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Concept design for LSUA Student Success Center. Concept design subject to change. 

LSU Alexandria aims to establish $10-million student success center

By Corbin Ross December 5, 2021

LSU Alexandria is set to establish a $10-million student success center in spring 2022, pending the Louisiana Legislature's approval during the next session in March. The expansion would consolidate student...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards updates the state on the Omicron variant on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, during a press conference inside the Louisiana State Capitol on North Third Street in Baton Rouge, La.

Omicron detected in Louisiana. Still much unknown about the variant

By Piper Hutchinson December 4, 2021

The first probable case of the Omicron variant has been detected in New Orleans, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.The case involves somebody who recently traveled within the United States....

The legal team representing LSU Associate Athletic Director Sharon Lewis in her $50 million lawsuit against the University host a press conference on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 in front of the 19th District Court.

RICO claims dismissed in Sharon Lewis’ federal lawsuit against LSU athletics

By Dylan Sanders December 3, 2021

A $50 million lawsuit against LSU filed by Associate Athletic Director Sharon Lewis had major claims thrown out by a federal judge on Thursday. The Advocate was the first to report the development.  Lewis...

LSU Faculty Senate President Mandi Lopez addresses the room on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, as the Faculty Senate meeting begins in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex in Baton Rouge, La.

Reveille sends letter to Faculty Senate following group’s illegal executive session

By Josh Archote December 2, 2021

The Reveille sent a letter Wednesday to LSU Faculty leadership demanding that the public body abide by Louisiana open meetings law and not illegally close its meetings to members of the public.  The...

Norimoto Murai spent 37 years at LSU's College of Agriculture.

‘A brilliant and passionate scientist’: LSU community mourns loss of longtime professor Norimoto Murai

By Domenic Purdy December 1, 2021

Norimoto Murai, an accomplished LSU professor and researcher of 37 years who instilled in his students a strong work ethic and love for science, died Nov. 20 in the hospital after he was struck by a vehicle...

Students wait in line to enter the Center for Assessment and Evaluation on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Himes Hall.

‘It feels like I’m being deprived of valuable time’: Students prepare for return of in-person final exams

By Henry Weldon December 1, 2021

After a three-semester hiatus from in-person exams, LSU students are preparing to return to the stressful environment of proctored testing in Himes Hall. Many students, like psychology sophomore Daniel...

The Lion's Eye Center on 2020 Gravier St at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans.

New Pfizer pill could cut COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates by 89%. LSU health experts weigh in

By Bella Dardano November 30, 2021

A new antiviral pill developed by Pfizer cut hospitalization and death risk in COVID-19 patients by nearly 90% in clinical trials, the pharmaceutical company announced earlier this month. LSU health professionals...

Troy H. Middleton Library—the first subject of building renaming efforts, now named LSU Library—on June 17, 2020, on LSU's campus.

President Tate on LSU building renaming efforts: ‘I would have never started that committee’

By Josh Archote November 28, 2021

LSU President William Tate IV told the Reveille Nov. 23 that he wouldn’t have formed the university’s Building Renaming Committee, the 16-person group created in June 2020 by LSU under former...

President William F. Tate IV tours the Pennington Biomedical Research Center during his first semester at LSU. 

President Tate reflects on first semester at LSU; talks Title IX, COVID-19 and goals going forward

By Josh Archote & Piper Hutchinson November 28, 2021

The Reveille sat down with President William Tate IV Nov. 23 to discuss the most pressing issues facing LSU as the new president's first semester in Baton Rouge nears its end.  Title IX “Every...

Vice provost for diversity and chief diversity officer Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris speaks at the Clarence L. Barney, Jr. African American Cultural Center (AACC) Jazz Brunch on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in the LSU Club at Union Square.

LSU diversity head retires after 12 years at university; Office of Diversity now under Title IX Office

By Bella Dardano November 28, 2021

Dereck Rovaris, vice provost for the Office of Diversity, retired after nearly 12 years at LSU, according to university spokesperson Ernie Ballard. Rovaris has worked with LSU since 2010, when he joined...

Lizzie Shaw and Nicholas St. Mary announced their Student Government presidential campaigns in November ahead of the spring election season.

‘Duo for Change’: First Student Government presidential campaign announced ahead of 2022 spring elections

By Henry Weldon November 26, 2021

As Student Government election season nears, students launched the first presidential campaign ahead of the spring 2022 semester, when a new student body president and many other positions will be elected. LSU...

LSU music and microbiology sophomore Emma Stevens poses for a photo Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020 on the corner of Highland Road and Veterans Drive on LSU's campus.

LSU researchers join study aiming to unlock secrets of long COVID

By Piper Hutchinson November 24, 2021

Imagine someone tells you you’re going to get a pin prick. No big deal, until you’re informed that there’s a 50-50 chance that the prick will give you brain damage and lead to a host...