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LSUE respiratory care students at program announcing apprenticeship program

Paid Apprenticeship Program at LSUE Opens new Doors to Respiratory Therapy Students

LSU Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General, and Acadiana Workforce Solutions have joined forces for a paid respiratory therapy apprenticeship program at LSUE to provide opportunities in the respiratory therapy field for financially challenged families.

Konda Mason and farm manager Myles Gaines inspect plants growing in a field

Small Businesses Seek Support From LSU Cybersecurity Clinic

Louisiana small businesses are lining up to receive free services through the LSU Cybersecurity Clinic, the first such clinic in the nation to be funded by the National Security Agency, or NSA.

Michael Cole Fontenot wears a headset during an AR and VR technology with researchers and fellow students

Expertise in Human Behavior Helps Solve Tech Challenges for the Department of Defense

LSU psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, Louisiana, is helping to protect the lives of American soldiers through his research into the psychological aspects of military cybersecurity as part of a $600,000 project for DARPA.

Rendering of Technovation Center meeting room

Building Talent Pipelines with Industry

Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Central Louisiana, has partnered with LSU Alexandria and LSU Shreveport to educate and train homegrown talent and build cybersecurity business in and for the state.

LSU AND TULANE AWARDED $22 MILLION FOR PLAN TO SAVE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

LSU and Tulane Awarded $22 Million for Plan to Save Lower Mississippi River Delta

Researchers at LSU and Tulane University have been awarded $22 million by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead a 15-member consortium that will chart a new course for the future of the fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta.

Cecila Carson, Gov. Edwards, Susan Russell and Robert Twillery

Gov. Edwards Announces LSU Litter Institute to Help Solve State, National, International Problem

Today, Governor John Bel Edwards announced the new LSU Litter Institute that will address the statewide and worldwide challenge of removing litter and debris from our roadways and waterways.

LSU Developing an Experimental Pipeline for High School Exposure to Cybersecurity Education

LSU Develops Experimental Approach to High School Cybersecurity Education

When a comprehensive research university operates a K-12 lab school on its flagship campus and there’s a 750,000-wide workforce gap for cybersecurity professionals in the U.S., graduate students and high school students come together for some unusual approaches to learning—and tastes.

GOV. JOHN BEL EDWARDS, LSU PRESIDENT WILLIAM F. TATE IV TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF HUEY P. LONG FIELD HOUSE RESTORATION PROJECT

Gov. John Bel Edwards, LSU President William F. Tate IV to Celebrate Completion of Huey P. Long Field House Restoration Project

On Tuesday, October 24, the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education will host Governor John Bel Edwards and LSU leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the Huey P. Long Field House restoration project.

Offshore Wind Turbines

LSU Offshore Wind Consortium Secures EDA Tech Hub Designation to Elevate Louisiana Energy Leadership

President Biden and the Economic Development Administration have announced an LSU-led consortium, Gulf Louisiana Offshore Wind, or GLOW, Propeller, as one of only 31 newly designated Tech Hubs.

Lillian Beck

‘A Chance to Make the World a Safer Place’

With $600,000 in additional support from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, LSU is rapidly expanding its Scholarship for Service CyberCorps program to grow a bigger, better cyber workforce for the state and nation.