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The sign reads "Patrick F. Taylor Hall" on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU professor leads groundbreaking research on using virtual reality in ADHD management

By Madison Pacelli November 19, 2024

An LSU professor led a team of researchers that discovered an effective new way to manage ADHD symptoms: immersive virtual reality technology. David Shepherd, an associate computer science professor at...

Hundreds of containers filled with ancient Mayan wood sit in the anthropology lab in the LSU Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU researchers discover oldest wooden saltworks from ancient Maya civilization

By Shelby Varga | @shelbyvarga November 19, 2024

The archaeology lab in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex is filled with hundreds of boxes of wood from the buildings of the ancient Maya civilization, representing years of work by LSU alumna and Professor...

The sign reads "Patrick F. Taylor Hall" on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU professor leads groundbreaking research on using virtual reality in ADHD management

By Madison Pacelli | @madisonpacelli November 18, 2024

An LSU professor led a team of researchers that discovered an effective new way to manage ADHD symptoms: immersive virtual reality technology.David Shepherd, an associate computer science professor at...

Students listen to a panel discussion about emergency contraception in the Hans and Donna Sternberg Salon in the French House on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, near Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Student-led research shares the truth about LSU’s emergency contraception awareness at ‘Let’s Talk About EC, Baby’

By Ashlynn Baillio | @ashlynnbaillio November 14, 2024

A panel featuring research about emergency contraception conducted by LSU students and staff took place Tuesday night in the Hans and Donna Sternberg Salon in the French House from 5-7 p.m.The Manship...

The John M. Parker Agricultural Center sits on Friday, July 7, 2023, on Ag Center Lane near Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Two LSU professors contributed to study, found ants started farming before humans

By Staff Report October 16, 2024

A study co-authored by two LSU professors reveals that ants began cultivating and farming fungi millions of years before humans started agriculture after an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. “Ants...

File photo of LSU Corp of Cadets.

Pennington Biomedical, U.S. Army researchers partner in active duty health, nutrition study

By John Buzbee | @thebuzzbuz September 26, 2024

Pennington Biomedical's Center for Military Performance and Resilience is working with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine to assess the health and nutrition of active duty military...

Dr Bouchard and his wife, Monique Chagon

Pennington Biomedical receives $1 million for postdoctoral fellows from former executive director

By Will Nickel & Jayden Nguyen | @WilNickel & @jaydenguyen_ May 31, 2023

Pennington Biomedical Research Center received a $1 million gift to help improve its postdoctoral research on Tuesday. The center’s former executive director, Dr. Claude Bouchard, and his wife, Monique...

LSU medical physics students Jared Taylor and Nousha Afshari at SpaceX

LSU physics graduate students invited to present space radiation research at SpaceX

By Josh Archote | @JArchote February 18, 2021

There are several technological barriers that lie ahead of humankind’s ability to send astronauts to Mars and eventually colonize the red planet.  One of those barriers is space radiation and...

Ava Leavell Haymon and Cordell Haymon in a headshot.

LSU alumni donate $1.2 million to establish endowed music therapy chair

By Lara Nicholson | @laranicholson_ April 26, 2019

Music therapy is the use of creating, singing, moving to and/or listening to music in order to address individualized physical, cognitive, social and psychological needs. It is often used to help people...

Kinesiology Senior Abby Caffey stands by her research presentation at LSU Discover Day on April 9th.

LSU undergraduate receives Discover grant to research concussion effects

By Raymond Constantino | @r_dog_3 April 25, 2019

Concussions are often thought of as a temporary condition that increases the possibility of certain ailments much later in life. But new research led by a University student and faculty adviser indicates...

The LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is located on Skip Bertman Drive & River Road, Baton Rouge on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

LSU Vet School accused of violating Animal Welfare Act

By Bailey Chauvin | @BaileyChauvin March 28, 2019

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is under fire for allegedly violating the federal Animal Welfare Act. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in February, PETA said the school...

Food waste from the 459 Commons is brought to The Greenhouses at Ben Hur to be broken down by black soldier fly larvae.

LSU Campus Sustainability partnering with LSU Entomology to eliminate food waste

By Sheridan Wall | @slwall7 March 12, 2019

LSU Campus Sustainability is partnering with an unusual ally in its quest to reduce campus food waste — the black soldier fly. Black soldier larvae, indigenous to Central America and the...