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Deadline for Summer, Fall Study Abroad Opportunities Is Wednesday
Students can participate in short-term or semester exchange programs MARCH 6, 2018 BY CHRISTINA STEUBE The deadline for University of Mississippi students to apply for summer and fall study abroad programs is Wednesday (March 7). Students of all majors can choose from hundreds of semester exchange opportunities or two-, four- or eight-week courses during the […]
UM to Be Well Represented at Natchez Literary Celebration
Seven UM faculty and a student to be featured at 29th annual event FEBRUARY 21, 2018 BY CAROLINE HEWITT The University of Mississippi will be well-represented at the 29th annual Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration this week. Besides the four William Winter Scholars from UM who will be recognized, two history professors will be honored […]
Honors College Students Receive Barksdale Awards
Bethany Fitts and Gabrielle Schust each given $5,000 to fulfill dream projects FEBRUARY 21, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH With $5,000 awards to support separate creative projects, two students in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi have been named 2018 Barksdale Award winners. Bethany Fitts, a junior English and history […]
VIDEO: Mississippi Public Broadcast Conversations with Beth Ann Fennelly
Beth Ann Fennelly, professor of English and Mississippi Poet Laureate, is the featured guest on Conversations.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s OCEANIC
“Poetry offers an attention to the world, to beauty, and to love. I think that’s a form of activism: inviting people in this hurting world to see animals and nature and human relationships differently, and to take refuge in beauty.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of OCEANIC Here’s what Aimee says about working with Copper Canyon: “For […]
The 2017 Edith Baine Lecture
“Sounds of Earth: 40 Years of Voyager’s Golden LP and the Poetry That Spun From It” Adrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg, Germany and grew up in California and Indiana. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books, […]
Internship Opportunities with the University of Mississippi Press
Please click on the links below to view internship opportunities with the University of Mississippi Press. Editorial Internship The McRae Publishing Internship
Beth Ann Fennelly, Heating and Cooling: 32 Micro Memoirs
Beth Ann Fennelly will be reading from her memoirs on October 10, Off Square Books, at 5:00 p.m.
Julian Randall, MFA student, awarded Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Cave Canem Poetry Prize Launched in 1999 with Rita Dove’s selection of Natasha Trethewey’s Domestic Work, this first-book award is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent. View previous Prize Winning Books. Submissions for the 2018 Cave Canem Poetry Prize will open in spring 2018. 2017 Winner Cave Canem is pleased […]
Ralph Eubanks to Serve as Visiting Professor at UM
Alumnus and author will teach courses in Southern studies and English AUGUST 4, 2017 BY REBECCA LAUCK CLEARY Ralph Eubanks OXFORD, Miss. – Author and journalist Ralph Eubanks returns to the University of Mississippi this fall, this time as a visiting professor. The Mount Olive native will teach a Southern studies course this fall and an English course during the […]