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Speech banking equipment sits in the LSU Speech Acoustics & Movement Lab in Hatcher Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.

LSU Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic offers voice banking service to ALS patients

By Taylor Delpidio | @TD_Reveille September 28, 2017

A voice banking service offered by the LSU Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic allows patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, to record their...

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New organization aims to promote STD testing among college students

By Abbie Shull | @Abbielj August 31, 2017

According to the American Sexual Health Association, 50 percent of new STD cases come from young people aged 15 to 24. However, fewer than 12 percent say they’ve been tested for sexually transmitted...

The LSU Student Union operates during regular hours on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.

LSU Staff Senate begins work on new lactation room

By CJ Carver | @CWCarver_ August 25, 2017

New mothers in the LSU community will now have a private room dedicated to breastfeeding on campus, scheduled to open during the fall 2017 semester. Thanks to a University-wide policy introduced...

LSU among universities nationwide seeing increase in mumps cases

LSU among universities nationwide seeing increase in mumps cases

By Evan Saacks | @evansaacks March 20, 2017

After the University Student Health Center confirmed several students had been diagnosed with mumps in early March, it released health information to help students to be aware of the dangers of the disease. Dr....

The Student Financial Management Center is doing a course to teach students financial literacy.

LSU requires first year students to complete financial literacy course

By Katherine Roberts | @krobe844 February 8, 2017

The LSU Cale P. & Katherine Smith Student Financial Management Center began its fifth year of Transit — LSU’s Financial Literacy Challenge — which first-year students are required...

09/01/2015 Student Health Center

Student Health Center offers emotional wisdom seminars on managing anxiety, stress

By Katherine Roberts | @krobe884 January 24, 2017

The University’s Student Health Center is offering Emotional Wisdom Seminars during the 2017 spring semester to help students manage anxiety and stress. Clinical Psychologist Tiffany McCaughey said...

R&D Food Scientist/Plant Manager, Marvin L. Moncada, Ph.D., stands next to a steam jacketed kettle on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in the LSU Ag Center Food Incubator.

Hydra-Guard Solutions, LSU AgCenter Food Incubator team up to create all-natural sports drink

By Chris Clarke | @ChristophClarke January 12, 2017

Joseph Tucker, founder/CEO of Hydra-Guard Solutions LLC, and the LSU AgCenter Food Incubator have teamed up to develop and produce the first all-natural sports drink on the market “with all of the...

09/01/2015 Student Health Center

CDC, LSU Student Health Center provide tips for flu season

By Laryssa Bonacquisti September 25, 2016

Fall is officially here, which means colder weather, holidays and flu season. The LSU Student Health Center has prepared ways University students can prevent the flu. Free flu shots are available to all...

Psychological Services Center, Mental Health Service offer treatment options for LSU students

Psychological Services Center, Mental Health Service offer treatment options for LSU students

By Sarah Kent October 20, 2015

When political science graduate student Mike Toje worked at the Shop ‘n Save butcher shop in Edwardsville, Illinois, he obsessively organized the refrigerated packages in neat lines placing the newest...

LSU students abuse non-prescribed 'study,' anxiety drugs

LSU students abuse non-prescribed ‘study,’ anxiety drugs

By Joshua Jackson October 20, 2015

While prescriptions for Adderall, Vyvanse and Ritalin are often issued to those who have trouble focusing in the classroom, those pills may benefit more than the person whose name is on the bottle. After...

Dominique Smith, Gail Braymer, Dr. Elizabeth Floyd and Justin Manuel are all members of the botanicals research team at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. 

Pennington receives $9.2 million grant renewal

By Kaci Cazenave October 5, 2015

For the next five years, funding for Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s obesity and diabetes research is safe and sound with help from a national medical research agency. In September, the National...

The Tiger Band marches in block on their way to Tiger Stadium on Saturday Sept. 5, 2015, on LSU's campus.

Tiger Band, Golden Girls brace for heat on gamedays

By Meredith Musso October 1, 2015

Following a heat index of 118 degrees for the Sept. 19 football home game against Auburn University, the Tiger Band and Golden Girls are taking the usual precautions to beat the heat for tomorrow’s...