As students from across Louisiana showed up at the Capitol on Wednesday to support higher education funding, turnout from the flagship campus was noticeably weaker than the rest.
Students were encouraged...
Senators Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, and Conrad Appel, R-Metairie, announced Wednesday their intent to change TOPS awards in the upcoming legislative session.
Senate Bill 48 will keep the TOPS award amount...
As budget cuts threaten Louisiana colleges and universities, many are concerned with how the state’s institutions will match up with others around the nation.
U.S. News and World Report released...
LSU President F. King Alexander told students Wednesday evening the best way to fight budget cuts is to “be annoying” in contacting their legislators.
Alexander’s remarks came during...
University officials are working on new ways to combat sexual assault in line with the new Louisiana Board of Regents policy.
The policy is an offensive against all forms of sexual misconduct and focuses...
Students could see an earlier spring break beginning in 2017, pending approval of University administration.
A divided Senate approved Resolution 15-02, “Rationalization of the Spring Holiday”...
Statewide budget cuts are prompting Louisiana legislators to propose possible solutions to keep the state afloat — even constitutional amendments.
Louisiana state Rep. Franklin Foil, R-Baton Rouge,...
The College of Human Sciences and Education recently named Carol Barry as the new Interim Director for the School of Library and Information Science.
Much of Barry’s extensive professional history...
The LSU Foundation confirmed Louisiana Secretary of Economic Development Stephen Moret as its new president and CEO Monday. He will begin his new job in May.
This isn’t his first work with the University....
Margot Herster, former School of Art and Design instructor, sued the LSU Board of Supervisors in September 2013 for “discriminatory and retaliatory actions” because of her “sex and marital...
Visitors to the University Faculty Senate website see two timers ticking upward, one second at a time.
One timer, now up to more than 1,329 days, expresses how long the University has been under censure...
A necktie sits untouched on a side desk in Thomas Skinner’s first floor office in the LSU System office on West Lakeshore Drive in Baton Rouge.
It’s hideous. He’ll tell you as much. A...
