Student News
Brain Awareness Week Focuses on Ethics, Impact of Technology
Movie night, expert speakers, student showcase events scheduled April 2-5 MARCH 28, 2024 Two renowned neuroscientists will discuss the development and impact of neurotechnologies and neuroengineering and students will present their own original research during annual Brain Awareness Week events April 2-5 at the University of Mississippi. The week’s focus on neurotechnologies was chosen, in […]
LOU Symphony Presents Concerto and Aria Concert
UM opera director, award-winning student highlighted as soloists The LOU Symphony Orchestra will present a Spanish- and French-themed concerto and aria concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (March 19) at the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The performance will feature soloist Bonita Bunt, UM director of opera theatre and assistant […]
Research Aims to Improve Clean Energy Production
UM chemistry professor, student study ways to make clean energy available to all FEBRUARY 22, 2024 To create clean energy sources that are affordable and easy to replicate, researchers must first figure out how to efficiently create hydrogen. That is the process University of Mississippi professor Vignesh Sundaresan hopes to improve in his upcoming research. […]
Women’s Council Program Helps Students’ Dreams Come True
Global Leadership Circle funds ‘experience of a lifetime’ FEBRUARY 14, 2024 For about as long as she can remember, Emmie Burgess, an Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy scholar at the University of Mississippi, has dreamed of traveling to Italy, a nation that historians have long considered one of the cradles of Western civilization. “I’ve […]
INAUGURAL STAMPS IMPACT PRIZE WINNERS
Thirteen UM Students’ Projects Selected for Support FEBRUARY 9, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT The Stamps Impact Prize, a new competitive award program at the University of Mississippi to support undergraduate-initiated, faculty-mentored research and creative achievement projects, has announced its 13 inaugural recipients. The program is the first of its kind in the nation […]
Microplastic Pollution From Tires Found in Air Near Roadways
JANUARY 26, 2024 Two University of Mississippi researchers have been investigating what happens when the rubber meets the road, and their results have led to a published paper. James Cizdziel, professor and interim chair of chemistry and biochemistry, and Boluwatife Olubusoye, a second-year doctoral chemistry student from Lagos, Nigeria, studied the increase and possible effects […]
Grove Scholars Promotes Equity
Investments Sought to Expand Proven UM Program JANUARY 8, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT The University of Mississippi Grove Scholars program — which helps Mississippians from underrepresented demographic groups earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or health care — is growing in numbers as it enriches lives and makes the state’s […]
A Greener Community
UM Student Turns Classroom Project into Real-World Impact DECEMBER 8, 2023 BY REAGAN COLLINS/UM DEVELOPMENT What began as a University of Mississippi class project has evolved into a campus-wide initiative to keep discarded clothing out of landfills and into the hands of people who need it. Through an Ignite Ole Miss crowdfunding campaign, UM senior […]
Public Policy Leadership Students Compete in ‘Battle for the Gavel’
Exercise provides real-world experience in navigating public policy challenges DECEMBER 1, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT After weeks of preparation, more than 80 University of Mississippi freshmen public policy leadership majors participated in a mock congressional hearing on campus Wednesday (Nov. 29) to discuss voting reform. The event simulated a hearing of the United States Senate […]
Sweet Treats Raise Awareness of Blindness and Vision Impairment
Music major partners with Ole Miss Dining to write on cookies in braille NOVEMBER 27, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT Uniformed in a chef’s hat and jacket, University of Mississippi freshman Sarah Harmon sat at a special table in the Rebel Market on Nov. 10 decorating cookies. She adorned the treats with words such as “dream,” […]