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William Tate IV speaks during the interview process in LSU's presidential search on May 6, 2021. Tate was named president of LSU on May 7, 2021. Courtesy Katherine Seghers, LSU.

LSU professors write letter to Tate requesting option to teach classes remotely or at lower capacity in the fall

By Reveille Staff Report August 4, 2021

LSU professors wrote a letter to President William Tate Tuesday requesting he implement previous 2020-2021 COVID-19 policies for the upcoming semester, giving professors the option to teach classes remotely...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks about the state's latest surge in coronavirus cases, on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Edwards recommends that his state's residents return to wearing masks indoors, whether they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or not, if they are unable to distance from people. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana reinstates indoor mask mandate amid COVID surge

By BY MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press August 2, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana on Monday reinstated a mask mandate in all indoor locations, including schools and colleges, as the state experiences the highest per capita COVID-19 growth in the...

Courtesy of Andrew Sluyter 

LSU professor says Student Health Center built atop plantation cemetery

By Nick Frewin July 31, 2021

The university’s Student Health Center (SHC) was built atop a cemetery for enslaved plantation workers, according to an LSU professor.  Geography professor Andrew Sluyter has been conducting...

A sign directs people toward the vaccination site on Mar. 14, 2021 at Tiger Stadium.

LSU administration responds to vaccine concerns at faculty forum

By Madelyn Cutrone July 30, 2021

Top LSU administrators seemed reluctant to implement a vaccine mandate at a faculty Q & A meeting Thursday, while numerous employees voiced their outrage and concern at the possibility they would return...

People wait in line and fill out paperwork on Mar. 14, 2021 while social distancing at the Tiger Stadium vaccination site.

Louisiana universities’ requests to mandate vaccinations were approved within hours

By Nick Frewin July 29, 2021

It took the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) fewer than 12 hours to approve multiple requests from Louisiana universities to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations, emails obtained by The Reveille show.  Four...

Port Eads, Louisiana, is located at the end of the Mississippi River. Once a small community with a school and post office, the port is now sparsely inhabited, serving only as a fishing destination. Photo by Virginia Hanusik

Louisiana photographer takes unconventional approach to capturing climate change on the Gulf Coast

By Sydney McGovern July 29, 2021

Editor's Note: This story was initially published in Project Citizen: Climate 360, a collaboration between a diverse group of students from across the United States devoted to reporting on climate...

People stand in line while filling out paperwork on Mar. 14, 2021 at the Tiger Stadium vaccination site.

LSU faculty, admin at odds after higher-ups mislead campus in vaccine mandate rhetoric

By Nick Frewin & Caden Lim July 28, 2021

LSU has long maintained that state law prohibits universities from requiring students, faculty or staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. But colleges across the state need only Louisiana Department of...

Map of the predicted flood risk in southeastern Louisiana over the next fifty years. Photo courtesy of Waggonner & Ball Architecture/Environment.

How to build in a flood-prone city: a lesson from the Netherlands

Editor's Note: This story was initially published in Project Citizen: Climate 360, a collaboration between a diverse group of students from across the United States devoted to reporting on climate...

The LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is located on Skip Bertman Drive & River Road, Baton Rouge on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

2 LSU grads give total of $110,000 to wildlife hospital

By Associated Press July 26, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana State University graduates have given the veterinary school's wildlife hospital a total of $110,000. Richard P. Sivicek of Illinois gave $100,000 to establish...

A sticker reads “Mask Required” on Jan. 16, 2021 on the divider at the Cedar Hall front desk.

LSU Medical Advisory: require masks, social distancing indoors for fall semester

By Caden Lim July 24, 2021

The LSU Health and Medical Advisory Committee recommended LSU administration require masks indoors in the fall semester to combat the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana.The committee said in a...

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder waits to hear results of votes in the Senate Chambers during a veto session in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports. The vote came Tuesday on the opening day of the first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana House fails to reverse transgender sports ban veto

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana House lawmakers Wednesday failed to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' veto of legislation banning transgender athletes from school sports teams, a significant...

Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, speaks in the Senate Chambers during a veto session in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports. The vote came Tuesday on the opening day of the first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana Senate backs transgender sports ban veto override

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican state senators Tuesday narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating...