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Ä¢¹½tvA’s Martha Dauzat Honored with the Excellence in Library Support Award by the Statewide LOUIS Consortium

Ä¢¹½tvA’s Martha Dauzat Honored with the Excellence in Library Support Award by the Statewide LOUIS Consortium

Martha Dauzat, Ä¢¹½tvA’s Bolton Library Services and Outreach Manager, has been awarded the Excellence in Library Support Award that recognizes a library support staff member who is a helpful leader within his or her library and within the LOUIS Consortium.

$3M Award to Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Will Address Nursing Shortage and Improve Health Equity in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas

$3M Award to Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Will Address Nursing Shortage and Improve Health Equity in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas

Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $3 million to create a program to improve health equity and care in rural and medically underserved communities in Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.)

Resistance and Resilience: The Impact of Weather Disturbances on the Louisiana and Texas Coast

Resistance and Resilience: The Impact of Weather Disturbances on the Louisiana and Texas Coast

With a new grant from NASA, Ä¢¹½tv scientists will track the impact of severe weather disturbances on the coastal wetlands and estuaries in Louisiana and Texas.

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Ä¢¹½tv Combines Undergraduate Science, Engineering, Arts, Humanities to Benefit Coastal Communities

With support from the National Academy of Sciences, Ä¢¹½tv will build a new undergraduate research and creative works program focused on supporting people, ecosystems and industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Projects will bridge all disciplines and encourage students to combine multiple perspectives as not just experts, but problem-solvers.

Bendable concrete

Ä¢¹½tv Faculty Continue Studies On Bendable Concrete

According to research reports, concrete is the second-most used substance in the world (after water) and is the most widely used building material. Its usage worldwide is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminum combined.

Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Awarded $4.6m to Help Develop Burn Care Education & Training for Military and Civilian Disasters

Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Awarded $4.6m to Help Develop Burn Care Education & Training for Military and Civilian Disasters

The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, in collaboration with the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, has awarded Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans $4.6 million over four years to develop education and training to improve burn injury care in military conflicts and civilian disasters before the patients reach a hospital.

Brighten Up Baton Rouge Litter Initiative Launches

Brighten Up Baton Rouge Litter Initiative Launches

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and members of the Brighten Up Baton Rouge Task Force announced today a litter initiative to work with volunteer groups, schools, neighborhoods and businesses to create a cleaner and safer community.

Dr. Jenny Sones

Dr. Jenny Sones Received Catalyst Award from National Academy of Medicine

Jenny Sones (Ä¢¹½tv '08), associate professor of theriogenology, is one of 25 U.S.-based recipients of the Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine.

Ä¢¹½tv-Led Research Shows that Ultraviolet Metasurfaces Can Discriminate the Handedness of Biomolecules at Attomolar Concentrations

Ä¢¹½tv-Led Research Shows that Ultraviolet Metasurfaces Can Discriminate the Handedness of Biomolecules at Attomolar Concentrations

Researchers at Ä¢¹½tv, in collaboration with Zuse Institute in Berlin, Germany, have developed an ultraviolet metasurface that discriminates between left- and right-handed amino acids with attomolar sensitivity.

Middle and high school robotics competition

Ä¢¹½tv of Alexandria Increases Access to STEM Careers Through Robotics and Support of Surrounding Schools

Through robotics and community outreach to elementary, middle and high schools in central Louisiana, Ä¢¹½tv of Alexandria, or Ä¢¹½tvA, is increasing access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, for a growing number of students, including at underserved schools. For many, robotics is their first experience with machine learning and AI.

Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith to Deliver Cecil

Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith to Deliver Cecil "Van" Crabb Memorial Lecture on "Death Of The Treaty Power"

Jack Goldsmith of Harvard Law School will deliver a lecture titled "Death of the Treaty Power" on Monday, Oct. 10, at 11:30 a.m.

Louisiana marsh

Ä¢¹½tv Researchers Join Multi-Institutional Team to Investigate Sources of Methane in Coastal Wetlands

Scientists estimate that methane, as a greenhouse gas, may be responsible for approximately 20 to 25 percent of all global warming since the Industrial Revolution. Even more troublingly, as man-made sources have been reduced, the amount of the gas in the atmosphere has continued to grow, fed by natural sources.

Law enrollment

Ä¢¹½tv Law Welcomes 211 First-Year Students for Fall Semester

As classes began for the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 15, Ä¢¹½tv Law welcomed 211 first-year students to the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The 1L class of students has a higher median average LSAT and undergraduate GPA when compared to last year’s first-year class.

Front Yard Bikes

Ä¢¹½tv Mechanical Engineering Instructor Combines Teaching with Volunteerism

In 2011, Front Yard Bikes in Baton Rouge began as a community bike shop with a simple focus on teaching participants of all ages how to fix and maintain bikes. Today, FYB (a 501c3) has evolved into a transformative force, teaching youth mechanics and workforce skills while promoting inclusivity, mentorship, recreation, and academic achievement through safe, free, after-school and summer programming.

John Arboleta and Angelle Boudreaux

Arboleda and Boudreaux Win Fall 2022 Flory Mock Trial Competition

Ä¢¹½tv Law students John Arboleta and Angelle Boudreaux won the Fall 2022 Ira S. Flory Mock Trial Competition on Monday, Sept. 26, in the Robinson Court Room at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.