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As of now, all social gatherings held by registered student organizations are postponed until at least Feb. 19, according to an email sent to the university community. For the first month of the semester, administrators will monitor testing rates before...

Many Mississippians were left unable to schedule appointments to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine after thousands of requests flooded the system to arrange times for vaccination.  On Monday, an additional 20,000 first-dose appointments were loaded, but both...

For the first time since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the implementation of a $5-per-semester student activity fee in 2015, the university will change how it allows the Associated Student Body to distribute the...

After four straight years of declining enrollment, the university announced that it has hired a vice chancellor for enrollment management. Eduardo Prieto, who worked at Winthrop University before coming to UM, will oversee the new Office of Enrollment Management, which...

Mississippians voted last month to pass Initiative 65 which legalized medical marijuana in the state. The initiative was citizen-sponsored and will allow patients who have one of 22 debilitating medical conditions to acquire medical marijuana with a prescription.  Mississippi is...

After the surprising announcement of the dismissal of Garrett Felber, an assistant professor in the history department, thousands of academics from around the world have signed a joint letter addressed to Chancellor Glenn Boyce and Noell Wilson, chair of the...

  The university has assembled a COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Task Force to develop a strategy for campus immunization, according to an email from Provost Noel Wilkin.  The task force will be chaired by Dr. David Allen, dean of...

A late-night domestic violence call led to the shooting death of an Oxford man by police on Wednesday. According to Police Chief Jeff McCutchen, Kenneth Dale Miller was shot during the incident.   According to a brief from Oxford Police...

Amid the pandemic, the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse and the importance of mental health, have become more prevalent than ever for college students. As a result, the Associated Student Body and the Center of Conflict Resolution and Student...