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For 23 years, the university was Mississippi's only public institution of higher learning, and for 110 years it was the state's only comprehensive university. [4] In 1854, the university established the fourth state-supported, public law school in the United States, and also began offering engineering education.
The University of Mississippi's Oxford campus is partially located in Oxford and partially in University, Mississippi, a census-designated place. [77] The main campus is situated at an altitude of around 500 feet (150 m), and has expanded from one square mile (260 ha) of land to around 1,200 acres (1.9 sq mi; 490 ha).
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. It is ...
The University of Mississippi School of Engineering was officially established in 1900 as part of the University of Mississippi in the U.S. state of Mississippi.In 1854 the Board of Trustees established a department of engineering at the University of Mississippi to complement a strong program in the natural sciences.
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 building was originally the only academic structure of the university, containing a lecture hall, several lecture rooms, the faculty offices, a geological museum, and the university library. [3] It was designed by famed southern architect William Nichols. Today, the Lyceum remains the oldest building on the university campus.
Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee (December 23, 1944 – December 30, 2001) was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama. After establishing a regular architectural practice in his native Mississippi, Mockbee became interested in the design and construction problems associated with rural ...
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.