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Five-Star Students: LSU Students Excel with Scholarships, Fellowships and Award Recognitions

Year after year, LSU students receive national and international recognitions, and this past year is no exception. Whether it's joining the long legacy of LSU Goldwater Scholars or participating in the world's largest student business startup competition for the first time ever, LSU students are being recognized on the national stage each and every year.

LSU to Open New Popeyes Location in Late Fall

LSU and Chartwells Higher Education have partnered to unveil the first Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen location on a college campus within the Southeastern Conference. Slated to open in late 2022, the new space will offer counter service and a dine-in experience, along with a walk-up window service.

$1.5 Million Federal Grant Assists Expansion of AgCenter Food Innovation Institute

The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute has received a five-year, $1.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant to update and expand its facility adjacent to the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.

Applying Fictitious AI to the Real World

LSU Ph.D. candidate examines themes and androids from "Blade Runner"

LSU Astrophysicists break down the impact of newly released NASA images

The first images from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled this week include a new look at the universe, expanding our view of the galaxy as we know it.

Todd Manuel Named LSU Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights & Title IX

LSU has named Todd Manuel, who currently serves as director of Organizational Health & Diversity for Entergy, as the university's Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights & Title IX, effective Sept. 1.

LSU CEE Professor Studies Climate Change, Coastal Migration

LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Sabarethinam Kameshwar recently received nearly $10,000 of a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to collaborate on a project with the University of Miami to study sea level rise and how it affects coastal migration.

Global Physicist Gabriela González Featured in International Women Astronomer Book

LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Gabriela González is featured in a new international book titled “The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words.” The book is a series of 37 autobiographical essays by women astronomers showcasing their encounters breaking down barriers and changing the face of modern astronomy.

Protecting Our Coastline

LSU oceanographer develops new model to better predict barrier island retreat.

How Nuclear War Would Affect Earth Today

Early Childhood Education Expert Commits $5 Million to LSU Early Childhood Education Institute

LSU alumna Diane Goyette and husband Henry of Houston, Texas, have made a $5 million gift to benefit the LSU Early Childhood Education Institute.

LSU CEE Professor Researches Sea Level Rise

LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Chunli Dai recently received a $68,740 grant from the California Institute of Technology for her research on sea level rise, which could affect every person on the globe.

LSU Health’s Cohen-Rosenblum 1st Female British Hip Society Traveling Fellow

Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is the first female to be awarded the prestigious The Hip Society-British Hip Society Traveling Fellowship.

LSU, Ohio State and RPI Faculty Combine for Project on Computational Storage

Faculty from LSU, The Ohio State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have each been awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to solve the widening gap between computational processing and storage, thereby increasing high-speed data processing and enabling computational storage to address critical challenges in increasingly more data-centric applications.