Southern Experience

Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

OHS Marine Corps Junior ROTC Honors Javeria Williams

The 2015 Oxford High School (OHS) Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadet of the Year is incoming OHS sophomore and Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadet...

Mitchell: Churches Have Nothing to Fear from Same-Gender Ruling

Faced with racially integrating their swimming pools in the 1960s, many Mississippi cities locked the gates. Some mayors trumped up excuses, such as a need...

10 Square Video: Why Dianne Smith Fergusson Loves Oxford

Dianne Smith Fergusson is a stained glass mosaic artist. She loves Oxford because it is a warm, creative place to be. Do you agree?...

Cleveland Clinic: Head Lice: What You’re Itching to Know (Infographic)

The content and information below is republished with permission from the Cleveland Clinic. Head lice: just thinking about it is enough to make you itch....

Oxford’s Olden Days: Confederate Monuments Downtown and on Campus

In 1906 and 1907, two Confederate Monuments were erected one the Ole Miss Campus and one the Square in downtown Oxford. The idea for...

Daniell Mattern Chosen for Coulter Professorship

A renowned organic synthetic chemist is the newest recipient of the Margaret McLean Coulter Professorship at the University of Mississippi. Daniell Mattern is the fourth...

Danielle Sims Awarded Mereese Ladson Diversity Scholarship

Danielle Sims, area coordinator at the University of Mississippi, is a 2015 recipient of the Mereese Ladson Diversity Scholarship, which is given by the National...

Food Service Management Institute Renamed Institute of Child Nutrition

The University of Mississippi’s National Food Service Management Institute has changed its name and logo to the Institute of Child Nutrition, reflecting its mission to...

A Don of All Trades

Whether at work or at home, Don Stanford is always looking for the next adventure. “I really enjoy doing anything new or anything challenging,” Stanford...

UMMC Faculty Members Receive Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professorships

University of Mississippi Medical Center administrators named five faculty members to receive Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professorships, an honor recognizing significant research accomplishments and...