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LSU combines studies to benefit coastal communities

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 7, 2022
With support from the National Academy of Sciences, LSU will build a new undergraduate research and creative works program focused on supporting people, ecosystems and industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
UL Lafayette researcher Dr. Robert Miller, center, is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to the Mississippi River Commission. It advises federal agencies in areas such as engineering and flood control. He is an assistant professor of civil engineering and assistant director of the University’s Louisiana Watershed Flood Center. The other two people in the photo are not identified. (Photo by Rachel Rafati / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette researcher Dr. Robert Miller, center, is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to the Mississippi River Commission. It advises federal agencies in areas such as engineering and flood control. He is an assistant professor of civil engineering and assistant director of the University’s Louisiana Watershed Flood Center. The other two people in the photo are not identified. (Photo by Rachel Rafati / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette researcher appointed to the Mississippi River Commission

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 7, 2022
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette researcher is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to serve on the Mississippi River Commission. Dr.

Louisiana French language news magazine coming to LPB

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) is teaming up with Télé-Louisiane to bring viewers La Veillée, a new 15-minute long weekly look at the happenings, culture, and people of Louisiana’s French language speaking population – all told in Louisiana French. The series premieres at 8:45 p.m.

SLCC selected by Amazon as an education partner

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
SLCC announced that it has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees with access to all of SLCC’s credit-bearing programs.
Louisiana Supreme Court Justices attended the 70th annual Red Mass at St. Louis Cathedral. From left, are Chief Justice John Weimer, Justice Scott Crichton, Justice Jay McCallum, Justice William Crain, Justice Piper Griffin and Justice James Genovese. Genovese is from Opelousas. (Submitted photo)

Louisiana Supreme Court Justices attended the 70th annual Red Mass at St. Louis Cathedral. From left, are Chief Justice John Weimer, Justice Scott Crichton, Justice Jay McCallum, Justice William Crain, Justice Piper Griffin and Justice James Genovese. Genovese is from Opelousas. (Submitted photo)

70th annual Red Mass observed

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
As is the tradition to mark the opening of the judicial year, Louisiana judges gathered this morning for the 70th annual Red Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. Red Mass is held annually on the first Monday in October. Archbishop Gregory M.
Dr. Amelie A. Hollier, left, and Harold G. Osborn III, right, are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2022 Outstanding Alumni. The honorees are shown with Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, during a Sept. 29 reception at the University’s Alumni Center. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Dr. Amelie A. Hollier, left, and Harold G. Osborn III, right, are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2022 Outstanding Alumni. The honorees are shown with Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, during a Sept. 29 reception at the University’s Alumni Center. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Hollier, Osborn named as UL Lafayette’s Outstanding Alumni

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Alumni Association has recognized Dr. Amelie A. Hollier and Harold G. Osborn III with the 2022 Outstanding Alumni Award. Hollier and Osborn received their awards during a reception held on Sept. 29 at the UL Lafayette Alumni Center.
Nearly 70 Louisiana National Guardsmen assigned to the 1087th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Brigade, 139th Regional Support Group, prepare roughly 30 tactical vehicles to assist emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Slidell, Sept. 29. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma)

Nearly 70 Louisiana National Guardsmen assigned to the 1087th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Brigade, 139th Regional Support Group, prepare roughly 30 tactical vehicles to assist emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Slidell, Sept. 29. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma)

La. Guard deploys to Florida after Hurricane Ian

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 30, 2022
The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) is responding to the Florida Department of Emergency Management’s request for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) process after Hurricane Ian, Sept. 30.
Southern magnolia is a native beauty resistant to strong winds. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter )

Southern magnolia is a native beauty resistant to strong winds. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter )

Plant more trees, please

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 16, 2022
Let’s talk about the weather. Even if you’re a climate change skeptic, you cannot deny that weather patterns have affected your life in some way in the past five to 10 years. Here in Louisiana, for example, many experienced unprecedented flooding in 2016.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation.

U.S. News & World Report ranks UL Lafayette among nation’s best

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 443 colleges and universities in the nation. That’s according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 edition of “Best Colleges.” The annual guidebook was released Monday.