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In a campus-wide email, Chancellor Glenn Boyce confirmed the inevitable: students will not return to campus for the remainder of the semester. Boyce also announced that commencement ceremonies will be postponed, not canceled, with the hope that they can be...

The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Lafayette County this morning, according to Baptist Memorial Hospital and the Mississippi Department of Health. “While today is the first time we that we can positively confirm the coronavirus in our community,...

The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously in a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon to adopt an ordinance clarifying penalties for businesses in violation of emergency measures the city voted to adopt on Tuesday. The ordinance specifies that businesses found in...

A UM undergraduate student who was traveling internationally has reported that she tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from the chancellor. The student did not visit Oxford or the university, according to the statement. She returned to...

The University of Mississippi, along with all other Mississippi public universities, has canceled all classes on the Oxford campus and the regional campuses for March 16-20. On March 23, all classes and related coursework will be held online indefinitely. University...

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees announced that all eight public universities in the state, including the University of Mississippi, will extend spring break by one week to “allow faculty members time to prepare to offer...

In an email sent last Friday, Provost Noel Wilkin asked that all university faculty begin thinking about how they would teach the remainder of a semester online if the university decides to suspend in-person classes amid growing concerns about the...

  There’s a saga happening in Eli Bettiga’s mind. It’s a story that’s years in the making — starring Moon Boy, the main character in his new album, “Oakseed.” Eli and his friends developed Moon Boy’s fantasy journey over many...

As concerns about the coronavirus grow with each new reported case, the University of Mississippi announced on Wednesday that it is canceling or suspending all university-related travel to China, Italy, Japan, Iran and South Korea — countries under varying levels...

Since 1984, a randomly selected panel of three established judges from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has presided over oral arguments in the University of Mississippi Law School courtroom every three years. Judges Rhesa Barksdale, Stephen Higginson and Stuart...