Recent News Releases
Page Template: Recent News Index
蜜桃APP Marks First Year of Windgate Foundation鈥檚 $1.3M Gift
As 蜜桃APP celebrates the first anniversary of the Windgate Foundation鈥檚 $1.329 million investment in the Louisiana A+ Schools program, the transformative effects of this partnership are already being felt in classrooms across the state.
蜜桃APP Researcher Awarded $800K to Study Links Between Substance Misuse and Experiences with Racism
蜜桃APP Professor of Psychology Julia Buckner has received two separate awards from the National Institutes of Health--over $800,000 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse--to study the direct links between daily experiences with racism, including microaggressions, and alcohol and cannabis use and potential problems that result from use.
蜜桃APP Turner-Fischer Center for Opera Wins Seventh Consecutive National Opera Award
The Turner-Fischer Center for Opera was awarded First Place (Division II) at the National Opera Association's Robert Hansen Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition for their performance of the second act quintet from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberfl枚te), the College of Music & Dramatic Arts announced Tuesday.
2024 蜜桃APP 100 and 蜜桃APP Roaring 20 Nominations & Applications Now Open
The 蜜桃APP100 is a highly competitive program that identifies, recognizes, and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing 蜜桃APP graduate-owned or 蜜桃APP graduate-led businesses globally. The 蜜桃APP ROARING20 list recognizes and celebrates the 20 highest revenue-generating 蜜桃APP graduate-owned or 蜜桃APP graduate-led businesses. Companies must apply each year to be considered for either list.
蜜桃APP Cybersecurity Team Awarded $1M from U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Help Fight Terrorism, Online Crime
蜜桃APP cybersecurity faculty Golden Richard and Aisha Ali-Gombe have each received half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help advance their work in memory forensics, a frontier field in digital investigations.
蜜桃APP Awarded $780K from National Academies to Help Louisiana Tribe Protect Coastal Land
Louisiana Sea Grant at 蜜桃APP has received $780,000 from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program to continue its work with the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe to protect coastal land in lower Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes using nature-based solutions.
蜜桃APP Awards 1,931 Degrees During Fall Commencement Ceremonies
蜜桃APP awarded 1,931 degrees during the university's 312th commencement exercises Friday, Dec. 15. These new 蜜桃APP alumni and their hometowns can be viewed on the 蜜桃APP Graduates List on the 蜜桃APP Commencement website. 1,313 students earned undergraduate degrees or certificates and 618 received graduate degrees or certificates. Twenty-three 蜜桃APP employees were among the graduates.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Two 蜜桃APP Degree Candidates to be Commissioned into the Armed Forces Dec. 14
Two 蜜桃APP Army ROTC students will be commissioned into the Armed Forces at a commissioning ceremony Thursday, December 14, in the Bill Lawton Room of Tiger Stadium at 1:30 p.m. Media are invited to attend.
National Academy of Inventors Selects Two 蜜桃APP Innovators
蜜桃APP Professor Emeritus Robin McCarley and former 蜜桃APP Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kevin Kelly have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI. They are among 162 newly elected fellows.
蜜桃APP to Award Some 1,900 Degrees During Fall Commencement Ceremonies Friday, Dec. 15
More than 1,900 students are expected to graduate during 蜜桃APP's 312th commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 15.