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John Talty’s ‘Lane Being Lane’ unravels the mystery and chaos of Lane Kiffin

National college sports reporter John Talty’s biography of current LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin, titled “Lane Being Lane,” hits bookshelves today. Talty will participate in an interview and host a book signing for the new release at Square Books on Wednesday, Sept. 16.  The book details Kiffin’s life from childhood to his current position […]

ASB executives talk plans for fall semester

The University of Mississippi Associated Student Body executive members have individual missions they seek to accomplish in the fall 2026 semester. From marketing campaigns to student-focused projects in the works for months, these elected leaders have a clear vision for how they will impact the student body.  President OC Williford Williford and the executive branch […]

UM departments prepare campus facilities for fall semester

The University of Mississippi Departments of Student Housing, Parking and Transportation and Facilities Management are part of a much larger effort to maintain and prepare campus for student attendance.  Student housing also plans specific traffic routes each year for move-in — a weeklong process that requires hundreds of university staff and volunteers for efficiency. The […]

AI policies are no longer one-size-fits-all across UM departments

Each academic department at the University of Mississippi will introduce its individual artificial intelligence policy this semester. AI policies are expected to be included in every course syllabus.  All departments were tasked by the university in May to create department-specific AI policies. The university’s AI Task Force gave departments guidance on what, specifically, each AI […]

Faculty senate calls for excluding spring 2026 student evaluations

The University of Mississippi Faculty Senate passed a resolution stating its desire for student evaluations from this semester to be excluded from the conversation around each professor’s annual performance, potential promotion and tenure on April 7. This resolution came after the semester was shortened due to disruptions by Winter Storm Fern, which caused decreased instructional […]

Do you know when you graduate?

Commencement ceremonies for graduating students at the University of Mississippi will be held from Tuesday, May 5, to Saturday, May 9. The ceremonies on Wednesday, May 6, will celebrate only graduate and doctoral students, while the rest of the ceremonies will honor undergraduate, graduate and PhD students together.  The first commencement ceremony is for the […]

ASB confirms new members, elects senators for the 2026-27 term

Associated Student Body senators voted four new open seat senators into office and confirmed 36 nominations for the other ASB branches at the ASB Formal Senate meeting at the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union on Tuesday, April 21.  Corey Kingery, Eli Keel, Paul Winfield and Ryan Ostrowski were confirmed as the new open […]

AI policies in the works for academic departments

The University of Mississippi is working to establish artificial intelligence policies by tasking individual academic departments, instead of professors, with creating their own standards for AI usage in coursework. Currently, each professor sets the standard regarding AI for his or her own courses, with little uniformity throughout departments. Work creating these policies will continue into […]

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