Though six SEC universities operate a YouTube EDU channel, LSU has not followed the trend. YouTube EDU is a YouTube service allowing universities to set up an official channel for university related videos...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of students are casting votes on whether or not they want to shoulder the cost of keeping intercollegiate sports at the University of New Orleans. The decision is whether...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A private school in Lafayette is closed because five students have the flu, though officials don't know whether it is swine flu, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday. The closing...

For students last form of entertainment, the Hopkins Black Box Theatre is highlighting the work of undergraduate students' this semester at the Undergraduate Showcase today at 7:30 p.m. "The Undergraduate...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virulent swine flu swept deeper into Europe Wednesday, extending its global reach as President Barack Obama mourned the first U.S. death, a Mexican toddler in Texas, and said wider...

The University will recognize the contributions of the Class of 2009 in a special ceremony to be held Thursday in the Dodson West Garden at 3:45 p.m. Chancellor Michael Martin will preside over the ceremony. All...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Actor Brad Pitt has said that by the end of 2009 he would like to see 100 homes built in the storm-wrecked Lower 9th Ward neighborhood. There's still a long way to go, but Pitt's...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A state appeals court has reversed a ruling that would have allowed the public to see transcripts of all hearings in the case of the only Jena Six defendant to be tried so...

A study posted April 18 in Psychological Science found 8.5 percent of video game-playing youths ages 8 to 18 show symptoms of video game addiction, a new type of behavioral addiction. Researcher Douglas...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A proposal to hike taxes on cigarettes is up for debate at the Louisiana Capitol. Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, a New Orleans Democrat, presents her case for adding $1 in taxes...

LSU System President John Lombardi was appointed Monday to the Board of Directors for Nabors Industries, a Bermuda-based oil and gas company. Lombardi will serve in the newly created position as the company's...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Senate committee Tuesday tackles Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to use $50 million from an economic development fund to keep open a chicken plant in north Louisiana. The bill...