An educator, prominent hydroscience and engineering researcher, and administrator whose work has brought international attention to the University of Mississippi for more than four decades has contributed $100,000 to create an endowment encouraging other university professionals in their work. Sam S.Y. Wang – the founding director of UM's National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering…

Jim H. Eley is not a graduate of the University of Mississippi, but as a Mississippi businessman, the principal of Eley Guild Hardy Architects understands the responsibility to give back to his home state. To this end, Eley Guild Hardy Architects has created a $25,000 unrestricted endowment for the university's Gertrude C. Ford Center for…

Charity is the only scam that makes me richer than I am. By Poetry Bob with Elvis and the Einstein All Stars Most poets don't drive Porsches, but Oxford resident D.C. Berry, a retired University of Southern Mississippi professor and acclaimed author of hundreds of poems and several volumes, could if he wanted to. He…

Okra has long been the quintessential Southern food, a vegetable so versatile that it can be deep-fried in batter, boiled with tomatoes, pickled in brine or tossed into a big pot of simmering gumbo, bringing a unique and unmistakable flavor to every dish. Now it has a new role in Southern culinary culture – a…

Mississippi's 58th governor and first lady, community builders William and Elise Winter, will receive the third annual Legacy Award from the Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy April 21 at the University of Mississippi.  The Legacy Award recognizes the contributions of individuals who epitomize the council's goals of philanthropy, leadership and mentorship. The Winters will…

These days, women make up about half of the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry's student body. But it wasn't so long ago that there were only a few female students per class, recalls Dr. Karen Crews, professor of oral oncology and behavioral medicine in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences. As a student…

Thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will, generations of University of Mississippi pharmacy students will receive scholarship support. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UM in 1953, directed a gift of $400,000 to the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy for…

In commemoration of its 60th anniversary, the Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) has contributed $60,000 to build a scholarship endowment at the University of Mississippi, assisting students enrolled in UM’s Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CME) – the only program of its kind in the nation. The new 47,000-square-foot CME was created by the university and the…

The Chisholm Foundation of Laurel is contributing $103,000 to support the academic study of foodways at the University of Mississippi through its Center for the Study of Southern Culture (CSSC) and Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA). UM officials describe the support as a key step toward establishing an endowed professorship in the emerging cultural studies field…