Dr. Eden Tanner, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is our Crossword Puzzle Winner! Dr. Tanner is the first person to submit all correct answers to the 2022 Honors Report’s The Crossword, and she wins a $100 Square Books gift card. FUN FACT: Dr. Tanner has a 1,336-day streak on the New York Times Crossword! […]
The internationally acclaimed concert pianist, BRUCE LEVINGSTON, will perform a special welcome concert for our incoming freshman class on Sunday, August 16, 2020. Bruce is our Honors College Artist in Residence and Holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Endowed Chair. Bruce performs in concerts throughout the world appearing in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, […]
Yesterday, students enrolled in Greg Brock’s honors course, “Fake News: How to Live with It, and Fight It,” welcomed Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the The Washington Post and the former public editor (and first woman to hold that position!) of The New York Times, for a lively and enlightening discussion. Professor Brock’s class is […]
Clarksdale, MS native Yasmine Malone (SMBHC 21) contributed to a feature in The New York Times called This Is 18, which shows pictures of what it’s like to be an 18-year-old in various parts of the world. Yasmine photographed Madison Justice, a Clarksdale resident, who is a teen mother and hopes to earn her G.E.D. […]