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McLean Institute Grant Award Funds Community Engagement
Hearin Foundation provides support for research and service efforts OCTOBER 5, 2018 BY STAFF REPORT A grant from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation for the University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will fund research and service aimed at increasing community and economic development in Mississippi communities. The McLean Institute […]
Home of the Brave
As military veterans arrive on campus, the University of Mississippi—one of only four SEC institutions designated a Purple Heart Campus by the National Military Order of the Purple Heart—welcomes them with resources and assistance. Created in 2013 and currently supporting 1,300+ student veterans, active members of the military, and their dependents, the Office of Veteran […]
Three Graduates Receive Rural Physician Scholarships
Funding supports medical training at UM School of Medicine JULY 30, 2018 BY STAFF REPORT Three recent graduates of the University of Mississippi have been awarded Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarships valued at $30,000 per year for their medical training at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson. Cal Wilkerson, Alison Redding and Kaleb […]
Brittany Nielsen Receives UM Teaching Award
Brittany Nielsen (M.A., California State University, Long Beach), a graduate student in Experimental Psychology and member of the research team in the Cognition Underlying Behavior (CUB) Lab, received the 2015–2016 Graduate Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Mississippi Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 13, 2016. In addition to a monetary award, Brittany received a Golden Apple […]
Recent Psychology Graduate Awarded Prestigious Health Fellowship
Gigi Bastien’s research on impact of Ebola virus disease to take place in Liberia MAY 19, 2016 | BY MACKENZIE QUICK A recent graduate of the University of Mississippi Department of Psychology, Gigi Bastien, has been awarded a Fogarty Global Health Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for 11 months of research in the […]
UM Study Affirms Treating Insomnia May Ease Migraines
Researchers use behavioral intervention to achieve long-term results MARCH 10, 2016 | BY CHRISTINA STEUBE Even relatively brief sessions with a sleep therapist may prove useful in relieving the frequency of migraines for chronic sufferers, concludes a study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi. The study is reported in the February issue of […]
