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An @LSU Twitter post featured these students in the Quad on Wednesday, Jan. 15, with the caption "Welcome back, Tigers!"

University enrollment surpasses 7,000 freshmen, overall enrollment at all-time high

September 28, 2021

LSU surpassed 7,000 enrolled freshmen for the first time in its history for the 2021-2022 school year, while overall is at an all-time high of 35,914 students, the university announced on Tuesday. The...

The Louisiana state capitol stands tall on Oct. 2, 2017, in downtown Baton Rouge.

New Louisiana education standards place more emphasis on role of minorities and race relations in U.S. history

By Aidan Primeaux September 27, 2021

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education standards review steering committee voted to endorse new K-12 social studies curriculum standards on Sept. 25.The proposed standards are now available...

LSU professors receive grant to study effects of climate change on Florida stone crab

LSU professors receive grant to study effects of climate change on Florida stone crab

By Aidan Primeaux September 26, 2021

The National Science Foundation awarded a grant to two LSU professors and one professor from Florida Southern College to research the effects of climate change on the Florida stone crab. Assistant professor...

marine robotic diving research

LSU professors working on marine robotic diving vehicles used in aftermath of Deepwater Horizon spill

By Aiden Primeaux September 26, 2021

A year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that polluted over a quarter of Louisiana’s coastline and caused devastation for thousands of already-endangered animals, an LSU mathematics professor...

LSU Students gather at the country's largest college street food festival on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.

Students gather on LSU’s campus at the country’s largest street food festival

By Maddie Scott @madscottyy September 24, 2021

American celebrity chef Jet Tila hosted the country’s largest college street food festival next to the LSU Student Union on Friday. Food trucks, activities and music lined the street adjacent to...

The International Cultural Center at LSU stands on Feb. 2, 2021 at 3365 Dalrymple Dr. in Baton Rouge, La.

International Student Association welcomes students back: ‘Please consider this place your home away from home’

By Aidan Primeaux & Henry Weldon September 22, 2021

The International Student Association held a welcome party on Friday, Sept. 17, to bring together the university's international student population and launch a new website, along with musical performances...

LSU professor Ali Kazemian loads files for the 3D printer inside a lab building near Patrick F. Taylor Hall on Wednesday, September 16, 2021, on South Quad Drive, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Engineering working with NASA to build 3D-printed infrastructure on the Moon and Mars

By Corbin Ross September 22, 2021

LSU Engineering is working on several research projects involving 3D construction printing, one of which is in partnership with NASA to help build bases on the moon. “We are working with a few...

Gate 7 at Tiger Stadium sits empty on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Tiger Stadium employees failed to scan student tickets, verify COVID information at home game

By Bella Dardano September 21, 2021

As students crowded into Tiger Stadium for the first and second home football games of the 2021-2022 season, some students reported that stadium employees were not scanning tickets, checking bags or verifying...

Crawfish story pic

Six LSU engineering students build a robotic arm to help harvest crawfish

By Jared Saucier September 21, 2021

More than 100 million pounds of crawfish are harvested in Louisiana between March and June of every year. The unique flavor, non-demanding growing conditions and sustainability of crawfish caused the expansion...

A broken sprinkler head pours water into Carmen Kellerman and Christin Ransome's dorm common area on Wednesday, Sept. 15.

Cedar Hall residents process water damage from malfunctioning sprinkler amid campus flooding

By Domenic Purdy September 20, 2021

Christin Ransome and her roommates of Cedar Hall thought the flooding of campus roads was the only water-related disaster they had to endure on Wednesday. They were mistaken. What started as an ordinary...

The Mississippi River sits on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La.

‘That’s a researcher’s dream’: LSU professor partners with NASA for river delta research

By Corbin Ross September 20, 2021

LSU Professor Robert Twilley is conducting aerial research of Louisiana’s river delta system in partnership with NASA that will be used to help NASA begin monitoring delta growth worldwide. “River...

Animal science sophomore Archer Hill works on a computer on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in the LSU Library on LSU's campus.

LSU computer science partnering with Louisiana State Police to teach cybersecurity

By Caden Lim September 19, 2021

The LSU computer science program is in the process of adding new courses to encourage students to pursue careers in cybersecurity.The initiative, called the Forensic and Incident Response Environment,...