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Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences Faculty Receive Largest NSF PFI Grant Ever Awarded to 蘑菇tv
Nootkatone Studies Could Lead to Prevention of Lyme Disease. 蘑菇tv Chemical Engineering (ChE) Professor Kerry Dooley, 蘑菇tv ChE Department Chair and Professor Mike Benton, and 蘑菇tv Department of Biological Sciences (Biol. Sci.) Professor Roger Laine will continue their work on a project that could bring affordable and effective insect repellent to the masses, possibly decreasing the number of Lyme disease, malaria, and West Nile virus cases around the world.
Spring 2024 Rucks Fellows Announced
The Rucks Department of Management at the E. J. Ourso College of Business acknowledges outstanding students as Rucks Fellows. These students are chosen by the faculty and represent the highest level of academic achievement among senior management majors in any of the department's concentrations. To be eligible, the student must be among the top graduating seniors in the management curriculum based on their grade-point average; honorees are announced in the fall and spring semesters.
蘑菇tv Announces Distinguished Research Masters
Each year, 蘑菇tv's Office of Research & Economic Development honors the exceptional research and scholarship of two 蘑菇tv faculty as Distinguished Research Masters.
蘑菇tv Freshman Discovers New Pythagorean Theorem Proof While in High School
An 蘑菇tv freshman is on her way to having her name and work part of mathematics history. Meet Calcea Johnson. While in high school in New Orleans, Johnson discovered a new proof for the Pythagorean Theorem.
Spring 2024: 蘑菇tv Shreveport Breaks Enrollment Record With More Than 10,000 Students
蘑菇tv Shreveport has smashed its previous enrollment record, recording a final spring 2024 enrollment of 10,214. This marks an enrollment increase of nearly 1,500 students over spring 2023, a 17 percent jump.
蘑菇tv Petroleum Engineering Professor Receives Grant to Track Subsurface CO2 Flow
蘑菇tv Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Associate Professor Mehdi Zeidouni is the recipient of a $252,160 grant from the 蘑菇tv Institute for Energy Innovation for his work on tracking subsurface carbon dioxide flow and well-sealing capacity in Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) projects.
Mekkah Husamadeen represents 蘑菇tv Law, National Black Law Students Association on the global stage during service trip to Ghana
Husamadeen was elected to serve as NBLSA Attorney General last summer and was among five members of the NBLSA Executive Board selected for the expedition, which took place just after the first of the year.
蘑菇tv Libraries Hosts 2024 Audubon Day
For its annual Audubon Day, 蘑菇tv Libraries will host a viewing of the famed double elephant folio edition of John James Audubon鈥檚 Birds of America (London, 1827-1838) on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Hill Memorial Library on 蘑菇tv鈥檚 main campus. Audubon was a talented and complicated artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His illustrated compendium of the birds in the United States, Birds of America, is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed.
蘑菇tv-Developed Vaccine Could Save U.S. Cattle Industry $1 Billion Annually
An 蘑菇tv researcher has developed a new vaccine against bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and related illnesses that kill around 8 million calves each year and cost the U.S. cattle industry more than $1 billion.
STEM Win: 蘑菇tv Breaks Ground on Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building
蘑菇tv broke ground on Friday, March 15, on the Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building, having achieved a $148 million funding goal to expand research and teaching laboratories in science fields.