellite just larger than a Rubik's Cube may seem daunting to some, but for four Mississippi college students, it's just rocket science. Three University of Mississippi students and one from Jackson State University are spending their summer…
OXFORD, Miss. – Via Bleidner kept detailed journals after transferring from a Catholic school to a Los Angeles County high school full of wealthy, fame-seeking teenagers. Her coming-of-age accounts shared in "If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous By Now"…
OXFORD, Miss. – From across the world, University of Mississippi biology major Christian Boudreaux received a life-changing Zoom call from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. Despite Zanzibar's spotty internet service, the message was clear: Boudreaux had won a coveted Truman Scholarship. The Harry…
OXFORD, Miss. – The Military Friendly Advisory Council has named the University of Mississippi among the top 10 schools in the nation for military preparedness, an all-time high for Mississippi's flagship university. Military Friendly ranks colleges and universities across the…
BD is one of the world's largest global technology companies, employing more than 70,000 people working to develop technology, services and solutions that help advance clinical therapy for patients and the clinical process for health care providers. Through the new partnership,…
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Grove Scholars program – which helps Mississippians from underrepresented groups earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics or health care – is growing as it enriches lives and makes the state's workforce…
The Mississippi Space Grant Consortium has awarded two seed grants to the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy that will enable six first-year students to conduct innovative research on space medicine. Each $33,000 grant was secured through the organization's Student…
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumna Jilkiah Bryant has been awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, making her the third Marshall Scholar in the university’s history. Bryant, a 2023 graduate with a degree in public health and health sciences, plans…
A second fraternity at the University of Mississippi has been suspended for violating the university's hazing policy. Brent Marsh, the assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs, sent a letter to the Fraternity Sorority Life community members saying the Lambda Pi…
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi announced today that the fall 2021 semester will be offered fully in person and on campus, a return to pre-COVID-19 operations. UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce shared the announcement with students, faculty and staff,…
COVID-19 outbreaks have been found at two of Mississippi’s eight public universities within days of students returning to campuses. Dr. Thomas Dobbs says cases at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus appear…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate monument that’s been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi is being removed from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus. It will be taken to a…
The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved the University of Mississippi’s request to relocate the Confederate Monument from its current campus location, at the front of the Circle on University Avenue, to the University Cemetery,…
College Board trustees announced by news release Friday that they had voted unanimously to appoint Glenn Boyce to the post, even as protesters claimed the move to short-circuit the remainder of the selection process proved trustees were corrupt.
The State College Board announced that the chancellor of Ole Miss, Jeffrey Vitter, will be stepping down in January. After serving three years in the university’s top administrative position, Vitter is resigning on January 3rd. He will remain as a…
Years after it traded Colonel Reb for a bear, the University of Mississippi could again change its sidelines mascot. Student government president Dion Kevin III announced Monday that students will vote next week on changing from a black bear to…
The University of Mississippi will post signs acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The university made the announcement Thursday, also saying Ole Miss will strip the name of James K. Vardaman…