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Coates Hall sits in the Quad Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU researchers awarded with prestigious grants, recognizing them as academic role models

By Staff Report October 3, 2024

Five LSU researchers have been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant, recognizing their potential to serve as lifelong academic role models. These awards reflect their ability...

An LSU engineering student opens their laptop on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Patrick F. Taylor Hall on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

A future without Moodle? Half of LSU’s faculty are unhappy with the platform, survey shows

By John Buzbee | @thebuzzbuz September 10, 2024

A survey of LSU’s faculty members concluded that only half of those surveyed are satisfied with Moodle as the university’s learning management system. It probed the faculty members on how the...

The LSU Faculty Senate meets Thursday, April 11, 2024, inside the Energy, Coast and Environment Building on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Faculty Senate elects new leaders, votes to protect academic freedom of speech

By Alayna Ford | @alayna_fordd April 13, 2024

The LSU Faculty Senate on Thursday elected new members to executive committee and voted to protect academic freedom of speech.  Multiple faculty ran for a term on the 2024-2025 executive council,...

LSU student body President Anna Cate Strong and senator Calvin Feldt take questions on the concentrated study period Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, during a Faculty Senate meeting in the Coast and Envrionment Building on LSU's campus.

‘Dead week’ extension rejected by LSU’s Faculty Senate

By Connor Reinwald | @conur16 February 21, 2024

The Faculty Senate Tuesday rejected a proposal from Student Government to extend the concentrated study period before finals, commonly referred to as “dead week,” by two days, for a total of...

LSU President William F. Tate speaks with Senator Stewart Cathey Jr. Wednesday, April 20, 2022, during the annual LSU Day at the Capitol at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La.

Anti-tenure legislator backs off controversial bill to put tenure practices into law

By Piper Hutchinson | Louisiana Illuminator May 25, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. A proposal to place tenure policies for higher education faculty into Louisiana law is dead for the year after its author has...

LSU College of Science faculty senator James Madden speaks to his colleagues Tuesday, April 18, 2023, during a Faculty Senate Meeting in the Dalton Woods Auditorium, Energy Coast and Environment building on LSU's campus.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee holds election in final meeting of academic year; see results

By Oliver Butcher | @OliverButcher73 April 19, 2023

The Faculty Senate on Tuesday held elections to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, commonly referred to as FSEC, which leads the Faculty Senate and negotiates with the administration. Five positions...

‘He really loved this job’: LSU community mourns loss of Kenneth Miles, former director of Cox Academic Center

By Reed Darcey | @byreeddarcey August 24, 2020

Kenneth Miles, the former executive director of LSU’s Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, passed away Saturday morning. He was 50 years old.  Miles worked at LSU from 2008...

Director of Louisiana Water Research Institutes Frank Tsai stands by a water well on campus that he uses for groundwater research.

LSU professor creating model to estimate statewide groundwater levels

By Raymond Constantino | @r_dog_3 April 11, 2019

With Louisiana’s copious rain, it’s easy to assume where the tap water in your sink comes from. But the vast majority of water in Baton Rouge comes exclusively from groundwater sources...

STEM professors earn about $20,000 more on average than humanities professors at LSU.

$20,000 pay disparity between STEM, humanities professors

By Bailey Chauvin | @BaileyChauvin April 9, 2019

Science and engineering professors are among the highest paid professors at the University, and earn about $20,000 more than professors of humanities on average.The average salary for a tenured professor...

The LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is located on Skip Bertman Drive & River Road, Baton Rouge on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

LSU School of Veterinary Medicine faculty member paid $400k without working

By Anna Jones | @annajoneses March 26, 2019

The University’s School of Veterinary Medicine paid faculty member Fang-Ting Liang over $400,000 in salary and benefits for nearly three years, according to a state audit. Liang was an associate...

LSU professor Jinx Broussard speaks at the panel Resistance in the Digital Age on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building.

Manship professor Jinx Broussard named teacher of the year

By Lara Nicholson | @laranicholson_ March 12, 2019

Not many professors give you their personal cell phone number, make you cry tears of joy and help you plan an event with over 700 attendees. Jinx Broussard was named teacher of the year for doing that...

Amanda Rabalais works on content for the Center for Academic Success at her desk.

LSU Center of Academic Success uses memes to push their brand

By Taylor Bourgeois | @tbourge_ March 11, 2019

Have you ever seen a brand post a meme on Twitter, laughed at it, and then thought of the brand again in relation to the meme? That’s the goal for the Center of Academic Success’ Twitter presence,...