To students in biological science professor Prosanta Chakrabarty’s ichthyology class, exotic fish and daily field trips aren’t unusual. In fact, they are the core of Chakrabarty’s curriculum.
Chakrabarty,...
The Darwinian process associated with hiring at LSU is transitioning this semester from a “survival of the fittest” method to a more all-inclusive technique, giving minority prospects —...
While the shooting of an assistant professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, shook higher education leaders across the nation, the tragedy hit Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College Dean...
Anthropology Assistant Professor Juliet Brophy, was one of more than 60 scientists who discovered and examined the fossils of a new species linked to human ancestry — Homo naledi
Last summer,...
The Office of Academic Affairs responded to Faculty Senate suggestions regarding equity in spousal hiring by implementing an experimental program for the 2015-16 academic year.
According to Faculty Senate...
Despite budgetary woes from the previous legislative session, LSU hired at least 95 new faculty members for the 2015 school year with the help of funds from the Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger...
The LSU Faculty Senate debated the censure of LSU President F. King Alexander at its Wednesday meeting, following professor Teresa Buchanan’s controversial firing in June. The measure, which also...
Students who run into their professors outside the classroom may be seeing less of them in an unexpected place — Middleton Library.
As the new semester gets underway, LSU Libraries is offering a...
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane cuts through the air at a top speed of 617 miles per hour. Part of its incredible speed is a function of the aircraft’s shape, deriving from both human...
