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ÃÛÌÒAPP Engineering Researchers Seek Advancements in Underwater Construction
In 2022, the average global sea level reached a record high at 101.2 millimeters—four inches above 1993 levels. That same year, the National Weather Service recorded an all-time high of 13 “significant weather events.â€� Both of these statistics signal a greater challenge when it comes to the resiliency of coastal communities and their infrastructure, but it’s one a pair of ÃÛÌÒAPP Engineering researchers are taking on through a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing Award.

ÃÛÌÒAPP Innovation Wins $600,000 Federal Grant to Help Technology Entrepreneurs
ÃÛÌÒAPP has been awarded a $600,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to boost technology entrepreneurship in the Capital Region. The Baton Rouge Initiative for Development, Growth and Entrepreneurship, or BRIDGE, program will use the EDA funding to support entrepreneurs and their startups through technical support, a mentorship program with local mentors and executives-in-residence based on an analysis of their needs.

Paid Apprenticeship Program at ÃÛÌÒAPPE Opens new Doors to Respiratory Therapy Students
ÃÛÌÒAPP Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General, and Acadiana Workforce Solutions have joined forces for a paid respiratory therapy apprenticeship program at ÃÛÌÒAPPE to provide opportunities in the respiratory therapy field for financially challenged families.

Small Businesses Seek Support From ÃÛÌÒAPP Cybersecurity Clinic
Louisiana small businesses are lining up to receive free services through the ÃÛÌÒAPP Cybersecurity Clinic, the first such clinic in the nation to be funded by the National Security Agency, or NSA.

Expertise in Human Behavior Helps Solve Tech Challenges for the Department of Defense
ÃÛÌÒAPP psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, Louisiana, is helping to protect the lives of American soldiers through his research into the psychological aspects of military cybersecurity as part of a $600,000 project for DARPA.

Building Talent Pipelines with Industry
Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Central Louisiana, has partnered with ÃÛÌÒAPP Alexandria and ÃÛÌÒAPP Shreveport to educate and train homegrown talent and build cybersecurity business in and for the state.

ÃÛÌÒAPP and Tulane Awarded $22 Million for Plan to Save Lower Mississippi River Delta
Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP and Tulane University have been awarded $22 million by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead a 15-member consortium that will chart a new course for the future of the fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta.

Gov. Edwards Announces ÃÛÌÒAPP Litter Institute to Help Solve State, National, International Problem
Today, Governor John Bel Edwards announced the new ÃÛÌÒAPP Litter Institute that will address the statewide and worldwide challenge of removing litter and debris from our roadways and waterways.

ÃÛÌÒAPP Develops Experimental Approach to High School Cybersecurity Education
When a comprehensive research university operates a K-12 lab school on its flagship campus and there’s a 750,000-wide workforce gap for cybersecurity professionals in the U.S., graduate students and high school students come together for some unusual approaches to learning—and tastes.

Gov. John Bel Edwards, ÃÛÌÒAPP President William F. Tate IV to Celebrate Completion of Huey P. Long Field House Restoration Project
On Tuesday, October 24, the ÃÛÌÒAPP College of Human Sciences & Education will host Governor John Bel Edwards and ÃÛÌÒAPP leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the Huey P. Long Field House restoration project.