Recent News

LSU Office of Research & Economic Development Welcomes New Associate Vice President
LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, or ORED, welcomes LSU Professor Janna Oetting as its new associate vice president of humanities, social sciences and allied fields.

LSU Health Shreveport Innovation Offers New Approach to Solving Addiction
By targeting the stress-response system in the brain, an LSU pharmacologist has discovered a way to decrease drug craving and relapse into drug use.

LSU Hires New Louisiana Small Business Development Center State Director
Bryan Greenwood is the new state director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, or LSBDC, which is a network consisting of 10 regional offices.

Bravo TV Personality and Entrepreneur Craig Conover Kicks Off Book Tour at LSU's Business Education Complex
TV Personality and Sewing Down South Co-Founder Craig Conover Kicked Off his Book Tour at LSU's Business Education Complex

Racism Experienced by BIPOC Consumers, Employees to be Unpacked in Next Episode of LSU Reilly Center’s Racism Series
The next installment of LSU Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs’ Racism: Dismantling the System series, “Is the Customer Always Right? Discrimination Experienced by BIPOC Consumers,” will take place Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 3:30 p.m. CT. The episode will give insight on how companies handle racism that their consumers and employees experience.

LSU's Kirby Smith Hall Scheduled for Demolition
Preparations are underway for the demolition of Kirby Smith Hall - a storied residence hall on LSU's campus - with a controlled implosion the morning of Saturday, June 4, 2022.

LSU Home of Most Important Private Collection of African American Poetry
The LSU Libraries Special Collections will house the over 800 items previously owned by book collector and dealer Wyatt Houston Day.

LSU Earns 2021 Tree Campus USA Distinction from Arbor Day Foundation for 10th Year
LSU was honored by the Arbor Day Foundation with 2021 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The university has received the Tree Campus USA designation 10 years in a row.

ECE Professor Mehraeen Explores Smart Grid Improvements
Just one year ago this month, the southern U.S. suffered a hard freeze, leaving millions of people in Texas without power while also causing flooding to homes from busted pipes. As a result, 246 people died.

LSU Foundation Welcomes Rhoman Hardy to Board of Directors
The LSU Foundation Board of Directors has named LSU alumnus Rhoman Hardy of Baton Rouge to a four-year term as director.

Beyond Biodegradable Mardi Gras Beads
LSU biologist Naohiro Kato develops solutions to reduce plastic in the environment.

New Director Joins LSU Innovation & Technology Commercialization
The LSU Office of Innovation & Technology Commercialization has welcomed a new director, Alex Valiaev.

LSU Athletics and Our Lady of the Lake Announce Historic Sports Medicine Partnership
LSU Athletics and Our Lady of the Lake have formed a historic sports medicine partnership to elevate and enhance the department’s elite student-athlete health and wellness efforts.

LSU Launches Watershed Effort with $245 Million Investment and Support from Healthcare Partners
LSU announced today that Our Lady of the Lake and LCMC Health have committed to investing $245 million in LSU over the next 10 years to transform healthcare in Louisiana.

LSU to Announce Watershed Effort and Philanthropic Investment with Transformative, Statewide Impact
On Feb. 11, LSU President William F. Tate IV will announce an effort focused on elevating Louisiana and backed by a nine-figure philanthropic investment in LSU, Louisiana's flagship university. The donors and leadership from the university, LSU Foundation and Tiger Athletic Foundation will share comments and respond to media questions.