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Jim Kennedy, chairman emeritus of Cox Enterprises, has made a $5 million personal gift to It's About Time: The Campaign for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute.

From hunter to advocate: Jim Kennedy gives $5M to strengthen cancer care at UMMC

Monday, July 6, 2026

Kennedy, chairman emeritus of Cox Enterprises, is helping build a new home for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute by giving to the It’s About Time campaign. Read More

Learning incubating techniques, Victor Diaz-Ornelas, a first-year student in the PROMISE Program, receives hands-on training from Dr. Jessie Harvey, associate professor in the School of Medicine’s Pulmonary Division, alongside three other program participants, Luz Luna, Bryant Lewis and Madison Howard during an early clinical learning experience.

UMMC PROMISE Program opens doors for future physicians from across Mississippi

Monday, July 6, 2026

For aspiring physicians from across Mississippi, the path to medical school can be filled with financial, academic and personal challenges. Through the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine's P.R.O.M.I.S.E. Program, 32 students from 11 colleges and universities are receiving mentorship, resources and early exposure to medicine that could help turn their dreams of becoming physicians into reality. Read More

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Laurie McHenry, nurse educator, spins the safety wheel for a chance to win prizes as the wheel made a stop at 3 Wiser as part of Patient Safety Week activities in 2024.

UMMC aims for the goal during Patient Safety Week

Published on Monday, July 6, 2026

 Alice Chaney Herndon is fighting cancer while serving as director of adult nursing services, a job she loves.

Front and Center: Alice Chaney Herndon

Published on Monday, June 29, 2026

 Dr. Mary Taylor, Suzan B. Thames Chair and CEO of Children’s of Mississippi; Dr. Brad Ingram, McCarty Chair of Neurology; and Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs, pose together at the naming celebration for Ingram.

Ingram named McCarty Chair of Neurology

Published on Monday, June 29, 2026

 Ransom Paul, 4, alongside his family, jumps for joy with Ann Skelton, program director of mental health services, during the bean bag toss at the NICU reunion at the children's hospital.

Photos: NICU reunion brings former patients, families back to Children's of Mississippi

Published on Monday, June 29, 2026

 Camia White, a student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, acts as a mock patient during Acute Care in Physical Therapy II class in the PT lab with fellow PT student Drew Horton.

Programs in physical therapy, nursing to expand in Oxford

Published on Monday, June 22, 2026

 Jean Adams is pictured with Fred Adams on a trip to Prague.

CCRI receives $10M gift from philanthropist Jean Morris Adams in honor of late son and best friend

Published on Monday, June 22, 2026

Photos: A magical day at Children's of Mississippi

Published on Monday, June 22, 2026

 Celebratory cheers erupt as the Magnet Recognition Program Commission reveals Children's of Mississippi's Magnet recognition.

Children's of Mississippi achieves Magnet recognition, earns seven exemplars

Published on Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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