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This story was originally published by Mississippi Today.  The Jackson Womens Health Organization, located in Jackson, offers a safe environment for women seeking an abortion. And has been the site of numerous protests by Pro-Life/anti-abortion groups. Monday, November 29, 2021....

Earlier this month, Mayor Robyn Tannehill, along with the Board of Aldermen, signed a proclamation officially declaring June 2022 Pride Month in Oxford. The proclamation states the reasoning for this decision: "The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) communities...

Oxford Juneteenth flyer. Graphic courtesy of Oxford Juneteenth Oxford Juneteenth will host its annual festival Saturday, June 18 from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the parking lot of Oxford Intermediate School. The festival, which is celebrating its 15th year,...

2022 Honors Orientation. Photo by Kevin Bain/The University of Mississippi Marketing Communications For UM students, summer break usually means spending time away from school. However, campus is still buzzing as the university welcomes its incoming class for orientation.  Freshmen orientation...

Inside Paris-Yates Chapel, under cloudless skies, the Ole Miss community gathered to memorialize the students, faculty and staff that the community has lost over the past year, alongside their family and friends.  University Memorial Service at Paris-Yates Chapel; Friends and...

Andrea Hickerson has been selected to serve as Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Noel Wilkin announced that Hickerson accepted the position in an email to SOJNM employees. Her...

Starting in the fall 2022, some faculty, staff and students who commute to campus will no longer have to use parking passes, including hangtags or decals. With new technological developments, rearrangements of parking zones and increases in pricing, the University...

All the colors of the rainbow will collide on April 24-30. Oxford Pride, organized by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, is hosting a whole week of LGBTQIA+ events.  Zamareyah Dawn puts on her feathered wings before...

Tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students will increase this fall at the University of Mississippi and six more of Mississippi’s public universities. The increases come at a time when the accessibility of higher education – especially with respect to...

For Yersaiyn Yerkin, a freshman international student studying mechanical engineering, the OUT bus is a lifeline. Thousands of miles away from his home country in Kazakhstan, Yerkin does not have a personal vehicle to get around Oxford. For essentials —...