Every year since 1995, the department chairs of the College of Liberal Arts nominate a teacher from the University of Mississippi for Humanities Teacher of the Year. In the fall, the Mississippi Humanities Council selects a teacher of the year at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning. This year, Marc Lerner, associate professor […]
On Nov. 1, National Novel Writing Month — affectionately abbreviated NaNoWriMo by participants — will begin. Participants of the challenge will attempt to write 50,000 words, the length of a short novel, over the course of the month. The prize? A first draft. Alex Watson, a J.D. Williams Library employee, acts as news liaison for […]
The new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is scheduled to open Dec. 9 in Jackson and will celebrate the work of lesser-known local activists of the national civil rights movement, according to museum director Pamela Junior. “This is major for the state of Mississippi,” Junior said. “Other places have museums that talk about national civil rights, but […]
Master of Fine Arts candidate Julian Randall was awarded the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, which honors “exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent.” Describing himself as “black on both sides — but of two different flavors,” Randall’s winning manuscript “Refuse” draws on his identity and the invisibility he felt growing up. Randall said the manuscript took […]
The 41st annual cleanup day of Sardis Lake is set for Saturday. Last year, around 75 volunteers collectively gathered more than two tons of trash. The Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mugshots Grill and Bar are collaborating this year to lead the cleanup effort. This year marks the first year of Mugshots and […]
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, and a dedication at its annual convocation tonight will celebrate that milestone. This year’s keynote speaker is Fred Smith, the founder and CEO of FedEx. The convocation will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Gertrude C. Ford Center. Smith will join a history of convocation […]
From 11:53 a.m. to 2:52 p.m., the cosmos aligned almost perfectly over Oxford. Peaking at 1:24 p.m., the moon eclipsed about 91 percent of the sun in the 38655 area code – dimming daylight and causing a stir among university students. By lunchtime, a throng of students wanting to view the first solar eclipse in Mississippi in many of […]
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