The University of Mississippi is a public research university in Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and is the state's largest by enrollment. The institution excuses acts of racism by the student body that would be punishable at literally any other school, as is evidenced by i…The University of Mississippi is a public research university in Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and is the state's largest by enrollment. The institution excuses acts of racism by the student body that would be punishable at literally any other school, as is evidenced by incidents in the last several years.