“I Have A Dream” Speech Marked Civil War Centennial
November 18, 2011 By
Author and historian David Blight connected the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement during the recent Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern History event. A professor at Yale and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center, Blight’s latest book, American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era and Our Own Time focuses on Civil War [...]
Archaeology Day at University Museum Impresses Oxford Middle School Students
October 27, 2011 By
OXFORD, Miss. – From the sensational Indiana Jones feature films to the animated adventures of Dora the Explorer, archaeology often gets fictionalized and oversimplified for the masses. So when 30 Oxford Middle School students saw real-life artifacts at the University of Mississippi Museum and heard the stories behind them, they were somewhat awestruck. “I’ve seen [...]
Science Makes for Frightful Fun at Physics Department’s Annual Demonstration
October 26, 2011 By
OXFORD, Miss. – Frights, food and fun are the order of the evening when the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy presents “Spooky Physics Demonstrations” from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday (Oct. 28) in Lewis Hall. Scheduled demonstrations include freezing objects in liquid nitrogen (at minus 300 degrees), generating sound waves with Bunsen [...]
