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Masks now only required in instructional areas and healthcare settings at UM

The University of Mississippi is now requiring masks and face coverings only in instructional areas and healthcare settings regardless of vaccination status, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent on Feb.

February 12, 2022

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Class of 2021 seniors express mixed emotions over their graduation

As the class of 2021 at the University of Mississippi trades their school clothes for a cap and gown this week for graduation, the seniors are having mixed feelings over their graduation

April 26, 2021

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Opinion: Comfort is not sustainable in an extended crisis

As we lurch further into 2021, many of us — if not all of us — are finding it hard to move forward. While the prospects of a next-to-normal summer seem encouraging,

March 24, 2021

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‘Thank God for the time’: the story of Brother Thomas’s quarantine album

While the world outside was coming to an end, Eli Bettiga was putting together his second album. Eli, who performs and writes music under the name Brother Thomas, has been working on

March 17, 2021

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After a year in a pandemic, North Mississippi schools reflect on crucial changes

Mississippi schools were some of the first in the country to reopen for in-person learning during the pandemic. Now, teachers and administrators across Northern Mississippi are reflecting on everything they’ve had to

March 17, 2021

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New vaccine shipment relieves distribution stall

Many Mississippians were left unable to schedule appointments to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine after thousands of requests flooded the system to arrange times for vaccination. On Monday, an

January 18, 2021

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