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Mechanical engineering professor Hunter Gilbert, left, and mechanical engineering graduate student Shahrior Ahmed, right, stand with the prototype of their Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance-funded mechanical arm project in a lab in Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

Mechanical engineering professor, graduate student design flexible robotic arm with medical, industrial applications

By Katherine Frazer September 28, 2022

In cooperation with the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance, LSU’s mechanical engineering department is designing a flexible robotic arm with applications in both medical and...

LSU game day products sit on Monday, Sep. 20, 2022, at the Keeping Room on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, La.

‘Representing purple and gold’: two Baton Rouge boutiques gear up for football season

By Claire Theriot September 27, 2022

Two local boutiques are helping LSU students and fans get ready for game day by selling tailgate supplies and LSU-inspired clothing.  The Keeping Room, a boutique located at 3535 Perkins Road in Baton...

The Magnolia Plantation's slave cabin sits during a hot sun Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 at Magnolia Mound off of Nicholson Drive.

What should the South do with its former plantations? LSU historians, students weigh in

By Gabby Jimenez September 27, 2022

Louisiana and other southern states are home to many former plantations. Some become plantation museums, while others are used as wedding venues and homes. Actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds faced criticism...

Mechanical engineering professor Guoqiang Li does a bending test of a self-healing polymer beam specimen using a materials testing system. 

People behind the patents: LSU professors patent, explain innovative solutions to modern problems

By Gabby Jimenez September 25, 2022

LSU ranked 93 out of 100 universities granted U.S. utility patents in a recent report by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.  LSU professors have inventions...

Students sit and do work Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in the LSU Student Union.

LSU professors, students weigh in on constitutionality of room scans for online exams

By Claire Theriot September 25, 2022

NPR reported in August that a Cleveland State University student won a lawsuit after suing his college for asking him to take a video of his surroundings before an online proctored exam.  He said...

"Woman, life, freedom," is called by advocates for the situation in Iran in Free Speech Alley on Sept. 23, 2022.

‘Stand with the women of Iran:’ LSU students, Iranians protest nation’s human rights violations

By Maddie Scott September 24, 2022

Students and members of the Iranian community gathered in Free Speech Alley on Friday with signs, flyers and anger to protest ongoing human rights violations in Iran. LSU’s protest is one of many...

Students stroll down Free Speech Plaza on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Spending cap, new election positions, shortened timeline: SG explains amended election code

By Corbin Ross September 24, 2022

Student Government amended their election code to include a cap on campaign spending, a shortened election timeline and defining roles for members of the election commission at their Wednesday, Sept. 14...

Students read the poster at the Geaux Vote tent on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Free Speech Plaza on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Student organization hosts voter registration drive to celebrate National Voter Registration Day

By Gabby Jimenez September 22, 2022

Geaux Vote, a non-partisan LSU student organization focused on voter education and engagement, celebrated National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 20 with a voter registration drive in Free Speech Alley.Political...

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‘You’re not offering anything:’ International students express concerns with Student Health Center insurance policies

By Maddie Scott September 21, 2022

Note: The Reveille is dedicating an investigative series to the operations of the Student Health Center. This is the second part of an ongoing series. When LSU international graduate student Soheil Kafili...

A man walks on the beach next to waves kicked up by Hurricane Fiona in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.(AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Meteorologists forecast tropical depression developing that could enter Gulf of Mexico

By Reveille Staff Report September 21, 2022

A tropical depression is likely to form within a few days in the Caribbean Sea, according to meteorologists at New Orleans’ WDSU.The system has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression...

A jogging class goes through warmups on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at the field by the LSU Natatorium in Baton Rouge, La.

Kinesiology jogging elective teaches running, effective exercise for sustainable life

By Chandler McIntosh September 21, 2022

For many students, running is often a worst-case scenario to avoid being late to class. But for one elective on campus, running is what makes the grade.  Andrea Shaggy, a kinesiology graduate assistant,...

Partially blind math graduate student Justin Champagne holds his cane next a statue of Mike the Tiger on September 16, 2022.

Blind LSU math graduate student shares struggles at university, advocates for blind students

By Maddie Scott September 21, 2022

When partially blind Justin Champagne was walking alone in the streets of Ruston, Louisiana, on his way to the Louisiana Center for the Blind, his walking cane unexpectedly snapped.  “I was...