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The Center for Practical Ethics hosted a discussion regarding Christopher Columbus on Monday, Oct. 13, at the Jan and Lawrence Farrington Gallery in Bryant Hall. Associate Professor of Anthropology Marcos Mendoza and Associate Professor of Colonial Latin American History Jesse...

Reenva Evers-Everette, the daughter of Medgar Evers; R.J. Morgan; a University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media associate professor and instructor of JOUR 350: “Bob Dylan and the South and Jerry Mitchell, a Mississippi Today investigative reporter, discussed...

The Mississippi Department of Education allocated more than $2.9 million to continue the Mississippi Teacher Residency Program (MTR) last month for institutions across the state. For the first time, this list of institutions includes the University of Mississippi, which is...

Adya Praveen has lived in three different countries and multiple states, but Oxford has cemented itself as her home. Just as she chose to attend the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss chose her as its 2025 Homecoming Queen. Praveen, a...

Long before Ryan Augustine was a Homecoming hopeful awaiting results from the University of Mississippi student body’s vote for Mr. Ole Miss last Tuesday, he was a high school senior sitting in a Panera Bread with an admissions counselor. Augustine’s...

Before Terrell Atkins arrived on the University of Mississippi campus, up until the moment he launched his campaign, he never thought he would run for, much less be crowned, Homecoming King. “I probably would have cringed at the idea four...

Four years ago, if someone told Riley Dellenger, a senior marketing major from Ocean Springs, Miss., that she would be named Miss Ole Miss by the university’s student body, she probably would have laughed. But as results were announced on...

As Homecoming Week continues on the University of Mississippi campus, the Student Activities Association (SAA) is providing free events for students every day leading up to Saturday’s Homecoming football game against Washington State. “Homecoming is a tradition celebrated universally at...

With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, U.S. Senate candidate Ty Pinkins is trying something different. Pinkins, who was the Democratic candidate for Mississippi Secretary of State in 2023 and the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024, is now running...

Commissioner Anna Gomez of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spoke at an event on Thursday hosted by the Overby Center for Southern Journalism & Politics. The event served as part of her “First Amendment Tour,” on which she discusses her...