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National Science Foundation Confirms Record Research Growth at º£½ÇÉçÇø

National Science Foundation Confirms Record Research Growth at º£½ÇÉçÇø

Last week, the National Science Foundation confirmed º£½ÇÉçÇø's record research expenditures of $488 million in fiscal year 2023. This historic growth of 14% compared to 2022 was previously announced by º£½ÇÉçÇø and represents top performance alongside research university peers such as the University of Kentucky and the University of Tennessee. The growth reflects increased research activity across the º£½ÇÉçÇø Family--especially on the flagship campus and at º£½ÇÉçÇø Health New Orleans and º£½ÇÉçÇø Health Shreveport.

º£½ÇÉçÇø Researchers Excavate Earliest Ancient Maya Salt Works

º£½ÇÉçÇø Researchers Excavate Earliest Ancient Maya Salt Works

With funding from the National Science Foundation, a team of archaeologists from º£½ÇÉçÇø and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team was led by º£½ÇÉçÇø Alumni Professor Heather McKillop, who first discovered wooden buildings preserved there below the sea floor, along with associated artifacts, and the only ancient Maya wooden canoe paddle in 2004. Her key collaborator, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Sills at the University of Texas at Tyler, began working with McKillop as a master's student and then as a doctoral student at º£½ÇÉçÇø.

º£½ÇÉçÇø Invited to Join Prestigious Military Association

º£½ÇÉçÇø Invited to Join Prestigious Military Association

º£½ÇÉçÇø has been unanimously invited to join the prestigious Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, or AMCSUS. The invitation was issued because of the university's long-standing military tradition, active ROTC programs, and its current efforts to support the U.S. military through cybersecurity research and education.

New º£½ÇÉçÇø Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building Aims to Elevate Louisiana’s Economy

New º£½ÇÉçÇø Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building Aims to Elevate Louisiana’s Economy

º£½ÇÉçÇø marked the final day of President William F. Tate IV’s statewide bus tour by announcing the vision for a new $107 million Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building and a $15 million leadership gift from Art Favre, founder of Performance Contractors and a graduate of the first º£½ÇÉçÇø construction management class in 1972.

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º£½ÇÉçÇø Student Team’s FarmSmart App Helps Farmers Manage Crops, Weeds With AI

º£½ÇÉçÇø students and alumni have created a new, AI-powered tool called FarmSmart that allows farmers and gardeners to quickly access actionable intelligence on how to best manage their crops and get rid of weeds.

Five º£½ÇÉçÇø Faculty Win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Five º£½ÇÉçÇø Faculty Win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Funded research projects highlight the success of º£½ÇÉçÇø's Scholarship First Agenda to advance foundational and applied science to improve lives.

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º£½ÇÉçÇø Collaborating With Halliburton, ExxonMobil on New CO2 Research Well

In early 2025, the º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Engineering, in collaboration with Halliburton and ExxonMobil, will begin drilling a third research well at its PERTT—Petroleum Engineering Research, Training, and Testing—Lab on º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s campus.

º£½ÇÉçÇø and Our Lady of the Lake Health: Collaboration in Action on Athletes’ Health, Cancer, Obesity and More

º£½ÇÉçÇø and Our Lady of the Lake Health: Collaboration in Action on Athletes' Health, Cancer, Obesity and More

The Championship Health Partners award $1.2 million to five winning teams in an inaugural round of research funding.

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º£½ÇÉçÇø Researchers Awarded $1.5 Million to Advance Worldwide Access to High-Performance Computing

º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers have been awarded a $1.5 million Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems, or POSE, grant from the National Science Foundation to advance the ecosystem surrounding HPX, a software library developed at º£½ÇÉçÇø.

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º£½ÇÉçÇø, Integer Partner to Optimize U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Operations

º£½ÇÉçÇø and Integer’s collaboration will leverage modeling techniques to create representations of critical systems onboard naval platforms.