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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ Star Who Filmed in Mississippi, Dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, known for Star Trek and X-Men, died at 86. His Mississippi connections included filming Logan and narrating a Delta State planetarium show.
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UM Internship and Career Fair Continues to Grow

By Stella Connell Special to HottyToddy.com Scores of University of Mississippi business students got a jump start on their careers recently by networking with corporate decision-makers...

Vermont Sending Over 200 Inmates to Private Tallahatchie Prison

By Michelle Liu for Mississippi Today A private prison in Mississippi that began holding federal immigration detainees this summer will soon also house inmates from Vermont. The...

Oxford’s JROTC Hosts 9/11 Memorial Run in Honor of the Fallen

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com Seventeen years have passed since the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked by terrorists killing nearly 3,000 people, which included...

September 10 Recognized as World Suicide Prevention Day

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com Communities across the world came together Sept. 10 in honor of World Suicide Prevention Day, a day set aside each year...

University’s Talented Jazz Ensemble Performs Overseas for First Time

The Mississippians, the University of Mississippi's jazz ensemble, performed overseas for the first time this summer in Europe. The 19 musicians of The Mississippians had...

Construction Projects at UM Nearing Completion

Several construction projects at the University of Mississippi are expected to be completed during the 2018-19 academic year. Construction crews already have reworked the roundabout...

Submissions Sought for UM Film Festival One-Minute Film Competition

The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film is debuting a new way for the university community and high school students to get involved in...

Game, Set and Match: UM Faculty, Staff Find Fulfillment Playing Tennis

Underneath an early evening sunset and amid warm mid-August temperatures, four players meet for a doubles tennis match. Dressed comfortably in shorts, T-shirts and...

Couple’s Planned Gift to Support Two UM Endowments

Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Albert Lee Strickland, of Capitola, California, have partnered on many projects throughout their lives and someday, even in death, their...

Historian to Lecture on the ‘Triumph of Abolitionism’

A leading historian of 19th century America speaks Sept. 12 at the University of Mississippi on "The Triumph of Abolitionism" as part of the...
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