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University to receive $7.9 million from LSU System Flagship and Excellence Fund

By Andrea Gallo
August 25, 2011

The LSU System Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the University's $441 million Operating Budget and a $7.9 million LSU System Flagship and Excellence Fund for the University at its meeting Friday. Wendy...

Valsaraj named Assoc. Vice Chancellor at ORED

By Staff Reports
August 25, 2011

Kalliat "KT" Valsaraj has been named the associate vice chancellor for the Office of Research and Economic Development, according to a news release Friday.   "I am looking forward to...

Medical condition causes Jobs to resign

By The Associated Press
August 24, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The man in the black shirt and jeans who knew people would fall in love with the iPod, iPhone and iPad before they did is stepping back from Apple Inc., which grew into one of the...

Auld and fellow contestant Laura Kathleen work on an outfit during season 9 of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.”

University alumnus competes on popular reality show ‘Project Runway’

By Emily Herrington
Entertainment Writer
August 24, 2011

Not everyone can impress fashion icons Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors with his or her style, but each week students can watch University alumnus Anthony Ryan Auld blow them away on...

Administration says tenured faculty layoffs improbable

By Andrea Gallo
August 24, 2011

Administration says tenured faculty layoffs improbable Tenured faculty layoffs have infuriated members of the University of Louisiana System, but University administrators say that's an unlikely scenario...

Research shows high potential in freshmen

By Brian Sibille
August 24, 2011

Freshmen have only had a few days to immerse themselves in college life, but they have already set themselves apart from other graduating classes, according to an Aug. 15 study by Mr Youth, a national...

Student Government Senate discusses new semester, possible UREC expansion

By Kate Mabry
Staff Writer
August 24, 2011

The Student Government Senate discussed upcoming events for the semester, including a potential expansion to the UREC Student Recreation Complex and additional funds from SG sponsorships, at its first...

University begins search for new provost

By Andrea Gallo
Staff Writer
August 24, 2011

The search is under way for a successor for Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton. Hamilton took the two-year appointment in June 2010 when he was promoted from his role as dean of the Manship...

Dead week coursework reduced to 5 percent

By Clayton Crockett
Staff Writer
August 24, 2011

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope reminded the campus community to be vigilant of compliance with the University's new dead week policy in a broadcast e-mail Wednesday. The policy decrees no graded course...

‘Freedom Summer’ author says democracy is in danger

By Clayton Crockett
Staff Writer
August 24, 2011

At the third annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, Bruce Watson, author of "Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy," urged students to "break barriers"...

New SG Resolution reduces weight of Dead Week assignments

By Clayton Crockett
Staff Reporter
August 23, 2011

Student Government Resolution 11-04, passed by Faculty Senate during its March 2011 meeting, decrees that no graded course work assigned during Dead Week may total more than five percent of the course's...