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The Ogden Honors College sits under a partially cloudy sky on Friday, July 7, 2023, near Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Decorated LSU art history professor receives Sternberg honor

By Cade Savoy, News Reporter February 18, 2025

After being named the Erich and Lea Sternberg Professor, the highest award conferred to faculty by the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College, art history professor Darius Spieth delivered a lecture about...

LSU Student Government Senate members sit on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in the Capital Chambers in the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

Student Senate approves $2,000 for course teaching students how to ‘speak on critical social issues’

By Morgan Vannosdall, News Stringer February 15, 2025

The LSU Student Senate passed a bill Wednesday allocating $2,000 for a virtual course designed to educate students on how to speak about critical social issues and create understanding between different...

Memorial Tower sits past the buildings and trees on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, near Lockett Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

The future of financial aid: How will LSU be impacted if the Department of Education is abolished?

By Liv Tees, News Reporter February 9, 2025

As President Trump's campaign promise to eliminate the Department of Education gets closer to being fulfilled, LSU's Department of Political Science Chair Robert Hogan says the potential elimination could...

Visitors walk around an LSU balloon sign at the LSU Family Weekend Tailgate on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, on the LSU Parade Ground in Baton Rouge, La.

Should LSU require standardized test scores in admissions? Here’s what students think

By Cade Savoy, News Reporter January 31, 2025

Harvard University made headlines last April for its decision to again require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores for consideration in undergraduate admissions after previously adopting a “test-optional”...

A mural sits on Thursday, Sep. 29, 2022, in the College of Art and Design building in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU College of Art and Design welcomes new dean

By Shelby Varga, News Reporter January 25, 2025

Arne Flaten, a well-traveled professor and distinguished scholar, is making Baton Rouge his new home as the College of Art and Design’s new dean. Last week, LSU’s Executive Vice President and Provost...

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LSU launches AI assistant MikeGPT for university faculty and students

By Aidan Anthaume, Senior News Reporter January 13, 2025

As AI reshapes industries around the globe, LSU is tapping into its potential with MikeGPT, a custom-built AI assistant designed to quickly provide information about LSU resources and operations. Developed...

Craig Gingrich-Philbrook lectures the audience with one of his performances playing on screen on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, inside the HopKins Black Box Theater in Coates Hall.

‘A story of our experience’: Visiting professors discuss homophobia, violence at annual lecture

By Sarah Walton November 26, 2024

In academia, the work one does often feels solitary and requires little collaboration with others, especially when it comes to ethnographic research, but Southern Illinois University professors Craig Gingrich-Philbrook...

Clouds pass over Memorial Tower on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, on Tower Dr on LSU Campus.

Graduate students call on LSU to raise wages to $23,000 per academic year

By Will Nickel & Jayden Nguyen August 2, 2023

United Campus Workers Louisiana is demanding that LSU fulfill its promise of paying its graduate students $23,000 per academic year. The demand comes after LSU received $8 million in the state budget and...

The sun shines on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, on Memorial Tower in Baton Rouge, La.

Free speech experts place LSU on shaky legal ground for firing grad assistant over voicemail

By Claire Sullivan July 26, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. Several free speech experts say LSU is on murky legal ground for firing a graduate assistant after his profane voicemail to...

Trees frame Memorial Tower on Thursday, June 22, 2023, near Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU fires graduate assistant who left vulgar voicemail for state senator

By Piper Hutchinson July 20, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. An LSU graduate assistant will be relieved of his teaching duties — but remain at the school as a student — after...

The LSU Library sits under a partially cloudy sky on Thursday, April 13, 2023, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Many LSU graduate assistants denied promised wage hike despite state dollars set aside for it

By Piper Hutchinson July 13, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. LSU was given $8 million in the state budget on the promise it would raise its minimum pay for all doctoral-seeking graduate...

Tree branches reach for the sky on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, near Memorial Tower in Baton Rouge, La.

Pay for Louisiana graduate assistants has not kept pace with inflation

By Piper Hutchinson June 29, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. In 1994, Jim Henderson was offered a graduate assistantship that came with a stipend the equivalent of almost $16,000 today....