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Oxford citizens young and old gathered on the RSVP Plaza steps next to City Hall on a rainy Saturday morning to bring awareness to women’s reproductive rights in light of the recent decision to hear Mississippi’s abortion challenge in the...

Several local women have organized a “Women’s March for Reproductive Rights” to take place Saturday, Oct. 2, to coincide with Women’s Rights events taking place across the country to protest the Supreme Court’s recent Texas abortion law decision. The event...

The university’s Army, Navy and Marine Reserve Officer Training Corps hosted a three mile run on Sept. 29 to raise awareness for the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program.  During the month of September, Cadet Command tasked the ROTC, the...

The City of Oxford’s Board of Aldermen voted in a special board meeting on Tuesday to lift the city-wide mask mandate. The decision comes after cases of COVID-19 nationwide, statewide and locally have been on the decline. Unvaccinated city employees...

​The School of Pharmacy is partnering with the Public Health Program to hold two University of Mississippi HPV Free events on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 1-4 p.m. at the Galtney-Lott Plaza and Wednesday, Oct. 6th, 1-4 p.m. at the Union...

The Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom hosted their first event of the year. The DOIC hosted Aaron Rice, the director of the Mississippi Justice Institute, in a conversation about the constitutionality of vaccine mandates.  Due...

The university has announced the return of a second COVID-19 testing center. Students, faculty and staff are eligible to receive testing weekly Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Testing is available Saturdays, with the exception of home...

Kenzee Blount and Bradford Stewart were elected homecoming king and queen after an exciting runoff election. Students gathered outside the Lyceum Thursday night surrounding the candidates they were supporting to hear the results.  Blount, a senior general business major, campaigned...

Effective Sept. 27, All American Drive will close to public vehicles, due to the construction of the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation Building.  Construction, bus and service and emergency vehicles are the only permitted vehicles...

Della Davidson Elementary School of the Oxford School District was designated a National Blue Ribbon School. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, operated by the United States Department of Education, offers the distinction annually to outstanding schools across the nation. ...