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At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, University of Mississippi pharmacy students and doctors officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tad Smith Coliseum. UM received a shipment of 1,170 Pfizer vaccines that day, and as of Wednesday,...

Students at the university have mixed reactions after Gov. Tate Reeves announced that the state would begin to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all residents ages 16 and older. “To be honest, I don’t know if it will affect things...

Illustration by Katherine Butler. Mississippi schools were some of the first in the country to reopen for in-person learning during the pandemic. Now, teachers and administrators across Northern Mississippi are reflecting on everything they’ve had to adapt to in the...

Mississippi State Department of Health officials announced on Tuesday that all drive-thru vaccination sites in the state will be closed on Wednesday due to forecasted storms, resulting in thousands of appointments being rescheduled.  Strong storms are expected to move into...

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,...

After spending months adapting to remote teaching, many UM faculty members said they’re looking forward to seeing classrooms filled with students in the fall. Still, many plan to continue implementing select pandemic practices in the classroom.  “Over the past year,...

The university began distributing doses of the Pfizer vaccine today at the Tad C. Smith Coliseum, and senior biology major Brianna Chambers was the first person to receive a dose on campus. Photo by Hannah Grace Biggs. Tad C. Smith...

At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, University of Mississippi pharmacy students and doctors officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tad C. Smith Coliseum. The first person to receive a dose was senior biology major Brianna Chambers. The university began...

With the rise in popularity of nationally franchised food delivery apps, it can be difficult for local delivery services to get off the ground. The high barrier to market entry didn’t stop deYampert “Brame” Garner and his stepfather Kent Breckenridge...

Alpha Phi sorority members are facing backlash on social media after the Ole Miss Alpha Phi Instagram account posted a photo of the sorority’s diversity, equity and inclusion team in which all members of the team appeared to be white...