LEHRER: Good evening from the Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. I'm Jim Lehrer of the NewsHour on PBS, and I welcome you to the first of the 2008 presidential debates between the Republican nominee, ...

OXFORD, Miss. - The next president needs to overhaul America's outdated educational system, one that is inequitable, unaffordable and inaccessible. That is the consensus of a national panel of education experts who convened at the University of Miss...

OXFORD, Miss. - The first presidential debate hosted by the University of Mississippi is a source of interest for journalists across the country - and across the pond. Ben Ferguson, host of Radio America's "The Ben Ferguson Show," said it'...

Oxford, Miss., September 24, 2008 - "The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is moving forward with its plan for the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. this Friday, September 26. The plans for this...

OXFORD, Miss. - The second time was the charm for University of Mississippi freshman Taylor McGraw, who won a coveted ticket to Friday's presidential debate by winning The Daily Mississippian's policy writing contest. McGraw, a 19-year-old Oxford na...

Gov. Haley Barbour, who saw Mississippi through the worst natural disaster in American history, and University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert C. Khayat, who has brought about positive change and reconciliation at the institution, host a news confer...

OXFORD, Miss. - With gas prices again on the rise and financial markets around the world trying to recover from recent shocks with stocks, voters are wondering how a new president can make a difference. This question was tackled Monday (Sept. 22) at...

OXFORD, Miss. - The excitement that has been building for months at the University of Mississippi officially kicked into high gear Sunday evening, as more than 300 people gathered at the steps of the Lyceum for the presidential debate week kickoff ce...

OXFORD, Miss. - While mostly media will occupy the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the first 2008 presidential debate Sept. 26, a few lucky University of Mississippi students will also claim some of those much sought-after seats. ...

OXFORD, Miss. - The American Heart Association, in partnership with the University of Mississippi, is convening a panel of top business, government and health leaders to examine the nation's health care system in preparation for the year's first pres...