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The University of Mississippi provides Oxford University Transit, a shuttle system that is free of charge for students, faculty, and staff. [204] In early 2020, Starship Technologies introduced an automated food delivery consisting of a fleet of 30 robots on campus; it was the first such system of any SEC school.
The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [2] was a race riot that occurred at the University of Mississippi—commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American applicant James Meredith. [3]
The University of Mississippi School of Law, also known as Ole Miss Law, is an ABA-accredited law school located on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The School of Law offers the only dedicated aerospace law curriculum in the US from an ABA-accredited school. The University of Mississippi School ...
The Croft Institute for International Studies (or Croft) offers a B.A. degree in international studies in conjunction with the University of Mississippi's college of Liberal Arts. The degree combines the study of global economics, history, politics and social relations with the study of languages and cultures in a multidisciplinary curriculum.
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.
His chancellorship is also marked by continued image changes to the university begun by his predecessor, Robert Khayat, including the appointment of a new mascot, [11] banning of the playing of "From Dixie with Love" and a change in the official use of 'Ole Miss', now relegated to athletics.
Williams was the first Black person to play college football for the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi. [1] Nicknamed "Gentle Ben" during his college days, Williams was a three-time All-SEC selection. He holds the school record for sacks in a single season (18) and in a career (37). [2]
The University of Mississippi was the first college in the Southeast to hire a female faculty member: Sarah McGehee Isom in 1885. The nickname "Ole Miss" dates to 1897, when the student yearbook was first published. A contest was held to solicit suggestions for a yearbook title from the student body, and Elma Meek submitted the winning entry.