The University of Mississippi announced its closure for an additional week in a campus-wide alert on Wednesday, Jan. 28, citing the extreme impact and ongoing recovery efforts from Winter Storm Fern. All classes, events and academic activities are canceled through Sunday, Feb. 8. Provost Noel Wilkin announced in an email on Wednesday, Jan. 28 that […]
United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson encouraged University of Mississippi students, faculty and alumni with a message of gratitude and perseverance on Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts as part of her national book tour for her memoir, “Lovely One.” More than 350 members of the […]
Vice President JD Vance and Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk encouraged students to embrace conservatism and the Christian faith as core tenants of American values during their appearance on the “This is the Turning Point Tour” at the University of Mississippi Wednesday night. Vance focused primarily on immigration, while Erika Kirk shared her hopes […]
Oxford developer JW McCurdy withdrew his application to rezone property for a proposed asphalt plant near Taylor, Miss., on Tuesday, Oct. 28, following weeks of community resistance. McCurdy, owner of MR Construction, announced plans in a press release Tuesday afternoon to relocate the proposed plant — Magnolia Materials — from the original planned site on […]
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors decided on Monday, Oct. 20 to table the vote to rezone 40.1 acres on Mississippi Highway 328 from A-1 Rural to I-2 Heavy Industrial for a proposed asphalt plant until their next meeting on Nov. 3. Local developer JW McCurdy, owner of MR Construction, submitted an application to the […]
Local developer JW McCurdy wants to build a hot mix asphalt plant eight miles south of Oxford and three miles east of Taylor, Miss. He is facing one big hurdle — the proposed site for the facility must be rezoned from A-1 Rural to I-2 Heavy Industrial to move forward with construction. The owners of […]
Construction on Hotel Leighton, a boutique hotel in the Plein Air neighborhood in Taylor, Miss., broke ground on Thursday, Sept. 25. Founders of the traditional neighborhood development Campbell and Leighton McCool own the hotel, independent of major hotel chains, and aim to open doors in fall 2026. The McCools began developing Plein Air in 2006. […]
Lens Magazine, a new student-run publication at the University of Mississippi, invites students to see Oxford through a different perspective through themed collections of content across genres and art forms. The magazine plans to launch its premiere issue in the first week of October. Editors in Chief Katherine Palmer and Emma McHard started Lens Magazine […]
Navigating collegiate life as a student with a physical disability brings a unique set of challenges. Lifelong Ole Miss fans Braden Neal and Marilee Cleveland would only settle for attending the University of Mississippi, even if it meant living on a campus with fewer disability resources than other Mississippi public schools. Students can register with […]
When faculty at the University of Mississippi enable their courses in Blackboard for the spring 2026 semester, courses will be automatically created in Blackboard Ultra, the mobile-friendly Blackboard display with new tools and artificial intelligence features. Instructors will no longer have the option to choose between the modern or original versions of the digital learning […]
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