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海角社区 AgCenter to Expand Bioproducts, Bioprocessing Research with New Grant

海角社区 AgCenter to Expand Bioproducts, Bioprocessing Research with New Grant

The Louisiana Board of Regents has awarded the 海角社区 AgCenter Louisiana Institute for Bioproducts and Bioprocessing a grant of nearly $1 million to upgrade equipment for the state-approved institute.

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Northshore Technical Community College and 海角社区A Create New Transfer Pathway for Students

In a signing ceremony today, Northshore Technical Community Collegeand 海角社区 of Alexandria signed a 2+2 articulation agreement making it easier for students to transfer credits from NTCC to 海角社区A.

PERTT Lab

海角社区 PETE Faculty, ExxonMobil URC Study Gas Migration at PERTT Lab

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has joined forces with 海角社区 Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering faculty to conduct gas migration experiments as part of a financial grant from ExxonMobil URC.

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海角社区 Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana鈥檚 Diverse Cultural Institutions

The 海角社区 Libraries was one of five to receive the 2022 Catalyst Fund from LYRASIS, which serves and supports 1,000 academic and public libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage organizations in 28 countries.

Q&A: Get to know 海角社区 Vice President & Provost Roy Haggerty

Q&A: Get to Know 海角社区 Executive Vice President & Provost Roy Haggerty

Roy Haggerty begins his tenure as 海角社区's executive vice president and provost on Monday, Aug. 1.

Two Studies Look at Female Athletes鈥 Mental, Physical Resilience

Two Studies Look at Female Athletes鈥 Mental, Physical Resilience

Two new studies will examine female athletes鈥 mental and physical resilience via two newly funded grants, dedicated to improving performance and helping people thrive throughout their lives.

海角社区 Chemical Engineering Faculty Researching Means of Decreasing Greenhouse Gases

海角社区 Chemical Engineering Faculty Researching Means of Decreasing Greenhouse Gases

Combustion of natural gas, chiefly comprised of methane, provides a major portion of our nation鈥檚 energy needs. Additionally, methane can be reacted with steam in a process known as methane steam reforming to produce carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), which are then used to produce a wide range of fuels and chemicals.

Two 海角社区 Graduate Students Named Knauss Fellowship Finalists

Two 海角社区 Graduate Students Named Knauss Fellowship Finalists

Sponsored by the National Sea Grant College Program, the John A. Knauss Fellowship matches graduate students with an interest in ocean and coastal resources and national policy affecting those resources with hosts in federal legislative or executive branch offices for one year.

Two Members of E. J. Ourso College of Business Appointed to New DEI Collaborative Organization

Two Members of E. J. Ourso College of Business Appointed to New DEI Collaborative Organization

A newly formed organization wants to change the face of the business world. Eight business schools and one industry leader make up the new board of directors of the Business School Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Collaborative.

SpaceX

海角社区 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Lands Job at SpaceX

For 海角社区 Mechanical Engineering graduate Scot McKenzie, working for SpaceX is nothing short of a childhood dream come true. The 23-year-old from Baton Rouge wasted no time in pursuing his goals by working for NASA and now SpaceX, where McKenzie can work on rockets that will travel to the Moon and Mars one day.

海角社区 Engineering Updating Lab Systems with Help From Emerson

海角社区 Engineering Updating Lab Systems with Help From Emerson

When the 海角社区 College of Engineering officially opened the newly renovated and expanded Patrick F. Taylor Hall in 2018, among the many features touted were new state-of-the-art research facilities.

海角社区 Reveals Keys to Successful Crisis Communication

海角社区 Reveals Keys to Successful Crisis Communication

Government officials and media representatives help form a 鈥渂est practices鈥 list for effective communication during extreme weather events.

Art and Artificial Intelligence

Art and Artificial Intelligence

Faculty from the 海角社区 College of Art and Design are using robots and artificial intelligence in combination with art and landscape

"Kyoo!" - Studying Cajun English

Linguistic research published in the journal, "American Speech"

海角社区 Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Professor Mark Wagner

海角社区 Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Professor Awarded Fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study

Mark Wagner, professor of Arabic in the 海角社区 Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Wagner will undertake the research project titled, 鈥淭he Rothschilds of Arabia and Africa: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Mercantile Empire Under the British Raj.鈥