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Louisiana Radio Network: LSU and ports join forces to protect against cyberattacks

Louisiana Radio Network: LSU and ports join forces to protect against cyberattacks

LSU and the state’s largest ports have formed an alliance to advance cyber talent and at the same time protect critical infrastructure. LSU President William Tate said the partnership allows students to receive training and research opportunities with the state’s largest ports.

Business Report: LSU to partner with major ports on cybersecurity effort

Business Report: LSU to partner with major ports on cybersecurity effort

LSU and six major Louisiana ports, including the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, plan to work together to develop talent, perform research and promote business development related to port cybersecurity.

KALX-TV: LSU Scholarship First Bus Tour Sheds Light on Economic Development in Central Louisiana

KALX-TV: LSU Scholarship First Bus Tour Sheds Light on Economic Development in Central Louisiana

William F. Tate, LSU President says, “I was really moved by the fact that folks fought to have a world class university. We’re here on this tour to hear from them, to understand how we can be better, take it back to the brain trust, if you will, and execute a plan so our Scholarship First agenda, which is about agriculture, biomedical sciences, coastal research, defense, including ROTC and cyber and energy, we know we’re going to do that, but we want to know what else we need to do.”

Town Talk: PHOTOS: LSU Scholarship Bus Tour stops in Pineville

Town Talk: PHOTOS: LSU Scholarship Bus Tour stops in Pineville

The LSU Scholarship First bus tour with President William Tate made a scheduled stop Monday at the site in Pineville where the state’s flagship university had its beginnings in 1860 as Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy.

Louisiana Radio Network: LSU President William Tate is on a bus tour this week to spread the school’s mission and message

Louisiana Radio Network: LSU President William Tate is on a bus tour this week to spread the school’s mission and message

LSU President William Tate will get a taste of Louisiana on his inaugural Scholarship First bus tour that kicks off Monday. The tour, powered by RoyOMartin, the first stop will be at LSU’s original campus in Pineville. Tate says this is a listening tour and an awareness campaign all rolled into one.

The Advocate: Louisiana should gain 3,500 oil and gas jobs by 2023, new LSU study says

The Advocate: Louisiana should gain 3,500 oil and gas jobs by 2023, new LSU study says

Louisiana should gain back 3,500 upstream oil and gas jobs by mid-2023, but natural gas prices along the Gulf Coast should remain elevated, compared to pre-2022 levels, despite expected increases in production, according to an LSU report released Wednesday.

Scientific American: How Rare Are November Hurricanes?

Scientific American: How Rare Are November Hurricanes?

November weather in most of North America is synonymous with chilly breezes rustling through red, yellow and orange leaves as fall edges closer to winter. It’s generally not a time people associate with destructive tropical cyclones churning toward the U.S

National Geographic: Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies

National Geographic: Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies

Raising babies can be exhausting—so much so that some mouthbrooding mothers snack on their young, according to a new study. A central African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni—commonly called Burton’s mouthbrooder—sometimes consumes more than three-quarters of their own eggs and baby fish.

The Washington Post: What it looks like as drought strangles the mighty Mississippi

The Washington Post: What it looks like as drought strangles the mighty Mississippi

The drought is “showing us the other extreme,” said Clint Willson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at LSU and director of its Center for River Studies. “We’ve engineered it to promote this navigation and enable the commerce and the trade and reduce the risk for communities and ports. But at the end of the day, it’s still Mother Nature who is supplying the water.”

Policy Genius: How to deal with the home insurance crisis in Louisiana

Policy Genius: How to deal with the home insurance crisis in Louisiana

The cost of homeowners insurance is weighing heavier on the budgets of Louisiana residents this year as insurers across the state struggle with inflation and the impact of Hurricane Ian in neighboring Florida.