Mahmoud A. ElSohly Ph.D. of Oxford, Mississippi — a research professor in the National Center for Natural Products Research and a professor in pharmaceutics at the University of Mississippi — recently made a major gift to support scholarships for students…
University of Mississippi alumnus Stephen Griner wants to help make the University of Mississippi a leader in the digital asset realm of finance education. Griner, managing director and founding partner of Magnolia Capital Advisors (MAG CAP) in Jackson, Mississippi, has…
Mississippi’s forests are a source of growing support for the state’s only children’s hospital. In 2024, the Mississippi Loggers Association raised a record $320,050 for Children’s of Mississippi through the Log-A-Load for Kids campaign, leading the country in donations to…
With a gift of $50,000, University of Mississippi alumnus Ed Krei is increasing a $600,000 gift he and his wife, Barbara, made to the Patterson School of Accountancy Building Fund in 2023. “The University of Mississippi has established a world-class…
Raised in the Mississippi Delta, University of Mississippi graduating senior Caroline Brock witnessed the devastating impact health disparities can have on a community. “Adults and children in the Delta suffer from diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, that are a…
Shortly before Ron Peterson died, his sister-in-law Susan Cowgill asked him what he wanted her to do with his assets. His answer? “Just do good with the money!” Peterson of Murrieta, California, a third-generation career military serviceman, is being remembered…
A scholarship endowment paying tribute to the lives of three University of Mississippi students has grown to more than $500,000, and three new recipients say they feel honored to represent the men for whom the scholarship is named. Continuing gifts…
A new gift to the University of Mississippi School of Education honors a donor whose legacy to the college and state run deep. Nancy Finkelmeier is adding a gift of $50,000 to the Lindsey O. Todd Scholarship Endowment, named after…
The late Lonnie Smith of Picayune, Mississippi, earned undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Mississippi and has since provided life-changing financial assistance to some 110 Mississippi students so far. With gifts in 2025 already totaling over $267,000, Smith’s…
The late University of Mississippi professor Donald Summers wrote his first research paper in junior high school during spring break, conducting the research at the University of California Astronomy Observatory Library where he worked in the library during the day…