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The University of Mississippi will roll out its new diversity strategic plan “Pathways to Equity” today at the virtual 2021 Diversity Summit. Students involved with drafting the plan said it will address issues like UM’s racial history, the minority student...

Two students have been arrested in connections with multiple home and auto burglaries that took place in the early morning hours of Jan. 14 according to a tweet from the Oxford Police Department. Accountancy major Ethan Pruitt and psychology major...

Drug overdoses in Lafayette County are rising higher than numbers seen last year, according to a statement from the Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit. As of Jan. 13, four overdoses have occurred, and three of them have resulted in death....

Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill, while still in her first term, announced on Jan. 4 that she will be running for re-election. Unlike her 2017 bid for mayor, though, Tannehill will not be running unopposed this year. Shortly after Tannehill’s announcement,...

As of now, all social gatherings held by registered student organizations are postponed until at least Feb. 19, according to an email sent to the university community. For the first month of the semester, administrators will monitor testing rates before...

Many Mississippians were left unable to schedule appointments to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine after thousands of requests flooded the system to arrange times for vaccination.  On Monday, an additional 20,000 first-dose appointments were loaded, but both...

For the first time since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the implementation of a $5-per-semester student activity fee in 2015, the university will change how it allows the Associated Student Body to distribute the...

After four straight years of declining enrollment, the university announced that it has hired a vice chancellor for enrollment management. Eduardo Prieto, who worked at Winthrop University before coming to UM, will oversee the new Office of Enrollment Management, which...

Mississippians voted last month to pass Initiative 65 which legalized medical marijuana in the state. The initiative was citizen-sponsored and will allow patients who have one of 22 debilitating medical conditions to acquire medical marijuana with a prescription.  Mississippi is...

After the surprising announcement of the dismissal of Garrett Felber, an assistant professor in the history department, thousands of academics from around the world have signed a joint letter addressed to Chancellor Glenn Boyce and Noell Wilson, chair of the...