Faculty News
In Support of Singing
Former Music Professors Hope Gift Will Attract Top Vocal Performers and Future Choral Music Educators to Ole Miss OCTOBER 30, 2023 BY BILL DABNEY/UM FOUNDATION Debra and Alan Spurgeon of Oxford, Mississippi, met in their college choir, and ever since choral music has been the focus of their life together. The retired University of Mississippi […]
Assembly Quartet Releases (Re)Mix
New album features musicians and scholars OCTOBER 17, 2023 BY STAFF REPORT Assembly Quartet founding member Adam Estes is associate professor at the University of Mississippi Department of Music where he teaches saxophone, bassoon, woodwinds methods courses, and coaches woodwind chamber ensembles. His quartet’s (Re)Mix album was released by Amp Recordings in September. “Dr. Estes […]
Local, National Talent to Sing the Blues at Annual Festival
Panel at UM Blues Archive to highlight history, importance of music to the South OCTOBER 5, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE The 12th annual Oxford Blues Festival will kick off three days of blues music with a free-to-the-public event at the University of Mississippi Blues Archive. The festival returns to the main stage on Oct. 12-14 with performances from Little […]
Fulbright-Hays Award to Fund Study Abroad Project in Bolivia
Kate Centellas and 10 students to investigate health care disparities in Latin America SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE Ten University of Mississippi students will travel to Bolivia next summer to study the impacts and intricacies of public health anthropology as a part of professor Kate Centellas’ recent Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Award. For more than a decade, […]
Groundbreaking Neuro-HIV Treatment in Development at UM
Researchers use ‘body’s natural transport mechanisms’ to target the brain SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT University of Mississippi researchers are developing a novel treatment for the neurological complications of HIV, also known as neuro-HIV. The National Institutes of Health awarded a five-year grant to Eden Tanner, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Jason Paris, research […]
English Professor, Student Top Winners in Poetry Competition
Beth Ann Fennelly and Ellie Black place first and second in Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH University of Mississippi English professor Beth Ann Fennelly and doctoral student Ellie Black have taken the top prizes in the 22nd annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, sponsored by Winning Writers. Fennelly, […]
Supporting the Arts and Humanities at UM
Harriet and Warren Stephens Honor UM Artist-in-Residence Bruce Levingston with Gift SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 BY JONATHAN SCOTT/UM DEVELOPMENT A generous gift from Warren and Harriet Stephens through the Warren A. Stephens Trust of Little Rock, Arkansas, honors Bruce Levingston, the Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair at the University of Mississippi. […]
Scientist Works to Develop Pest-Resistant Soybean
Biology chair investigates wild soybeans for resistant properties SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT A devastating pest for soybean farmers may soon be a problem of the past, thanks to research conducted by a University of Mississippi biologist. Sixue Chen, chair of the Department of Biology, is collaborating with researchers nationwide to combat a microscopic roundworm that causes […]
Mississippi Artists to Paint Faulkner’s Mule Farm
Public invited to Sept. 17 reception at Greenfield Farm SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT Nine artists from across Mississippi will soon converge on what was once William Faulkner’s mule farm to depict the landscape in a “plein air” painting competition. The Sept. 17 event will be held at Greenfield Farm, a 20-acre parcel of […]
Sociologist Edits Book on Resilience and Community Development
‘More Than Bouncing Back’ provides insights, tools for rural communities AUGUST 20, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Anne Cafer, associate dean for research, scholarship and graduate education in the University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts, is the primary editor of a new book examining how resilience influences community development. “More Than Bouncing Back: Examining Community Resilience […]