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A LSU students does work Jan. 19, 2022, in the LSU Library.

Just 18% of professors holding classes online during first two weeks during record COVID surge

By Piper Hutchinson January 19, 2022

For the second semester in a row, LSU students are returning to campus amid the largest surge in COVID-19 cases to hit Louisiana. With another university mask mandate, mix of in-person and online classes...

LSU COVID Testing assistant searches for application for an LSU student on Friday, September 10, 2021.

How many LSU students, faculty used the COVID symptom checker last semester? Only 8%, records show

By Piper Hutchinson January 18, 2022

About 8% of LSU students, faculty and staff completed the university’s daily symptom checker on class days during the fall 2021 semester, records obtained by The Reveille show. Use of the symptom...

Lt. Gen Russel Honoré gives a press conference during the Haiti Unity Summit on Jan. 16 at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. 

Haitian leaders agree on transitional government after summit in Baton Rouge

By Piper Hutchinson January 17, 2022

Haitian political leaders nailed down plans for a transitional government on Monday after days of negotiations at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. The conference, called the Haiti Unity...

LSU Graduation

LSU students graduating in fewer than four years nervous, excited to enter new stage of life

By Domenic Purdy January 15, 2022

When the time came for the Golden Band from Tigerland to honor its graduating members, Landon Pettigrew was in an awkward position. He stood alongside his classmates with whom he entered LSU in 2019,...

Students in LSU chemistry professor Semin Lee's upper-level chemistry class use virtual reality to learn about molecules. 

How an LSU chemistry professor uses VR to shrink students to the size of molecules

By Corbin Ross January 12, 2022

A typical day in Semin Lee’s classroom looks quite different from that of the average chemistry class. Students aren’t examining models of molecules in a textbook – they’re holding...

Landmark Security guard holds a "Mask Up" sign Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 during LSU's 104-80 win against Auburn at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on N Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Universities consider N-95 mask requirements due to Omicron’s more infectious nature

By Piper Hutchinson January 10, 2022

Amid the country's highest surge of COVID-19 cases, some universities are requiring students to ditch cloth and surgical masks and wear the more protective KN-95 or N-95 masks. LSU Health Sciences...

The State Capitol building sits on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Gov. Edwards won’t reimplement mask mandate amid Omicron surge

By Piper Hutchinson January 8, 2022

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards won’t reinforce the state’s mask mandate, despite Omicron sweeping the state. On Jan. 6, the state reported over 14,000 new cases, according to the Louisiana...

A Landmark security guard holds up a "mask up" COVID-19 sign Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 during LSU women's basketball's 59-68 loss to Mississippi State in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on N. Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU to re-implement mask mandate for spring semester, allow faculty to teach remotely for two weeks

By Piper Hutchinson January 1, 2022

LSU announced Saturday that it will reimplement its mask mandate for the spring 2022 semester and allow professors to hold in-person classes in a fully remote, hybrid or face-to-face format for the first...

LSU COVID Testing assistants arrange their testing areas for incoming students on Friday, September 10, 2021.

New COVID-19 antiviral pill now available in Louisiana, LDH says

By Piper Hutchinson December 30, 2021

A limited number of doses of Pfizer’s new antiviral, Paxlovid, are now available in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Paxlovid, a treatment for COVID-19 which consists of...

An LSU police car parks behind the Campus Public Safety building on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021 on South Stadium Drive.

Car break-ins on the rise during fall semester, leaving students concerned for spring

BATON ROUGE — Living in an LSU dorm, Jack Tomeny is used to leaving his car unattended in a campus lot for a few days at a time. One day Tomeny noticed that someone had stolen his backpack from the...

LSU COVID Testing assistant grabs testing swab for an LSU student on Friday, September 10, 2021.

As Omicron-fueled surge looms, hopes of normal spring semester fade

By Piper Hutchinson December 22, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control warned that the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly and could trigger a massive wave of COVID-19 cases that peak in January.  Cases in Louisiana continued to rise...

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly, athletics director Scott Woodward, and LSU President William F. Tate pose for a photo Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, while gifting a "Kelly" jersey during a press conference held in regard to Kelly's recent hire at the Bill Lawton Room in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

Report: Congressional oversight committee questions LSU athletic expenditures

By Piper Hutchinson, Joe Kehrli December 18, 2021

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell is probing whether head football coach Brian Kelly’s contract is consistent with federal tax code.  On Dec. 17, Pascrell, a New Jersey Democrat who is chair...