Many University students stay up all night studying, eating junk food and drinking energy drinks. But the best thing for students to do is eat a balanced meal and sleep for seven hours before a test.Judy...

The University's College of Engineering undergraduate programs recently hopped from 89th to 86th in the nation in 2009 U.S. News and World Report rankings.The list ranks the best undergraduate engineering...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Congressional offices around Louisiana report getting thousands of ticket requests for the January inauguration of Barack Obama as president, but they have only hundreds to distribute. House...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Home sales sank 27 percent in October from a year ago in the latest sign that economic fears are filtering into south Louisiana. Figures tracked by the Greater Baton Rouge...

Sam Tiras, accounting department chair, said the demand for accountants typically increases in times of economic distress.As the demand for accountants increases, the demand for finance majors decreases...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's been a mixed year for Louisiana citrus growers, with Hurricane Gustav doing little damage to satsumas and small-variety citrus in Plaquemines Parish but hammering trees in...

The Student Government Finance and Housing, Infrastructure and Technology committees will meet tonight to hear a bill to allocate $34,581.78 from the SG Initiatives Account and $33,666.20 from the SG Surplus...

Thuy Ta has a little more than six months until graduation.Like many undergraduates, the accounting senior has been weighing her options. But even though The Wall Street Journal has deemed accounting graduates...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Jeff Charleston's NFL career did not get off to a good start. In fact, Charleston was thinking about other ways of earning a living after the Indianapolis Colts cut him just...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Somewhat bucking a nationwide trend, Louisiana's state-licensed casinos saw a 5.7 percent gain in winnings from gamblers in October, as compared with October 2007. The 13...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It may be early next year before a grand jury hears the case against eight people accused in the death of an Oklahoma woman who authorities say was shot when she asked to leave...

Chris Calvin, accounting senior, has been wearing his high school senior ring for eight years, and Monday night he got the chance to replace it with a bolder, brighter band — his University senior...