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Spring 2021 semester will not have a week-long spring break, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent to the UM community. The class of 2021 will have an in-person commencement on May 1, and the class of 2020 will...

With schools and universities returning to various forms of in-person, online and hybrid teaching, students and teachers who are parents have had to navigate new complications with their dual roles.    Mona Caldwell, a senior art history major, is a...

While Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves — who recently tested negative for the coronavirus after a White House visit — let the mask mandate expire on Sept. 30, the Board of Aldermen in Oxford voted last week to keep it in...

At the polls on Nov. 3, Mississippians will decide whether Mississippi will become the 35th state to legalize medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson hosted the first of five public hearings regarding Initiative 65...

Personality elections concluded today with Cade Slaughter, named Mr. Ole Miss and Lilli Gordon named Miss Ole Miss.   Slaughter,  a public policy leadership and integrated marketing communications major, won with 58.48% of the vote while Gordon, a biology major,...

The university has launched a new dashboard to track data from the COVID-19 asymptomatic testing program on campus. The dashboard is located on the same webpage as the original COVID-19 dashboard, but it will only be updated each Friday.  ...

  COVID-19 has significantly impacted nearly every facet of daily life, from business to industry to academia. The University of Mississippi’s financial aid office is one of many adjusting its workflow to service students at a time when some students...

Between switching to telemental health and brainstorming new events, students and faculty alike have been working to adapt the University Counseling Center to the pandemic, but counselors are facing challenges with treating patients virtually.  Bud Edwards, director of the UCC,...

Elections for Mr. and Miss Ole Miss are headed to a runoff on Thursday, Oct. 1. Cade Slaughter and Cole Barnhill will be on the ballot for Mr. Ole Miss on Thursday, and Cameron Sadler and Lilli Gordon will be...

Attorney Rob McDuff sent out a statement on Friday claiming that his client, associate professor of sociology James Thomas, did not break Mississippi law when he participated in a two day “scholar strike” earlier this month. Thomas participated in the...