News & Views

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.
Bill Taylor -

Top Stories of 2017: UM Physicists Celebrate Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery

Physics researchers at the University of Mississippi are elated over news that colleagues involved in the groundbreaking discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 were...

Top Stories of 2017: Manager Of The Links Trashes Apartment, Video Goes Viral

The property manager of the Links Apartments in Oxford, Mississippi, allegedly barged into the apartment of a group of Ole Miss law students on...

Top Stories of 2017: UM Student Has Fresh Outlook On Life After Brain Aneurysm

No parent can ever prepare for the moment that they receive a text that their child is on their way to the hospital. This...

Top Stories of 2017: After Years in Faraway Places, Claudia Billups Rides Back Home

  Claudia Billups stays extremely busy these days managing a new restaurant, Fill-Up with Billups, on the Oxford Square. HottyToddy.com's Steve Vassallo crossed paths with her...

Top Stories of 2017: Oxford's First Responders Protect the City on Christmas Day

  As a young boy, Chris Abernathy was told by his father, a firefighter, to pick a gift from under the tree one Christmas Eve...

Top Stories of 2017: Luke Guest and Son Karson Stalk Deer Between Snacks

Hearing a twig snap as a doe or buck makes its way through the woods, seeing the sunrise peeking over the trees and enjoying...

Ole Miss Honors College Welcomes 15 Scholarship Recipients

One is an award-winning poet. Another is an archer with a love of biology. And one is a violinist who also runs cross country. These...

Stamps Scholars: Smart Students with "Big Plans and Small Egos"

Ten members of the 2017 freshman class at the University of Mississippi’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors Collegehave the distinction of being Stamps Scholarship recipients. This year’s...

Insight Park Tenant Health Check Audit Grows into a Powerhouse Firm

Health Check Audit,  with offices at the University of Mississippi's Insight Park, has become one of the nation's leading health  care revenue recovery firms since ...

UM Youth Summer Camps Release 2018 Schedule

The University of Mississippi Office of Pre-College Programs can help make holiday shopping easier this year by offering the gift of a fun, educational...
Load more