Update: On Mar. 1 University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce announced that effective Mar. 2, the university will be going mask-optional. Masks will only be required in healthcare settings and on transit services, in compliance with the Transportation Security Administration’s mask requirement. The University of Mississippi is now the only school in the Southeastern Conference […]
The University of Mississippi’s Associated Student Body and Faculty senates voted this week to condemn the Mississippi State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2113, which would ban the teaching of critical race theory in Mississippi’s public schools, colleges and universities. “Mississippi Senate Bill 2113 undermines the quality and fundamental purpose of public higher education, which […]
When the coronavirus pandemic shocked the world into a standstill two years ago, Johnnie Dudley, like many, used the time to reflect with her family about the things they wanted and needed to accomplish. “COVID-19 had my family and I quarantined and so we had a lot of time to talk and think about our […]
The University of Mississippi’s Associated Student Body Senate voted Tuesday evening to condemn the Mississippi State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2113, “Critical Race Theory; prohibit.” Thirty-eight senators voted to pass the resolution. “Mississippi Senate Bill 2113 undermines the quality and fundamental purpose of public higher education, which the University of Mississippi has financially invested […]
Donna Strum has been named Dean of the Pharmacy School and Executive Director of Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences after the Institutions of Higher Learning’s Board of Trustees approved her appointment during their regular meeting on Feb 17. According to a memo from University of Mississippi Provost Noel Wilkin, Strum was appointed after a nationwide […]
Oxford will be home to two more new electric vehicle fast charging stations after the Oxford Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to authorize Mayor Robyn Tannehill to sign onto the Tennessee Valley Authority Electric Vehicle Fast Charger Program. Though a specific location has not been named yet, the chargers will be situated in or near […]
As the construction of the Duff Center for Science and Technology moves forward, University of Mississippi roads is advising pedestrians that sidewalks near the site of construction will be closed. “In order to accommodate construction of the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation Building, the redirected pedestrian pathway between Shoemaker and […]
The University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media has moved into the next phase of finding a dean to lead the school. Throughout the next week, the school will be hosting candidates, for presentations, forums and meetings. On Monday, the SOJNM and the university at large welcomed the first candidate, Deanna D. Sellnow, […]
Most people walk out of the University of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library with books. But on Dec. 14, Mweyeria Offord walked out with a question — and an answer — for her now fiance Cellas Hayes, who used a creative library scavenger hunt to pop the question. Spoiler alert — she said yes. Hayes is […]
When every Black lawmaker in the Mississippi state Senate walked out in January in protest of a bill prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s public schools and universities, all eyes were on Mississippi, yet again. Their seats sat empty — a loud gesture in the quiet Senate chamber — as their […]
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