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LSU Awards More than 900 Degrees during Summer Commencement
LSU awarded 919 degrees during the university's summer commencement exercise on Friday, Aug. 12, and set new records for the most degrees awarded to African American and Hispanic students.
LSU Employees Recognized During Summer Commencement
During summer commencement, the university honored 919 graduates, including 22 LSU employees who received degrees.
LSU Students to Begin Moving Back to Campus Aug. 12
More than 8,000 new Tigers will make LSU their home on Aug. 12.
Avoyelles Parish School Board Signs Dual Enrollment Agreement with LSUA
In a signing ceremony Tuesday, Avoyelles Parish School Superintendent Karen Tutor and LSUA Chancellor Dr. Paul Coreil signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize the pathway for high school students in Avoyelles parish to earn college credit through dual enrollment classes offered by LSUA. Students will be able to take college classes at no cost as the school board has agreed to cover the full cost of tuition and textbooks.
LSU Health New Orleans Discovers Major Contributor to Alzheimer’s Disease
Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and Ophthalmology, reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributing to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Expands Nursing Education to North Louisiana
Starting in January 2023, LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Nursing will educate students in three accelerated nursing programs in North Louisiana at its newly approved Off-Campus Instructional Site located on the LSU Health Shreveport campus.
More Than 900 Degrees to be Awarded at LSU's Summer Commencement on Friday, Aug. 12
More than 900 students are expected to graduate during LSU's 311th commencement ceremonies on Friday, Aug. 12, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU Board Chair Rémy Voisin Starns will deliver the keynote address.
ECE Ph.D. Student Wins Pair of Awards at IEEE Events
Mohadese Movahednia, a research assistant and Ph.D. student in the LSU Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering, was recently awarded the3rd best paper award at the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Texas Power and Energy Conference and 2nd best poster award at the 2022 IEEE PES (Power and Energy Society) General Meeting.
Below-average Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured
NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 3,275 square miles.
LSU AgCenter to Expand Bioproducts, Bioprocessing Research with New Grant
The Louisiana Board of Regents has awarded the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Institute for Bioproducts and Bioprocessing a grant of nearly $1 million to upgrade equipment for the state-approved institute.
Northshore Technical Community College and LSUA Create New Transfer Pathway for Students
In a signing ceremony today, Northshore Technical Community Collegeand Louisiana State University of Alexandria signed a 2+2 articulation agreement making it easier for students to transfer credits from NTCC to LSUA.
LSU PETE Faculty, ExxonMobil URC Study Gas Migration at PERTT Lab
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has joined forces with LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering faculty to conduct gas migration experiments as part of a financial grant from ExxonMobil URC.
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions
The LSU Libraries was one of five to receive the 2022 Catalyst Fund from LYRASIS, which serves and supports 1,000 academic and public libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage organizations in 28 countries.
Q&A: Get to Know LSU Executive Vice President & Provost Roy Haggerty
Roy Haggerty begins his tenure as LSU's executive vice president and provost on Monday, Aug. 1.
Looking to Save on Back-to-School Shopping This Year? Find Out the Effect that Caffeine Might Have on Your Spending
It’s that time of year again: back-to-school shopping season! At the end of every summer, parents pack their kids in the car and head to a crowded Wal-Mart or Target to search for sales on school supplies for the upcoming academic year.