University of Mississippi#Recent history

{{Main|History of the University of Mississippi}}

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The Mississippi Legislature chartered the University of Mississippi on February 24, 1844.Fowler (1941), p. 213. Planners selected an isolated, rural site in Oxford as a "sylvan exile" that would foster academic studies and focus.Cohodas (1997), p. 5. In 1845, residents of Lafayette County donated land west of Oxford for the campus and the following year, architect William Nichols oversaw construction of an academic building called the Lyceum, two dormitories, and faculty residences. On November 6, 1848, the university, offering a classical curriculum, opened to its first class of 80 students, most of whom were children of elite slaveholders, all of whom were white, and all but one of whom were from Mississippi.{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Becca |date=July 1, 2020 |title=The Racism of "Ole Miss" Is Hiding in Plain Sight |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/racism-university-mississippi-nickname-ole-miss-confederate-history-elma-meeks/ |work=Mother Jones |access-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709002552/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/racism-university-mississippi-nickname-ole-miss-confederate-history-elma-meeks/ |url-status=live }} For 23 years, the university was Mississippi's only public institution of higher learning{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/info/history.html |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=December 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404053703/http://www.olemiss.edu/info/history.html |archive-date=April 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }} and for 110 years, its only comprehensive university.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/?sh=1210fd8365a7 |title=University of Mississippi Main Campus |website=Forbes |access-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629020429/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/?sh=1210fd8365a7 |url-status=live }} In 1854, the University of Mississippi School of Law was established, becoming the fourth state-supported law school in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://law.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |title=History |website=School of Law |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703014433/https://law.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |url-status=live }}

Early president Frederick A. P. Barnard sought to increase the stature of the university, placing him in conflict with the more conservative board of trustees.Cohodas (1997), pp. 6–7. His hundred-page 1858 report to the trustees on his proposals resulted in little besides the university head's title being changed to "chancellor".Cohodas (1997), p. 7. Barnard's northern background—he was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Yale—and Union sympathies resulted in heightened tensions: a student assaulted his slave and the state legislature investigated him. Following the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Mississippi became the second state to secede, with the articles of secession drafted by the university's mathematics professor Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar.Cohodas (1997), p. 8. Students organized themselves into a military company called the "University Greys", which merged with the Confederate States Army.Cohodas (1997), p. 9. Within a month of the Civil War's outbreak, only 5 students remained at the University of Mississippi, and, by fall 1861, the university closed. In its final action, the board of trustees awarded Barnard a doctorate of divinity.

Within six months, Confederates converted the campus into a hospital. It was evacuated in November 1862 as General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces approached. Although Kansan troops destroyed much of the medical equipment, a lone remaining professor persuaded Grant against burning the campus.Cohodas (1997), p. 10.{{efn|group=note|Chancellor Barnard's friendship with General William Tecumseh Sherman may also have helped save the campus.Sansing (1999), p. 112.}} After three weeks, Grant and his forces left, and the campus returned to being a Confederate hospital. Throughout the war, over 700 wounded died and were buried on campus.Cohodas (1997), p. 11.

File:SarahMcGeheeIsom.tif in 1885.]]

The University of Mississippi reopened in October 1865. To avoid rejecting veterans, the university lowered admission standards and decreased costs by eliminating tuition and allowing students to live off-campus. The student body remained entirely white: in 1870 the chancellor declared that he and the entire faculty would resign rather than admit "negro" students.{{cite web |last1=Roland |first1=Dunbar |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4 |date=December 11, 2023 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLC0kgvJJG4C&dq=jess+stockstill+picayune&pg=PA912 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110200610/https://books.google.com/books?id=pLC0kgvJJG4C&dq=jess%20stockstill%20picayune&pg=PA912 |url-status=live }} In 1882, the university began admitting womenCohodas (1997), p. 18. but they were not permitted to live on campus or attend law school. In 1885, the University of Mississippi hired Sarah McGehee Isom, becoming the first southeastern US college to hire a female faculty member.{{cite web |url=https://sarahisomcenter.org/about-1 |title=History |website=Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724182727/https://sarahisomcenter.org/history |url-status=live }} Nearly 100 years later, in 1981, the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies was established in her honor.

The university's byname "Ole Miss" was first used in 1897, when it won a contest of suggestions for a yearbook title.{{cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Elliott C. |date=July 27, 2021 |title=The Battle over Ole Miss: Why a flagship university has stood behind a nickname with a racist past |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/us/ole-miss-university-mississippi-name-controversy/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204060212/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/us/ole-miss-university-mississippi-name-controversy/index.html |url-status=live }} The term originated as a title domestic slaves used to distinguish the mistress of a plantation from "young misses".Sansing (1999), pp. 168–169. Fringe origin theories include it coming from a diminutive of "Old Mississippi",Cabaniss (1949), p. 129.Eagles (2009), p. 17. or from the name of the "Ole Miss" train that ran from Memphis to New Orleans.{{cite news |last=Elmore |first=Albert Earl |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Scholar Finds Evidence 'Ole Miss' Train Key in Establishing University Nickname |url=https://www.hottytoddy.com/2014/10/24/scholar-finds-evidence-ole-miss-train-key-in-establishing-university-nickname/ |work=Hotty Toddy |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030185645/https://www.hottytoddy.com/2014/10/24/scholar-finds-evidence-ole-miss-train-key-in-establishing-university-nickname/ |url-status=live }} Within two years, students and alumni were using "Ole Miss" to refer to the university.Sansing (1999), p. 169.

Between 1900 and 1930, the Mississippi Legislature introduced bills aiming to relocate, close, or merge the university with Mississippi State University. All such legislation failed.Sansing (1999), Ch. 8. During the 1930s, the governor of Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo was politically hostile toward the University of Mississippi, firing administrators and faculty, and replacing them with his friends in the "Bilbo purge".Sansing (1999), p. 240. Bilbo's actions severely damaged the university's reputation, leading to the temporary loss of its accreditation. Consequently, in 1944, the Constitution of Mississippi was amended to protect the university's board of trustees from political pressure.Barrett (1965), p. 23. During World War II, the University of Mississippi was one of 131 colleges and universities that participated in the national V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/115-8thND/115-8ND-23.html |title=U.S. Naval Administration in World War II |publisher=HyperWar Foundation |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112105122/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/115-8thND/115-8ND-23.html |url-status=live }}

{{Further|Ole Miss riot of 1962}}

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In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), pp. 61–62. Eight years after the Brown decision, all attempts by African American applicants to enroll at the University of Mississippi had failed.Bryant (2006), p. 60.Cohodas (1997), p. 114. Shortly after the 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, James Meredith—an African American Air Force veteran and former student at Jackson State University—applied to the University of Mississippi.Cohodas (1997), p. 112. After months of obstruction by Mississippi officials, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Meredith's enrollment, and the Department of Justice under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy entered the case on Meredith's behalf.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), p. 276. On three occasions, either governor Ross R. Barnett or lieutenant governor Paul B. Johnson Jr. physically blocked Meredith's entry to the campus.Heymann (1998), p. 282.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), p. 288.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held both Barnett and Johnson Jr. in contempt, and issued fines exceeding $10,000 for each day they refused to enroll Meredith.{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=November 7, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/07/obituaries/ross-barnett-segregationist-dies-governor-of-mississippi-in-1960-s.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |title=Ross Barnett, Segregationist, Dies; Governor of Mississippi in 1960's |access-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203209/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/07/obituaries/ross-barnett-segregationist-dies-governor-of-mississippi-in-1960-s.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |url-status=live }} On September 30, 1962, President Kennedy dispatched 127 U.S. Marshals, 316 deputized U.S. Border Patrol agents, and 97 federalized Federal Bureau of Prisons personnel to escort Meredith.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2012/093012.htm |title=U.S. Marshals Mark 50th Anniversary of the Integration of 'Ole Miss' |website=U.S. Marshals Service |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice |access-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523031013/https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2012/093012.htm |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |url-status=dead }} After nightfall, far-right former Major General Edwin Walker and outside agitators arrived, and a gathering of segregationist students before the Lyceum became a violent mob.Sansing (1999), p. 302.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), p. 292.Scheips (2005), p. 102. Segregationist rioters threw Molotov cocktails and bottles of acid, and fired guns at federal marshals and reporters.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), pp. 291–292.Scheips (2005), p. 105. 160 marshals would be injured, with 28 receiving gunshot wounds,{{cite web |last1=Rateshtari |first1=Roya |title=The U.S. Marshals and the Integration of the University of Mississippi {{!}} U.S. Marshals Service |url=https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/us-marshals-and-integration-of-university-of-mississippi |website=www.usmarshals.gov |date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329001244/https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/us-marshals-and-integration-of-university-of-mississippi |url-status=live }} and two civilians—French journalist Paul Guihard and Oxford repairman Ray Gunter—were killed by gunfire.Wickham (2011), pp. 102–112. Eventually, 13,000 soldiers arrived in Oxford and quashed the riot.Roberts & Klibanoff (2006), p. 297. One-third of the federal officers—166 men—were injured, as were 40 federal soldiers and National Guardsmen.{{cite magazine |title=The States: Though the Heavens Fall |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829233-5,00.html |access-date=October 3, 2007 |date=October 12, 1962 |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014014142/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829233-5,00.html |url-status=dead }} More than 30,000 personnel were deployed, alerted, and committed in Oxford—the most in American history for a single disturbance.Scheips (2005), pp. 120−121. Meredith enrolled and attended a class on October 1.{{cite news |title=1962: Mississippi race riots over first black student |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1/newsid_2538000/2538169.stm |access-date=October 2, 2007 |date=October 1, 1962 |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005031808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1/newsid_2538000/2538169.stm |url-status=live }} By 1968, Ole Miss had around 100 African American students,Sansing (1999), p. 321. and by the 2019–2020 academic year, African Americans constituted 12.5 percent of the student body.{{cite web |title=Fall 2019-2020 Enrollment |url=https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2019-2020-enrollment/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214300/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2019-2020-enrollment/ |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2021 |website=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |publisher=University of Mississippi }}

File:Rowan Oak.JPG, former home of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner and a National Historic Landmark.{{Cite journal |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: William Faulkner Home, Rowan Oak |url={{NHLS url |id=68000028}} |date=March 30, 1976 |author=Polly M. Rettig and John D. McDermott |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=July 20, 2022 }}]]

In 1972, Ole Miss purchased Rowan Oak, the former home of Nobel Prize–winning writer William Faulkner.{{cite web |url=https://www.rowanoak.com/about/history/ |title=History |website=Rowan Oak |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310085413/https://www.rowanoak.com/about/history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Luesse |first=Valerie Fraser |date=September 25, 2020 |title=The Haunted History of William Faulkner's Rowan Oak |url=https://www.southernliving.com/travel/mississippi/rowan-oak |work=Southern Living |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225053719/https://www.southernliving.com/travel/mississippi/rowan-oak |url-status=live }} The building has been preserved as it was at Faulkner's death in 1962. Faulkner was the university's postmaster in the early 1920s and wrote As I Lay Dying (1930) at the university powerhouse. His Nobel Prize medallion is displayed in the university library.{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Allen |date=June 3, 1984 |title=William Faulkner's Mississippi |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1984/06/03/william-faulkners-mississippi/79c5a57b-af93-47ec-a5e5-1bebedd45468/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625173035/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1984/06/03/william-faulkners-mississippi/79c5a57b-af93-47ec-a5e5-1bebedd45468/ |url-status=live }} The university hosted the inaugural Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference in 1974. In 1980, Willie Morris became the university's first writer in residence.{{cite web |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/university-of-mississippi/ |title=University of Mississippi |website=The Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813102848/https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/university-of-mississippi/ |url-status=live }}

In 2002, Ole Miss marked the 40th anniversary of integration with a yearlong series of events, including an oral history of the university, symposiums, a memorial, and a reunion of federal marshals who served at the campus.{{cite news |first=Shelia Hardwell |last=Byrd |title=Meredith ready to move on |agency=Associated Press |work=Athens Banner-Herald |url=http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/092102/new_20020921041.shtml |date=September 21, 2002 |access-date=October 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016065534/http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/092102/new_20020921041.shtml |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Halbfinger |first=David M. |date=September 27, 2002 |title=40 Years After Infamy, Ole Miss Looks to Reflect and Heal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/us/40-years-after-infamy-ole-miss-looks-to-reflect-and-heal.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161142/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/us/40-years-after-infamy-ole-miss-looks-to-reflect-and-heal.html |url-status=live }} In 2006, the 44th anniversary of integration, a statue of Meredith was dedicated on campus.{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=October 2, 2006 |title=Ole Miss dedicates civil rights statue |url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/10/2/19977165/ole-miss-dedicates-civil-rights-statue |work=Deseret News |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311211541/https://www.deseret.com/2006/10/2/19977165/ole-miss-dedicates-civil-rights-statue |archive-date=March 11, 2021 |url-status=live }} Two years later, the site of the 1962 riots was designated as a National Historic Landmark.{{Cite book |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/Fall07Nominations/Lyceum.pdf |title=National Historic Landmark Nomination: Lyceum |date=January 23, 2007 |first1=Gene |last1=Ford |first2=Susan Cianci |last2=Salvatore |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226084158/http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/Fall07Nominations/Lyceum.pdf |archive-date=February 26, 2009 }} The university also held a yearlong program to mark the 50th anniversary of integration in 2012.{{cite news |first=Campbell |last=Robertson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/university-of-mississippi-commemorates-integration.html?ref=universityofmississippi&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |title=University of Mississippi Commemorates Integration |date=September 30, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203136/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/university-of-mississippi-commemorates-integration.html?ref=universityofmississippi&_r=0 |url-status=live }} The university hosted the first presidential debate of 2008—the first presidential debate held in Mississippi—between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama.{{cite news |last=Dewan |first=Shaila |date=September 23, 2008 |title=Debate Host, Too, Has a Message of Change |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/24miss.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429181411/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/24miss.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |via=McClatchy newspapers |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Debates give University of Mississippi a chance to highlight racial progress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/22/uselections2008.race |work=The Guardian |access-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429181411/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/22/uselections2008.race |url-status=live }}

Ole Miss retired its mascot Colonel Reb in 2003, citing its Confederate imagery.{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Michael |date=February 25, 2010 |title=Ole Miss Retires Controversial Mascot |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124081743 |work=NPR |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203206/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124081743 |url-status=live }} Although a grass-roots movement to adopt Star Wars character Admiral Ackbar of the Rebel Alliance gained significant support,{{cite magazine |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |date=September 8, 2010 |title=Ole Miss' Admiral Ackbar Campaign Fizzles |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/09/ole-miss-admiral-ackbar/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130212446/https://www.wired.com/2010/09/ole-miss-admiral-ackbar/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first1=Larry |last1=Hartstein |first2=Ty |last2=Tagami |date=March 1, 2010 |title=Admiral Ackbar for Ole Miss mascot spurs backlash |url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/admiral-ackbar-for-ole-miss-mascot-spurs-backlash/mLpbHwbEjzarKjx17EMyzN/ |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605024512/https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/admiral-ackbar-for-ole-miss-mascot-spurs-backlash/mLpbHwbEjzarKjx17EMyzN/ |url-status=live }} Rebel Black Bear, a reference to Faulkner's short story The Bear, was selected in 2010.{{cite news |last=Stevens |first=Stuart |date=October 31, 2015 |title=Between Ole Miss and Me |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/between-ole-miss-and-me |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701193349/https://www.thedailybeast.com/between-ole-miss-and-me |url-status=live }} The Bear was replaced with another mascot, Tony the Landshark, in 2017.{{cite news |date=October 6, 2017 |title=Ole Miss adopts Landshark as new official mascot for athletic events |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20939377/ole-miss-rebels-retire-rebel-bear-mascot-replaced-landshark |publisher=ESPN |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211133810/https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20939377/ole-miss-rebels-retire-rebel-bear-mascot-replaced-landshark |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Maddie |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2018/08/11/ole-miss-unveils-its-landshark-mascot-meet-rebels-day/966506002/ |title=Ole Miss unveils its Landshark mascot, a melding of Rebels history and Hollywood design |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203207/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2018/08/11/ole-miss-unveils-its-landshark-mascot-meet-rebels-day/966506002/ |url-status=live }} Beginning in 2022, football coach Lane Kiffin's dog Juice became the de facto mascot.{{cite news |last=Suss |first=Nick |date=August 12, 2022 |title=How Lane Kiffin's dog, Juice, has become the face of Ole Miss football |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lane-kiffins-dog-juice-become-175246429.html |work=USA Today |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=September 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903080850/https://sports.yahoo.com/lane-kiffins-dog-juice-become-175246429.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=King |first=Ben |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Lane Kiffin's Dog 'Juice' Agrees to NIL Deal With The Grove Collective |url=https://www.si.com/college/olemiss/football/ole-miss-rebels-nil-deal-juice-kiffin |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113190816/https://www.si.com/college/olemiss/football/ole-miss-rebels-nil-deal-juice-kiffin |url-status=live }} In 2015, the university removed the Mississippi State Flag, which included the Confederate battle emblem,{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/us/ole-miss-confederate-state-flag-removed-campus/index.html |title=Ole Miss removes state flag from campus |date=October 26, 2015 |first=Eliott C. |last=McLaughlin |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203122/https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/us/ole-miss-confederate-state-flag-removed-campus/index.html |url-status=live }} and in 2020, it relocated a prominent Confederate monument.{{cite news |last=Pettus |first=Emily Wagster |date=July 14, 2020 |title=Ole Miss moves Confederate statue from prominent campus spot |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-oxford-mississippi-ms-state-wire-d5824d7b24b9d7af5976da60741d4a28 |work=Associated Press |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602175814/https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-oxford-mississippi-ms-state-wire-d5824d7b24b9d7af5976da60741d4a28 |url-status=live }}

{{wide image|File:Panorama of Courtyard with Lyceum Building - University of Mississippi - Oxford - Mississippi - USA.jpg|alt=Panoramic view of the courtyard behind the Lyceum|align-cap=center|1089px|Panoramic view of the courtyard behind the Lyceum (1848)}}

The University of Mississippi's Oxford campus is partially located in Oxford and partially in University, Mississippi, a census-designated place.{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2875520_university/DC20BLK_P2875520.pdf |title=2020 census - census block map: University CDP, MS |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 14, 2022 |quote=Univ of Mississippi (blue text) |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814055324/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2875520_university/DC20BLK_P2875520.pdf |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2854840_oxford/DC20BLK_P2854840.pdf |title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Oxford city, MS |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 14, 2022 |quote=Univ of Mississippi |page=1 (PDF p. 2/5) |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721211613/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2854840_oxford/DC20BLK_P2854840.pdf |url-status=live }} The main campus is situated at an altitude of around {{Convert|500|feet|meters|abbr=out}}, and has expanded from {{Convert|1|sqmi|ha|abbr=out|spell=in}} of land to around {{Convert|1,200|acre|sqmi ha|abbr=out}}. The campus' buildings are largely designed in a Georgian architectural style; some of the newer buildings have a more contemporary architecture.{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.olemiss.edu/university/buildings |title=About the University of Mississippi |website=UM Catalog |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508215524/https://catalog.olemiss.edu/university/buildings |url-status=live }}

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At the campus' center is "The Circle", which consists of eight academic buildings organized around an ovaloid common. The buildings include the Lyceum (1848), the "Y" Building (1853), and six later buildings constructed in a Neoclassical Revival style. The Lyceum was the first building on the campus and was expanded with two wings in 1903. According to the university, the Lyceum's bell is the oldest academic bell in the United States. Near the Circle is The Grove, a {{Convert|10|acre|ha|abbr=out|adj=on}} plot of land that was set aside by chancellor Robert Burwell Fulton {{Circa|1893}}, and hosts up to 100,000 tailgaters during home games.{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Seph |date=April 17, 2013 |title=The Grove at Ole Miss: Where Football Saturdays Create Lifelong Memories |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1607602-the-grove-at-ole-miss-where-football-saturdays-create-lifelong-memories |work=Bleacher Report |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412210653/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1607602-the-grove-at-ole-miss-where-football-saturdays-create-lifelong-memories |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Gentry |first=James K. |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Tailgating Goes Above and Beyond at the University of Mississippi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/sports/ncaafootball/tailgating-goes-above-and-beyond-at-the-university-of-mississippi.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506010818/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/sports/ncaafootball/tailgating-goes-above-and-beyond-at-the-university-of-mississippi.html |url-status=live }} Barnard Observatory, which was constructed under Chancellor Barnard in 1859, was designed to house the world's largest telescope. Due to the Civil War's outbreak, however, the telescope was never delivered and was instead acquired by Northwestern University.Sansing (1999), p. 91. The observatory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001607 |title=Barnard Observatory |website=NPGallery Digital Asset Management System |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627225920/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001607 |url-status=live }}Sansing (1999), p. 315. The first major building built after the Civil War was Ventress Hall, which was constructed in a Victorian Romanesque style in 1889.

From 1929 to 1930, architect Frank P. Gates designed 18 buildings on campus, mostly in Georgian Revival architectural style, including (Old) University High School, Barr Hall, Bondurant Hall, Farley Hall (also known as Lamar Hall), Faulkner Hall, and Wesley Knight Field House.{{cite news |title=Frank Gates Dies Here; Rites Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/185654466/?terms=%22Frank%2BGates%22 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |work=The Clarion Ledger |date=January 3, 1975 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=registration |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203159/https://www.newspapers.com/image/185654466/?terms=%22Frank%2BGates%22 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Gates, Frank P., Co. (b.1895 - d.1975) |url=http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=artisanSearch&Name=Gates%2C%20Frank%20P.%2C%20Co.&City=Any&Role=Any |website=Mississippi Department of Archives and History |access-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203201/https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=artisanSearch&Name=Gates%2C+Frank+P.%2C+Co.&City=Any&Role=Any |url-status=live }} During the 1930s, the many building projects at the campus were largely funded by the Public Works Administration and other federal entities.Sansing (1999), pp. 252–253. Among the notable buildings built in this period is the dual-domed Kennon Observatory (1939).{{cite web |url=https://physics.olemiss.edu/kennon/ |title=Kennon Observatory |website=Department of Physics and Astronomy |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034731/https://physics.olemiss.edu/kennon/ |url-status=live }}

Two large modern buildings—the Ole Miss Union (1976) and Lamar Hall (1977)—caused controversy by diverging from the university's traditional architecture.Sansing (1999), pp. 315–316. In 1998, the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation donated $20 million to establish the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts,{{cite web |url=https://fordcenter.org/about/ |title=About |website=Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126173210/https://fordcenter.org/about/ |url-status=live }} which was the first building on campus to be solely dedicated to the performing arts.Sansing (1999), p. 350. As of 2020, the university was constructing a {{Convert|202000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} STEM facility, the largest single construction project in the campus' history.{{cite news |last=Hahn |first=Tina H. |date=February 8, 2020 |title=Record-setting construction project at Ole Miss: Business leaders commit to STEM education |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2020/02/08/ole-miss-stem-facility-construction-donation-duff-brothers/4667053002/ |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602175747/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2020/02/08/ole-miss-stem-facility-construction-donation-duff-brothers/4667053002/ |url-status=live }} The university owns and operates the University of Mississippi Museum, which comprises collections of American fine art, Classical antiquities, and Southern folk art, as well as historic properties in Oxford.{{cite web |url=https://museum.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |title=History |website=The University of Mississippi Museum |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413162640/https://museum.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |url-status=live }} Ole Miss also owns University-Oxford Airport, which is located north of the main campus.

North Mississippi Japanese Supplementary School, a Japanese weekend school, is operated in conjunction with Ole Miss, with classes held on campus."[http://usjp.olemiss.edu/english/ Japanese Supplementary School] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217042126/https://usjp.olemiss.edu/english/ |date=February 17, 2022 }}." OGE-US Japan Partnership, University of Mississippi. Retrieved on February 25, 2015."[http://usjp.olemiss.edu/maps/ 周辺案内] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217042123/https://usjp.olemiss.edu/maps/ |date=February 17, 2022 }}." North Mississippi Japanese Supplementary School at The University of Mississippi. Retrieved on April 1, 2015. It opened in 2008 and was jointly established by several Japanese companies and the university. Many children have parents who are employees at Toyota facilities in Blue Springs.{{cite web |last=McArthur |first=Danny |url=https://www.djournal.com/news/local/a-wide-perspective-learning-japanese-american-culture-through-language-and-education/article_e07e1b48-386b-5002-bf77-2a0bc23ccd26.html |title=A wide perspective': Learning Japanese, American culture through language and education |newspaper=Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |date=October 24, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217040318/https://www.djournal.com/news/local/a-wide-perspective-learning-japanese-american-culture-through-language-and-education/article_e07e1b48-386b-5002-bf77-2a0bc23ccd26.html |url-status=live }}

File:Ventress Hall 2.jpg|alt=Ventress Hall|Ventress Hall (1889)

File:Kennon Observatory.jpg|Kennon Observatory (1939)

File:Farley Hall 2.jpg|Farley Hall (1929)

File:Oxford - Bryant Hall.jpg|Bryant Hall (1911)

File:Picture of Ole Miss Basketball Court.jpg|The Sandy and John Black Pavilion (2016){{cite web |url=https://olemisssports.com/facilities/the-pavilion-at-ole-miss/6 |title=The Sandy and John Black Pavilion |website=Ole Miss Sports |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908140151/https://olemisssports.com/facilities/the-pavilion-at-ole-miss/6 |url-status=live }}

In 1903, the University of Mississippi School of Medicine was established on the Oxford campus. It offered only two years of medical courses; students had to attend an out-of-state medical school to complete their degrees.{{cite web |url=https://www.umc.edu/UMMC/About-Us/History/History-Overview.html |title=History |website=University of Mississippi Medical Center |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601064022/https://umc.edu/UMMC/About-Us/History/History-Overview.html |url-status=live }} This form of medical education continued until 1955, when the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) was established on a {{Convert|164|acre|ha|abbr=out|adj=on}} site in Jackson, Mississippi, and the School of Medicine was relocated there.Sansing (1999), pp. 162, 265–266. A nursing school was established in 1956 and since then, other health-related schools have been added. {{As of|2021}}, UMMC offers medical and graduate degrees. In addition to the medical center, the university has satellite campuses in Booneville,{{Cite web |url=https://outreach.olemiss.edu/booneville/why_umb.html |title=Why Ole Miss and UM-Booneville? |website=UM, Booneville |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306053434/https://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/booneville/why_umb.html |url-status=live }} DeSoto,{{Cite web |url=https://outreach.olemiss.edu/desoto/why_umd.html |title=Why Ole Miss and UM-DeSoto? |website=UM, DeSoto |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306044652/https://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/desoto/why_umd.html |url-status=live }} Grenada,{{Cite web |url=https://outreach.olemiss.edu/grenada/why_umg.html |title=Why Ole Miss and UM-Tupelo? |website=UM, Grenada |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306060304/https://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/grenada/why_umg.html |url-status=live }} Rankin,{{Cite web |url=https://outreach.olemiss.edu/rankin/why_umr.html |title=Why Ole Miss and UM-Rankin? |website=UM, Rankin |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724182720/https://outreach.olemiss.edu/rankin/why_umr.html |url-status=live }} and Tupelo.{{Cite web |url=https://outreach.olemiss.edu/tupelo/why_umt.html |title=Why Ole Miss and UM-Tupelo? |website=UM, Tupelo |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306054431/https://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/tupelo/why_umt.html |url-status=live }}

The University of Mississippi consists of 15 schools.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/?sh=c95fe4565a79 |title=University of Mississippi Main Campus |website=Forbes |access-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425224708/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/?sh=c95fe4565a79 |url-status=live }} The largest undergraduate school is the College of Liberal Arts. Graduate schools include a law school, a school of business administration, an engineering school, and a medical school.

{{See also|Chancellor of the University of Mississippi}}

The University of Mississippi's chief administrative officer is the chancellor,{{cite news |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=April 2, 2015 |title=University of Mississippi Chief, Whose Ouster Led to Protests, Rejects Offer to Stay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/daniel-jones-university-of-mississippi-chief-whose-ouster-led-to-protests-rejects-offer-to-stay.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108164400/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/daniel-jones-university-of-mississippi-chief-whose-ouster-led-to-protests-rejects-offer-to-stay.html |url-status=live }} a position Glenn Boyce has held since 2019.{{cite news |last=Fowler |first=Sarah |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Who is Glenn Boyce? 5 things to know about the new Ole Miss chancellor |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2019/10/04/glenn-boyce-new-ole-miss-chancellor-5-things-know/3863042002/ |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527200623/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2019/10/04/glenn-boyce-new-ole-miss-chancellor-5-things-know/3863042002/ |url-status=live }} The chancellor is supported by vice-chancellors who administer areas such as research and intercollegiate athletics. The provost oversees the university's academic affairs,{{cite web |url=https://provost.olemiss.edu/welcome-to-the-office-of-the-provost/ |title=Welcome to the Office of the Provost |website=Office of the Provost |date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185248/https://provost.olemiss.edu/welcome-to-the-office-of-the-provost/ |url-status=live |author1=Dlnelson }} and a dean oversees each school, as well as general studies and the honors college.{{cite web |url=https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/leadership.html |title=Senior Leadership |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601063631/https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/leadership.html |url-status=live }} A faculty senate advises the administration.{{cite web |url=https://olemiss.edu/faculty_senate/ |title=Faculty Senate |website=Faculty Senate |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710221028/https://olemiss.edu/faculty_senate/ |url-status=live }}

The board of trustees of the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning is the constitutional governing body that is responsible for policy and financial oversight of the University of Mississippi and the state's other seven public secondary institutions. the board consists of 12 members, who serve staggered nine-year terms and represent the state's three Supreme Court Districts. The board appoints the commissioner of higher education, who administers its policies.{{cite web |url=http://www.mississippi.edu/about/ |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234028/http://www.mississippi.edu/about/ |url-status=live }}

{{As of|April 2021}}, the University of Mississippi's endowment was $775 million.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/um-endowment-builds-to-record-775-million/ |title=UM Endowment Builds to Record $775 Million |date=April 1, 2021 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513012105/https://news.olemiss.edu/um-endowment-builds-to-record-775-million/ |url-status=live }} The university's budget for fiscal year 2019 was over $540 million.{{cite web |url=https://adminfinance.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2019/04/Expenditures-FY2019.pdf |title=Current Educational and General and Auxiliary Enterprises Funds Summary of Expenditures By Departments and Objects |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115223801/https://adminfinance.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2019/04/Expenditures-FY2019.pdf |url-status=live }} Less than 13% of operating revenues are funded by the state of Mississippi, and the university relies heavily on private donations. The Ford Foundation has donated nearly $65 million to the Oxford campus and UMMC.{{cite web |last=Hahn |first=Tina H. |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/university-expands-student-unions-name-to-pay-tribute-to-ford/ |title=University Expands Student Union's Name to Pay Tribute to Ford |date=October 16, 2020 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820165233/https://news.olemiss.edu/university-expands-student-unions-name-to-pay-tribute-to-ford/ |url-status=live }}

The University of Mississippi is the state's largest university by enrollment and is considered the state's flagship university.{{Cite web |url=https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/11/university-system-enrollment-continues-remain-steady |title=University system enrollment continues to remain steady |date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128213116/https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/11/university-system-enrollment-continues-remain-steady |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/record-breaking-enrollment-sets-um-apart-in-2023/#:~:text=Bolstered%20by%20this%20record%20incoming,%2C%20an%20increase%20of%207.7%25./ |title=Record-Breaking Enrollment Set UM Apart in 2023 |website=University of Mississippi News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203112/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2017-2018-enrollment/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/tuition-fees-flagship-universities-over-time |title=Tuition and Fees at Flagship Universities over Time |publisher=The College Board |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402003859/https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/tuition-fees-flagship-universities-over-time |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/ |title=About UM: University of Mississippi |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203112/https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/ |url-status=live }} In 2015, the student-faculty ratio was 19:1. Of its classes, 47.4 percent have fewer than 20 students. The most popular subjects include marketing, education and teaching, accountancy, finance, pharmaceutical sciences, and administration.{{cite web |url=http://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2016/01/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2015-2016.pdf |title=The University of Mississippi 2015–2016 Fact Book |date=January 15, 2016 |website=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203126/https://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2016/01/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2015-2016.pdf |url-status=live }} To receive a bachelor's degree, students must have at least 120 semester hours with passing grades and a cumulative 2.0 GPA.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.olemiss.edu/academics/regulations/degree-requirements. |title=Academic Regulations |website=Academic Catalog |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190747/https://catalog.olemiss.edu/academics/regulations/degree-requirements. |url-status=live }}

The university also offers graduate degrees such as PhDs and masters of art, science, and fine arts.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.olemiss.edu/graduate-school/programs |title=Graduate School |website=Academic Catalog |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183534/https://catalog.olemiss.edu/graduate-school/programs |url-status=live }} The university maintains the Mississippi Teacher Corps, a free graduate program that educates teachers for critical-needs public schools.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtc.olemiss.edu/about-us |title=About Us |website=Mississippi Teacher Corps |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410195641/https://www.mtc.olemiss.edu/about-us |url-status=live }}

Taylor Medals, which were first awarded in 1905, are presented to exceptional students nominated by the faculty. The medals are named in honor of Marcus Elvis Taylor, who graduated in 1871 and are given to less than one percent of each class.Sansing (1999), p. 168.

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Ole Miss is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=176017 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=Carnegie Classifications |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924003441/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=176017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Nick |date=February 4, 2016 |title=In new sorting of colleges, Dartmouth falls out of an exclusive group |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/04/in-new-sorting-of-colleges-dartmouth-falls-out-of-an-exclusive-group/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233049/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/04/in-new-sorting-of-colleges-dartmouth-falls-out-of-an-exclusive-group/ |url-status=live }} According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent $137 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 142nd in the nation.{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930141919/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=live }} It is one of the 33 colleges and universities participating in the National Sea Grant Program and participates in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.{{cite web |title=National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program |publisher=NASA |date=July 28, 2015 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/spacegrant/home/index.html |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203113/https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/spacegrant/home/index.html |url-status=live }} Since 1948, the university has been a member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.{{cite web |url=https://www.research.olemiss.edu/resources/ORAU |title=Oak Ridge Associated Universities |website=Research, Scholarship, Innovation and Creativity |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803235803/https://www.research.olemiss.edu/resources/ORAU |url-status=live }}

In 1963, University of Mississippi Medical Center surgeons, led by James Hardy, performed the world's first human lung transplant, and in 1964 the world's first animal-to-human heart transplant. Because Hardy researched transplantation, consisting of primate studies during the previous nine years, the heart of a chimpanzee was used for the transplant.{{cite web |date=April 12, 2005 |url=http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/transplant-center/lung-transplant/history.html |title=History of Lung Transplantation |publisher=Emory University |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002121447/http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/transplant-center/lung-transplant/history.html |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |date=January 31, 1964 |title=Surgery: First Heart Transplant |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897112,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=December 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214015249/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897112,00.html |archive-date=December 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

In 1965, the university established its Medicinal Plant Garden, which the School of Pharmacy uses for drug research.{{cite web |url=https://cdfl.com/the-university-of-mississippi-insight-park-medicinal-plant-garden |title=The University of Mississippi Insight Park, Medicinal Plant Garden |publisher=CDFL |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508210646/https://cdfl.com/the-university-of-mississippi-insight-park-medicinal-plant-garden |url-status=live }} Since 1968, the school has operated the only legal marijuana farm and production facility in the United States. The National Institute on Drug Abuse contracts to the university production of cannabis for use in approved research studies and for distribution to the seven surviving medical marijuana patients grandfathered into the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program.{{cite news |last1=Ahlers |first1=Mike |last2=Meserve |first2=Jeanne |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Government runs nation's only legal pot garden |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930052933/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012 |url-status=live }} The facility is the only source of marijuana medical researchers can use to conduct Food and Drug Administration-approved tests.{{cite news |last=Halper |first=Evan |date=May 28, 2014 |title=Mississippi, home to federal government's official stash of marijuana |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-monopoly-20140529-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414143225/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-monopoly-20140529-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Britt E. |date=June 29, 2020 |title=Cannabis research stalled by federal inaction |url=https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-research-stalled-federal-inaction/98/i25 |work=Chemical and Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414143227/https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-research-stalled-federal-inaction/98/i25 |url-status=live }}

The National Center for Physics Acoustics (NCPA), which Congress established in 1986, is located on campus.{{cite web |url=https://ncpa.olemiss.edu |title=Welcome |website=National Center for Physics Acoustics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165756/https://ncpa.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }} In addition to conducting research, the NCPA houses the Acoustical Society of America's archives. The university also operates the University of Mississippi Field Station, which includes 223 research ponds and supports long-term ecological research,{{cite journal |title=The University of Mississippi Field Station |journal=Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America |date=2000 |volume=81 |page=82 |publisher=Ecological Society of America |doi=10.1890/0012-9623(2000)081[0082:FOFS]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0012-9623 |doi-access=free }} and hosts the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research and the Mississippi Law Research Institute.{{cite web |url=https://mcsr.olemiss.edu |title=Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414063836/https://mcsr.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156713&HistoricalAwards=false |title=REU Site: Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511190653/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156713&HistoricalAwards=false |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://mlri.olemiss.edu |title=Mississippi Law Research Institute |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430025838/https://www.mlri.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }} In 2012, the university completed Insight Park, a research park that "welcomes companies commercializing University of Mississippi research".{{cite news |date=April 15, 2012 |title=Research facility opens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186041207/?terms=%22insight%2Bpark%22 |work=The Clarion-Ledger |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 22, 2021 |url-access=registration |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141610/https://www.newspapers.com/image/186041207/?terms=%22insight%2Bpark%22 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.insightparkum.com/internal_park_about.html |title=Insight Park |website=Insight Park |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410112242/http://www.insightparkum.com/internal_park_about.html |url-status=live }}

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Honors education at the University of Mississippi, consisting of lectures by distinguished academics, began in 1953. In 1974, this program became the University Scholars Program, and in 1983, the University Honors Program was created and honors-core courses were offered.{{cite web |url=https://www.honors.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |title=History |website=Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233158/https://www.honors.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |url-status=live }} In 1997, Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and wife Sally donated $5.4 million to establish the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC),Sansing (1999), p. 347. which provides a capstone project—a senior thesis—and endowed scholarships.

In 1977, the university established its Center for the Study of Southern Culture with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts. The center provides for interdisciplinary studies of Southern history and culture.Sansing (1999), p. 318. In 2000, the university established the Trent Lott Leadership Institute, which is named after alumnus and then-US Senate majority leader Trent Lott. The institute was funded with large corporate donations from MCI Inc., Lockheed Martin, and other companies.{{cite news |last=Bruni |first=Frank |date=May 8, 1999 |title=Donors Flock to University Center Linked to Senate Majority Leader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/08/us/donors-flock-to-university-center-linked-to-senate-majority-leader.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227084012/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/08/us/donors-flock-to-university-center-linked-to-senate-majority-leader.html |url-status=live }} In addition to leadership initiatives, the institute offers a BA degree in Public Policy Leadership.{{Cite news |url=https://lottinst.olemiss.edu/about/about-the-institute/ |title=About the Institute |website=Trent Lott Leadership Institute |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233015/https://lottinst.olemiss.edu/about-2/about-trent-lott/about-the-institute/ |url-status=live }}

The Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) delivers academic programming on intelligence analysis and engages in applied research and consortium building with government, private, and academic partners.{{cite web |url=https://ciss.olemiss.edu |title=Welcome to the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) |website=Center for Intelligence and Security Studies |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501125444/https://ciss.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }} In 2012, the United States Director of National Intelligence designated CISS as an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (CAE), becoming one of 29 such college programs in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.dni.gov/ |title=Home |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233010/https://www.dni.gov/ |url-status=dead }} Other special programs include the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence—established jointly by the university and Toyota in 2008— as well as the Arabic Language Flagship Program and the Chinese Language Flagship Program ({{zh|first=s|s=中文旗舰项目|t=中文旗艦項目|p=Zhōngwén Qíjiàn Xiàngmù}}).{{cite web |url=https://cme.olemiss.edu/history/ |title=History |website=Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence |date=January 31, 2020 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225131650/https://cme.olemiss.edu/history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/chinese/about-program/introduction/ |title=Introduction |website=Chinese Language Flagship Program |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204149/https://chinese.olemiss.edu/about-introduction/ |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=About Arabic Language Flagship |url=https://olemiss.edu/modernlanguages/academics/undergraduate-programs/arabic-language-flagship-program/about/ |website=University of Mississippi |access-date=25 April 2025 }} The Croft Institute for International Studies, which was founded in 1998, provides the only international studies undergraduate program in Mississippi.{{Cite web |title=2021 Best Mississippi Colleges for International Relations |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/s/mississippi/ |access-date=July 22, 2021 |website=Niche |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723181959/https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/s/mississippi/ |url-status=live }}

The University of Mississippi is a member of the SEC Academic Consortium, which has since been renamed SECU. The collaborative initiative was designed to promote research, scholarship, and achievement among the member universities in the Southeastern Conference.{{cite web |title=SECU |url=http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php |publisher=SEC |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124074319/http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=SECU: The Academic Initiative of the SEC |url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |publisher=SEC Digital Network |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721055557/http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |archive-date=July 21, 2012 }} In 2013, the university participated in the SEC Symposium on renewable energy in Atlanta, Georgia, which was organized and led by the University of Georgia and the UGA Bioenergy Systems Research Institute.{{cite web |title=SEC Symposium to address role of Southeast in renewable energy |date=February 6, 2013 |url=http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sec-symposium-to-address-role-of-southeast-in-renewable-energy/ |publisher=University of Georgia |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212211032/http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sec-symposium-to-address-role-of-southeast-in-renewable-energy/ |url-status=live }}

In 2021, actor Morgan Freeman and Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the University of Mississippi to create the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform, which will provide law-enforcement training and seek to improve engagement between law enforcement and communities.{{Cite news |first1=Amir |last1=Vera |first2=Dave |last2=Alsup |first3=Jamiel |last3=Lynch |title=Morgan Freeman and a University of Mississippi professor donate $1M to college's policing program |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/us/morgan-freeman-university-of-mississippi-policing/index.html |access-date=June 10, 2021 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610100714/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/us/morgan-freeman-university-of-mississippi-policing/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Morgan Freeman, professor give $1M for police training center at University of Mississippi |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/06/08/morgan-freeman-prof-donate-million-dollars-new-police-training-center-ole-miss/7611872002/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |work=The Clarion Ledger |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625173008/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/06/08/morgan-freeman-prof-donate-million-dollars-new-police-training-center-ole-miss/7611872002/ |url-status=live }}

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}}In U.S. News & World Report{{'}}s 2023 rankings, the University of Mississippi was tied for 163rd place among national universities and 88th among public universities.{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440/overall-rankings |title=University of Mississippi Rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511204528/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440/overall-rankings |url-status=live }} In 2023, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the professional MBA program at the School of Business Administration #72 nationally,{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |title=Best B-Schools in US |date=September 14, 2023 |publisher=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419175001/https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |url-status=live }} and the online MBA program in the top 25.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/ole-miss-online-mba-program-ranks-u-s-news-top-25/ |title=Ole Miss Online MBA Program Ranks in U.S. News Top 25 |date=January 9, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204205/https://news.olemiss.edu/ole-miss-online-mba-program-ranks-u-s-news-top-25/ |url-status=live }} {{As of|2018}}, all three degree programs at the Patterson School of Accountancy were among the top 10 accounting programs according to the Public Accounting Report.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/accountancy-programs-maintain-top-10-standing/ |title=Accountancy Programs Maintain Top 10 Standing |date=October 1, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204206/https://news.olemiss.edu/accountancy-programs-maintain-top-10-standing/ |url-status=live }}

Since 2012, the Chronicle of Higher Education has named the University of Mississippi as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For". In the 2018 results, released in the Chronicle{{'}}s annual report on "The Academic Workplace", the university was among 84 institutions honored from the 253 colleges and universities surveyed.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/um-named-among-great-colleges-work/ |title=UM Again Named Among 'Great Colleges to Work For' |date=July 16, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204251/https://news.olemiss.edu/um-named-among-great-colleges-work/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the university's campus was ranked the second-safest in the SEC and one of the safest in the U.S.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-robust-approach-campus-safety-lands-national-rankings/ |title=Robust Approach to Campus Safety Places UM in National Rankings |date=March 12, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204149/https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-robust-approach-campus-safety-lands-national-rankings/ |url-status=live }}

As of 2019, the university has had 27 Rhodes Scholars.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Jake |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Hudson named University of Mississippi's 27th Rhodes Scholar |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/11/25/hudson-named-university-of-mississippis-27th-rhodes-scholar/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410004909/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/11/25/hudson-named-university-of-mississippis-27th-rhodes-scholar/ |url-status=live }} Since 1998, it has 10 Goldwater Scholars, seven Truman Scholars, 18 Fulbright Scholars, one Marshall Scholar, three Udall Scholars, two Gates Cambridge Scholars, one Mitchell Scholar, 19 Boren Scholars, one Boren fellow, and one German Chancellor Fellowship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/aboutum/history.html |title=History |website=About UM |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203239/https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/history.html |url-status=live }}

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As of the 2023–2024 academic year, the student body consists of 18,533 undergraduates and 2,264 in graduate programs.{{cite web |url=https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2023-2024-enrollment/ |title=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning | Fall 2023-2024 Enrollment |access-date=April 10, 2024 |archive-date=September 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903080852/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2023-2024-enrollment/ |url-status=live }} Around 57 percent of the undergraduate student body were female.{{cite web |url=https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/student-life/diversity/ |title=Ole Miss Demographics & Diversity Report |website=College Factual |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=May 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529220503/http://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-mississippi-main-campus/student-life/diversity/ |url-status=live }} As of Fall 2023, minorities composed 23.5 percent of the body. The median family income of students is $116,600, and over half of students come from the top 20 percent. According to The New York Times, the University of Mississippi has the seventh-highest share of students from the economic top-one percent among selective public schools.{{cite news |title=University of Mississippi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-mississippi |work=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000140/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-mississippi |url-status=live }} The median starting salary of a graduate is $47,700, according to US News.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440 |title=University of Mississippi |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222436/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440 |url-status=live }}

Although 54 percent of undergraduates are from Mississippi, the student body is geographically diverse. As of late 2020, the university's undergraduates represented all 82 counties in Mississippi, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and 86 countries.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/um-releases-enrollment-for-fall-2020/ |title=UM Releases Enrollment for Fall 2020 |last=Stone |first=Lisa |date=November 3, 2020 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719135752/https://news.olemiss.edu/um-releases-enrollment-for-fall-2020/ |url-status=live }} The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student success and satisfaction, is 85.7 percent. In 2020, the student body included over 1,100 transfer students.{{cite web |url=https://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2020/12/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2020-2021.pdf |title=2020-2021 Mini Fact Book |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723025009/https://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2020/12/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2020-2021.pdf |url-status=live }}

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A common greeting on campus is "Hotty Toddy!", which is also used in the school chant. The phrase has no explicit meaning and its origin is unknown. The chant was first published in 1926, but "Hotty Toddy" was spelled "Heighty Tighty"; this early spelling has led some to suggest it originated with Virginia Tech's regimental band, The Heighty Tighties.{{cite web |url=http://theolemissyearbook.com/ole-miss-traditions-what-makes-us-rebels/ |title=Ole Miss Traditions: What Makes Us Rebels |last=Wiggs |first=Hayden |date=October 29, 2020 |website=The Ole Miss |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822004539/http://theolemissyearbook.com/ole-miss-traditions-what-makes-us-rebels/ |url-status=live }} Other proposed origins are "hoity-toity", meaning snobbish, and the alcoholic drink hot toddy.{{cite news |last=Staff report |date=September 5, 2016 |title=What is Hotty Toddy? Ole Miss chant, cheer also popular Rebel greeting |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/09/05/what-is-hotty-toddy-ole-miss-chant-greeting-is-popular-rebel-cheer/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917210800/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/09/05/what-is-hotty-toddy-ole-miss-chant-greeting-is-popular-rebel-cheer/ |url-status=live }}

On football game days, the Grove, a {{cvt|10|acre|adj=on}} plot of trees, hosts an elaborate tailgating tradition;{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Doug |date=August 30, 2010 |title=Rebel spell: timeless tailgating tradition |url=https://www.espn.com/travel/news/story?id=5513718 |work=ESPN |access-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626223928/https://www.espn.com/ |url-status=live }} according to The New York Times, "Perhaps there isn't a word for the ritualized pregame revelry ... 'Tailgating' certainly does not do it justice". The tradition began in 1991 when cars were banned from the Grove. Prior to each game, over 2,000 red-and-blue trash cans are placed throughout the Grove. This event is known as "Trash Can Friday". Each barrel marks a tailgating spot.{{cite news |last=Guizerix |first=Anna |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Dixie Cups: Trash Can Friday is back again |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2018/09/07/dixie-cups-trash-can-friday-is-back-again/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917214813/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2018/09/07/dixie-cups-trash-can-friday-is-back-again/ |url-status=live }} The spots are claimed by tailgaters, who erect a "tent city" of 2,500 shelters. Many of the tents are extravagant, feature chandeliers and fine china, and typically host meals of Southern cuisine. To accommodate the crowds, the university maintains elaborate portable bathrooms on 18-wheeler platforms known as "Hotty Toddy Potties".

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The University of Mississippi's first sanctioned student organizations, literary societies the Hermaean Society and the Phi Sigma Society, were established in 1849. Weekly meetings, of which attendance was mandatory, were held in the Lyceum until 1853 and then in the chapel.Sansing (1999), p. 63. With the university's emphasis on rhetoric, student-organized public orations on the first Monday of every month were popular. Studies were sometimes canceled so students could attend speeches of visiting politicians such as Jefferson Davis and William L. Sharkey.Sansing (1999), p. 65.

In the 1890s, extracurricular and nonintellectual activities proliferated on campus, and interest in oratory and the now-voluntary literary societies diminished.Sansing (1999), pp. 165–166. Turn-of-the-20th-century student organizations included Cotillion Club, the elite Stag Club, and German Club. In the 1890s, the local YMCA began publishing a list of the organizations in the M-Book.Sansing (1999), p. 166. As of 2021, the handbook was still provided to students.{{cite web |url=https://conflictresolution.olemiss.edu/m-book/ |title=M Book |website=Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501150230/https://conflictresolution.olemiss.edu/m-book/ |url-status=live }}

The Associated Student Body (ASB), which was established in 1917,Sansing (1999), p. 184. is the university's student government organization. Students are elected to the ASB Senate in the spring semester and leftover seats are voted on in open-seat elections in the fall. Senators can represent registered student organizations such as the Greek councils and sports clubs, or they can run to represent their academic school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olemissasb.org/ |title=Associated Student Body |website=Associated Student Body |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204213/https://www.olemissasb.org/ |url-status=live }} The University of Mississippi's marching band The Pride of the South performs in-concert and at athletic events. The band was formally organized in 1928,{{cite web |url=https://band.olemiss.edu/about/ |title=About Us |website=Ole Miss Band—The Pride of the South |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127193829/https://band.olemiss.edu/about/ |url-status=live }} but it existed before that date as a smaller organization led by a student director.{{cite web |url=https://band.olemiss.edu/our-history/ |title=Our History |website=Ole Miss Band—The Pride of the South |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127200335/https://band.olemiss.edu/our-history/ |url-status=live }} A Phi Beta Kappa chapter was established in 2001.

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Approximately 5,300 students live on campus in thirteen residence halls, two residential colleges, and two apartment complexes.{{cite web |url=https://studenthousing.olemiss.edu/buildings/ |title=Residence Halls |website=Student Housing |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204149/https://studenthousing.olemiss.edu/buildings/ |url-status=live }} Students are required to live on-campus during their first year.{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440 |title=University of Mississippi |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222436/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440 |url-status=live }} Within residence halls, students designated as community assistants provide information and resolve issues.{{cite web |url=https://studenthousing.olemiss.edu/student-positions/ |title=Student Positions |website=Student Housing |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919000210/https://studenthousing.olemiss.edu/student-positions/ |url-status=live }} In the early 20th century, the university provided cottages for married students. In 1947, Vet Village was constructed to room the surge in World War II veteran applicants.Sansing (1999), p. 263.

The University of Mississippi provides Oxford University Transit, a shuttle system that is free of charge for students, faculty, and staff.{{cite web |url=https://olemiss.edu/parking/shuttle.html |title=Shuttle System |website=Department of Parking & Transportation |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722202725/https://olemiss.edu/parking/shuttle.html |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Wilton |date=February 3, 2020 |title=Day or night, robots navigate campus sidewalks to deliver food to Ole Miss students |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2020/02/03/ole-miss-starship-delivery-robots-first-in-sec-conference-oxford-mississippi/4546451002/ |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204210/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2020/02/03/ole-miss-starship-delivery-robots-first-in-sec-conference-oxford-mississippi/4546451002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Jake |date=January 22, 2020 |title=Ole Miss Dining introduces new food delivery robots |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/01/22/ole-miss-dining-introduces-new-food-delivery-robots/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119120451/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/01/22/ole-miss-dining-introduces-new-food-delivery-robots/ |url-status=live }}

On-campus dining services Catering at UM and the Rebel Market are the only Certified Green restaurants in the state of Mississippi.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Edwin |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-lenoir-dining-going-green/ |title=UM Restaurants Going Green |date=July 13, 2016 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829013431/https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-lenoir-dining-going-green/ |url-status=live }} In 2019, the university opened a {{Convert|98000|sqft|m2|abbr=out|adj=on}} recreation center containing a gym, indoor climbing wall, basketball courts, and other services.{{cite web |url=https://campusrec.olemiss.edu/southcampusrecreationcenter/ |title=South Campus Recreation Center—Now Open! |website=Campus Recreation |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820164313/https://campusrec.olemiss.edu/southcampusrecreationcenter/ |url-status=live }}

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Greek life at the University of Mississippi comprises 33 organizations and around 8,700 affiliated students.{{cite web |url=https://greeks.olemiss.edu |title=Fraternity & Sorority Life |website=Fraternity & Sorority Life |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426080828/https://greeks.olemiss.edu/ |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live }} Greek societies at the University of Mississippi are housed along Fraternity Row and Sorority Row, which were constructed in the 1930s with federal funds.Sansing (1999), p. 253.

The Rainbow Fraternity, which was founded at the University of Mississippi in 1848, was the first fraternity to be founded in the South.{{cite web |url=https://sigmachiku.com/history-of-fraternities/ |title=History of Fraternities |publisher=Sigma Chi Fraternity |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908205318/https://sigmachiku.com/history-of-fraternities/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=March 28, 1885 |title=Two Secret Societies United—Delta Tau Delta and the Rainbow Society Join Hands. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/03/28/102965283.pdf |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215016/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/03/28/102965283.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |url-status=dead }}{{efn|group=note|The Rainbow Fraternity merged with Delta Tau Delta in 1886.}} Other early fraternities established at the university include Delta Kappa Epsilon (1850), Delta Kappa (1853), Delta Psi (1854), and Epsilon Alpha (1855). By 1900, a majority of University of Mississippi students were members of a fraternity or a sorority. Non-member students felt excluded on campus and tensions between members and non-members escalated. The University Magazine denounced the Greek societies as "the most vicious institution that has grown up in any college".Sansing (1999), p. 177. In 1902, Lee Russell, a poor student who was rejected by the fraternities, appeared before the board of trustees to criticize the Greek societies.Sansing (1999), pp. 177–178.{{efn|group=note|Russell was elected Governor of Mississippi in 1919.}} In response, the board threatened to abolish Greek life if non-member students continued to be ostracized. In 1903, rumors Greek-life members and non-member students were preparing to "meet in combat" appeared.Sansing (1999), p. 178. Multiple state-legislative investigations were held to address the issue.Sansing (1999), pp. 178–179. All Greek life at the university was suspended from 1912 to 1926 due to statewide anti-fraternity legislation.{{cite web |last=Sansing |first=David G. |url=http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/265/index.php?s=extra&id=141 |title=Lee Maurice Russell: Fortieth Governor of Mississippi: 1920-1924 |website=Mississippi History Now |publisher=Mississippi Historical Society |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204153/http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/265/index.php?s=extra&id=141 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=live }}Sansing (1999), p. 204.

As part of a larger crackdown on embarrassing fraternity incidents, Chancellor Gerald Turner ended the traditional Shrimp and Beer Festival in 1984.Sansing (1999), pp. 334–335. In 1988, Phi Beta Sigma, a black fraternity, was preparing to move into a house on the all-white Fraternity Row when arsonists burned their house. An alumnus helped purchase another house and Fraternity Row was integrated two months later.Sansing (1999), pp. 335–336. In a 1989 incident, fraternity members dropped naked students painted with racist slurs at the historically black Rust College.Sansing (1999), p. 336. In 2014, three fraternity members placed a noose and a Confederate symbol on the Meredith statue,{{cite news |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=February 18, 2014 |title=F.B.I. Joins Ole Miss Inquiry After Noose Is Left on Statue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/fbi-joins-ole-miss-inquiry-after-noose-is-left-on-statue.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125022344/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/fbi-joins-ole-miss-inquiry-after-noose-is-left-on-statue.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=September 17, 2015 |title=Man Sentenced to Six Months for Role in Placing Noose on Ole Miss Statue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/us/man-sentenced-to-six-months-for-role-in-placing-noose-on-ole-miss-statue.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114055209/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/us/man-sentenced-to-six-months-for-role-in-placing-noose-on-ole-miss-statue.html |url-status=live }} and in 2019, fraternity members posed with guns in front of an Emmett Till historical marker.{{cite news |last=Farzan |first=Antonia Noori |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Ole Miss frat brothers brought guns to an Emmett Till memorial. They're not the first. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/ole-miss-emmitt-till-guns-kappa-alpha-fraternity/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216044831/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/ole-miss-emmitt-till-guns-kappa-alpha-fraternity/ |url-status=live }}

The first student publication at the University of Mississippi was The University Magazine, which was founded in 1856 and published by the literary societies.Sansing (1999), pp. 163, 168. The rivalry between the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State originated from an 1895 condemnation by The University Magazine of a Mississippi State publication which had written that the University of Mississippi "lacked dignity".Sansing (1999), pp. 167–168. The first student newspaper The University Record began publication in 1898; it and the Magazine suffered financially and were suspended in 1902.

In 1907, the YMCA and student athletic organization revived the university's newspaper as the Varsity Voice. In 1911, this newspaper was superseded by another student-published newspaper, The Daily Mississippian. The paper is editorially independent and is the only daily college newspaper in the state. The paper is also published online as TheDMonline.com, with supplementary content.{{cite web |url=https://smc.olemiss.edu/daily-mississippian/ |title=The Daily Mississippian |website=Student Media Center |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124013635/https://smc.olemiss.edu/daily-mississippian/ |url-status=live }}

NewsWatch, which was established in 1980, is a student-produced, live newscast and the only local newscast in Lafayette County.{{cite web |url=https://smc.olemiss.edu/newswatch/ |title=NewsWatch |website=Student Media Center |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124002331/https://smc.olemiss.edu/newswatch/ |url-status=live }} The University of Mississippi owns and operates WUMS 92.1 Rebel Radio, which began broadcasting in 1989; it is one of a few university-operated commercial FM radio stations in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://smc.olemiss.edu/rebel-radio/ |title=Rebel Radio |website=Student Media Center |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128060158/https://smc.olemiss.edu/rebel-radio/ |url-status=live }}

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The University of Mississippi's athletic teams participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Southeastern Conference (SEC), Division I as the Ole Miss Rebels.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/schools/ole-miss |title=University of Mississippi |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204165426/https://www.ncaa.com/schools/ole-miss |url-status=live }} Women's varsity athletic teams at the University of Mississippi include basketball, cross country, golf, rifle, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Men's varsity teams are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and track and field.{{cite web |url=https://olemisssports.com |title=Sports |website=Ole Miss Sports |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=March 18, 2020 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203149/https://olemisssports.com/ |url-status=live }}

In 1893, professor Alexander Bondurant organized the university's football team.Sansing (1999), p. 170. As collegiate athletic teams began to receive names, a contest result selected the name "Mississippi Flood" in 1929. Due to the lasting harm of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, however, the name was changed to the "Rebels" in 1936.Sansing (1999), p. 255. The first prime-time telecast of college football was of a 1969 Ole Miss game.Sansing (1999), p. 331. The team has won six SEC championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fbs |title=NCAA Football Championship History |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=March 18, 2020 |archive-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229004449/http://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fbs |url-status=live }} Major rivals include Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University, which Ole Miss plays against in the Magnolia Bowl and Egg Bowl, respectively.{{cite news |last=Landry |first=Kennedy |date=September 25, 2018 |title=Magnolia Bowl: The history of the LSU-Ole Miss rivalry |url=https://www.lsureveille.com/daily/magnolia-bowl-the-history-of-the-lsu-ole-miss-rivalry/article_9ebab620-c101-11e8-b7c2-9fc373ca7356.html |work=Reveille |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804022111/https://www.lsureveille.com/daily/magnolia-bowl-the-history-of-the-lsu-ole-miss-rivalry/article_9ebab620-c101-11e8-b7c2-9fc373ca7356.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Rollins |first=Khadrice |date=November 23, 2017 |title=Why Is Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State Called the Egg Bowl? |url=https://www.si.com/college/2017/11/23/ole-miss-mississippi-state-egg-bowl-history |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804021619/https://www.si.com/college/2017/11/23/ole-miss-mississippi-state-egg-bowl-history |url-status=live }} Other rivalries include Tulane and Vanderbilt.{{cite web |url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2015/5/21/Tulane_Football_adds_Oklahoma_Ole_Miss_to_Future_Schedules |title=Tulane Football adds Oklahoma, Ole Miss to Future Schedules |date=May 21, 2015 |website=Tulane Green Wave |publisher=Tulane University |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805163709/https://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2015/5/21/Tulane_Football_adds_Oklahoma_Ole_Miss_to_Future_Schedules |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Ashoff |first=Edward |date=September 4, 2014 |title=Ole Miss, Vandy share unheralded rivalry |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/87863/ole-miss-and-vandy-share-unheralded-rivalry |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805163707/https://tags.bluekai.com/site/24667?ret=html&phint=pageName%3Despn%3Ancf%3Asec%3Ablog&phint=channel%3Despn%3Ancf&phint=eVar34%3D&phint=events%3Devent3&phint=prop1%3Despn&phint=swid%3DA9D0EA8A-2198-4993-C9C5-4F03EE55F573&phint=unid%3D70469a9b-7ed7-466b-b49b-a04ace066646&phint=prop4%3Dblog&phint=prop9%3Dstory%3Ascroll%2Bnext_story&phint=prop23%3Dkeim_john&phint=prop25%3Dfootball&phint=prop26%3Dncf&phint=prop30%3Dpremium-no&phint=prop32%3D&phint=prop45%3D&phint=__bk_t%3DNick%20Saban%27s%20open-door%20policy%20a%20factor%20in%20Alabama%27s%20draft%20success%20-%20SEC%20Blog-%20ESPN&phint=__bk_k%3D&phint=__bk_l%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fblog%2Fsec%2Fpost%2F_%2Fid%2F131421%2Fnick-sabans-open-door-policy-a-factor-in-alabamas-draft-success&phint=__bk_v%3D3.1.10&limit=10&r=6654406 |url-status=live }} Football alumni Archie and Eli Manning, both quarterbacks, are honored on campus with speed limits set to 18 and 10 mph; their respective jersey numbers.{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/travel/faulkner-and-football-in-oxford-miss.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |first=Dwight |last=Garner |title=Faulkner and Football in Oxford, Miss |date=October 14, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204208/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/travel/faulkner-and-football-in-oxford-miss.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}

Outside football, Ole Miss baseball has won seven overall SEC championships and three SEC Tournaments.{{cite web |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12878767/baseball-sec-champions |title=Baseball SEC Champions |website=SEC |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627221424/https://www.secsports.com/article/12878767/baseball-sec-champions |url-status=live }} They have played in the Men's College World Series six times,{{cite news |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Ole Miss baseball advances to College World Series finals |url=https://cm.clarionledger.com/offers-reg/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarionledger.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fole-miss%2F2022%2F06%2F23%2Fole-miss-baseball-college-world-series-championship-advance-dylan-delucia%2F7713914001%2F |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626223928/https://cm.clarionledger.com/offers-reg/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarionledger.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fole-miss%2F2022%2F06%2F23%2Fole-miss-baseball-college-world-series-championship-advance-dylan-delucia%2F7713914001%2F |url-status=live }} and won the 2022 series.{{cite news |last=ESPN News Services |date=June 26, 2022 |title=Ole Miss Rebels sweep Oklahoma Sooners to win first Men's College World Series title |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/34152995/ole-miss-rebels-sweep-oklahoma-sooners-win-first-men-college-world-series-title |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626223928/https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/34152995/ole-miss-rebels-sweep-oklahoma-sooners-win-first-men-college-world-series-title |url-status=live }} The men's tennis team has won five overall SEC championships and has had one NCAA Singles Champion—Devin Britton.{{cite web |url=http://a.espncdn.com/SEC/media/2017/Men's%20Tennis%20Record%20Book.pdf |title=Men's Tennis Record Book |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627022728/http://a.espncdn.com/SEC/media/2017/Men%27s%20Tennis%20Record%20Book.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=May 25, 2009 |title=Freshmen win singles titles |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=4204793 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627215819/https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=4204793 |url-status=live }} The women's basketball team has won one overall SEC championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12884811/women-basketball-sec-champions |title=Women's Basketball SEC Champions |website=SEC |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604011931/https://www.secsports.com/article/12884811/women-basketball-sec-champions |url-status=live }} Notable former players include Armintie Price, who holds the SEC record for steals in a game and was the third pick in the 2007 WNBA draft,{{cite web |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12208945/armintie-price-herrington-ole-miss |title=SEC Legend Spotlight: Armintie Price Herrington, Ole Miss |last=SEC Staff |website=SEC |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228191004/http://www.secsports.com/article/12208945/armintie-price-herrington-ole-miss |url-status=live }} and Jennifer Gillom, 1986 SEC Female Athlete of the Year and 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist.{{cite web |url=https://msfame.com/inductees/jennifer-gillom/ |title=Jennifer Gillom |website=Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116050416/https://msfame.com/inductees/jennifer-gillom/ |url-status=live }} Men's basketball has won two SEC Tournaments.{{cite web |url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12878811/men-basketball-sec-champions |title=Men's Basketball SEC Champions |website=SEC |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627221914/https://www.secsports.com/article/12878811/men-basketball-sec-champions |url-status=live }} In 2021, Ole Miss women's golf won its first NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship.{{cite news |last=Nichols |first=Beth Ann |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Historymakers: Ole Miss women's golf claims school's first recognized NCAA Championship |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/26/ole-miss-womens-golf-first-ncaa-championship/ |work=Golfweek |publisher=USA Today |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529165925/https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/26/ole-miss-womens-golf-first-ncaa-championship/ |url-status=live }}

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As of the 2020–2021 academic year, there were—excluding those of UMMC—1,092 professors, of whom 424 were tenured. At this time, there were 592 male and 500 female professors.{{cite web |url=https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2020-2021-enrollment/ |title=Fall 2020-2021 Enrollment |website=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127032227/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2020-2021-enrollment/ |url-status=live }}

With the early emphasis on classical studies, multiple notable classicists including George Tucker Stainback, Wilson Gaines Richardson, and William Hailey Willis, have held teaching positions at the University of Mississippi.{{cite web |url=https://classics.olemiss.edu/history/the-early-years/ |title=From the Beginning to 'The War' |website=Department of Classics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604170429/https://classics.olemiss.edu/history/the-early-years/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9241-willis-william-hailey |title=Willis, William Hailey |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers School of Arts and Science |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715150442/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9241-willis-william-hailey |url-status=live }} Archeologist David Moore Robinson, who is credited with discovering the ancient city Olynthus, also taught classics at the university.{{cite web |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9064-robinson-david-moore |title=Robinson, David Moore |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers School of Arts and Science |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526130412/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9064-robinson-david-moore |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://classics.olemiss.edu/videocast-david-moore-robinson-the-archaeologist-as-collector-news-the-american-school-of-classical-studies-at-athens/ |title=Videocast – "David Moore Robinson: The Archaeologist as Collector" / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens |website=Department of Classics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127135048/https://classics.olemiss.edu/videocast-david-moore-robinson-the-archaeologist-as-collector-news-the-american-school-of-classical-studies-at-athens/ |url-status=live }} Former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove was a political science lecturer,{{cite web |url=https://umfoundation.com/main/2013/09/09/musgroves-expand-legacy-with-gift/ |title=Musgroves Expand Legacy with Gift |date=September 13, 2013 |website=The University of Mississippi Foundation |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723182002/https://umfoundation.com/main/2013/09/09/musgroves-expand-legacy-with-gift/ |url-status=live }} and Kyle Duncan was an assistant law professor prior to his appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.{{cite news |last=Severino |first=Callie Campbell |date=September 28, 2017 |title=Who is Kyle Duncan? |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-kyle-duncan/ |work=National Review |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326070033/https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-kyle-duncan/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Jake |date=March 6, 2020 |title=Now in Session: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears cases at Ole Miss |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/03/06/now-in-session-u-s-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-cases-at-ole-miss/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030130/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/03/06/now-in-session-u-s-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-cases-at-ole-miss/ |url-status=live }} Landon Garland taught astronomy and philosophy before becoming the first president of Vanderbilt University.{{cite web |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns1ck6 |title=Garland, Landon C. (Landon Cabell), 1810-1895 |website=Social Networks and Archival Context |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201080713/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns1ck6 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history/ |title=History of the Office |website=Office of the Chancellor |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=Vanderbilt University |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051115/https://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history/ |url-status=live }} Actor James Best, who is best known for his work on The Dukes of Hazzard, was an artist in residence.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away/ |title=WTVA: Former UM Artist-in-Residence Passes Away |last=Whittington |first=Ryan |date=April 7, 2015 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827081405/http://news.olemiss.edu/wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away/ |url-status=live }} Robert Q. Marston, director of the National Institutes of Health, served as the dean of the medical school,{{cite journal |last=McGuigan |first=James W. |date=2005 |title=Robert Quarles Marston, M.D. 1923–1999 |journal=Transactions of the American Clinical & Climatological Association |volume=116 |pages=lx-lxiii |pmid=16555601 |pmc=1473135 }}{{cite web |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/rm/feature/biographical-information |title=Brief Chronology |website=Regional Medical Programs |date=March 12, 2019 |publisher=US National Library of Medicine |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318085806/https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/rm/feature/biographical-information |url-status=live }} and Eugene W. Hilgard, considered the father of soil science, taught chemistry at Ole Miss.Pittman Jr. (1985), p. 26. Other notable scientific faculty include psychologist David H. Barlow and physicist Mack A. Breazeale.{{cite web |url=https://www.bu.edu/psych/profile/david-h-barlow/ |title=David Barlow |publisher=Boston University |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223061118/http://www.bu.edu/psych/profile/david-h-barlow/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/breazeale-obit/ |title=Acoustics Scientist Mack Breazeale Dies at 79 |date=September 18, 2009 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723045836/https://news.olemiss.edu/breazeale-obit/ |url-status=live }}

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File:Carl Van Vechten - William Faulkner.jpg, novelist who won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949 |website=The Nobel Prize |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015135/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/ |url-status=live }}]]

In addition to William Faulkner,{{cite news |last=Harpaz |first=Beth J. |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Exploring Oxford, Mississippi, from Faulkner's Rowan Oak to the Ole Miss campus |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/19/oxford-mississippi-william-faulkner-ole-miss/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204159/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/19/oxford-mississippi-william-faulkner-ole-miss/ |url-status=live }} notable writers who attended the University of Mississippi include Florence Mars,Dollar (2015), p. 28. Patrick D. Smith,Lloyd (1980), p. 414. Stark Young,Lloyd (1980), p. 485. and John Grisham.{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Plot Twist! John Grisham's New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/books/review/john-grisham-camino-island.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013046/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/books/review/john-grisham-camino-island.html |url-status=live }} Alumni in film include Emmy Award-winning actor Gerald McRaney and Tate Taylor, director of The Help.{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/blog-ole-miss-gerald-mcraney-jack-pendarvis-take-home-emmy-awards/ |title=Ole Miss' Gerald McRaney and Jack Pendarvis Take Home Emmy Awards |last=Hector |first=Emily |date=September 20, 2017 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704191249/https://news.olemiss.edu/blog-ole-miss-gerald-mcraney-jack-pendarvis-take-home-emmy-awards/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Dodes |first=Rachel |date=August 5, 2011 |title=An Unknown, With Leverage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903366504576486460342694934 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012125837/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903366504576486460342694934 |url-status=live }} Musicians who studied at the university include Mose Allison and Grammy Award-winner Glen Ballard.{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=November 15, 2016 |title=Mose Allison, a Fount of Jazz and Blues, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425223817/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://libarts.olemiss.edu/grammy-winner-glen-ballard-inducted-into-um-hall-of-fame/ |title=Grammy Winner Glen Ballard Inducted into UM Hall of Fame |website=College of Liberal Arts |date=March 16, 2009 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809110310/https://libarts.olemiss.edu/grammy-winner-glen-ballard-inducted-into-um-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live |author1=Erabadie }} Athlete graduates include 12-time Grand Slam tennis champion Mahesh Bhupathi,{{cite web |url=https://olemisssports.com/sports/2018/7/20/sports-m-tennis-archive-bhupathi-champion-html.aspx |title=Mahesh Bhupathi |website=Ole Miss Sports |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307191624/https://olemisssports.com/sports/2018/7/20/sports-m-tennis-archive-bhupathi-champion-html.aspx |url-status=live }} New York Yankees catcher Jake Gibbs,{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Seph |date=May 21, 2013 |title=Exclusive: Ole Miss Football, Baseball Great Jake Gibbs Shares Memories |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1645632-exclusive-ole-miss-football-baseball-great-jake-gibbs-shares-memories |work=Bleacher Report |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812002044/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1645632-exclusive-ole-miss-football-baseball-great-jake-gibbs-shares-memories |url-status=live }} and Michael Oher, NFL offensive lineman and subject of the film The Blind Side.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A.O. |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Two Films, Two Routes From Poverty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/movies/22scott.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427010433/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/movies/22scott.html |url-status=live }} Three Miss Americas and one Miss USA are also among its alumni.{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Billy |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Mary Ann Mobley, Mississippi's first Miss America, has died |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/09/mary-ann-mobley-dies/20163687/ |work=The Clarion Ledger |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141210012458/http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/12/09/mary-ann-mobley-dies/20163687/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=McGrath |first=Anne |date=September 10, 1986 |title='More Nervous This Year': Miss America 1986 |url=https://apnews.com/article/cb1a293ee330444819add1b1c0116037 |work=Associated Press |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204155/https://apnews.com/article/cb1a293ee330444819add1b1c0116037 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Guizerix |first=Anna |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Ole Miss graduate Asya Branch crowned Miss USA 2020 |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/11/10/ole-miss-graduate-asya-branch-crowned-miss-usa-2020/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204203/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/11/10/ole-miss-graduate-asya-branch-crowned-miss-usa-2020/ |url-status=live }}

The University of Mississippi's alumni include five US senators and ten governors.{{cite web |url=https://www.olemissalumni.com/notablealumnilawandpolitics/ |title=Notable Alumni: Law and Politics |website=Ole Miss Alumni Organization |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425091134/http://www.olemissalumni.com/notablealumnilawandpolitics/ |url-status=live }} Other public servant graduates include Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justices Sydney M. Smith and Bill Waller Jr.,{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=sydney |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 5 |date=1923 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |language=en |pages=87–89 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212106/https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sGAQAAIAAJ&q=sydney |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://law.olemiss.edu/um-law-alum-chief-justice-waller-retires-after-21-years-on-ms-supreme-court/ |title=UM Law Alum, Chief Justice Waller Retires after 21 Years on MS Supreme Court |date=March 4, 2019 |website=University of Mississippi School of Law |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010207/https://law.olemiss.edu/um-law-alum-chief-justice-waller-retires-after-21-years-on-ms-supreme-court/ |url-status=live }} US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus,{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Peter J. |date=February 28, 1988 |title=The Yuppies of Mississippi; How They Took Over the Statehouse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/the-yuppies-of-mississippi-how-they-took-over-the-statehouse.html |work=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309031211/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/the-yuppies-of-mississippi-how-they-took-over-the-statehouse.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Michael S. |date=July 17, 2016 |title=Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Knows a Thing or 30 About First Pitches |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/sports/baseball/navy-secretary-ray-mabus-first-pitches.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010217/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/sports/baseball/navy-secretary-ray-mabus-first-pitches.html |url-status=live }} White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes,{{cite news |last=Well |first=Martin |date=January 10, 2014 |title=Larry Speakes, former Reagan deputy press secretary, dies at 74 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/reagan-spokesman-larry-speakes-dies-at-74/2014/01/10/2e113276-7a4f-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128041552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/reagan-spokesman-larry-speakes-dies-at-74/2014/01/10/2e113276-7a4f-11e3-8963-b4b654bcc9b2_story.html |url-status=live }} and Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.{{cite web |url=https://dominicaconsulategreece.com/roosevelt-skerrit-prime-minister-of-dominica/ |title=The Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit – Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica |publisher=Commonwealth of Dominica Consulate of Greece |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128092357/https://dominicaconsulategreece.com/roosevelt-skerrit-prime-minister-of-dominica/ |url-status=live }} Notable academics include Pomona College president E. Wilson Lyon,{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Roxanne |date=March 5, 1989 |title=E.W. Lyon, 84; Ex-President of Pomona College |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-05-mn-509-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 }} Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor Thomas K. McCraw,{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=November 6, 2012 |title=Thomas K. McCraw, Historian Who Enlivened Economics, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/business/thomas-k-mccraw-historian-who-enlivened-economics-dies-at-72.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126103932/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/business/thomas-k-mccraw-historian-who-enlivened-economics-dies-at-72.html |url-status=live }} and Mercer University president James Bruton Gambrell.{{cite web |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gambrell-james-bruton |title=Gambrell, James Bruton |website=Handbook of Texas |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705010148/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gambrell-james-bruton |url-status=live }} Notable physicians include Arthur Guyton,{{cite news |last=Lavietes |first=Stuart |date=April 14, 2003 |title=Dr. Arthur Guyton, Author and Researcher, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/us/dr-arthur-guyton-author-and-researcher-dies-at-83.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710185648/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/us/dr-arthur-guyton-author-and-researcher-dies-at-83.html |url-status=live }} American Medical Association head Edward Hill,{{cite web |url=https://www.olemissalumni.com/alumni-spotlight-dr-ed-hill/ |title=Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ed Hill |website=Ole Miss Alumni Association |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812201205/https://www.olemissalumni.com/alumni-spotlight-dr-ed-hill/ |url-status=live }} and Thomas F. Frist Sr., co-founder of Hospital Corporation of America.{{cite news |first=Kenneth N. |last=Gilpin |date=January 8, 1998 |title=Dr. Thomas Frist Sr., HCA Founder, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/08/business/dr-thomas-frist-sr-hca-founder-dies-at-87.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907232721/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/08/business/dr-thomas-frist-sr-hca-founder-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |url-status=live }} Alumnus William Parsons served as director of NASA's Stennis Space Center and later that of Kennedy Space Center.{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/parsons.html |title=William W. (Bill) Parsons |publisher=NASA |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829011012/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/parsons.html |url-status=live }}

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