University of Mississippi

Public university in Lafayette County, Mississippi

University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and is the state's largest by enrollment. The university's medical center is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university on February 24, 1844, and in 1848 admitted its first 80 students. During the Civil War, the university operated as a Confederate hospital and narrowly avoided destruction by Ulysses S. Grant's forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi

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