Stewardship Report

LSU researchers are helping to address food preservation issues such as spoilage and contamination by bacteria through their work with chitosan, a natural substance created from the shells of crustaceans.

LSU researchers have developed a device capable of detecting cancerous tissues during surgery with unprecedented speed and accuracy. This technology could significantly reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence and improve patient survival rates globally.

ADHD treatment can be expensive, frustrating, and overwhelming. But LSU Associate Professor of Computer Science David Shepherd’s research may just revolutionize that treatment by using virtual reality and noise-canceling headphones to help with focus.

For 15 years, the LSU Superfund team has been protecting communities from pollution and leading the worldwide science on environmentally persistent free radicals.

Julia Cazabon, a medical student at LSU Health New Orleans from River Ridge, Louisiana, is the first to receive full support through the Marcia and Billy Beer Endowed Scholarship Fund to attend all four years of medical school for free, thanks to a historic $7.5 million leadership gift—the largest ever to the LSU Health New Orleans Foundation.

LSU Eunice and LSU Alexandria are leveraging the strength of the statewide university to bring surgical technology training to Central Louisiana.

A group of LSU researchers and students is working to make construction faster, more efficient, and less costly by using construction 3D printing — with implications for affordable housing, hurricane recovery, coastal protection, and even space exploration.

LSU welcomed a group of area lawmakers and other leaders to campus on Sept. 19 to showcase the university’s efforts to support the local economy through research, scholarship, partnerships, and talent development.

The first-ever residential summer camp for high schoolers offered by LSU Eunice in partnership with Acadiana Workforce Solutions and Ochsner Health—the Future Med Pros Boot Camp—taught Destinee Bellard healthcare skills she used right away.

Three-time LSU alum Carrie Elks has advice for aspiring researchers at LSU: If you get the chance, "Play for the home team!” Elks embodied that advice by studying at LSU and now as an assistant professor and researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

LSU student Jake Davis is a true team player. Not only is the Austin, Texas native a member of the LSU football team, but he is also part of the team transforming healthcare for the better as part of the research behind a new test that diagnoses sepsis in minutes.