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The University of Mississippi is restricting university-related travel to China as a result of the recent outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Provost Noel Wilkin sent out a university-wide email on Jan. 29, announcing that...

John Neff, a University of Mississippi associate professor of history, has died, according to a history department Facebook post from earlier today. The university history department announced his death on Facebook, adding that details on his memorial will be shared...

On the morning of Jan. 23, Callie Daniels Bryant, a University of Mississippi graduate and local journalist, died from injuries from a car wreck. A little before 10 a.m., 28-year-old Callie was driving westbound on Highway 30 when her car...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West bought out a theater for nearly 300 members of the Oxford community to see “Just Mercy” tonight at the Oxford Malco Cinemas on Jackson Avenue — and they’re paying for popcorn, too.  Earlier this month,...

Ole Miss lead by 17 at halftime, by 10 with 8:10 to play and by 9 with 5:32 remaining. Then Breein Tyree, the SEC’s leading scorer, picked up his fifth foul, and the Rebels fell apart. They didn’t score a...

New York Times best-selling author and UM professor Kiese Laymon wants to talk about what unites and divides the university community. He addressed the latter in a panel discussion at Lost Dog Coffee on Sunday night and will speak on...

Starting this semester, the Oxford-University Transit (OUT) is reducing the number of buses on two lines through campus and cutting down the total routes around the community.  The Silver line stops will be incorporated into the existing Green and Old...

The Lyceum was a maze of administrators on Tuesday night. What was intended to be an open event where members of the university community could meet senior leadership shifted — at least in some parts of the event — to...

This story was updated Sunday, February 2, 2020 with the memorial date. A memorial service for Burson, will be held on Feb. 22 at the Paris Yates Chapel. Public relations guru Harold Burson was a man built on a foundation...

On Nov. 3, Mississippi residents will have the opportunity to vote on the legalization of medical marijuana. Ballot Initiative 65, if passed by voters, would amend the state constitution to provide a program under the Mississippi Department of Health that...