Graduate Student News

Curious creatures may offer better understanding of microbes’ health roles MARCH 2, 2018 BY SHEA STEWART The sluggish sloth is hitting a cultural apex, with recent star roles in an insurance commercial, the animated film “Zootopia” and even as a special “referee” during this year’s Puppy Bowl...

Public Education Site Opens JANUARY 2, 2018 BY STAFF REPORT The city of Batesville, Mississippi has opened the Batesville Mound Site as a public park, partially thanks to the efforts of Nikki Mattson, a University of Mississippi graduate student in anthropology who has worked to develop signage and...

October 2, 2017  |  By Jordan Holman, for The Daily Mississippian Master of Fine Arts English candidate Julian Randall was awarded the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, which honors “exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent.” Describing himself as “black on both sides — but of two...

Julian Randall gets $1,000 and will have collection of poems published SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH A University of Mississippi graduate student is the latest recipient of a prestigious award cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African-American poets. Julian David Randall, a...

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...