Mississippi's Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level classes to offer inmates education - including the blues.

Amid a grove of trees, buried beneath the grass and dirt, Mississippi’s past is colliding with its future. Surveyors last month discovered dozens of neat, tight rows of coffins just feet below ...

Following a contentious budget reconciliation process in the 2025 legislative session, a clearer picture emerged of what ...

The University of Mississippi has struggled with Old South symbolism for decades. In 1962, deadly riots broke out when James Meredith was enrolled as the first black student, under court order.

University Press of Mississippi Director Craig W. Gill guided Mississippi State faculty and staff through his organization’s publication process that supplies books “to, for and about the people of ...

Mississippi Public Universities provided $6.527 billion in economic impacts around the state in 2020, a recent study conducted by the University Research Center found. The study examined the ...

i’m so excited and just so thrilled to be able to represent mississippi on a national level. >> o’neal is a native of hattiesburg and just recently received her masters from the university of southern ...