Livability- Top 10 Best Small Towns 2013
http://livability.com/top-10/top-10-best-small-towns-2013/oxford/ms?utm_source=Press+Release&utm_medium=Small_Towns_Oxford&utm_campaign=Small+Towns+2013
World's first heart transplant
http://www.ummchealth.com/health_care_services/heart/adult/heart_transplant/heart_transplant_default.aspx
First functional HIV cure
http://www.umc.edu/News_and_Publications/Press_Release/2013-03-03-00_Researchers_describe_first__functional_HIV_cure__in_an_infant.aspx
First human lung transplant
http://www.umc.edu/Dr__James_Hardy.aspx
Also
Oxford was No. 9 on last year’s list. Ole Miss is No. 18 on Forbes’ “Best Value Colleges,” part of the annual America’s Top Colleges section. It is the only SEC school to make the Top 20 list.
For the fourth year in a row, The Chronicle of Higher Education named the University of Mississippi as one of the “2012 Great Colleges to Work For,” putting the institution in elite company. The results, released in The Chronicle’s fifth annual report on The Academic Workplace, are based on a survey of more than 46,000 employees at 294 colleges and universities.
The University of Mississippi was included in “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012? featuring more than 300 of the best and most interesting colleges and universities in three nations. UM is the only Mississippi institution included in the publication.
In 2012, the Ole Miss campus was ranked safest in the SEC and in the top 10 nationally by CollegeSafe.com
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Professional MBA program at the UM School of Business Administration as one of the top 14 in the nation
The university’s Patterson School of Accountancy is ranked No. 10 in the nation – atop all other SEC programs – for undergraduate education by the Public Accounting Report. Also, the school’s master’s and doctoral programs are ranked at Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, in their categories.
The Army ROTC program received one of eight prestigious MacArthur Awards in February 2012. Presented by the U.S. Army Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation, the award recognizes the ideals of “duty, honor and country” as advocated by MacArthur.
For its life-changing work in 12 Delta communities, the UM School of Pharmacy won the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s 2011-12 Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award.
Ole Miss continues to be the premiere destination for college tailgating as the Grove claimed second place in Southern Living’s “South’s Best Tailgate” contest in 2012.
The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi was honored by the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies with its 2012 International Award. The accolade from the nonprofit organization devoted to promoting civil and human rights around the world was presented in New Orleans.
All from the Ole Miss website and Wiki page.
I could keep going. The University of Mississippi is a great place to go to school. OP, I hope your son will visit Oxford and Ole Miss!
HOTTY TODDY!