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College sports executive and ��ż�� alumna Kiki Baker Barnes gave the commencement address at the University’s spring 2024 commencement ceremony held Thursday, May 9.

_{May 10, 2024}

College Sports Executive Kiki Baker Barnes Tells ��ż�� Graduates Be ‘ready to embrace the unexpected’

College sports executive and ��ż�� alumna Kiki Baker Barnes gave the commencement address at the University’s spring 2024 commencement ceremony held Thursday, May 9. Read more

Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston, a research fellow with ��ż��’s Urban Entrepreneurship and Policy Institute, talks with students during a financial literacy class.

_{May 7, 2024}

Former New Orleans Saints Players Team with ��ż�� To Offer Financial Education Course To High School Students

Two former New Orleans Saints teammates, wide receiver Marques Colston and fullback Jed Collins, have teamed up with ��ż�� professor Chris Surprenant to offer a financial education program for high school students. Read more

Madeline Foster-Martinez, an assistant professor in ��ż��'s Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, used recycled wreaths in Quarantine Bay in Plaquemines Parish for a class project in the wetlands.

_{May 6, 2024}

��ż�� Class Uses Wreaths To Fight Coastal Land Erosion

��ż�� professor Madeline Foster-Martinez, a native of New Orleans, is using her engineering and environmental science acumen to help fight coastal land erosion in Louisiana. Read more

��ż�� chemistry professors Phoebe Zito and David Podgorski have been selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

_{April 26, 2024}

Two ��ż�� Chemistry Professors Selected for NSF CAREER Awards

Two ��ż�� chemistry professors have been awarded CAREER grants, the most prestigious award presented by the National Science Foundation. Read more

��ż�� mechanical engineering professor Uttam Chakravarty has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

_{April 23, 2024}

��ż�� Professor Uttam Chakravarty Named ASME Fellow

��ż�� professor Uttam Chakravarty has been selected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Read more

��ż��-CHART helped the state of Louisiana create a hazard mitigation plan. FEMA requires such plans for states to receive disaster aid and grants.

_{April 18, 2024}

��ż��-CHART Helps Craft State Hazard Mitigation Plan

The ��ż�� Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (��ż��-CHART) helped craft the Louisiana State Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was recently approved by FEMA. Read more

��ż�� earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp has received a grant from the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to conduct sediment sampling along the Louisiana coast.

_{March 6, 2024}

��ż�� Environmental Science Professor Earns $800,000 Grant to Study Changes in Louisiana Coastline

��ż�� earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp has received a 2-year $814,000 grant from the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to conduct sediment sampling along the Louisiana coast. Read more