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Robinson Takes on Hatchery Manager Duties
Elizabeth Robinson has joined Louisiana Sea Grant as the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery operations manager in Grand Isle.

Ä¢¹½tv Political Communication, Spanish Alumna Named Fulbright Grantee
Sydney McGovern, a May 2022 political communication and Spanish Ä¢¹½tv Honors College alumna, will teach English and promote cultural exchange through student journalism in Galicia, Spain as a Fulbright grantee.

Ä¢¹½tv Announces 2022 Homecoming Queen and King
Ä¢¹½tv announced the 2022 Homecoming Queen and King on Saturday, Oct. 22, during the game with the University of Mississippi.

Ä¢¹½tv Police Department First in the SEC to Implement "Soft Interview Room"
The Ä¢¹½tv Police Department is the first in the SEC to implement a Project Beloved "soft interview room" for victims of trauma or sexual violence. The new room features comfortable lighting, furniture, weighted blankets, and items that are intended to help survivors talk to police about what happened.

Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Now Performing Monkeypox Virus Testing
Effective Oct. 4, the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, or LADDL, at the Ä¢¹½tv School of Veterinary Medicine began testing for monkeypox virus for the Ä¢¹½tv Student Health Center. In 2021, LADDL, an accredited veterinary diagnostic laboratory, acquired CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) certification for the testing of human samples for COVID-19 and now monkeypox virus.

Ä¢¹½tv Chemical Engineering, St. Joseph’s Academy Students Study Breast Cancer in 3D Environment
Though October is recognized nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ä¢¹½tv faculty and students are working every month to help combat the potentially fatal disease that has been projected to affect nearly 340,000 Americans this year.

Ä¢¹½tv Announces the Rankings of the 2022 Ä¢¹½tv 100 and Ä¢¹½tv Roaring 10
Ä¢¹½tv announced the company rankings for the 100 fastest-growing Ä¢¹½tv graduate-owned or Ä¢¹½tv graduate-led businesses in the world and the 10 highest revenue-generating businesses among them.

Ä¢¹½tv AI Smartphone App Helps Mentally Ill, Families, Caregivers in Seven Louisiana Parishes
Through a partnership with Capital Area Human Services District, one of Louisiana’s largest behavioral health providers, Ä¢¹½tv leverages AI technology to catch early warning signs of serious mental illness and improve treatment.Mental health illustration

The Path to Clean Water: 50 Years in the Making
The New Orleans Sewage and Water board had been monitoring water quality in the Mississippi River for decades when, in Ohio, in 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire for the 11th time.

Experts to Discuss Evolving Nature of Mainstream Publishing Experience at Ä¢¹½tv Reilly Center, Red Stick Reads Event
Publishing has historically centered the narratives of the majority and sidelined those in the minority. The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at Ä¢¹½tv’s Manship School of Mass Communication will host “Diversity in Publishingâ€� on Friday, Oct. 28, at Red Stick Reads, Baton Rouge’s only independent local bookstore, to explore the evolving diversity in the publishing industry.

Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards to join legal scholars, trafficking survivors, and service providers at “Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sex Traffickingâ€� symposium at Ä¢¹½tv Law on Oct. 28
Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards will join legal scholars, government officials, trafficking survivors, and survivor service providers at the “Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sex Traffickingâ€� symposium at Ä¢¹½tv Law on Friday, Oct. 28.

Ä¢¹½tv Assistant Professor Asha Winfield Earns National Faculty Award, Outstanding Dissertation for Research on Lived Experiences of Black Americans
Critical and cultural media scholar Asha Winfield has been awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and the National Communication Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award, among other honors this year, for her research on Black Health and Black representation in media.

CENLA Businesses Committed to Supporting Ä¢¹½tvA’s Accountants for the Future
In a press conference this week, seven central Louisiana businesses stood with Ä¢¹½tvA to announce an official partnership known as Ä¢¹½tvA Accountants for the Future that will provide funding, support, and professional opportunities to increase the number of qualified accountants graduating into the workforce.

Ä¢¹½tv Biologist Applies AI to Build a World Plant Life Cycle Timing Database
Ä¢¹½tv biologist Daijiang Li is building the first worldwide database on plant phenology, or the study of the timing of plant life cycles, which will be called Phenobase.

Top Ranked Online MBA Programs from Ä¢¹½tv Family of Institutions
Ä¢¹½tv (Ä¢¹½tv) and Ä¢¹½tv Shreveport (Ä¢¹½tvS) have been ranked among the top 3 online MBA programs in Louisiana for their competitively priced, well-respected, virtual Master of Business Administration programs.


