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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy speaks about coronavirus on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 during the press conference with Vice President Mike Pence and other local officials at Tiger Stadium.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy to teach class at LSU honors college this fall

By Claire Sullivan August 14, 2023

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is trading Congress for college — at least for a few hours each week. This fall semester, the Baton Rouge Republican will be teaching a 2000-level class at LSU’s Ogden...

The sun shines on the archway on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, near Allen Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

Extreme heat triggers a state of emergency in Louisiana. How can LSU students stay safe?

By Claire Sullivan August 14, 2023

LSU’s latest class of freshmen was just settling into campus Monday when Louisiana’s governor issued a state of emergency over the extreme heat. The Bayou State is used to high temperatures,...

A car passes by Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, a leaf and branch filled street the morning after Hurricane Ida struck Southern Louisiana near the East Campus Apartments on Veterans Drive.

NOAA ups its Atlantic hurricane season outlook to ‘above normal’

By Claire Sullivan August 10, 2023

With peak hurricane season beginning in mid-August, another group of forecasters say the Atlantic is in for more storms than they first thought. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

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Some academics fear AI. LSU’s provost is leading a class on it

By John Buzbee August 8, 2023

To create a syllabus for the new class about artificial intelligence he’s teaching starting fall semester, LSU Vice President and Provost Roy Haggerty fittingly used ChatGPT in a move he believes...

The Sun shines on the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

16 dead, thousands in emergency departments in Louisiana amid record heat

By Claire Sullivan August 7, 2023

Louisiana’s record-breaking summer has had fatal consequences. Sixteen people in the state died in June and July from heat-related causes, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Six of...

Best of Reveille awards

Best of Reveille: The winners of the top stories of the last year, voted on by readers

By Reveille Staff Report August 4, 2023

We’ve counted up the votes for the best stories from the Reveille over the last year. Here are your winners: Best News StoryThe making of 'Sister Cindy': The viral evangelical preacher returns to...

Clouds pass over Memorial Tower on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, on Tower Dr on LSU Campus.

Graduate students call on LSU to raise wages to $23,000 per academic year

By Will Nickel & Jayden Nguyen August 2, 2023

United Campus Workers Louisiana is demanding that LSU fulfill its promise of paying its graduate students $23,000 per academic year. The demand comes after LSU received $8 million in the state budget and...

Roy Haggerty was named university vice president and provost in August 2022. As provost, he's responsible for hiring deans.

LSU appoints four new deans in four months, filling years-long vacancies

By John Buzbee July 30, 2023

Fall semester begins with four new deans supplanting the long-standing interims of their respective schools. The new deans are for the College of Agriculture, the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, the...

An excavator sits near a large hole on Friday, July 7, 2023, on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

What is the construction at LSU and when will it be done? Here are the projects being worked on

By Jayden Nguyen & Will Nickel July 30, 2023

Campus may look a little different when students return to LSU in August. Construction on various parts of campus started earlier this summer, with holes being dug in the Quad and streets like Tower Drive...

The sun shines on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, on Memorial Tower in Baton Rouge, La.

Free speech experts place LSU on shaky legal ground for firing grad assistant over voicemail

By Claire Sullivan July 26, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. Several free speech experts say LSU is on murky legal ground for firing a graduate assistant after his profane voicemail to...

LSU Olinde Career Center sits Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, on the first floor of the LSU Student Union.

Trying to get a summer job, internship you actually want? Students, adviser have advice

By Colin Falcon July 24, 2023

A summer internship can be a valuable tool for college students to gain real-world experience in their desired fields and put summer downtime to good use, but the complications of how and when to apply...

Students walk to and from the LSU Student Union, where the NCBRT held their active threat training on March 28 & 29, 2023.

Free speech group demands LSU rehire graduate assistant terminated for vulgar voicemail

By Piper Hutchinson July 21, 2023

Note: Click here to see the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. A national free speech organization has sent a letter to LSU President William F. Tate that demands the university undo its...