July 2019 - Page 3 of 4 - The Daily Mississippian

An incurable optimist: Why David Sansing told the stories of Mississippi’s past

David G. Sansing saw the bigger picture. His list of accolades is long, but the moment those close to him particularly remember his pride swelling was...

Cutting Edge: Unique sport headed for Oxford

A historic Viking sport has made its way through Canada all the way down south, and will soon arrive in Oxford. Civil Axe Throwing will open...

New Accelerated Law Program offers students expedited success

This spring, Mariel Spencer, a 2019 UM graduate, became the first student to graduate through the Accelerated Law Program. The Accelerated Law Program...

New food-labeling law faces legal backlash from ‘meatless’ industry

Mississippi legislators are making “impossible burgers” a little more impossible to obtain for vegans and vegetarians in the state after passing Senate Bill 2922 earlier this month. The bill prevents companies from labeling plant-based or insect-based foods as meat products. Makers of these “meatless meat” products could now face a hefty penalty for marketing...

Inaugural playwright in residence brings new stories to Oxford

Not all theater professors are the same. Some only teach while others live in the world that they convey to others: playwriting, directing, and inspiring...

Poison ivy vaccine making progress, still years away

After receiving a patent for a preventative vaccine to treat poison ivy was given to them last month, university researchers are one step closer to their final product, something that’s almost 30 years in the making. The New York Times reported in 1992 that Mahmoud ElSohly, a UM professor of pharmaceutics, and E. Sue Watson had isolated the variants of urushiol oil,...