News Briefs

Fall Signing Day 2023: Seven OHS Athletes Sign Letters of Intent

During this morning's National Signing Day event, seven Oxford Charger student-athletes solidified their commitment to play on the college level. Family, friends, and teammates gathered...

Local Educators Win Bright Ideas Grants

Area school teachers were recently awarded Bright Ideas grants from North East Mississippi Electric Power Association and NE SPARC. Ten local educators submitted online...

UM Accountancy Master’s Graduates Receive Prestigious CPA Exam Award

By Jennifer Lea McClure University of Mississippi Two graduates of the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi have received the 2021 Elijah Watt Sells Award, the most...

A Sisterhood of Editors

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics will present “A Sisterhood of Editors,” its third program of the fall semester, next Wednesday night.  Executive...

Knighton Retires After Almost 40 Years

By Clara Turnage University of Mississippi Denise Knighton is leaving the University of Mississippi nearly 40 years behind schedule. In 1980, Knighton moved with her sister, Sandra...

The Girl Who Made a Message Out of Her Mess: Eliza Peters, The 2022 Ole Miss Homecoming Queen 

By: Brooks Custer https://youtu.be/Lf_A1rC8eiM When results for the University of Mississippi homecoming queen runoff election were read aloud in front of the Ole Miss Lyceum on Sept. 22, Eliza Peters burst into tears. Upon being...

Undergraduate Student Publishes Sleep Research Paper

By Erin Garrett University of Mississippi A University of Mississippi senior has published a scientific paper on one of the most essential human needs: sleep. Nicole Jones,...

Water Crisis 2022: Sticking It Through

By Bre’Anna Coleman Walter Johnson Photo by Walter Johnson Sometimes in the middle of a crisis, people can forget that those in authority might not have the...

UM Library Events Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Integration

By Emily Howorth University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi Libraries' Department of Archives and Special Collections is commemorating the university's 1962 integration with two lectures...

UM Ranks Top in State for Getting a Job After Graduation

By Edwin B. Smith University of Mississippi More than nine in 10 recent University of Mississippi graduates have found and kept a job after graduation. That...

New ‘Normal’ Leads to Record Enrollment, New Challenges at UM

By Chandler Tucker IMC Student The University of Mississippi welcomed a record-breaking freshman class for fall 2022, and this enrollment, combined with a new group of...