News from the College Of Liberal Arts

Oxford Mural on The Square. Photo by Logan Kirkland/ Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

College of Liberal Arts students Sophia Fosdick, left, Cayla Hari and Weston Liefer chat at the Phi Mu fountain in the Quad. Photo by Kevin Bain/University Communications Photography.

Images around the Oxford Square and Oxford for admissions post card. Photo by Logan Kirkland/ Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Campus Scenes; Ventress Hall framed by flower blooms in the Circle. Photo by Logan Kirkland/ Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

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Nobel Prize-winning author and UM alumnus William Faulkner. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications

Faulkner Stories Selected for 2018 UM Common Reading Experience

February 19, 2018

Incoming students to read selections this summer FEBRUARY 16, 2018 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM Ten selected short stories of a University of Mississippi alumnus and one of the most acclaimed American authors of...

UM music professor Thomas Peattie attends an event at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America during his fellowship there last fall. Submitted photo

Music Professor Returns from Columbia University Fellowship

February 16, 2018

Thomas Peattie spent fall semester at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America FEBRUARY 16, 2018 BY ANNA HERD Thomas Peattie, an assistant professor of music at the University of...

John T. Edge (center) spends time with (from left) UM development officer Nikki Neely, Sharon Vitter, Nick Pihakis and UM Chancellor Jeff Vitter. The university has matched a $1 million pledge by Pihakis to support the work of the Southern Foodways Alliance and honor Edge’s leadership. Submitted photo

University Accepts Challenge of Alabama Restaurateur

February 15, 2018

Major gift supports future of Southern Foodways Alliance, honors longtime director FEBRUARY 10, 2018 BY BILL DABNEY The University of Mississippi has matched a recent $1 million pledge from Alabama...

Usefulness of Math Topic of February Science Cafe

February 15, 2018

UM professor Sandra Spiroff to discuss applications of mathematics FEBRUARY 14, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Practical uses for mathematical concepts is the topic for a monthly public science forum...

UM students (front, from left) Ginnie Brown and Josh McLemore, and (back, from left) Abby Wilson and Riley McManus rehearse for the Ole Miss Theatre production of ‘Zombie Prom,’ which opens Friday (Feb. 16) at Meek Hall Auditorium. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Communications

Ole Miss Theatre Production of ‘Zombie Prom’ Opens Friday

February 15, 2018

Zany musical features contributions by army of students, faculty and staff FEBRUARY 13, 2018 BY CAROLINE HEWITT Zombies are roaming about campus at the University of Mississippi, but rather than...