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LSU to Announce Eight-figure Philanthropic Investment in Energy-related Initiatives

LSU to Announce Eight-figure Philanthropic Investment in Energy-related Initiatives

On June 23, LSU President William F. Tate IV will announce an eight-figure gift that will catalyze LSU's commitment to finding new ways to fuel the nation. This historic gift, which sets multiple fundraising records for the university, is the latest transformative investment in LSU's Scholarship First Agenda.

Heymsfield and Brown

International Team Including Two Pennington Biomedical Faculty Awarded $25 Million for Cancer Research

Pennington Biomedical Research Center faculty members Steven B. Heymsfield, M.D., and Justin C. Brown, Ph.D., are members of a team led by the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Weill Cornell Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ­that have secured $25 million to take on the challenge of cachexia, the debilitating wasting condition responsible for up to 30 percent of cancer deaths.

Astronaut Scholars

Two LSU Students Named 2022-23 Astronaut Scholars by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

LSU students Rachael Coates, a native of Baton Rouge, and Cale Locicero, a native of Metairie, were named 2022-23 Astronaut Scholars, becoming LSU’s 13th and 14th recipients ever.

Aaron Bivins and Samuel Snow

LSU CEE Faculty Measure, Work to Address Contamination in Louisiana Rivers

Even though temperatures will soar into the 90s this summer, Louisianans may want to think twice before jumping into a few local rivers to cool off. LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professors Aaron Bivins and Samuel Snow have a $497,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Steven B. Heymsfield, M.D., and Justin C. Brown, Ph.D.

International Team Including Two Pennington Biomedical Faculty Awarded $25 Million for Cancer Research

Steven B. Heymsfield, M.D., and Justin C. Brown, Ph.D., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center are part of a team ­that secured $25 million to take on cachexia, a debilitating condition responsible for up to 30 percent of cancer deaths.

LSU Librarians Haley Johnson and Sarah Simms

LSU Libraries Awarded Carnegie Whitney Grant to Research the Idealized American West and Its Place Today

The LSU Libraries is one of 10 institutions awarded the American Library Association's 2022 Carnegie Whitney Grant for the proposal, "Blood and Thunder: The Idealized American West and Its Place Today."

LSU NCBRT/ACE to Deliver Campus Emergency Preparedness Course to Nation’s HBCUs

LSU NCBRT/ACE to Deliver Campus Emergency Preparedness Course to Nation’s HBCUs

The United States has over one hundred Historically Black Colleges and Universities in 19 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These schools serve more than 300 thousand students each year. In the first few months of 2022, over one third of the nation’s HBCUs received one or more bomb threats to their campuses.

10 LSU Law Class of 2022 Graduates Selected for Induction into The Order of the Barristers

10 LSU Law Class of 2022 Graduates Selected for Induction into The Order of the Barristers

Ten LSU Law students in the Class of 2022 have been selected for induction into The Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization whose purpose is the encouragement of oral advocacy and brief writing skills through effective law school oral advocacy programs.

Ogden Honors College Graduation

LSU Ogden Honors College Recognizes Spring Graduates

The LSU Ogden Honors College recognized outstanding seniors during the Ogden Honors College spring 2022 graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 19.

Neighborhood Arts Project

Neighborhood Arts Project Summer Dates with LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art's Neighborhood Arts Project, which provides free art activities in East Baton Rouge Parish under pop-up tents at sites, is returning this summer. At sites listed in the summer schedule below, LSU MOA will set up tents for families and children to stop by and create art.