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APP Among Top 25 in Pair of Disciplines According to New Ranking
In a new series of rankings by Gizmodo—a design, technology, and science website—of the best universities within fields of study that it believes will define the 21st century, APP was top-25 in the disciplines of energy engineering and environmental engineering.

Pennington, APP Health-N.O. Part of Partnership Awarded $20 Million Federal Grant for Biomedical Science Work
Pennington Biomedical Research Center and APP Health Sciences Center New Orleans are part of a statewide research infrastructure group awarded a $20 million federal grant for biomedical science collaborations to benefit Louisiana.

International Team Including Two Pennington Biomedical Faculty Awarded $25 Million for Cancer Research
Steven B. Heymsfield, M.D., and Justin C. Brown, Ph.D., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center are part of a team that secured $25 million to take on cachexia, a debilitating condition responsible for up to 30 percent of cancer deaths.

APP Shreveport, Health Shreveport Public Health Master's Program Ranked 4th Nationally by Fortune Magazine
APP Shreveport’s Master of Public Health program, a collaborative effort between APPS and APP Health Shreveport, has been named the fourth best in the nation in Fortune Magazine's 2022 rankings, which cited the program's high retention rates.

Army Tapped APP to Understand Deltaic Change, Future-Proof U.S. National Defense
When the U.S. Army needed to understand how climate change will affect the so-called “critical zone”—the thin land surface layer comprised of vegetation, soils, and sediments—to improve their own planning and secure people, equipment, and infrastructure, they turned to APP.

Pennington, APP Health New Orleans Part of National Study to Create Personalized-Nutrition Algorithm
Pennington Biomedical, in partnership with APP Health New Orleans, is taking part in a study using machine learning to predict how an individual responds to a given diet, allowing physicians to offer patients personalized nutrition prescriptions.

Protecting Port Fourchon, Louisiana’s Energy Industry Hub
APP scientists are learning how to manage sediment to prevent land loss and improve hurricane preparedness in Louisiana's southernmost port, a key place for the U.S. energy industry, but also one of the nation's most vulnerable places.

APP Helps Flood-Prone Tangipahoa Parish Rise to Challenges
In the wake of 2016 floods, which devastated Tangipahoa Parish and 20 other South Louisiana parishes, the APP Coastal Sustainability Studio and APP Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering began collaborating with local government and communities to set Tangipahoa Parish on a path toward resilience.

Protecting House and Home: Louisiana’s Number-One Key to Resilience
APP researchers, from coastal scientists and engineers to sociologists and psychologists, are working to protect Louisiana residents and homeowners from the potentially devastating impacts of flooding.

Harnessing a Tweet Storm: Using Fairness-aware Artificial Intelligence and Social Media to Improve Hurricane Resilience, and More
How we can use artificial intelligence for social good? Artificial intelligence, or AI, can help us make decisions, but one of the biggest concerns is the bias problem.