The university was recently awarded a $100,000 grant by the Freeman Foundation to help fund select students to hold internships in East and Southeast Asia this summer. Eighteen undergraduate students will be selected to participate in the program, named UM...
Shelves at the Pantry are stocked constantly, and are set up and operated much like a grocery store. Clients are able to look through the shelves and take whatever food they may need. Photo By Jeanne Torp Since 1982, The...
At its latest meeting, the Oxford Board of Aldermen approved the design for the new downtown parking garage. The design for the new garage was inspired by Oxford City Hall to incorporate a common theme with the look of the...
Colleges Against Cancer is hosting its second annual "Chugs for the Jugs" bar crawl Thursday to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. The bar crawl will take place on the Square from 6 to 11 p.m., and a $25...
Students participated in a question and answer session with CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett. Photo Courtesy of Stephen Fier Last weekend, 20 Ole Miss students traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, to visit for a group Q&A session with Warren Buffett, the chairman and...
The University of Mississippi has hired four new regional admissions counselors to recruit more out-of-state applicants after overall enrollment dipped slightly this fall. This year, 23,780 students enrolled on all University of Mississippi campuses after an all-time record of 24,250...
Jim Hood is a busy man. After 13 years as Mississippi’s attorney general, the Chickasaw County native is well-acquainted with his home state’s strengths and weaknesses and has yet to let his passion for public service die. Just yesterday, Hood...
On Nov. 1, National Novel Writing Month — affectionately abbreviated NaNoWriMo by participants — will begin. Participants of the challenge will attempt to write 50,000 words, the length of a short novel, over the course of the month. The prize?...
In the two months since classes began, five sexual assaults have been reported on campus — three in dorms and two in fraternity houses. The most recent report was a sexual assault that occurred in Stockard Hall. The assault was...
At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. The International Justice Mission is a faith-based international non-profit that works with governments, police forces and social workers to protect people from this...