Despite national trends, Mississippi is making progress in preventing racial disparities in vaccinations rates among African American residents in the state. “Mississippi appears to be first in the nation to reach vaccine parity for African Americans receiving Covid vaccinations,” State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said in a recent tweet. Nearly 38% of the population in […]
The city of Oxford terminated its contract with Mississippi Critterz at Tuesday’s Board of Alderman meeting and has already removed all animals from the shelter in Oxford. Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) contacted the city and agreed to transfer the remaining animals in the shelter to another location. “As of about 1 o’clock today, all of […]
Oxford and portions of North Mississippi remained under a tornado watch until 12 a.m. Thursday morning. The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado watches for Lafayette County and other parts of the state on Wednesday, the most recent being at 7 p.m. The University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus closed at 3 p.m. on Wednesday due […]
The university will continue to only allow on-campus vaccination for employees, following Gov. Tate Reeves’s announcement that vaccines will be available for all Mississippi residents starting March 16. Eligible individuals for appointments with UM’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic include faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate student workers. Employees at the university’s regional campuses are also included. […]
The Mississippi Senate passed House Bill 852 on Thursday, offering a $1,000 raise to all teachers and rewarding new teachers with $1,100 “in an effort to make jobs more attractive.” “We will not play politics with our teachers’ future,” David Blount, vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus, said in a tweet on Tuesday. “We […]
After almost 20 years in the position, Douglass Sullivan-González, dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, announced on Thursday that he will step down from the position in August 2021. “My passion and skills call me to pour my time into writing and research, and I cannot do justice to the demands of the […]
“Say it loud: I’m Black, and I’m proud,” university students and officials chanted as they marched from Lamar Hall to where the Confederate monument once stood in the Circle. Over two dozen university community members gathered on Tuesday afternoon to commemorate Black History Month with the annual Black History Month March. This year’s march was […]
Officials in Oxford are strongly advising residents to stay off the roads as ice and snow accumulations affect driving conditions. City employees are working to get the roads clear, but they are not fully equipped to deal with this type of weather. The extremely cold temperatures brought by winter storms since Monday and cars on […]
Joshua Mannery, a junior double major in political science and English, has been named a finalist for the Harry S. Truman scholarship. The Truman scholarship is a prestigious national scholarship which provides recipients up to $30,000 for graduate studies. The scholarship is awarded to students pursuing careers as public servants; past winners have gone on […]
Every spring for the past seven years, hundreds of university students gather to dance and raise money to benefit the only children’s hospital in the state through RebelTHON, and this is the fourth consecutive year that the event has concentrated its efforts on funding the hospital’s expansion. This year, RebelTHON raised over $250,000, and that […]
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