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7 Funny Things Southerners Say About Cold Weather

Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a...

UM Language Professor Heads to Germany as Humboldt Research Fellow

A University of Mississippi modern languages professor has earned a prestigious research award, which will help further her studies of Jewish life in Europe following...

Beth Ann Fennelly Mississippi Poet Laureate Acceptance Remarks

Although I was born and raised as a Yankee, I got to the South just as soon as I could, graduate school in 1994....

UM Professor’s Research Published in Journal of Consumer Research

A University of Mississippi's marketing professor's joint study of the effects of front-of-package nutrition labels shows they serve different purposes depending upon the shopping...

Melody Musgrove Joins Graduate Center for Study of Early Learning

Melody Musgrove, an accomplished public education leader and advocate, has joined the University of Mississippi faculty as co-director of the Graduate Center for the...

UM Student Disability Services to Host Ability Exhibit

In an effort to create awareness and develop allies for people with disabilities, the University of Mississippi Office of Student Disability Services is hosting...

UM Swahili Program Provides Exotic Option for Students

Like hundreds of students each year at the University of Mississippi, Estelle Blair signed up last fall for Spanish 101. But when the Brandon...

22 New Luxury Condominiums Coming to Oxford’s Historic District

RE/MAX Legacy Realty of Oxford has announced the development of Harrison Square Condominiums at 1200 Harrison Avenue, just steps to the historic Square in...

You Won’t Believe What’s Keeping Some Alabama Fans at Home

Sorry Ole Miss, but you may be disappointed to learn that Saturday's game against the Tide may not be the first choice for some...

Q&A: Things You Never Knew About Chancellor Vitter

John Touloupis: You’ve now been Chancellor for a little over nine months, talk about how life in Oxford has been and what’s the community...

Why All College Students Should Consider Yoga

The words of the great Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, “Exercise gives you endorphins, and endorphins make you happy,” actually has a lot of...