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University Honors Thad Cochran with Mississippi Humanitarian Award
Former senator known as ‘The Quiet Persuader’ helped shape state as well as his alma mater MAY 14, 2018 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM During its 165th Commencement on Saturday, the University of Mississippi honored former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran with its Mississippi Humanitarian Award, which...
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Alumna’s Gift Honors Parents, Supports Ole Miss Pride of the South
May 8, 2018 By J. Dillon Pitts As former drum major for the University of Mississippi Band, Layne McGuire is used to having people follow her lead. In supporting the band with a recent gift, she hopes to inspire others to do the same. “I was approached about making a gift to the university beyond...
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Go Forth and Prosper: Croft Alumni Take on the World
Six graduates reflect on their experience MAY 8, 2018 BY SHEA STEWART On a Saturday afternoon in May 2001, the first five graduates of the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi received their diplomas. The group included the program’s very first graduate, Lauren...
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Graduate’s Gift Helps Complete Monument, Honors Mother
UNIVERSITY HOSTS MEMORY GARDEN DEDICATION CEREMONY APRIL 24, 2018 BY BILL DABNEY Family and friends of the late Penn Owen of Como, Mississippi, gathered on the University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus recently to celebrate the dedication of the Ole Miss Memory Garden. At the podium (from left) are...
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Sociology Professor, Wife Honored by Former Student’s Gift
Alumnus Supports McLean Institute APRIL 18, 2018 BY BILL DABNEY At her front door, Sandy Grisham embraces Bill and Lee Anne Fry. It’s her standard greeting whenever the Frys visit her and her husband, Vaughn. At the University of Mississippi in the late 1970s, Bill Fry took several classes under...
>> Read morePHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS: Alumnus Hunter Gabbard and How Machine Learning Could Help Search for Gravitational Waves
APRIL 12, 2018 Hunter Gabbard (BS physics ’16), a University of Glasgow School of Physics and Astronomy postgraduate student, and two of his classmates “have developed a sophisticated artificial intelligence which could underpin the next phase of gravitational wave astronomy.” In a...
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Ten Seniors Named UM Hall of Fame Inductees
Recipients honored for service, achievement and potential for success APRIL 6, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Ten University of Mississippi seniors have been inducted into the university’s 2017-18 Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors afforded students at Ole Miss. The inductees were honored Friday...
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UM Departments Collaborate to Host ‘Radical South’ Series
Events include lectures, discussions, film screening and more APRIL 3, 2018 BY CHRISTINA STEUBE The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi is hosting “The Radical South,” a conversation series this month that explores the complexity of Southern history and...
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Three UM Juniors Named Truman Scholar Finalists
Students interview for prestigious award March 13; winners to be announced April 18 MARCH 6, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Good news came for a trio of University of Mississippi juniors recently when they were named finalists for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Jarvis Benson of Grenada, Jaz...
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Political Science Educator’s Planned Gift to UM Department
MARCH 6, 2018 By BILL DABNEY Dwight Tays of Nashville, Tennessee, says the University of Mississippi gave him the knowledge base he’s needed to be successful throughout his more than four-decade career as a political science educator. Now, he wants to give back. “The Department of Political Science...
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