News

Students walk in Oxford's annual pride parade on April 30, 2022. Photo by HG Biggs. Growing up, Jacob Matthews never questioned his sexuality. He went through his entire childhood assuming that he was straight. But when others started to question...

Zara Larsson performs at the Grove Stage on Sept. 15, 2019. Larsson performed as the headliner of the University's fall concert. Photo by Billy Schuerman. The University of Mississippi and the Student Activities Association will not host a free concert...

University of Mississippi students and employees take photos of the fallen tree in the Grove in front of the Gertrude C. Ford Student Union on April 11, 2024. Photo courtesy: HG Biggs. The University of Mississippi has experienced several inches...

The University of Mississippi held its fifth annual Giving Day on April 9-10, raising $11.5 million through just over 3,000 donations from alumni and students. Giving Day is a day open for donors to give back to the university’s 10...

Graphic by Milo Gildea. The University of Mississippi’s VIP: Survivor Support Office and student organization Rallying Against Sexual Assault will observe Denim Day as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month on April 24. Denim Day, which has become the longest-running...

Harvard leadership professor Arthur C. Brooks. Photo Courtesy: UMPR The University of Mississippi announced its annual common read book selection on April 14 titled, “Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier” by Harvard leadership professor...

UM students enjoy Taylor Swift’s new album in Guyton Hall on April 19, 2024. Photo by Watson Lee The Swift Society, a student-led organization at the University of Mississippi, hosted a “Tortured Poets Department” release party on April 19 in...

UM Students prepare for the Open Mic Night event in Lucky Day on April 17, 2024. Photo by Bre’Anna Coleman. The Department of African American Studies collaborated with the Luckyday Scholars Program to host the Voice of Resilience open mic...

2024 Truman Scholar Christian Boudreaux Christian Boudreaux, a junior biology major and Oxford native, became the University of Mississippi’s 19th recipient of the prestigious Truman Scholarship on April 12. Boudreaux is one of 196 applicants from institutions across the country....

When poring over past volumes of yearbooks at the University of Mississippi, the strong Confederate character and white supremacist worldview that plagued the campus for decades come clearly into view. In the 1937 edition of The Ole Miss yearbook, a...