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LSU Baseball is headed to the College World Series with bats and gear from Marucci, a Baton Rouge-based company founded by LSU alumni. From rehab rooms to the MLB, Marucci’s deep LSU ties continue to fuel both championship dreams and local pride.

Parking may seem like a mundane frustration until you’re circling a packed lot, running late, and wondering why no one has solved this yet. At LSU, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy Dr. Manos Chatzopoulos is tackling that very problem by turning his astrophysics expertise into practical technology. Using the same computational tools he applies to simulate massive cosmic explosions, Chatzopoulos co-founded ParkZen, a smartphone-based app that helps people find available parking spaces in real time—no infrastructure required.

Stephania Cormier