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Graduate assistants to lose health care subsidies

By William Taylor Potter • September 1, 2015

Because of a complication with the Affordable Care Act, graduate teaching assistants and graduate assistants will no longer receive a subsidy from LSU to offset the cost of health insurance. According...

Board of Regents missing around $60 million in FEMA insurance money

By Sam Karlin • August 26, 2015

The Louisiana Board of Regents may receive around $60 million in insurance money guaranteed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wednesday’s meeting detailing FEMA money following Hurricane...

Students can now use Tiger Cards for Paw Points, office confirms

By Staff Reports • August 25, 2015

Following usage issues with many students’ Tiger Cards Monday, the LSU Tiger Card Office confirmed Tuesday morning that students should now be able to successfully use Paw Points to purchase food. However,...

TOPS faces $20 million shortfall, troubles higher ed leaders

By Sam Karlin • August 23, 2015

LSU President F. King Alexander said the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, which faces a $20 million budget shortfall for the upcoming year, has put higher education in a fiscal dilemma, and reforms...

LSU Student Media leaders question The Daily Reveille scaling back, restructuring organization

By Carrie Grace Henderson • August 22, 2015

After a shuffle in LSU Student Media leadership earlier this year, changes in print and digital operations for all branches are on the horizon. Current and former student media leaders and staffers participated...

Students should be wary of breaches in cyber security

By Justin DiCharia • July 29, 2015

In the aftermath of recent cyber security breaches in large companies such as Ashley Madison and Sony Corporation, University students should remain vigilant in protecting personal information online. Emails,...

LSU employee health plan begins enrolling, covering same-sex couples

By Staff Reports • July 8, 2015

The University's Human Resource Management department announced via email that it will update its LSU First Health Plan to accommodate employees and their spouses per the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex...

LSU renews partnership with NASA

By Riley Katz • July 1, 2015

LSU and NASA renewed their manufacturing partnership in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing on June 16. Joining all other universities in Louisiana, LSU uses the resources at NCAM to conduct...

Tenured professor’s employment terminated from University

By David LaPlante • June 24, 2015

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story stated that Buchanan was dismissed by a panel of administrators. This was corrected to show that she was dismissed by a panel of faculty members. The...

NIME15 exhibition brings music, creativity, technology together

By Riley Katz • June 17, 2015

NIME15 brings the combination of music, creativity and technology to the forefront to bring a distinctive, hands-on experience for exhibition goers in Baton Rouge.The 15th annual New Interfaces for Musical...

Stuart Bell reflects on time in Louisiana

By Emily Brauner • June 10, 2015

Yesterday, current University executive vice president and provost Stuart Bell became the sole, official nomination for a position of chancellor at the University of Alabama. Bell was recommended by Robert...

Semester in Review: Some Faulty Senate resolutions have direct student impact

May 3, 2015

The LSU Faculty Senate had an eventful semester, passing resolutions on everything from environmental quality to free speech. As its first piece of legislation for spring 2015, the Faculty Senate approved...