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Louisiana Board of Regents' Committee Chair, Roy O. Martin, III (Middle), along with other members, discussed looming state budget problems on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at the Claiborne Building.

Board of Regents approves new climatology and climate change graduate program

By Sam Karlin September 24, 2015

The Board of Regents unanimously approved a graduate certificate program at LSU in climatology and climate change at its monthly meeting Thursday. The program will aim to provide a ready workforce to combat...

Younger students wear yellow and white hats Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, during the University Laboratory School Centennial in the New Gym.

University Lab School celebrates 100 years

By Carrie Grace Henderson September 20, 2015

LSU students aren’t the only ones attending class under the stately oaks and broad magnolias. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade studied at LSU through the University Laboratory School for...

Resource and wildlife ecology and management seniors Lindsay Mullen and Alexis Burruss were two of 10 students who traveled to Swaziland in August of 2015 to study international conservation issues.

Wildlife professor teaches AgCenter students about conservation, international issues in Swaziland

By Kaci Cazenave September 13, 2015

Classrooms in the LSU Renewable Natural Resources Building are no longer the only environment where students can learn about ecology and wildlife management. For two weeks, 10 College of Agriculture students...

Bioengineering senior Craig Richard spent the summer in France researching nanoscience and cryogenics.

Student spends summer as researcher at French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

By William Taylor Potter September 13, 2015

Bioengineering senior Craig Richard’s ideal summer consists of molecules, DNA sequences and French mountains. Richard worked in Grenoble, France, during the summer at the French Alternative Energies...

Law Center

LSU bar exam passage rates rank just below Ivy League, SEC schools

By Kaci Cazenave September 10, 2015

Compared to other Louisiana law schools, LSU students achieved the greatest passage rate on the Louisiana State Bar Exam four out of the past five years, according to the most recent data from the LSU...

Donor support records reach $193 million for past year

By Caitlin Burkes September 8, 2015

Christmas came early this year for LSU as record-breaking donations dropped into the stockings of fundraising foundations across the campus, providing renovated learning halls and top-notch software programs. Donor...

Losing Ground is a graduate student project exhibited in the LSU Design Building using different media to show coastal erosion in thw Wax Lake Delta.

CSS displays mock up for future exhibit

By Carrie Grace Henderson September 8, 2015

With the length of a football field of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast disappearing every hour, College of Art and Design graduate students partnered with the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio and the Coastal...

Law Center

Interim co-deans anticipate search for new dean of law center

By Caitlin Burkes September 3, 2015

Until the next dean of LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center is named next semester, William “Bill” Corbett and Cheney Joseph Jr. are navigating territory abruptly vacated by former Chancellor...

Carol M. Taylor, professor of organic chemistry and department chair, was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to research microbisporicins.

Chemistry professor recieves $390K research grant

By Joshua Jackson September 3, 2015

LSU chemistry department chair and professor Carol Taylor is researching a molecule to combat the threat of bacterial infections with immunity to antibiotic treatment, which is being funded by a $390,000...

LA-STEM Research Scholars Program seeks new funding source

By Joshua Jackson August 31, 2015

Founded in 2003, the LA-STEM Research Scholars Program helped students with interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics find fellowships, internships and research opportunities. Though...

LSU Libraries offers e-textbooks as an option for students who are trying to save money.

SG donation expands e-textbook platform

By William Taylor Potter August 31, 2015

Last semester, the Student Government Senate unanimously passed a bill allocating $10,000 to fund a web-based platform for instructors to select e-textbooks for their classes. The system includes items...

University mechanical engineering senior, Alec Rozas, uses doodling to help her focus more in her classes.

Students, faculty say doodling can aid learning

By Joshua Jackson August 27, 2015

Unless a student is in an art class, drawing during a lecture is usually frowned upon. But certain members of the campus community say mindless scribbling may actually aid the learning process, not hinder...