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TLV Tip of the Week:
Sports Galore!
The South Carolina Gamecocks will roll into town this weekend to take on Ole Miss Rebels football Saturday, November 1 at 6 pm. But that's not all! Ole Miss Basketball officially kicks off this week as well. The men will play their season opener Monday, November 3 against Southeastern Louisiana and the women go against Norfolk State that same morning. Hotty Toddy!
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Local Views: Dana Criswell
"Mississippi: Leader in Economic Development"
Mississippi has chased “economic development” longer than most states. Since the 1930s, our main tactic has been to lure outside companies with tax breaks, special deals, and public money. The targets changed—factories, shipyards, auto plants—but the approach stayed the same: politicians pick winners, taxpayers carry the risk, and the promised jobs often fall short. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
School of Pharmacy Alumnus Creates New Scholarship Fund
by Andy Belt
Stan Williams honors his past, looks to school's future
New Orleans native Stan Williams' love for Louisiana State University has never diminished his admiration for the University of Mississippi. Ever since his graduation from the UM School of Pharmacy in 1989, he has remained a steadfast supporter of the school. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Banking and Finance Symposium to Address AI, Technology Issues
University of Mississippi School of Business Administration hosting 24th annual event for professionals, students
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence and other technologies and their impact on the banking industry are the focus of this year's Banking and Financial Symposium at the University of Mississippi. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Study Finds Community Violence Exposure Influences Behavior in School
by Jordan Karnbach
Ole Miss researchers seek solutions for children facing violence in their communities
Children sometime misbehave at school for a variety of reasons. But new research from the University of Mississippi sheds light on how exposure to violence outside of school may lead some children to act out in the classroom. Read more
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University of Mississippi
Study Links Faith to Black Americans' Mental Health Outcomes
by Marvis Herring
Ole Miss research underscores importance of holistic mental health care
Church pews, gospel songs, and prayer have offered comfort in Black communities for generations. But, even the strongest devotion to faith can also carry uncertainty, guilt, or grief that weigh on the mind. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Max Williams Left His Mark on Ole Miss and Mississippi
Demographer, professor and sports fan remembered for data-driven impact and devoted service
At one point, Max Williams knew how many outhouses were in Mississippi and across the South. It was all in the name of helping local, state, and federal governments allocate public funds to help social needs, planning and development. Read more
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University of Mississippi
'The Mayo Lab Podcast' Builds Community Through Talk
by Marisa C. Atkinson
Student-led team sparks meaningful conversations that connect research, real life and student experience
To help prevent others from experiencing loss from substance abuse as he did, University of Mississippi student Tyler Barber serves as the host for "The Mayo Lab Podcast" helping fellow students with their overall well-being. Read more
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Local Views: Lafayette County Master Gardeners
Lafayette County Master Gardeners: "Pomegranate"
by Bronwynne Bailey
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) isn’t just a beautiful fruit — it’s a piece of living history. Native to the Middle East and South Asia, this hardy plant has traveled the world, thriving wherever sunshine and warmth abound. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Ole Miss AIChE Team Heads to Nationals With Carbon Capture Cube
by Jordan Karnbach
Innovative solution to tackle emissions heads to national competition
Barely a year after restarting a chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers on campus, a University of Mississippi team of chemical engineering students is preparing to face off against some of the field's biggest programs in a national competition. Read more
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Local Views: Dana Criswell
"Mississippi Puts Real Money Into Schools. Now Let Parents Choose."
When I served in the Legislature, every time I spoke up for school choice I heard the same tired line: “If you support choice, you’re anti-school.” Nonsense. Mississippians value education—and we pay for it. The question is whether our kids are actually learning and whether parents have the power to put their child in a school that fits. Read more
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Local Views: Photo of the Week
"Morgan Jewelry on The Square in 1961"
by John Cofield
Kids distributing The Oxford Eagle when it was a weekly publication. It was a mad dash to get to The Square with your papers. Granddaddy Cofield would give us a dollar, and we'd buy 20 copies and sell them for a total of two dollars. Granddad told me several times that it was a business loan, and he chuckled. See the photo and read more
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Local Views: Lafayette County Master Gardeners
"Marigolds"
by Bronwynne Bailey
Tagetes erecta is a vibrant flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America. Renowned for its large, bright yellow to orange blooms, it is widely cultivated for ornamental, cultural, and medicinal purposes. Traditionally used in Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico, Tagetes erecta holds deep symbolic significance, believed to guide the spirits of the deceased with its vivid color and strong fragrance. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Ole Miss Internship Brings Soul Force Into Digital Age
Partnership offers applied learning, archival skills and access to Black voices from the 1970s to 2000s
Through a new internship with the Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center, doctoral student Gabbie Bowden digitized more than two decades of Soul Force, a community newsletter that began chronicling weddings, church events, political commentary, and everyday life in Freedmen Town in Oxford in the early 1970s. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Alumnus Increases Planned Gift to Ole Miss Athletics
by Bill Dabney
Greg Whitehead credits university for his success, pledges $1 million to help student-athletes
With the hope of a continued nationally competitive future for Ole Miss Athletics, University of Mississippi alumnus Greg Whitehead has increased the amount of a planned gift he made in 2016 from $100,000 to an estimated $1 million. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Global Collaboration Reveals New Insights into 'Ghost Particles'
UM physicists among 250 scientists contributing to international discovery
University of Mississippi researchers supported a groundbreaking international study that has produced the most precise measurement yet of neutrinos, one of the most mysterious and abundant particles in the universe. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
University to Offer Inclusive Higher Education Program
Initiative will allow individuals with intellectual, developmental disabilities to take classes, prepare for jobs
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can take advantage of READY, a four-week residential inclusive higher education program being launched at the University of Mississippi. Read more
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University of Mississippi
Ole Miss Program Builds Teacher Pipeline in Rural Schools
More than 60 MTC alumni filled teacher vacancies in Marshall County since 1997
A partnership launched in 1997 between Marshall County Schools and the Mississippi Teacher Corps at the University of Mississippi has transformed into a pipeline for educators reshaping classrooms and leadership across the district. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Ole Miss Student Joins National Presidential Fellows Program
Edward Hunter will study governance, leadership while preparing for a career in law and public service
With plans to eventually give back to Mississippi, Ole Miss senior and "nonstop" political science major Edward Hunter will channel his inner Alexander Hamilton, "reading every treatise on the shelf," as part of his new academic honor. The West Point native and first-generation college student was named an at-large presidential fellow as part of the Presidential Fellows Program run by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Read more
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University of Mississippi
$10 Million NIH Grant Fuels Next Chapter for UM Glycoscience Research
by Marisa C. Atkinson
Five-year grant strengthens leadership in field, helping explore sugars' roles in health and disease
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $10 million over the next five years to University of Mississippi's Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence. The money will fund research that could have broad impact on health and the treatment of diseases. Read more
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University of Mississippi:
Ole Miss Alumna, Respected Journalist Creates Scholarship Endowment
Charleston native Bessie Ford leaves estate to benefit students from Tallahatchie County
An estate gift from the late Bessie Louise Ford, a University of Mississippi alumna and respected journalist, will help aspiring college students from Tallahatchie County earn degrees at Ole Miss. Ford's distinguished career began when she covered James Meredith's enrollment at the university for United Press International. Read more
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Mississippi:
Hinds Community College Opposes New Reporting Requirements
Stephen M. Vacik, president of Hinds Community College, Raymond, Mississippi, has voiced opposition to the proposed "Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement" (ACTS) reporting requirements issued by the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education. The college, the largest institution of higher education in Mississippi, argues that the new requirements place an unjustified burden on open-enrollment institutions, which are crucial for providing accessible education to diverse populations. Read more
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