WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will inject about $1 trillion into the economy in a bold effort to help the battered housing market and lift the country out of recession.At...

A group of females and a male huddled around a conference table to listen as Challen Nicklen, visiting assistant professor of women's and gender studies and political science, lectured on "The Shifting...

PLAQUEMINE (AP) — Tony, the tiger on display at a Grosse Tete truck stop, is getting a cage makeover. The Iberville Parish Council voted late Tuesday to require a larger pool for the 550-pound, Siberian-Bengal...

Student Government President Colorado Robertson met with Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen on Tuesday to discuss the unfinished performance-based funding formula, tuition increases and the...

Jeff Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder Communications, has been named chair of the E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council Marketing and Public Relations Committee, according to a University news...

ATLANTA (AP) — More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation's history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday. There...

Sen. Mary Landrieu has been invited to speak at the 2009 graduation commencement this May.  Chancellor Michael Martin said Landrieu is the University's top candidate to speak to the graduates.  "...She...

Students asked Chancellor Michael Martin about looming budget cuts, environmental sustainability and even gun control at this morning's "Chats with the Chancellor" in Free Speech Plaza.Martin assured the...

The Perkins Road overpass closed today for workers to began repairing the $3 million construction project.The project with City-Parish Public Works is expected to be completed in August and the detour...

Women's and Gender Studies is hosting its second Spring 2009 Brown Bag Luncheon Series today on campus, from noon to 1:15 p.m., in 210 Stubbs Hall.This one-hour luncheon series will feature a lecture from...

(AP) — The state intends to launch a $32 million program to help nursing homes and hospitals buy generators to run air conditioning and ventilation systems when power goes out during hurricanes. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service,...