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Engineering students Katie Rice, Kirby Nunez and Sarah Landry are part of the College of Engineering's partnership with Baton Rouge EMS.

College of Engineering’s industrial engineering students partner with Baton Rouge EMS for capstone

By Brittney Forbes June 21, 2018

University engineering students have been using their skills to gain experience in an engineering field that can help save lives. Since 2011, the LSU College of Engineering’s industrial...

LSU students, professors and administrators gather at the Louisiana Capitol on May 21, 2018 to rally against potential cuts to the TOPS program. 

LSU students “Rally for Tops” at State Capitol

By Brittney Forbes June 20, 2018

Students from all across Louisiana traveled to the Capitol on Wednesday to fight against potential cuts to the TOPS program. Those in attendance wore shirts from colleges outside the state to show that...

University digital art seniors Cameron Bragg (left) and Tylar Spencer (right) in the process of helping to develop their own video game, entitled "Space Shrimp" on September 7, 2015 at After Hours Lab. LLC.

LSU named one of Top Ten Game Design Schools and Colleges in the South

By Brittney Forbes June 20, 2018

The University was named one of the Top Ten Game Design Schools and Colleges by The Animation Career Review. The University has ranked ninth place in the south and is the only university in Louisiana and...

Protestors wear rainbow flags as capes before the 2017 Baton Rouge Pride Fest march.

Show of pride: Baton Rouge’s Pride Fest continues to grow, expects 14,000 for 2018 festival

By BY DAVID JACOBS June 14, 2018

In 2006, as New Orleans dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, East Baton Rouge Parish became the most heavily populated parish in Louisiana. But the capital city wasn’t celebrating LGBTQ...

Council member Lamont Cole speaks on an ordinance that would soften marijuana penalties during a meeting of the metro council, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at City Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

Baton Rouge Metro Council rejects proposal to extend bar and restaurant alcohol sales to 4 a.m.

By BY STEVE HARDY June 13, 2018

The Baton Rouge Metro Council on Wednesday rejected a proposal to allow bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 4 a.m. amid concerns that stretching out drinking hours would lead to more drunk driving...

The Memorial Tower sits on Dalrymple Drive on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

TOPS, higher ed funding in jeopardy, could leave LSU students to cover 30 percent difference

By Natalie Anderson June 13, 2018

For the second time in three years, TOPS is at risk of being cut, leaving Louisiana college students and families wondering how they will come up with unexpected tuition dollars to cover the difference...

The Business Education Complex sits on LSU's campus on April 20, 2016.

LSU College of Business study estimates LSU system’s economic impact on Louisiana

By Brittney Forbes June 12, 2018

As the Louisiana Legislature prepares to enter a third special session to attempt to fix the $648 million budget deficit before July 1, some University programs are at risk of being cut. A recent...

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- An egret scours the shoreline of a pond boasting the airport code of 'BTR' at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Thursday, June 30, 2016.

Baton Rouge airport to add direct flights to two new cities, officials announce

By BY STEVE HARDY June 12, 2018

The Baton Rouge Metro Airport will soon add direct flights to two new cities, officials announced Tuesday. Via Airlines will begin nonstop flights to Orlando and Austin on September 13, Baton Rouge airport...

Due to recent budget cuts, LSU roads are left with potholes unfilled on Tuesday March 15, 2016, on LSU campus.

Louisiana residents feel state’s roadways pose dangerous threat

By Joseph Bourg June 11, 2018

Biology senior Chris Jeanlouis has only one thought when he sees a pothole on a Louisiana roadway. “The first thing I think is … ‘where can I swerve to get around this?’”...

Campus free speech measure becomes law in Louisiana, a year after similar plan vetoed

By BY WILL SENTELL June 8, 2018

Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill aimed at ensuring free speech on college campuses, one year after he vetoed similar legislation sponsored by one of his top political foes. Senate Bill 364, now...

LSU College of Science Dean Cynthia B. Peterson speaks on behalf of her college at Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

LSU College of Science dean recognized in 2018 Influential Women in Business

By Brittney Forbes June 6, 2018

After the LSU College of Science saw a 46 percent increase in undergraduate applicants from the year before, Dean Cynthia Peterson was named one of Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2018 Influential...

Child Porn Arrest

Former LSU student sentenced to 12 years in prison for child pornography

By Staff Reports June 4, 2018

A 21-year-old former University student was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted of transportation of child pornography. Andrew Easterly will also be required to serve 10 years...