BATON ROUGE – Fifty-three graduating LSU seniors with the highest grade-point averages in the spring 2014 class received the University Medal during a ceremony on May 15 in the LSU Union Theater. The ceremony was held as part of the university’s 283rd commencement exercises. via LSU Awards 53 Students Prestigious University Medal.
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Student Incubator awarded $25,000 cash to five student-run startups during the culmination of the third-annual Venture Challenge on April 25. This is the third year the Venture Challenge has showcased LSU’s brightest student entrepreneurs, and the LSU Student Incubator plans to continue providing student business with the total startup experience…
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has honored photographer Richard Sexton with the Michael P. Smith Award for Documentary Photography. According to LEH’s press release, “Sexton combines artistry, storytelling and powerful evocations of the past to create work that reflects the rich landscape of Louisiana. His portrayals of the people, buildings and…
BATON ROUGE – Atianna Cordova, a third-year undergraduate student enrolled in the LSU School of Architecture, is the first LSU architecture student to be named a Ronald E. McNair Research Scholar. The Ronald E. McNair Research Scholars program is a national program funded by a federal grant from the US Department of Education TRIO…
BATON ROUGE – LSU faculty accomplishments get more impressive each year, with bigger grants, awards and discoveries being announced all the time. Last year was no exception, proving to be a banner year for three LSU researchers whose work has been featured in Discover Magazine’s Top 100 Stories of 2013. “We selected the top 100…
Audrey Ronning Topping’s “China Mission: A Personal History from the Last Imperial Dynasty to the People’s Republic” has won the 2013 PROSE Award in Media and Cultural Studies. Topping’s extraordinary account of her family’s lives and work in China over three generations offers a rare and remarkable look at a time and place that for…
BATON ROUGE – Approximately 1,664 potential graduates will be recognized during LSU’s 282nd commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 20. There is no main ceremony for December commencement, but every degree candidate’s name will be called individually at separate ceremonies for each college. For more information on the times and locations of the college ceremonies, visit…
BATON ROUGE – Roy M. King, director of athletic bands at LSU and a faculty member in theLSU School of Music, was recently named Band Director of the Year by the Epsilon Chapter of the Phi Beta Mu international bandmasters fraternity. The distinction was announced during the Louisiana Music Educators Conference, held Nov. 21-25…
BATON ROUGE – LSU College of Human Sciences & Education alumnus Alonzo Luce was named the 2013 Louisiana Association of School Executives, or LASE, Superintendent of the Year. Luce will compete for the national superintendent’s award from the American Association of School Administrators in 2014. Luce has made significant strides in improving student learning…
BATON ROUGE – Applications for the fourth annual LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses, hosted by the LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, are now open. Nominations and applications can be found at www.lsu100.com. The LSU 100 is a highly competitive program that identifies, recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing Tiger-owned or Tiger-led businesses in the world.…
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