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LSU and Integer Technologies Announce $9.8M Navy Research Contract, Baton Rouge Office
Navy funding advances intelligent autonomy for maritime vessels, supporting LSU research priorities in Coast, Defense and Energy
FUEL Names Executive Director Michael Mazzola to Lead Energy Transition, Decarbonization Efforts
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL), a statewide effort led by LSU with more than 50 public and private partners, has tapped energy innovation expert Michael Mazzola to lead the clean energy transition and decarbonize the state's industrial corridor.
LSU Professor Co-Authors Book on Rural America
Tim Slack, LSU professor of sociology, has co-authored a new book titled "Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities." The book paints a social scientific portrait of rural America and confronts common misunderstandings about rural people and places.
Four Distinguished Communicators Join LSU Manship School’s 2024 Hall of Fame
Joining the current 141 members of the Manship School Hall of Fame are the late Martin Johnson, Ph.D., former dean of the LSU Manship School; Gil LeBreton, retired sports journalist; Abram “Abe” McGull, founder, McGull Law Firm, and Springfield, Missouri City Council Member; and Wendy McMahon, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.
LSU Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence Platform to Tackle Chronic Disease Management, Wellness
-- LSU researchers hope to revolutionize chronic disease management by teaching an artificial intelligence engine to analyze protein interactions, which are crucial to understanding what causes illnesses.
Fused Proteins Offer Hope for Treating the Most Malignant Cancers
An LSU researcher has discovered a potential treatment for the most malignant forms of cancer by fusing two proteins, one that slips past the tumor's defenses carrying a second protein to kill the tumor.
Keena Arbuthnot Named Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School
LSU has named Keena Arbuthnot, Vice President and Chief Data Officer, as Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School, effective July 11.
LSU Cyber AI Team Supports $25 Million National Defense and Energy Project
The National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to only two university consortia to support nuclear security and nonproliferation. LSU researchers will work with colleagues at 15 universities and eight national labs to develop AI models to protect the nation from nuclear threats while training a new generation of data science, cyber and AI experts.
Jay Grymes Named Louisiana State Climatologist
Jay Grymes, chief meteorologist for WAFB-TV and interim Louisiana state climatologist since February, has been named the permanent state climatologist, effective Aug. 1.
LSU Researchers Discover 'Swamp Power' Preserved Ancient Underwater Forests
For more than 60,000 years, the standing tree stumps of the Alabama Underwater Forest--now 60 feet below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico--have remained intact, protected by the biogeochemical processes of the swamps and marshes they originally grew in.