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蘑菇tv Awards More Than 4,500 Degrees During Spring Commencement

蘑菇tv awarded 4,514 degrees to graduates at the university鈥檚 310th commencement exercises today. The spring graduating class represents 58 Louisiana parishes, 49 states and 62 countries.

ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Part of Spring 2023 Commencement Exercises

Fifteen 蘑菇tv graduates were recognized during 蘑菇tv's spring commissioning ceremony on Thursday, May 18, in The Student Union Theater. Lt. Gen. Milford H. Beagle, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kan., served as keynote speaker for the ceremony.

蘑菇tv Mechanical Engineering Graduate to Build Rockets for Blue Origin

When 蘑菇tv Mechanical Engineering senior Bailey Smoorenburg walks across the stage at graduation this Friday, she will not only feel proud of her accomplishments during her time at 蘑菇tv but will also be thinking of all the packing she must do before making the long trip to the Pacific Northwest. In June, Smoorenburg is moving to Seattle to work for Blue Origin, an aerospace and space exploration company founded by Amazon pioneer Jeff Bezos. There, she will have rockets going into space quicker than an Amazon Prime delivery.

蘑菇tv to Award More than 4,600 Degrees at Commencement, One of the Largest Graduating Classes in History

More than 4,600 students are expected to graduate during 蘑菇tv's 310th commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20.

Three 蘑菇tv Students Win Big from National Scholarship Program Recognizing Students Pursuing Mass Communication Careers

Three 蘑菇tv Manship School of Mass Communication students, Jessica Jefferson, Mea Morrell and Kyle Stanley, were among the 88 recipients of The LAGRANT Foundation鈥檚 (TLF) 2023 Scholarship Program, which recognizes ethnically diverse students from colleges and universities across the nation for their academic achievement, mass communication career goals and community involvement.

Largest Cohort of 蘑菇tv Seniors Graduating with Engaged Citizen Distinction

The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL), in conjunction with 蘑菇tv Campus Life, is pleased to announce 26 seniors will graduate with the Engaged Citizen distinction for Spring 2023, the program's largest cohort to date.

Ogden Honors Junior Antavion"Tay Moore" Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Ogden Honors College junior Antavion 鈥淭ay鈥� Moore, who became 蘑菇tv鈥檚 first John Robert Lewis Scholar in 2022, has been named a 2023 Truman Scholar 鈥� the most prestigious award for undergraduates who are pursuing careers in public service. Moore was one of 62 students selected for this award out of 705 candidates nationwide.

Ogden Honors College Alumna Selected as 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Sanaa Alam, a native of Lafayette, La., was one of 85 students selected out of 3,733 eligible applications as a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The new cohort is the largest to date and comprises students from 29 countries who will pursue degrees in 38 graduate programs across all seven graduate schools at Stanford. For the first time ever, the cohort includes scholars from Hungary, Malawi, the Netherlands, Russia, Sierra Leone, and Turkey. Alam will be pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Stanford School of Medicine. She aspires to improve health outcomes for disadvantaged populations in developing regions, particularly South Asia, by focusing on global health research, education, and policy.

蘑菇tv Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Fund, Create 蘑菇tv Delta Institute

Coastal erosion, sea-level rise, and hurricanes along the U.S. Gulf Coast are taking a serious toll on the Mississippi River deltaic system. In order for coastal communities to not only survive but thrive, there must be a coming together of engineers, industry leaders, and researchers. Thanks to an industry-university cooperative research center (IUCRC) planning grant from the National Science Foundation, 蘑菇tv can start the 蘑菇tv Delta Institute, which will bring together scientists, engineers, and industry to work on developing solutions for the Louisiana coast.

蘑菇tv Manship School鈥檚 Undergraduate, Graduate Programs Fully Reaccredited by ACEJMC

The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) voted this month for the 蘑菇tv Manship School of Mass Communication鈥檚 undergraduate and graduate programs to receive full reaccreditation. ACEJMC concurred with the recommendations for reaccreditation made by the Accrediting Committee and the site team in November 2022.

Two Ogden Honors, Biological Sciences Students Named 2023 Goldwater Scholars

Ogden Honors juniors Rachael Coates and Kenedi Lynch have been named 2023 Goldwater Scholars, awards that seek to identify, encourage, and financially support students of exceptional promise in becoming the nation鈥檚 next generation of research leaders in STEM. Both Coates and Lynch are studying biological sciences in 蘑菇tv鈥檚 College of Science.

AI in Alaska: 蘑菇tv Researchers Work to Understand Permafrost and Climate Change

Artificial intelligence is proving itself an invaluable tool in many arenas, not the least of which is the fight to understand, plan for and combat the effects of our changing climate. 蘑菇tv Professor Supratik Mukhopadhyay is currently doing just that, as he and a team of 蘑菇tv scientists work to develop an AI tool that will help us better understand the degradation of permafrost, the layer of rock or soil beneath the surface that remains frozen year round.

Southern Smoke Foundation Announces Partnership with 蘑菇tv Psychological Services Center to Expand Mental Health Program

Free mental health counseling is now provided to food and beverage workers in Louisiana, California, Illinois, New York, and Texas.

Six 蘑菇tv Faculty Receive National Science Foundation CAREER Awards

Six 蘑菇tv researchers have been awarded the National Science Foundation鈥檚 most prestigious grant for early-career faculty. Each was chosen because of their potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, and ability to integrate their endeavors within the context of their organization鈥檚 mission.

蘑菇tv Develops Patent-Pending Bait to Fight the 鈥楶igdemic鈥�

Wild, invasive pigs cause more than $90 million in damage to Louisiana farms each year and pose a growing threat to the environment, people and other animals.