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Country music star and former University of Mississippi athlete Brett Young will return to Oxford this spring as the 2026 Commencement speaker. The university announced Tuesday that Young, an award-winning singer and songwriter, will address graduates during the 173rd Convocation...

University of Mississippi students, faculty and members of the local community gathered Tuesday, March 24, at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism for a pre-release screening of the documentary film “The Whiskey Speech: Soggy Sweat and the Power of Storytelling.”...

The University of Mississippi's Center for Community Engagement hosted a Voting Rights Summit from March 17 to March 21, as part of its work promoting voter engagement to the greater university community. The program’s purpose is to educate eligible voters...

The University of Mississippi is accepting nominations for the Thomas Frist Student Service Award through Wednesday, April 1. The award is the highest formal recognition of a faculty and a staff member’s service to students. Current students, alumni, faculty, staff...

More than 1,100 students signed up to volunteer their time across more than 100 different sites throughout the Lafayette-Oxford-University community as part of the 16th annual Ole Miss Big Event, held on Saturday, March 28. As the largest community service...

The 2026 Associated Student Body spring elections have officially concluded with the announcement of Trey McKean as ASB vice president for the 2026-27 school year. McKean, a Fairhope, Ala., junior studying public policy leadership, was announced as the winner of...

It is a man’s world — at least for the women pursuing degrees in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field at the University of Mississippi, despite the growing number of women in academia.  As of fall 2024, 57%...

Student voting in the runoff election for Associated Student Body vice president will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, on myOleMiss. The winner will be announced on the steps of the Lyceum after voting closes....

Viral TikTok evangelical preacher Cindy Smock, known as “Sister Cindy,” visited the University of Mississippi on Tuesday, March 24, drawing students to the Grove Stage for her lesson in what she calls “Ho-ology 101.” Smock travels to college campuses to...

Rising rent prices in Oxford are forcing some students at the University of Mississippi to rethink their futures, including whether pursuing graduate school in the city is financially realistic.  For Ben McCollum, a junior accounting major from Walnut, Miss., the...