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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...

Assistant professor of political communication Nathan Kalmoe talks at the Neither Liberal Nor Conservative Panel on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in the Holliday Forum.

LSU professor’s Civil War book wins awards from 2 groups

By Associated Press July 20, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University professor Nathan Kalmoe's book about the Civil War has won awards from two professional associations. "With Ballots and Bullets: Partisanship and...

The Louisiana State Capitol stands tall on North Third Street on March 19, 2017, in downtown Baton Rouge.

‘The survivor is in the driver’s seat’: LSU Title IX reports increase after HB 409

By Madelyn Cutrone July 18, 2021

Title IX reporting rates have increased considerably following an overhaul of the university’s Title IX office, notable especially because there are fewer enrolled students during the summer, interim...

Jane Cassidy, LSU Interim vice president of the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX. Courtesy LSU 

LSU to conduct national search for Title IX head, Cassidy to remain interim another year

By Madelyn Cutrone July 18, 2021

The search for a permanent vice president of the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX has not yet begun, and Jane Cassidy will remain in the role for at least one more academic year.  "I'll stay...

The Hill Memorial Library's reading room.

Never before seen letters show glimpse into Middleton’s fight for segregation at LSU

By Caden Lim July 18, 2021

The Hill Memorial Library holds the truth to the entire Middleton controversy and the documents the university used to make their decision to ultimately disassociate from Troy H. Middleton’s likeness.The...

FILE - In this March 9, 2020 file photo, Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzalez, left, and Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, react after Cortez broke Schexnayder's gavel for the opening of the 2020 general legislative session in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana lawmakers will hold their first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution. The session will open Tuesday, July 20, 2021, and last up to five days. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Louisiana lawmakers to hold historic veto override session

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers will hold a tradition-busting veto session as Republicans push to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of bills that would ban transgender...