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It can be difficult to find a table at a restaurant on the Oxford Square at various times of the year, but graduation season brings a new meaning to the phrase “booked and busy” for the city’s finest dining locations....

The University of Mississippi Center for Practical Ethics hosted a faculty panel about legislation for cannabis through Compass, the center’s affiliated registered student organization, on Monday, April 20. This faculty panel was part of the program’s regular Monday meeting. Kate...

The Office of the Provost at the University of Mississippi announced 14 new recipients of the Stamps Impact Prize for the spring 2026 cycle on April 15th. The Stamps Impact Prize is awarded to undergraduate students who exhibit elite skills...

Commencement ceremonies for graduating students at the University of Mississippi will be held from Tuesday, May 5, to Saturday, May 9. The ceremonies on Wednesday, May 6, will celebrate only graduate and doctoral students, while the rest of the ceremonies...

Ole Miss Fashion Week 2026 celebrated student-led initiatives promoting fashion, inclusivity and creativity on April 20-24. The event featured student organizations UM Square Magazine and UM Fashion Panel.  Square Magazine kicked off fashion week with a cover reveal on Monday,...

A screening of “Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers,” a documentary chronicling the advocacy and work of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers, was held on April 14 at the Overby Auditorium. Medgar Evers was a pioneering civil rights activist...

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved renaming the department of political science at the University of Mississippi to the Ray Mabus Department of Political Science after former Gov. Ray Mabus on April 16.  University of Mississippi...

Associated Student Body senators voted four new open seat senators into office and confirmed 36 nominations for the other ASB branches at the ASB Formal Senate meeting at the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union on Tuesday, April 21. ...

For sophomore allied health studies major Aaron Cabriana, the TransLoc app said the OUT bus was five minutes away. Then, it said 10. A few minutes later, the bus disappeared from the app entirely. “I honestly didn’t know if I...

The University of Mississippi is working to establish artificial intelligence policies by tasking individual academic departments, instead of professors, with creating their own standards for AI usage in coursework. Currently, each professor sets the standard regarding AI for his or...