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UM Museum Opens First Gallery in Renovated Mary Buie Wing

Project is one of the most significant expansions in the museum’s 78-year history MARCH 27, 2018 BY CHRISTINA STEUBE The University of Mississippi Museum has reopened the first of four galleries in its Mary Buie wing, which is undergoing reinstallation to house the David M. Robinson Memorial Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities. The original […]

University of Mississippi students (left to right) Madison Savoy, Abigail Garrett, Cellas Hayes, Lindsey Miller and Brittany Brown present their undergraduate research during Posters in the Rotunda March 20 at the state Capitol. Photo by Shea Stewart/University Communications

UM Undergraduate Students Present Their Research at the Capitol

Posters in the Rotunda showcases undergraduate projects at state universities MARCH 23, 2018 BY SHEA STEWART Five University of Mississippi students displayed their undergraduate research on topics ranging from the Latino South to therapeutic treatments for cognitive disorders during Posters in the Rotunda Tuesday (March 20) at the Mississippi State Capitol. They were among 33 students from Mississippi’s eight […]

Conservator Amy Jones Abbe gives the Bust of an Unknown Roman a careful cleaning as part of her residency at University Museum. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Communications

Conservator Completes Work on Three Marble Busts at UM Museum

Amy Jones Abbe’s weeklong residency also included lectures and public presentations FEBRUARY 7, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Amy Jones Abbe, one of the country’s most respected conservators of Greek and Roman sculpture, enjoyed a brief residency at the University of Mississippi Museum last week. The Athens, Georgia, resident divided her time between restoring three […]

Several marble busts are among the more than 2,000 items in the Robinson Greek and Roman Antiquities Collection in the University Museum. Submitted photo

Conservator Visiting UM Museum to Examine Marble Sculpture Collection

Amy Jones Abbe to assess selected pieces and advise staff on their preservation JANUARY 29, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH One of the country’s most respected conservators of Greek and Roman sculpture is visiting the University of Mississippi Museum this week to review its collection and share her expertise. Amy Jones Abbe of Athens, Georgia, […]

Classics Professor Receives Humanities Fellowship to Greece

Brad Cook to study origins, meanings of two ancient Greek inscriptions from university’s collection JANUARY 22, 2018 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM Brad Cook, an associate professor of classics at the University of Mississippi, will spend the spring in Athens, Greece, researching two ancient inscriptions that are part of the David M. Robinson Memorial Collection of Greek and […]

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Award-Winning Graduate Students

Each year College of Liberal Arts departments present Graduate Student Achievement Awards at Honors Day. These six represent scholars across the discipline areas housed in the College. ANNA KATHERINE BLACK PhD clinical psychology ’18 Doctoral winner of UM’s Three Minute Thesis Competition challenging graduate students to explain their research in three minutes and using only […]

The Department of Classics, housed in Bryant Hall, received the WCC award this month. Photo by Robert Jordan

UM Classics Department Honored for Professional Equity

University is third recipient of award JANUARY 11, 2017 BY CHRISTINA STEUBE The Women’s Classical Caucus honored the Department of Classics at the University of Mississippi with its WCC Award in Professional Equity at the Archaeological Institute of America/Society for Classical Studies joint annual meeting last week (Jan. 6) in Toronto. The award, established in 2014, is given to an institution that […]

‘Gods and Men’ features artifacts from the UM Museum’s David M. Robinson permanent collection, such as this bust of Emperor Tiberius.

New UM Museum Exhibition Highlights Antiquities Collection

Gods and Men: Iconography and Identity of the Ancient World May 10–August 20, 2016 Reception: Tuesday, May 24, 6–8:00 p.m. This exhibit takes a closer examination of the image of ancient gods, kings, and the common man. Their depictions contain a visual language, once easily understood throughout the ancient world.  Exhibition support from the Friends […]

Classics Students Compete in Archaeological Ethics Bowl

Three debate ethical dilemmas faced by archaeologists APRIL 27, 2016  |  BY EMILY SCHNEIDER Earlier this month, three University of Mississippi students spent the day putting themselves in the shoes of professional archaeologists, debating issues of ownership, trespassing, reporting, stewardship, commercialization and sexual harassment in Orlando, Florida. The students, all juniors in the university’s Sally […]

Professor Brad Cook teaches ancient Greek and Latin and courses on the history and culture of ancient Greece. He also publishes on the political world of fourth-century B.C. Athens, on specific ancient Greeks of that century and on the traditions about these figures, historical and legendary, through the last two millennia.

Classic Giving: Mike and Mary “Bickie” McDonnell

Commitment to Support Classics April 19, 2016  |  By Bill Dabney A Memphis, Tennessee, couple recently fulfilled their $500,000 commitment to an endowment that supports the University of Mississippi Department of Classics. Mike and Mary “Bickie” McDonnell, who consider the classics to be the focal point of a well-rounded liberal arts education, created the endowment […]