Acclaimed novelist and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã alumnus Maurice Carlos Ruffin will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2023 commencement ceremony. Read more
ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã graduate student Amanda Kirkland is one of 85 students in the nation named to the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Read more
ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã math professor Peter Bierhorst has received an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further his research in quantum entanglement. Read more
ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã faculty member Madeline Foster-Martinez is one of seven scientists to receive a Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship in Environmental Protection and Stewardship. Read more
The ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã ranks among universities that are national leaders in economic mobility, according to a new report from the policy institute Third Way. Read more
A $240,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation will establish a program at the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for first-generation students who intend to pursue careers in healthcare. Read more