There are a variety of factors that play a role in obesity. This makes it a complex health issue to address. Behavior, environment, and genetic factors may have an effect in causing people to be overweight and obese. The Caloric Balance Equation Overweight and obesity result from an energy imbalance. This involves eating too many…
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute celebrated the third annual LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses on Friday, April 26, during an Honoree Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. During the event, each company was individually recognized according to their ranking. Cordina New Orleans Cocktails of New Orleans was honored as the…
BATON ROUGE – LSU has been selected as a university that demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition.” Developed in collaboration with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC,…
New Plus “+” Button Gives Readers and Publishers Ability to Curate on Flipboard From “Great Vacation Ideas” and “My Etsy Wish List” to “The Beatles” by Rolling Stone and “Home How-Tos” by Martha Stewart Living March 26th, 2013 • Palo Alto Today, a brand new edition of Flipboard™ turns the social magazine into a place for self…
Louisiana Destruction of Confederate gunboats, rams and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet, April 1862. (Naval History and Heritage Command) One of five states bordered on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, 8,300 square miles (almost 16%) of Louisiana are under water. The Mississippi River flows along much of the state’s eastern border…
Sinkholes Sinkholes are common where the rock below the land surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or rocks that can naturally be dissolved by groundwater circulating through them. As the rock dissolves, spaces and caverns develop underground. Sinkholes are dramatic because the land usually stays intact for a while until the underground spaces just…
Several EBR Schools students had their share of wins at the recent Louisiana State Science and Engineering Fair, which took place at the Louisiana State University. More than 500 students from throughout the state presented projects at the event and competed for awards and scholarships. Competing students from the School System at the state fair…
3 Students Move on to Nationals May 10 in Washington, D.C. Glasgow Middle School’s student team swept the recent State Mathcounts competition in Pineville, La. Five of the top six students in the state competition were from Glasgow Middle School: first place – Orianne Luo, third place – Mason Guillot, fourth place – Chi Cao,…
Westdale Middle Schools travelers in front of the Circus Maximus in Rome near the Coliseum. Sherry Brock, principal of Westdale Middle School, led 48 students, parents and teachers headed to Italy over the spring break for the trip of a lifetime! The world travelers visited Venice, Florence, Pisa, Assisi and Rome with special trips to…
On April 5, ExxonMobil Baton Rouge announced it will donate $450,000 to school programs in North Baton Rouge, emphasizing support of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in particular. The grants were announced at an event held at Scotlandville Magnet High School, where ExxonMobil volunteers worked with students to design small rollercoasters. The Louisiana State…
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