Research

Learn why industry joined LSU’s FUEL team to help secure $160M in federal funding for Louisiana

Leading Energy Innovation in Louisiana: Why Industry Joined LSU's Statewide Fuel Team

LSU’s historic win for Louisiana and energy economic development in the state—$160 million in funding through the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Engines program with an additional $67.5 million through Louisiana Economic Development—was enabled by leading industry partners, including Shell, ExxonMobil and Baker Hughes.

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LSU-led Team Wins Largest Grant Ever Awarded by U.S. National Science Foundation

Highly competitive NSF Engines grant will provide up to $160 million to support Louisiana’s energy industry, create jobs and develop the energy workforce.

Researching How Racism Leads to Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Black Americans

LSU Researcher Awarded $800K to Study Links Between Substance Misuse and Experiences with Racism

LSU Professor of Psychology Julia Buckner has received two separate awards from the National Institutes of Health--over $800,000 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse--to study the direct links between daily experiences with racism, including microaggressions, and alcohol and cannabis use and potential problems that result from use.

LSU Cybersecurity Team Awarded $1M from U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Help Fight Terrorism, Online Crime

LSU Cybersecurity Team Awarded $1M from U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Help Fight Terrorism, Online Crime

LSU cybersecurity faculty Golden Richard and Aisha Ali-Gombe have each received half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help advance their work in memory forensics, a frontier field in digital investigations.

LSU Awarded $780K from National Academies to Help Louisiana Tribe Protect Coastal Land

LSU Awarded $780K from National Academies to Help Louisiana Tribe Protect Coastal Land

Louisiana Sea Grant at LSU has received $780,000 from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program to continue its work with the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe to protect coastal land in lower Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes using nature-based solutions.

National Academy of Inventors Selects Two LSU Innovators

National Academy of Inventors Selects Two LSU Innovators

LSU Professor Emeritus Robin McCarley and former LSU Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kevin Kelly have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI. They are among 162 newly elected fellows.

LSU Professor Investigating Connections Between Religious Attendance, Health in Older Mexican Americans

LSU Professor Investigating Connections Between Religious Attendance, Health in Older Mexican Americans

With support from a $30,000 grant from the Louisville Institute, LSU Professor of Sociology Sam Stroope, along with collaborators Rhiannon Kroeger and Samantha Ramey, are researching the effects of aging on religious involvement among Mexican Americans. In a newly published article in the Journal of Aging and Health, the researchers show an earlier decline in religious service attendance in older Mexican Americans compared to white Americans.

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Louisiana State Police Partners with LSU to Solve Critical Challenges in Industrial Cyber

To better understand vulnerabilities and ultimately secure Industrial Control Systems networks across Louisiana, State Police has partnered with LSU to advance industrial cyber research and talent development.

LSU Names Two Associate Vice Presidents to join the Office of Research & Economic Development

LSU Names Two Associate Vice Presidents to join the Office of Research & Economic Development

Stephania Cormier and John Flake will work to advance the five research priorities of LSU's Scholarship First Agenda: agriculture, biomedicine, coast, defense and energy.

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LSU Enabled Professional Career in Music, Then Cybersecurity

LSU alumnus Andrew Trimble had to put his trumpet down due to a medical condition but found a new career securing communications and data for the U.S. Army after completing LSU Online & Continuing Education’s Cyber Bootcamp.