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Six lakes surround LSU's Campus in Baton Rouge on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.

LSU Lakes in desperate need of care; University, BRAF to begin dredging by January 2021

By Lara Nicholson | @laranicholson_ January 30, 2020

The six lakes surrounding campus have been a staple at the University since 1938. Students and local residents often run, bike or walk their dogs around the perimeters. Children growing up in the city...

The LSU Military Science and Aerospace Studies building is located on 3810 W Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

LSU Military Science Building and program declining

By Sheridan Wall | @slwall7 March 5, 2019

The Military Science Building isn’t much different than any other aging building on campus--except that the military and ROTC programs were integral to the University’s founding. Now,...

Library

LSU Middleton Library faces frequent water intrusion after almost three months

By Sheridan Wall | @slwall7 January 30, 2019

LSU students remember the first weekend of November 2018 as the Saturday the Tigers lost to the University of Alabama 29-0. While LSU football fans despaired over this crushing loss, on the other side...

West Lakeshore Drive closed Wednesday, per LSU email

West Lakeshore Drive closed Wednesday, per LSU email

By Staff Reports January 15, 2019

West Lakeshore Drive will be closed between South Stadium Drive and Stanford Ave. on Wednesday due to construction by East Baton Rouge Parish, according to an email from LSU Strategic Communications. Construction...

A rendering of the proposed restoration of the Memorial Tower plaza. This design is subject to change. 

Restoration, redesigns and repurposing coming to LSU’s Memorial Tower

By Ben Holden October 16, 2018

LSU’s iconic landmark, Memorial Tower, is getting a face-lift. Workers have erected fencing around Memorial Tower, and walking near the tower or through the tower plaza is now a thing of the past...

Master Plan

LSU plans to expand campus capacity as enrollment increases

By Caleb Greene | @cgreene_24 October 2, 2018

The Nicholson Gateway project revitalized student living on the western side of campus. The project, originally planned in 2006, is the University’s latest example of its continual effort to renovate...

Panera Bread will open in LSU's Patrick F. Taylor Hall during summer 2018. 

Panera Bread opens in LSU Patrick F. Taylor Hall

By Staff Reports August 13, 2018

Update: Aug. 13, 2:32 p.m. Four months after the completion of the renovated Patrick F. Taylor Hall, the bakery-chain Panera Bread officially opened, according to a tweet from LSU Engineering. --- Bakery-cafe...

Due to recent budget cuts, LSU roads are left with potholes unfilled on Tuesday March 15, 2016, on LSU campus.

Louisiana residents feel state’s roadways pose dangerous threat

By Joseph Bourg | Manship School News Service June 11, 2018

Biology senior Chris Jeanlouis has only one thought when he sees a pothole on a Louisiana roadway. “The first thing I think is … ‘where can I swerve to get around this?’”...

LSU Taylor Hall

LSU officially opens completed Patrick F. Taylor Hall after five years of renovation

By Staff Reports April 20, 2018

After $114 million and five years of planning and construction, the Patrick F. Taylor Hall has officially opened, becoming the largest academic building in Louisiana, and one of the largest freestanding...

City Pork sits on Jefferson Highway on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.

City Pork opening in LSU Design Building

By Staff Reports January 11, 2018

City Pork Deli and Charcuterie will be opening a new location in the LSU Design Building, according to a press release. It will open later in the spring semester after construction began in December. “We...

Troy H. Middleton Library operates during regular business hours on Wednesday Aug. 16. 2017.

LSU to begin construction in front of Middleton Library

By Staff Reports October 13, 2017

The University announced construction will be taking place in front of Middleton Library starting Monday in a broadcast email. The email said students should expect to hear construction noise each day...

LSU Innovation Park helps faculty and students develop businesses.

LSU partners with New Schools for Baton Rouge in land swap deal

By Staff Reports September 14, 2017

The University has agreed to a land swap deal with non-profit group New Schools for Baton Rouge. The deal would see the University acquire land in the North Gate area in exchange for about 12 acres...