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Truck rolls over student in Quad

By Staff Reports October 4, 2012

A serene afternoon nap in the Quad quickly became hectic for one University student when a Facility Services truck rolled over him Thursday afternoon. The Facility Services worker was leaving the Quad...

Former University undergraduate Kenny Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Big Fish Presentations.

Former student’s start-up earns $150,000 in 2012

By Ferris McDaniel October 4, 2012

In the midst of his senior year at the University, Kenny Nguyen, founder and CEO of Big Fish Presentations, withdrew himself from school on Wednesday to focus all of his energy on his fast-growing college...

Geology students stop for lunch Monday, May 28th, 2012 at LSU's Charles Barney Geology Field Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Geology camp serves as vital educational tool

By Joshua Bergeron October 3, 2012

Nestled in a mountain valley eight miles south of Colorado Springs, Colo., sits a little chunk of home for many University geology students. The LSU Geology Field Camp, opened in 1928, sits at approximately...

Emergency contraflow ‘not feasible’

By Chris Grillot October 3, 2012

The University’s Sept. 17 bomb threat sent the campus into a frenzy of students and faculty trying to evacuate, creating dead-stop traffic for hours in the areas around campus. After the incident,...

Dr. George Stanley Ph.D of LSU's Department of Chemistry shows current graduate research inside a fume hood located in the new Choppin Hall Annex building.

Bigger labs, better equipment for Choppin Annex

By Ben Wallace October 3, 2012

The recently opened Choppin Annex is a souped-up, glassed-out version of Choppin Hall, chock-full of machines with nearly unpronounceable names that, in many cases, cost quite a bit more than a Harvard...

McNair Research Program awarded

By Danielle Kelley October 3, 2012

A $1.35 million U.S. Department of Education grant will fund the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program through LSU University College for another five years. The program, which has...

Business professor helps foreign companies, students

Business professor helps foreign companies, students

By Juliann Allen October 3, 2012

A University professor received a grant three years ago to research the need for businesses to easily expand to other parts of the world. Today, he continues to help companies and University students...

University goes for third SEC recycling title

By Ben Wallace October 3, 2012

Trash talking will take on a whole new meaning next weekend when LSU tries to defend not only a dominant overall record against South Carolina on the gridiron, but also back-to-back titles in the Southeastern...

La. Gov. Bobby Jindal announces a $100 million University partnership with the state to expand Patrick F. Taylor Hall at a press conference in Taylor Hall Tuesday morning.

Patrick F. Taylor Hall to be expanded by 2016

By Chris Grillot October 2, 2012

The University’s largest building — the College of Engineering’s Patrick F. Taylor Hall — will be expanded and renovated by fall 2016, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced in a news conference...

Jets of water rise out of a fountain Tuesday morning at the North Boulevard Town Square in Baton Rouge.

North Boulevard Town Square given Downtown Merit Award

By Ferris McDaniel October 2, 2012

Downtown Baton Rouge’s North Boulevard Town Square recently clenched the Downtown Merit Award for public spaces at the annual International Downtown Association Conference in Minneapolis. Davis...

Faculty Senate approves plus-minus grading system

By Joshua Bergeron October 2, 2012

The University's Faculty Senate voted 26-14-4 in favor of a plus-minus grading scale resolution during their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The resolution calls for a recommendation to the Office of Academic...

In this file photo, Interim LSU System President and Chancellor William "Bill" Jenkins shakes hands with La. Gov. Bobby Jindal after a $100 million University partnership with the state to expand Patrick F. Taylor Hall was announced. Jenkins is now working to create a midyear budget reduction plan after Jindal announced a midyear budget cut to higher education. The University's state appropriations will drop by $3.4 million.

Jindal announces partnership to expand Patrick F. Taylor Hall

By Staff Reports October 2, 2012

Update 1:46 p.m.: So far, the college has raised $8 million for the project, Jindal said. Architectural design for the building will start in December. Construction is slated to start in fall of...