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FILE - In this June 12, 2020 file photo Salt Lake County Health Department's public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth performs a coronavirus test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City. Having access to quick coronavirus test results will play an important role in resuming sporting events, keeping factories and businesses open, and returning to school in the fall. But an Associated Press survey of selected states found it’s still taking days in some cases for results to come back despite an increase in the availability of testing across the U.S. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Federal government setting up new Louisiana virus test sites

By Melinda Deslatte July 6, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The federal government is setting up four new drive-thru coronavirus testing sites in Louisiana's capital city, which is seeing spikes in confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease. Baton...

LSU Moodle received a new update on July 5. 

LSU receives Moodle upgrade in preparation for fall semester

By @Amber_Buettner July 5, 2020

Moodle, the main source for University students to view their grades and assignments, recently received an update. The new update was available for students beginning July 5; however, students also have...

Marijuana

Louisiana’s second medical marijuana grower releases product

By Associated Press July 5, 2020

Louisiana's second medical marijuana grower releases product BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's second medical marijuana grower announced it has started making its products to the state's dispensaries...

Manship School Dean Martin Johnson (right) and Associate Dean Josh Grimm (left) mask up in front of the Journalism Building. 

#MaskUpManship social media campaign promotes wearing a mask, healthy habits

By Katherine Manuel July 5, 2020

The LSU Manship School of Mass Communication recently partnered with the Louisiana Department of Health to promote masking with the #MaskUpManship social media campaign. The campaign began on Twitter with...

Members of Harambe, a Black student organization at LSU, advocated for more courses in Black studies and more Black professors as early as 1967.

‘We make bricks with our straw’: Inside LSU Black studies’ 50-year quest for independence

By Reed Darcey July 3, 2020

After Herman Kelly concluded his class, two students, Alaysia Johnson and Justin Martin, approached the professor to chat with him. It was a normal March day, a couple weeks before the coronavirus forced...

People wearing protective face masks walk past a closed entrance to the beach during the new coronavirus pandemic, Friday, July 3, 2020, in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Fla. Beaches throughout South Florida are closed for the busy Fourth of July weekend to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

‘Huge bummer’: July Fourth will test Americans’ discipline

By John Seewer July 3, 2020

The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test of Americans'...

Aisles of books on the fourth floor in LSU Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019.

‘We’ll do everything we can to make our books available’: LSU Library open for book browsing over the summer

By Katherine Manuel July 2, 2020

The LSU Library opened for book browsing over the summer, allowing for a limited number of students and faculty to browse the stacks each day.Sigrid Kelsey, LSU Libraries Director of Communications and...

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome speaks on Sunday, May 31, 2020 before the protest of the death of George Floyd in Galvez Plaza.

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome mandates face mask requirement for East Baton Rouge Parish

By Reveille Staff Report July 1, 2020

Mayor-president Sharon Weston Broome announced face masks will now be required to be worn while inside businesses throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. Broome intends to sign an executive order "to protect...

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

‘LSU Library’ chosen as interim name for main library at LSU

By Reveille Staff Report June 29, 2020

The University library formerly known as Middleton will be temporarily called LSU Library, the University announced Monday morning.  "Although the public suggested many new names for the library via...

Tiger Stadium on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

LSU administration, epidemiologists at odds over fan attendance in Tiger Stadium

By Reed Darcey June 29, 2020

In late May, LSU Interim President Tom Galligan said he “desperately” hopes to see fans in Tiger Stadium this fall, “staying physically distant, but yelling loudly into our masks.”One...

LSU Students walk across the Quad on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

‘We’re making really good progress’: LSU officials talk classroom setting, more for fall semester

By Brittney Forbes June 27, 2020

LSU Interim President Tom Galligan and Executive Vice President and Provost Stacia Haynie and other University officials have provided updates regarding the upcoming fall 2020 semester in zoom meetings...

Fred's holds drive-thru coronavirus testing on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the Fred's parking lot in Tigerland.

Fred’s drive-thru coronavirus testing site draws huge turnout

By Anna Jones June 25, 2020

It’s not unusual to see a long line outside of Fred’s in Tigerland, but the crowds weren’t gathered for a football game or free drinks on Thursday. Over 250 people took advantage of free...