Local News: Dawsonville, GA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make University of Mississippi News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

RSS icon mobile icon

University of Mississippi News

News on University of Mississippi continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

21 hrs ago | Medical News Today

HHS Awards More Than $5 Million To The University Of Mississippi For...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health is awarding up to $5.2 million to the University of Mississippi to support efforts to eliminate health disparities in racial and ethnic minority communities in the Mississippi Delta Region .

Comment?

Related Topix: Health

Yesterday | KXMB-TV Bismarck

12 Klansmen rally briefly before LSUOle Miss game

Moving on general news and sports services. AP Photo MSJAD101, MSJAD102, MSJAD103 OXFORD, Miss.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oxford, MS

Sat Nov 21, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Klansmen Rally Before Ole Miss Game

About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday's football game with No.

2 comments

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Sports, Video

Fri Nov 20, 2009

MyFoxAtlanta

Irvin Rosenfeld Nears Pot Smoking Record

Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. will smoke his 115,000th marijuana cigarette Friday, a possible world record, and he can thank the U.S. government for his supply.

1 comment

Related Topix: Drugs, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Miami Metro

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

UM student on 'Cosmo' bachelor list

If not for his grandmother, Ryne Graham would quietly be attending his classes at the University of Mississippi and keeping his profile rather low.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Washington DC

NOLA.com

FBI seeking help with unsolved racially-motivated killings from 50s and 60s

While federal investigators work through old case files looking for answers to the killings of black men and women in the South during the civil rights era, FBI Civil Rights Chief Cynthia Deitle on Wednesday said the agency needs the public's help locating relatives of 36 people who were killed.

Comment?

Related Topix: Southern University, San Antonio Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Mississippi Business Journal

County designated StormReady

ADAMS COUNTY a ' Adams County is the latest community to receive the StormReady designation from the National Weather Service.

Comment?

Related Topix: Adams County, MS, Weather, University of Southern Mississippi

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Burnham a good choice for ed chief

MISSISSIPPI'S NEW SUPERINTENDENT of education, Tom Burnham, returns to the position he held for four years in 1990s with an even more impressive dossier of experience and perspective - and with broadly enthusiastic support from the public education community and citizens who work as volunteer leaders for public education.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Biloxi, MS, Biloxi Metro, Tupelo, MS

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Science Daily

New Antenna May Reveal More Clues About Lightning

In fact, there have been 116 space shuttle scrubs; 72 for technical reasons and 45 for inclement weather.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Military, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, US Air Force, NASA

Fri Nov 13, 2009

WRAL.com - AP National News

Famed Miss. judge faces prison for lying to FBI

In this July 30, 2009 file photograph, former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter enters the federal courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss.

Comment?

Related Topix: Trent Lott, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Aberdeen, MS, Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS

Thu Nov 12, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Ole Miss Fight Song Spat Sparks Controversy

From the forced admission of its first black student James Meredith, to a heated debate about banning the rebel flag, the University of Mississippi can't seem to escape racial controversy.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Newsday.com

DOJ allots $330K for anti-college assault program

Department of Justice has provided the University of Mississippi with a three-year, $300,000 grant to develop programs to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on college campuses.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Tue Nov 10, 2009

GISCafe

EIGS Launches Geospatial Community Projects with 13 Mississippi Schools

November 10, 2009 -- Oxford, MS The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions , housed at The University of Mississippi, is pleased to announce the launch of MARS 2009 high school GIS projects.

1 comment

Related Topix: Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Education Etc., Coahoma County, MS, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Mon Nov 09, 2009

CNN

Illiteracy to Literature in the Enlightened South - I

As such, I found it an interesting prospect to document both the first step necessary to conquer this stigma as well as the next step - the bold and brash idea that if given the time and resources, one can both read and in fact write fine literature.' - hhanks , CNN iReport producer iReport - By NEAL MOORE OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI Known as the home of ...

Comment?

Related Topix: Oxford, MS, Mississippi

Sat Nov 07, 2009

US News & World Report

Segregationist Tells Ole Miss President to Back Off Student Body

As if the University of Mississippi needs more attention given to the subject, a segregationist has chimed in on the recent controversy surrounding a student chant.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WJTV Jackson

Um To Enforce Tailgating Rule

The University of Mississippi will enforce a rule bars tailgaters from putting up tents before 6 p.m. on Fridays.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Picayune Item

Burnham chosen to return as Miss. schools chief

Tom Burnham, who led Mississippi's public school system for five years in the mid-1990s, has been chosen to return to the position.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Education Etc.

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Mississippi chooses Tom Burnham for schools superintendent; served in job in mid-90s

A state Department of Education spokesman says Tom Burnham, who served as Mississippi's superintendent of education in the mid-1990s, has been chosen to return to the job.

Comment?

CBS News

Government Takeover on Campus

Stephen Spruiell is a staff writer for National Review Online. The Obama administration is trying to strong-arm America's colleges and universities into complying with a bill that hasn't been signed into law yet.

Comment?

Related Topix: Non-Profit, Opinion, US Politics, US News

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Associated Content

Mississippi's Janice Carr Plans to Scale Mount Kilimanjaro

Janice Carr, an employee of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, is planning to climb her way to the top, the top of Mount Kilimanjaro that is.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oxford, MS, Travel, Malawi Travel, World News, Tanzania, Malawi Travel, Tanzania Travel, Africa, Tanzania

Also on Topix