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Students Study Oprah Winfrey in ‘The Power of O’

As the warm coffee aroma filled Starbucks, Professor Shennette Garrett-Scott and her students met for a lecture while enjoying Teavana Oprah Chai Tea Lattes. The tea was appropriate for the class,
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Kathy Harris Shinnick on “Oak Ridge after the Bomb: Interpreting a Complex Legacy”

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, UM Alumna Kathy Harris Shinnick, a 2000 graduate of the Liberal Arts department at the University of Mississippi with a double major in English and
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UM to Host Conference on “Textual Science and the Future Of The Past”

The “Textual Science and the Future of the Past” Manuscript Symposium will be taking place on October 27th-30th. More information and a full schedule of events can be found at
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The Overby Center Presents “Symbols of Exclusion: The Semiotics of Race in Public Spaces”

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics presents “Symbols of Exclusion: The Semiotics of Race in Public Spaces,” on October 23-24, 2014. This interdisciplinary symposium
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