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Louisiana State Police Partners with Ä¢¹½tv to Solve Critical Challenges in Industrial Cyber

To better understand vulnerabilities and ultimately secure Industrial Control Systems networks across Louisiana, State Police has partnered with Ä¢¹½tv to advance industrial cyber research and talent development.

Ä¢¹½tv Names Two Associate Vice Presidents to join the Office of Research & Economic Development

Ä¢¹½tv Names Two Associate Vice Presidents to join the Office of Research & Economic Development

Stephania Cormier and John Flake will work to advance the five research priorities of Ä¢¹½tv's Scholarship First Agenda: agriculture, biomedicine, coast, defense and energy.

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Ä¢¹½tv Enabled Professional Career in Music, Then Cybersecurity

Ä¢¹½tv alumnus Andrew Trimble had to put his trumpet down due to a medical condition but found a new career securing communications and data for the U.S. Army after completing Ä¢¹½tv Online & Continuing Education’s Cyber Bootcamp.

2023 Holiday Shopping Insights with Ä¢¹½tv's Dan Rice

2023 Holiday Shopping Insights with Ä¢¹½tv's Dan Rice

To many, the holidays mean holiday shopping, but are the issues shoppers faced during the pandemic, like lack of supply and shipping delays, a part of Christmas past? Will inflated prices impact the seller, the customer or both? Will shoppers be spending more or less this year? As Santa finalizes his naughty and nice lists, Ä¢¹½tv Associate Professor in Marketing and the Director of the E. J. Ourso College of Business Behavioral Research Lab, Dan Rice, shares his expertise to help you shop this holiday season.

Ä¢¹½tv Engineering Researchers Seek Advancements in Underwater Construction

Ä¢¹½tv Engineering Researchers Seek Advancements in Underwater Construction

In 2022, the average global sea level reached a record high at 101.2 millimeters—four inches above 1993 levels. That same year, the National Weather Service recorded an all-time high of 13 “significant weather events.â€� Both of these statistics signal a greater challenge when it comes to the resiliency of coastal communities and their infrastructure, but it’s one a pair of Ä¢¹½tv Engineering researchers are taking on through a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing Award.

Ä¢¹½tv Innovation Wins $600,000 Federal Grant to Help Technology Entrepreneurs

Ä¢¹½tv Innovation Wins $600,000 Federal Grant to Help Technology Entrepreneurs

Ä¢¹½tv has been awarded a $600,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to boost technology entrepreneurship in the Capital Region. The Baton Rouge Initiative for Development, Growth and Entrepreneurship, or BRIDGE, program will use the EDA funding to support entrepreneurs and their startups through technical support, a mentorship program with local mentors and executives-in-residence based on an analysis of their needs.

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Paid Apprenticeship Program at Ä¢¹½tvE Opens new Doors to Respiratory Therapy Students

Ä¢¹½tv Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General, and Acadiana Workforce Solutions have joined forces for a paid respiratory therapy apprenticeship program at Ä¢¹½tvE to provide opportunities in the respiratory therapy field for financially challenged families.

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Small Businesses Seek Support From Ä¢¹½tv Cybersecurity Clinic

Louisiana small businesses are lining up to receive free services through the Ä¢¹½tv Cybersecurity Clinic, the first such clinic in the nation to be funded by the National Security Agency, or NSA.

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Expertise in Human Behavior Helps Solve Tech Challenges for the Department of Defense

Ä¢¹½tv psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, Louisiana, is helping to protect the lives of American soldiers through his research into the psychological aspects of military cybersecurity as part of a $600,000 project for DARPA.

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Building Talent Pipelines with Industry

Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Central Louisiana, has partnered with Ä¢¹½tv Alexandria and Ä¢¹½tv Shreveport to educate and train homegrown talent and build cybersecurity business in and for the state.