Office of the President

Welcome, Interim President Matt Lee

We are proud to welcome Dr. Matt Lee as the interim president of Louisiana State University. A respected scholar and proven leader, Dr. Lee brings decades of service to LSU. His work, rooted in academic excellence, innovation, and community engagement, reflects the values that define our institution. In his new role, he will continue to champion winning teams across our campuses while leading LSU into its next chapter.

Matt Lee addressing the crowd at Fall Fest.

Celebrating a Year of Wins

Powering Solutions for Louisiana

Under university leadership, Louisiana has made strides to power solutions for Louisiana's toughest problems.

Read on to learn more about LSU's progress.

Impact Report 2024

Our Plan to Accelerate LSU Student Success and Research Excellence - Phase 1

LSU is on an incredible trajectory. We’ve had consecutive record-breaking years in research, philanthropy, state support, enrollment, and student quality. Uncertainty in federal funding and future support should not hinder our growth or momentum. Instead, we must transform challenges into opportunities that strengthen the success of our students, our research growth, and our university’s strategic direction. By acting decisively now with a renewed commitment to student success, research acceleration, and strategic funding realignment, we will protect our mission while advancing our strategic goals.

This is not a plan to maintain the status quo – it is a plan to accelerate. By acting now, we are investing in student success, fueling research excellence, and ensuring that LSU continues its ascent.

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Research Strategic Growth Plan

We’re setting our sights on becoming one of the Top 50 research universities in the U.S. This ambitious goal is not just a milestone for us—it’s a key to tackling our state’s most pressing challenges and making a global impact. To achieve this vision, we need to come together with a shared commitment, truly living out our mission to Build Teams That Win.

LSU Research Strategic Growth

Scholarship First in Action

LSU Professor Helps Indigenous Nations Use Environmental Health Data for “Netukulimk”

Stephania Cormier

How LSU’s Ricki Pierce is Changing the Game in Prosthetic Care

An LSU orthotics student is aiming her research towards improving lives through the use of prosthetics.

Dr. John Kirwan, executive director of Pennington Biomedical, speaks at a lecturn at the Greaux Healthy initiative announcement

Pennington Biomedical and Louisiana Leaders Launch Greaux Healthy Program to Combat Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity has become a leading public health crisis in America, with 1-in-5 children affected. According to the National Survey of Children’s Health, 23.1 percent of Louisiana children are living with obesity.

LSU Names Mathematician Oliver Dasbach Interim CCT Director

Oliver Dasbach

cadets salute during a wreath-laying at LSU's Parade Grounds

LSU Continues Proud Memorial Day Tradition of Honoring Service and Sacrifice

Each year, LSU joins with the Cadets of the Ole War Skule to pay tribute to the courage, dedication, and ultimate sacrifice of former students, faculty, and staff who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This year’s Memorial Day Ceremony took place on Friday, May 30.

Ram Ramanujam Selected as Special Advisor on AI, Steps Down as CCT Director

Ram Ramanujam