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EXCLUSIVE: What is Boyce’s plan for the university — or does he have one?

With a little over a week before newly announced Chancellor Glenn Boyce takes his new position, he said that he has few concrete steps in mind to improve the university. He wants to listen to students before he makes a definite plan. Boyce said that he believed the search process did put students at the […]

Former student charged with murder of Ally Kostial

Brandon Theesfeld, a former student in the School of Business Administration, has been charged with the murder of Alexandria “Ally” Kostial. On Tuesday morning, he had his first appearance before Judge Andrew Howorth in circuit court. Theesfeld was suspended by the university, according to a university spokesperson. Theesfeld, who is from Fort Worth, Texas, was […]

Ole Miss student Ally Kostial found dead in Lafayette County

A routine patrol of Harmontown, a small town north of Oxford, led a Lafayette County deputy to find the body of a female Ole Miss student Saturday morning.  The body was identified as 21-year-old Alexandria “Ally” Kostial, a marketing major from St. Louis, Missouri. It is apparent that foul play was involved. Interim Chancellor Larry […]

‘He changed our world’: Friends and family remember Sansing’s legacy

Family, friends, faculty and former students were moved to tears on Wednesday as loved ones gave their accounts of historian and professor emeritus David Sansing at his memorial service in Paris-Yates Chapel. Sansing impacted the state of Mississippi and helped shape its historical understanding through chronicling the history of the University of Mississippi and the […]

New Accelerated Law Program offers students expedited success

This spring, Mariel Spencer, a 2019 UM graduate, became the first student to graduate through the Accelerated Law Program. The Accelerated Law Program allows students to take some law school classes while pursuing their undergraduate degree. Spencer, originally from Seattle, says she was initially drawn to the program because it allowed her to achieve her […]

New food-labeling law faces legal backlash from ‘meatless’ industry

Mississippi legislators are making “impossible burgers” a little more impossible to obtain for vegans and vegetarians in the state after passing Senate Bill 2922 earlier this month. The bill prevents companies from labeling plant-based or insect-based foods as meat products. Makers of these “meatless meat” products could now face a hefty penalty for marketing vegan […]

Inaugural playwright in residence brings new stories to Oxford

Not all theater professors are the same. Some only teach while others live in the world that they convey to others: playwriting, directing, and inspiring people through their work. Anne-Marie Cammarato is the latter. In addition to teaching at both Temple University and the University of Delaware, the Italian-American playwright is an award-winning director and […]

Poison ivy vaccine making progress, still years away

After receiving a patent for a preventative vaccine to treat poison ivy was given to them last month, university researchers are one step closer to their final product, something that’s almost 30 years in the making. The New York Times reported in 1992 that Mahmoud ElSohly, a UM professor of pharmaceutics, and E. Sue Watson […]

Brent Marsh named new Dean of Students

Brent Marsh has been appointed as UM’s new assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students effective August 1. The position of assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students has been vacant since Melinda Sutton Noss resigned at the end of last semester to accept a similar position at her […]

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