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LSU professor nominated to National Council of the Humanities by Biden administration

LSU professor nominated to National Council of the Humanities by Biden administration

By Domenic Purdy June 27, 2022

Kathryn Matthew, the Doctor of Design Distinguished Fellow at the College of Art & Design, has been named part of the National Council on the Humanities by President Biden. Matthew joins the Council...

Abortion-rights supporters protest on the steps of the John Minor Wisdom United States of Appeals Fifth Circuit Building after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, in New Orleans, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Louisiana abortion ban temporarily lifted by New Orleans judge

By Reveille staff report June 27, 2022

A New Orleans based state district judge has temporarily lifted Louisiana's abortion ban.  Following a request for emergency relief from the state's trigger laws from the Hope Medical Group for Women,...

LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey coaches from the sidelines Saturday, March 19, 2022, during LSU’s 83-77 win against Jackson State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Fifty Years of Title IX: How 37 Words Changed America

By Morgan Rogers June 26, 2022

Fifty years ago on June 23, President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments Act of 1972. He saw the legislation as a failed effort to end busing. He seemed to underestimate how large the impact...

Ethan Mott poses for a picture outside facility services. 

‘We want y’all to enjoy it like Disney World’: meet the man behind LSU’s stately oaks and broad magnolias

By Allison Allsop June 25, 2022

LSU’s beautiful live oaks, blooming flowers and roadways and sidewalks are all overseen by one person in LSU’s facility services.  Ethan Mott is the horticulture, concrete and project...

Dr. Tanya Lowery during her open forum presentation on Tuesday. 

‘We’re not gonna cover it up’: meet the candidates for VP of inclusion, civil rights and Title IX

By Allison Allsop June 25, 2022

The candidates for the new vice president of inclusion, civil rights and Title IX held their open forums between Tuesday and Thursday. Each candidate had time to present their background and experience...

Advocates brought signs to show support for reproductive rights, Friday, June 24.

Baton Rouge residents and LSU students speak out after Roe v. Wade is overturned

By Xander Gennarelli June 25, 2022

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights advocates met to rally in protest at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge on Friday. The rally,...

Rep. Mandie Landry spoke at the rally, May 3rd.

How the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade affects Louisiana Law

By Morgan Rogers June 24, 2022

On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. The ruling allows for individual states to set their own abortion laws. "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue...

LSU president William F. Tate IV speaks at the Our Lady of the Lake and LCMC Health game-changing investment press conference Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at the LSU Foundation Center for Philanthropy in Baton Rouge, La. 

LSU announces $27 million gift from Shell Oil, the largest investment in energy-related initiatives

By Aris Williams June 23, 2022

LSU announced a $27 million investment from Shell, the largest gift LSU has ever received from a for-profit partner. At an LSU Foundation press conference on Thursday, it was announced that Shell has...

A map of the dead zone in late July 2019 made after the shelf-wide cruise measurements. The black line outlines the area of bottom-water hypoxia. Courtesy of Nancy Rabalais

Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone estimated to be the size of Connecticut this year

By Allison Allsop June 21, 2022

The world’s second largest “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana is three times larger than the goal size set in 2001. An area noted as a “dead zone” is an area of water...

Sen. Cleo Fields said the dispute over the boundaries of the state’s six congressional districts are likely to be settled in court.

Louisiana Legislature adjourns without passing congressional map, despite court order

By Piper Hutchinson June 18, 2022

In defiance of a federal court order, the Louisiana Legislature adjourned Saturday without passing a congressional map with two majority Black districts. A federal judge will now draw a map for the state. Out...

LSU Interim Vice President and Executive Vice Provost Matt Lee speaks Wednesday, April 20, 2022, during the annual LSU Day at the Capitol at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La.

University announces new interim Vice President appointees

By Reveille staff report June 17, 2022

Ernie Ballard, LSU’s director of media relations, will serve as the interim vice president of communications & university relations, LSU President William F. Tate IV announced in an email to...

Lizzie Shaw taking her oath of office for the LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday with Chair Rémy Voisin Starns.

LSU Student Body President sworn in to Board of Supervisors

By Allison Allsop June 17, 2022

LSU Student Body President Lizzie Shaw was sworn in as a member of the Board of Supervisors Thursday.  Shaw, a political communication major who was elected student body president in April, took her...