Sororities welcome new wave of freshmen
Celebration rang through the air on Saturday, Aug. 20, as the results of another successful sorority recruitment season were revealed. There was not a chair empty nor a spot unclaimed in the
A town of many colors: Oxford Pride
All the colors of the rainbow will collide on April 24-30. Oxford Pride, organized by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, is hosting a whole week of LGBTQIA+ events.
Graduating first-generation undergraduate and graduate students celebrate success at the inaugural Evening of First-Gen Excellence
On April 25, the UM First-Gen Student Network, Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the University of Mississippi
Welcome back: Double Decker returns to Oxford after three-year hiatus
In 2019, over 70,000 people joyously flooded the historic Courthouse Square to attend the Double Decker Arts Festival — an annual celebration of Oxford’s illustrious artistic, musical and culinary scene. “Originally inspired
Prestigious Truman Scholarship conferred to Mississippi juniors
On April 14, University of Mississippi juniors Jilkiah Bryant and Andy Flores received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, making state and university history as the first time two Truman Scholarships have ever
Mr. University: Men take their turn on stage
Students packed the Gertrude C. Ford Center on Tuesday night to watch University of Mississippi students compete for a brand new title: Mr. University. Pageant style, 12 male students put on a
Hoka’s first appearance in Oxford
A new mural located near the parking garage on the Square depicts “Princess Hoka,” a Chickasaw woman who owned the land that Oxford resides on. Published on Dec. 11, 2021,
UM students research new drug delivery systems
For the past year, students at the University of Mississippi — mostly chemistry, pharmacy, biology and engineering majors — have been experimenting different ways for drug delivery for the nasal cavity. Located
“We must start by speaking their names”: Second lynching marker remembering Lafayette County lynching victims dedicated in emotional ceremony
A marker dedicated to the seven known victims of lynching in Lafayette County was dedicated in an emotional, public ceremony Saturday afternoon. Under a cloudless spring sky, Lafayette County youth solemnly read
Lynching marker dedication to take place Saturday
A marker dedicated to lynching victims, placed on the grounds of the Lafayette County Courthouse, will be dedicated Saturday, over a year after the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to