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Students exercise in a GroupX class at the UREC. 

LSU UREC resumes group classes with new COVID-19 precautions

By Amber Buettner September 8, 2020

The UREC has resumed GroupX classes with new regulations in place for social distancing. Biology junior Audrey Manning went to GroupX classes every week last semester and hopes to continue her exercise...

Zhi-Qiang Deng, a civil and environmental engineering professor, proposes the use of NASA satellite imaging to create a better forecasting system for outbreaks of norovirus and vibrio.

LSU engineering professor awarded $1.5 million grant for oyster research

By Jacob Lofton September 8, 2020

An LSU professor has been awarded a $750,000 grant from NASA and a matched $750,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents for research to develop a way to forecast norovirus and vibrio vulnificus outbreaks...

Chemistry graduate student Xin Zhou conducts lab work Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 for Professor Semin Lee's NSF research grant in the Chemistry and Materials Building on Highland rd.

LSU chemistry professor receives research grant from National Science Foundation

By Josh Archote @JArchote September 6, 2020

Assistant Professor Semin Lee and his research team received a three-year research grant from the National Science Foundation to explore better catalysts for alkyne metathesis and virtual reality teaching...

Kinesiology freshman Faith Jackson displays sign during "March On LSU" demonstration on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at the Parade Ground on LSU's campus. 

Students support Black Lives Matter movement through march on LSU

By Marykelly Munster|@mkokayokay September 6, 2020

A group of students gathered Saturday at the Parade Grounds to march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.Students of all backgrounds held signs and chanted as they walked a circuit around central...

The Student Health Center sits on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 on Infirmary Drive at LSU.

LSU Student Health Center offers free therapy appointments via Zoom

By Josh Archote @JArchote September 4, 2020

LSU’s Student Health Center is open for students to schedule free Zoom appointments with a therapist.  Dr. John Otzenberger, a clinical psychologist and director of mental health at the Student...

A house is left destroyed by a nearby tree on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, after Hurricane Laura swept through Lake Charles, LA.

LSU students struggle to resume coursework after Hurricane Laura

By Joanna Clark September 4, 2020

When Hurricane Laura swept through Louisiana last week, the University canceled classes to prepare for the storm and allow students to evacuate with their families.  For pre-med freshman Holli...

Kaylee Pattillo speaks at vigil on Aug. 29th. 

‘It should be charged as a hate crime’: LSU student witnesses Aug. 22 Trader Joe’s parking lot shooting

By Nick Frewin September 3, 2020

Kaylee Patillo was one of the last people to speak to Danny Buckley, 64, before he was shot in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s on Perkins on Aug. 22. The psychology senior and her roommate were approached...

LSU's Interim President, Tom Galligan sits in his office on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 during an interview at the University Administrations building on LSU's campus.

LSU holds first weekly press conference for COVID-19: ‘The next 10 days or so are going to be critical’

By Caitie Zeilman September 2, 2020

LSU held its first weekly briefing on its response to COVID-19 Wednesday led by Interim President Thomas Galligan via Zoom. The University reported an additional 137 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, bringing...

FILE - In this July 20, 2018, file photo, then-interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters about his last-minute decision to run in the special election for secretary of state, in Baton Rouge, La. Ardoin said Tuesday, March 10, 2020, the state is restarting its stalled effort to replace its voting machines. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Louisiana trying to recruit poll workers for fall election

By Associated Press September 2, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is looking for people to work polling locations for the fall elections. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin's office announced Tuesday the launch of a recruitment campaign...

A view of Tiger Stadium stands tall on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, on LSU's campus. 

LSU to begin virtual weekly press briefings on COVID-19 response

By Reveille Staff Report September 2, 2020

LSU will begin holding a weekly virtual press briefing on the University's response to COVID-19 starting Wednesday, according to LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard. "Each week LSU administrators...

An empty classroom in Allen Hall on Thursday, March 1, 2018. 

Should LSU cut tuition and fees for online instruction? Students, professors weigh in

By Josh Archote @JArchote September 1, 2020

Other than waiving the late registration fee and giving students the option to pay tuition in installments, the University did not reduce tuition for the fall semester, which will be a hybrid of in-person...

Delta Zeta sorority house sits on Monday, August 31, 2020 on W Lakeshore Drive.

LSU sorority members reflect on virtual recruitment experiences

By Joanna Clark September 1, 2020

Sorority recruitment is traditionally the week where over 1,000 college women parade up and down Sorority Row, visit each house and meet new friends. With COVID-19 this experience seemed nearly impossible...