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The Lyceum is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Designed by English architect William Nichols, it was named after Aristotle's Lyceum. It purportedly contains the oldest academic bell in the United States. The building served as a hospital for Confederate wounded during the Civil War.
The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss, also known as the SJB Pavilion, is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Mississippi in University, Mississippi. The $96.5 million multipurpose arena [ 4 ] is home to the University of Mississippi Rebels men's and women's basketball teams, with seating for up to 9,500 people.
Research ponds at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Ole Miss is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [135] [136] According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent $137 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 142nd in the nation. [137]
Ole Miss was integrated by the enrollment of James H. Meredith, an African-American military veteran, on October 1, 1962. In Mississippi in the fall of 1962, there was violent resistance to court-ordered desegregation of the university. The violence required intervention by the Federal government to protect the safety of citizens.
C. M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum is an 8,867-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Through the first part of the 2015–16 basketball season, it was home to the University of Mississippi Rebels men's and women's basketball teams, but was replaced by a new arena, The Sandy and John Black Pavilion, in January 2016.
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The Grove is the tailgating area located at the center of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) campus. It is approximately 10 acres (4.0 ha) in size. The Grove takes its name from "the oak, elm and magnolia trees surrounding the area". [1]
[4] [5] Its official United States Postal Service designation is "University, Mississippi", with a ZIP Code of 38677. The population at the 2010 census was 4,202, [6] while the 2014 enrollment for Ole Miss was 20,112 in 2014. [7] The University CDP is an enclave surrounded by the city of Oxford, west of its downtown area.