University of Mississippi
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(美)密西西比大學(創校於1848年,位於密西西比州牛津(Oxford),官方網址:www.olemiss.edu)
Divisions of the University:
School of Accountancy
School of Applied Sciences
School of Business Administration
School of Education
School of Engineering
College of Liberal Arts
Graduate School
School of Law
School of Pharmacy
School of Journalism and New Media
The colleges at the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson:
School of Dentistry
School of Health Related Professions
School of Nursing (with a satellite unit at the main campus in Oxford)
School of Medicine
School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
University of Mississippi Medical Center surgeons, lead by Dr. James Hardy, performed the world's first human lung transplant, in 1963, and the world's first animal-to-human heart transplant, in 1964. The heart of a chimpanzee - man's closest genetic relation - was used for the heart transplant.
The University of Mississippi Field Station located in Abbeville is a natural laboratory used to study, research and teach about sustainable freshwater ecosystems.
Since 1968, the school operates the only legal marijuana farm and production facility in the United States. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) contracts to the university the production of cannabis for the use in approved research studies on the plant as well as for distribution to the seven surviving medical cannabis patients grandfathered into the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program (established in 1978 and canceled in 1991).
The university houses one of the largest blues music archives in the United States. Some of the contributions to the collection were donated by BB King who donated his entire personal record collection. The Mamie and Ellis Nassour Arts & Entertainment Collection, highlighted by a wealth of theater and film scripts, photographs and memorabilia, was dedicated in September, 2005. The archive includes the first ever commercial blues recording, a song called "Crazy Blues" recorded by Mamie Smith in 1920.