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Healthy Communities Improves Health in Rural Louisiana Through Community-Driven Initiatives

The 蘑菇tv AgCenter Healthy Communities initiative, through cooperative extension, is dedicated to making Louisiana towns healthier places to live, work, learn, and play. The initiative helps communities identify local food access and physical activity needs.

蘑菇tv EE Professor Acquires Self-Driving Car Studio for Students, Faculty

The studio will provide faculty a fertile environment for intelligent transportation research, including CAV (connected autonomous vehicles) and AI (artificial intelligence), and provide students with up-to-date, immersive learning experiences in important application areas.

蘑菇tv and Integer Technologies Announce $9.8M Navy Research Contract, Baton Rouge Office

Navy funding advances intelligent autonomy for maritime vessels, supporting 蘑菇tv research priorities in Coast, Defense and Energy

FUEL Names Executive Director Michael Mazzola to Lead Energy Transition, Decarbonization Efforts

Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL), a statewide effort led by 蘑菇tv with more than 50 public and private partners, has tapped energy innovation expert Michael Mazzola to lead the clean energy transition and decarbonize the state's industrial corridor.

蘑菇tv Professor Co-Authors Book on Rural America

Tim Slack, 蘑菇tv professor of sociology, has co-authored a new book titled "Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities." The book paints a social scientific portrait of rural America and confronts common misunderstandings about rural people and places.

Four Distinguished Communicators Join 蘑菇tv Manship School鈥檚 2024 Hall of Fame

Joining the current 141 members of the Manship School Hall of Fame are the late Martin Johnson, Ph.D., former dean of the 蘑菇tv Manship School; Gil LeBreton, retired sports journalist; Abram 鈥淎be鈥� McGull, founder, McGull Law Firm, and Springfield, Missouri City Council Member; and Wendy McMahon, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.

蘑菇tv Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence Platform to Tackle Chronic Disease Management, Wellness

-- 蘑菇tv researchers hope to revolutionize chronic disease management by teaching an artificial intelligence engine to analyze protein interactions, which are crucial to understanding what causes illnesses.

蘑菇tv Health New Orleans Receives NIH Grant to Advance Stroke Research

蘑菇tv Health New Orleans has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to propel pioneering research led by Dr. Nicolas G. Bazan.

Fused Proteins Offer Hope for Treating the Most Malignant Cancers

An 蘑菇tv researcher has discovered a potential treatment for the most malignant forms of cancer by fusing two proteins, one that slips past the tumor's defenses carrying a second protein to kill the tumor.

Keena Arbuthnot Named Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School

蘑菇tv has named Keena Arbuthnot, Vice President and Chief Data Officer, as Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School, effective July 11.

蘑菇tv Cyber AI Team Supports $25 Million National Defense and Energy Project

The National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to only two university consortia to support nuclear security and nonproliferation. 蘑菇tv researchers will work with colleagues at 15 universities and eight national labs to develop AI models to protect the nation from nuclear threats while training a new generation of data science, cyber and AI experts.

Jay Grymes Named Louisiana State Climatologist

Jay Grymes, chief meteorologist for WAFB-TV and interim Louisiana state climatologist since February, has been named the permanent state climatologist, effective Aug. 1.

蘑菇tv Researchers Discover 'Swamp Power' Preserved Ancient Underwater Forests

For more than 60,000 years, the standing tree stumps of the Alabama Underwater Forest--now 60 feet below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico--have remained intact, protected by the biogeochemical processes of the swamps and marshes they originally grew in.

蘑菇tv and NATO Team Up on Cyber Defense Training

NATO's annual Cyber Coalition training exercise draws about 1,200 participants from the 32 member nations as well as allies and partners.

Higher Education Group Honors Maas for Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Andrew J. Maas, 蘑菇tv's associate vice president for Research, Office of Innovation & Ecosystem Development, has been awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Award at the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education 2024.