English professor and author Ben W. McClelland, who recently published a memoir of his emotional quest to "know" his father who was killed shortly after being captured during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, reflects on the dedication of the WWII memorial and current conflicts abroad.
A multi-racial task force has announced plans for a June 20 event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers and is seeking justice in the case, with help from the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi.
An MBA team has won what industry leaders call the "Super Bowl" of all business-plan competitions. UM took top honors at the Babcock Elevator Competition March 26-27, besting teams from the nation's premiere business schools.
National Poison Prevention Week, March 21-27, is a great time to look around the house and make sure children are not exposed to everyday substances that can cause accidental poisonings.
More than 38 million people are filling out brackets this week for their office or bar NCAA basketball tournament pools, and fantasy sports researcher Kim Beason offers tips and strategies to improve your chances when making your picks.
Allen B. Morgan Jr., chairman of Morgan Keegan & Company, and The Honorable Donald E. Powell, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., headline the March 19 Banking and Finance Symposium. The meeting offers insights for business and sports reporters.
The National Center for Natural Products Research at UM and the nonprofit Medicines for Malaria Venture have formed a partnership to study a compound that has shown promising activities against the malaria parasite, possibly leading to a treatment for radical cure for Plasmodium vivax.
A personally written love letter--the best Valentine's Day gift--will be appreciated much more than an expensive commercial card, learned participants of an annual love- letter-writing workshop.
An unpublished poet has been named one of the South's best young writers. James Everett of Jackson, Miss., a second-semester Grisham Fellow pursuing a master of fine arts in creative writing, is on storySouth's "Poets Under 30" list announced recently.
A leading insurance industry magazine ranks the University of Mississippi's School of Business Administration's Insurance and Risk Management program among the nation's largest in terms of enrollment.
John C. Bogle, legendary founder of the second-largest mutual fund organization in the world, discusses the future of the investment business Friday (Jan. 23) when he delivers the Otho Smith Lecture. His address is titled "A New Era for Corporate America, for Mutual Funds and for Investors."
Many of the mutual fund industry's most influential policymakers gather Jan. 24 in Oxford, Miss., to consider the future of the popular investment vehicle. The Mutual Fund Summit brings together for the first time advocates, regulators and industry representatives to discuss major mutual funds issues.
A law professor offers insight and analysis related to issues surrounding Pete Rose's bid for reinstatement to baseball. The professor wrote the introduction to the Dowd Report, which led to Rose's lifetime ban from the sport, and has done extensive research on gaming, lotteries and legalized gambling.
Legendary musician B.B. King returns to his home state Feb. 26-28 to perform at the second annual Blues Today Symposium. Produced by Living Blues magazine and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the event includes everything from a panel discussion on the current state of the blues to a goat roast at a local juke joint.
A satellite training seminar airing nationally Oct. 30 is designed to help school food service personnel and administrators develop and serve healthy breakfasts that allow students to perform better academically.
The University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi are using a new NSF grant to collaborate on an innovative program to train the next generation of scientists who will develop new drugs and medical devices.
The International Conference on Race marks the conclusion of the University fo Mississippi's yearlong Open Doors observance. Featuring speakers from three continents, the conference shifts the focus from observing history to working for racial progress in the present and future.
A 150-year-old samurai sword that was handed over to American Marines following the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 is en route to Japan to be returned to its original owner.
A first-ever consumer behavoir study of fantasy league sports participants reveals that more than 15 million people invest significant amounts of time and money to manage their "teams." Participation in fantasy sports is growing by 10 percent annually, thanks in large part to the Internet.
Magazine lovers, rejoice! Print is not dead, and it's not going to die. So says "Mister Magazine," Samir Husni, professor of journalism.
Lucien Cremaldi, a University of Mississippi physicist, has been selected to represent for a second term as chair of the Tracking Institution Board of the U.S. Compact Muon Solenoid team. The CMS is a huge particle detector used to try to prove the existence of theoretical particles called "bosons."
Middle East meets West in a new, slick magazine designed to show what America is really like.
The University of Mississippi's William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation hosts its inaugural International Conference on Race Oct. 1-4 on the Oxford campus to explore racial reconciliation in international contexts.
Funding for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi has topped $100 million for the third consecutive year.
Labor and the American South's growing importance in national and international economics brings activists, economic developers and journalists to the University of Mississippi Oct. 4-7.
Geospatial Education Institute selects second group of course fellows.
The 30th installment of the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, which attracts scholars from around the world, examines the environments in both the author's real and constructed worlds.
In an ambitious move to vitalize course offerings and further the university's goal of becoming a regional leader in music instruction, the University of Mississippi has acquired a hand-carved 15-piece drum set from Ghana.
The third annual tour hosted by the Southern Foodways Alliance offers an introduction to the foodways of Appalachia, a region where cultural, ethnic, geographic and agricultural forces converge to create a rich tradition in food and culture.
The pate of the South - pimiento cheese - has its own folklore, and University of Mississippi food academics are seeking classic recipes and recollections from cooks everywhere.
Infrasound data gathered at a network of stations designed to monitor compliance with a nuclear test ban treaty have yielded insights and helped NASA investigators focus their inquiry into the Columbia tragedy.
1) West Nile virus, 2) thunderstorms and lightning, 3) March: National Nutrition Month, 4) Music in Schools Month, 5) Women's History Month, and others.
Researchers with the Mississippi Consortium for Military Personnel Research are helping military leaders develop effective management strategies for large deployments, such as for a massive operation in the Middle East.
University of Mississippi faculty are available to share expertise on terrorism issues, trauma and counseling, international and criminal law, economic and international business issues, and management efficiencies of large military operations.
The University of Mississippi's Bureau of Pharmaceutical Services, which has provided continuing education to 40 percent of the nation's pharmacy practitioners, is offering an online course on West Nile virus for pharmacists and the general public nationwide.
An effort to recruit minority students for careers in pharmaceutical marketing promises to open new opportunities for qualified students, while helping solve an industry-wide problem.
History has come full circle at the University of Mississippi. Forty years after James Meredith integrated the campus, his son, Joseph Howard Meredith, has been named a distinguished graduate student at the same university.
Renowned experts in the legal, scientific and societal implications of stem cell research gather this month for a "Symposium on the Scientific, Ethical, Legal and Societal Impact of Stem Cell Research," a forum to foster discussion and educate the public.
President and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association, examines the challenges and opportunities facing the wholesale pharmaceutical distribution system in a live Internet presentation on Thursday, Nov. 29.
The Center for Water and Wetland Resources celebrates its dedication on June 1, but more than 30 projects - including studies of constructed wetland systems, surveys of amphibian populations and investigations of wild turkey behavior - are already under way.
A University of Mississippi graduate who has played a significant role in the success stories of several high-profile companies and now is investing in his home state through a $100 million reading institute gives UM's 2001 commencement address May 12.
Manzamine alkaloids extracted from several species of deep-sea sponges have proven more potent than clinically used drugs against malaria in mice and show great promise against other diseases, such as TB and AIDS, in laboratory tests. (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 3-7-01)
Director of the National Center for Natural Products Research, will testify Sept. 20 before a Senate subcommittee to urge congressional support for increased research into growing antimicrobial resistance and new drugs to combat it.
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