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LSU PhD student traveled abroad to teach radiation in Mexico

LSU PhD student traveled abroad to teach radiation in Mexico

By Allison Bruhl | @albruhl__ October 26, 2016

University medical physics Ph.D student Lydia Jagetic joined her passion for research, teaching and travel over the summer in Ensenada, Mexico. She almost skimmed past the opportunity in an ad called “Outreach...

Rising academic journal prices limit research access at LSU, other universities

By Katie Gagliano October 24, 2016

Universities’ libraries are struggling to maintain extensive research libraries as subscription costs for academic journals continue to rise, head of LSU Libraries’ access services Kelly Blessinger...

McNair Research Scholars program accepting applications

By Jade Butler October 20, 2016

LSU University College’s Ronald E. McNair Research Scholars program is accepting applications for its 2017 cohort. The McNair Research Scholars program is an initiative aimed at providing undergraduate...

Senior food science major Ian Moppert (left), Ph.D. student Emmanue Kyereh (center), and professor of food science and biprocess engineering Subramaniam Sathivel (right) discuss the chemical properties of recently brewed beer on Oct. 14, 2016 at the LSU Food Processing and Engineering Lab.

LSU students brew beer, make ice cream in food preservation class

By Lauren Heffker October 17, 2016

A University professor is helping food science students prepare for the real world by having them brew beer in class. Subramaniam Sathivel teaches NSF 4075, a food preservation course in which students...

Dr. Norma Thompson of Yale University gives a lecture to LSU students and faculty on October 17, 2016 in the University French House.

Yale lecturer kicks off Inaugural Millennial Classics series at LSU French House

By Scott Griswold October 17, 2016

Norma Thompson, a senior humanities lecturer at Yale University, bemoaned the decline of “adult books” on Monday in the University’s French House. Thompson was the first of three lecturers...

Acclaimed historian, Princeton professor to lecture at LSU

Acclaimed historian, Princeton professor to lecture at LSU

By CJ Carver October 10, 2016

Daniel Rodgers, historian of American culture and ideas and Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, emeritus, at Princeton University, will present his lecture, “Age of Fracture: The Transformation...

LSU Law professor Paul Baier reads up on some legal literature in his LSU Law Center office on Oct. 3, 2016.

New LSU Law Center, political science course to focus on judges’ personalities

By Lauren Heffker October 3, 2016

Beginning in the spring, the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the Department of Political Science will offer a new Constitutional law seminar focusing on the effects of judicial personality on Constitutional...

Recently, the University's Ceramics program moved from a ninth to a seventh ranking within U.S News and World Report on top MFA ceramics programs in the nation.

LSU ceramics program jumps in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings

By CJ Carver September 12, 2016

The University’s Master of Fine Arts ceramics program is yet again ranked in the top ten on U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate Schools list, jumping two spots this year to No....

LSU Press author wins Award for Excellence

LSU Press author wins Award for Excellence

September 8, 2016

Leonard Ray Teel, an author published by the LSU Press in December, received the American Journalism Historians Association Book of the Year Award which recognizes the best book in journalism history or...

University College to host interactive workshops “Inner Heroes”

University College to host interactive workshops “Inner Heroes”

September 1, 2016

While choosing a major can be a difficult, often overwhelming process for students, the LSU University College is here to make that decision a little bit easier. The University College for Freshman Year...

In this file photo from 2015, LSU alumna Mary Legoria educates students in the Coastal Roots Program. Legoria was recently awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Two University alumnae awarded for teaching excellence

September 1, 2016

President Barack Obama recognized University alumnae Mary Legoria and Linda Messina Aug. 22 as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Legoria and Messina...

Geography professor Barry Keim directs the state's archive for weather and climate information.

LSU department studies flooding impact, how to live with natural disasters

By Allison Bruhl August 31, 2016

Through the LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, students have an opportunity to study natural disasters like the recent flooding to prevent future ones, said Louisiana Sea Grant College...