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Biology professor Joshua Bloomekatz (left) and doctoral student Rabina Shrestha examine a tank of zebrafish. Bloomekatz and his research team are using the fish, which has heart processes similar to humans, to study how cardiac cells rearrange themselves to form structures of the heart. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

University Lands Prestigious T32 Award for Graduate Student Training

JUNE 25, 2024 In a historic development for the University of Mississippi, the National Institutes of Health has awarded the university a prestigious grant to help support and train graduate students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. As part of the T32 Graduate Research Training...
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Gavin Davies.

International Collaboration Makes Headway in Neutrino Study

UM students take lead in international particle physics project JUNE 20, 2024 Scientists are one step closer to understanding the behavior of one of the most abundant particles in the universe, and University of Mississippi students and researchers are helping lead the way. The Fermi National...
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Elijah Mudryk. Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Student, Community Champion Named 2024 Newman Civic Fellow

Elijah Mudryk receives access to leadership development and educational resources JUNE 13, 2024 University of Mississippi psychology graduate student Elijah Mudryk will spend the next year learning how to make the world a better place as a 2024 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Mudryk, a clinical...
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University of Mississippi graduate students Byunchgul Yu (left) and Baisakhi Mitra and postdoctoral researcher On Kim received URA Visiting Scholar awards to live and work at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Photo by Daniel Svoboda/Fermilab Creative Services

Students, Postdocs Contribute to Groundbreaking Physics Experiment

UM team seeks answers to questions about Standard Model, dark matter JUNE 11, 2024 Pushing the boundaries of what is known about the universe, a team of University of Mississippi students and postdoctoral researchers has contributed to one of the world’s premier particle physics experiments...
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Via Bleidner

GRADUATE STUDENT’S BOOK LANDS NETFLIX DEAL

Via Bleidner’s collection of humorous essays in development for TV series MAY 13, 2024 Via Bleidner kept detailed journals after transferring from a Catholic school to a Los Angeles County high school full of wealthy, fame-seeking teenagers. Her coming-of-age accounts shared in “If You...
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