Hadley Hitson, Author at The Daily Mississippian

UMMC doctor builds ventilators for pandemic response

Since doctors confirmed the first cases of the coronavirus in the United States, health care workers, hospital administrators and politicians have been scrambling to procure ventilators to help COVID-19 patients who experience

April 16, 2020

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Meet your new ASB president: Joshua Mannery

Joshua Mannery knew he wanted to be the Associated Student Body president since the moment he stepped foot on the University of Mississippi campus, and on Tuesday evening, he succeeded. With a

April 8, 2020

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The unseen costs of the coronavirus for students: travel, transience and tradition

As University of Mississippi students close out their fourth week off-campus and second week of online classes during the coronavirus pandemic, many are still adjusting to life away from Oxford — and

April 2, 2020

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Hundreds of students staying on campus amid COVID-19 closures

When the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees announced on March 12 the university’s extended spring break and switch to online classes, an approximate 4,100 students living in university housing

March 25, 2020

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University extends spring break and prepares for online classes

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees announced that all eight public universities in the state, including the University of Mississippi, will extend spring break by one week to

March 12, 2020

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears cases at Ole Miss

Since 1984, a randomly selected panel of three established judges from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has presided over oral arguments in the University of Mississippi Law School courtroom every three

March 4, 2020

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Brown Hall to close for 2020-2021 amid dropping enrollment

After three years of declining enrollment at the University of Mississippi, multiple floors of freshman residence halls remain unoccupied, and others do not reach capacity. Brown Hall, another freshman dorm, will no

March 1, 2020

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‘We are Ole Miss, too:’ Black student groups march for representation

Escorted by police officers and university officials, dozens of university students marched from Lamar Hall to the Confederate monument in the Circle on Monday evening to commemorate Black History Month. “I feel

February 24, 2020

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Students and alumni evacuate their homes as the Pearl River swells in Jackson

University community members are adjusting to the effects of historic floods that have displaced Mississippians and flooded thousands of homes in the Jackson area. While the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which

February 17, 2020

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IHL trustee contributes to $26m STEM donation after tabling relocation vote

Last week, Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) trustee Thomas Duff and his brother Jim donated $26 million to the university toward the construction of a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

February 11, 2020

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