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Three UM departments will host a four-day symposium to introduce students and the community to the challenges and successes of entrepreneurship in the inaugural Women and Entrepreneurship Week, set for Tuesday to Friday next week. Cobie Watkins, the Center for...

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved and released its new comprehensive plan earlier this week, outlining the county’s goals before its potential zoning changes. Supervisors responded to questions from locals who were concerned about the vote’s process and about...

As the holidays approach, food pantries on campus and in the Oxford-Lafayette County community seek increases in donations. The Pantry, located on Molly Barr Road, serves many citizens during the holidays — around 1,500 people during November and December. Volunteers...

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi unveiled its new location with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The five-story, 602,831-square-foot facility is set to open at 5 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, on Belk Boulevard in Oxford. The $300 million hospital will include larger...

Mississippi is celebrating its bicentennial this year, and during its 200 years, the state has seen a lot of change. From the Native Americans living across the state and the Europeans taking their first steps on Mississippi soil, to the...

What does William Tell, the honest and virtuous Swiss folk hero who shot the apple off his son’s head and killed the tyrant, have to do with the mission of humanities? UM Humanities Council’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, Marc...

Faculty across the Oxford and Jackson campuses of the University of Mississippi are gearing up for next Friday's official launch of the Flagship Constellations Initiative. Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter first announced the plans for these constellations in his investiture speech in last...

For two years, the Sister2Sister Leadership Retreat has addressed issues faced by African-American women on the University of Mississippi campus and in the Oxford community. When African-American men expressed their desire for a similar event, the Center for Inclusion and...

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A man opened fire inside of a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing multiple people and wounding others before being "taken down," authorities said. Authorities said a man walked into the...

Rapid technological change has brought forth a fast-paced world with virtually every industry continuously adapting, and among those adapting is the field of journalism. As an increasing amount of the population receives its news from the internet, this both opens...