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Sociology Graduate Student Gets National Science Foundation Internship
Yasmin McLaurin to spend summer working with program to stimulate competitive research May 24, 2021 by Shea Stewart A University of Mississippi sociology graduate student will spend 10 weeks this summer assisting a National Science Foundation program in developing a communication strategy. Bay Springs native Yasmin McLaurin, who is pursuing a master’s degree in sociology, […]
Brian Foster Named Humanities Teacher of the Year
Sociology and Southern studies professor enjoys designing courses to challenge and engage students DECEMBER 15, 2020 BY REBECCA LAUCK CLEARY Brian Foster is enjoying quite a successful conclusion to a wild ride of a year: the University of North Carolina Press published his book, he learned he would be co-editor of a prestigious sociology journal and […]
UM Researchers Part of Team Studying Louisiana Fishing Communities
Project explores how ecological and socioeconomic changes affect coastal region’s people, economy DECEMBER 8, 2020 BY SHEA STEWART A pair of University of Mississippi researchers are members of a multiuniversity project exploring the effects of freshwater inputs into coastal Louisiana salt marsh ecosystems and the resulting impacts on the recreational fishing industry. Vanessa Parks and […]
Center for Population Studies and Partners Host Hunger Summit
Summit helps nonprofits respond to COVID-19 and food insecurity in Mississippi DECEMBER 1, 2020 BY ELIZABETH SWEENEY The University of Mississippi‘s Center for Population Studies has partnered with two regional community organizations to launch the 2020 Hunger Summit, which provides a venue for community organizations and their partners to share information and support during the […]
Support the Sociology of Human Rights at the University of Mississippi
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 BY THE OLE MISS FUND STAFF For almost a decade, Mark Frezzo taught University of Mississippi students something he cared about deeply: social justice and the sociology of human rights. With your help, the Mark V. Frezzo Human Rights and Social Justice Scholarship will honor his memory and continue his legacy of […]
Carolyn Freiwald Gives TEDx Talk
Fifth Annual TEDx Event Set for Feb. 29 FEBRUARY 24, 2020 BY MEREDITH FOSTER The fifth annual TEDxUniversityofMississippi conference is slated for Saturday (Feb. 29) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, bringing together a diverse group of speakers on topics such as politics, race in the South, preventing heart disease, music, community […]
Meyers and Boudreaux receive $500,000 grant to preserve precious artifacts
Two UM Professors Unite to Save UM Archeological Collection NOVEMBER 19, 2019 BY ABIGAIL MEISEL Hoe found in Coahoma County, Mississippi that is made from stone that came from southern Illinois. The hoe was probably used in agricultural fields of maize between AD 1200-1400. Photo by Tony Boudreaux Two professors in the Department of Sociology […]
