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Louisiana Experts to Explore Sickle Cell Disease, Impact on Black and Brown Communities at Ä¢¹½tv Reilly Center Event
The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at Ä¢¹½tv’s Manship School of Mass Communication will kick off the sixth season of the Racism: Dismantling the System series with its first episode, “Sickle Cell Disease: Looking at the Medical Distrust & Health Disparities Facing Black & Brown Communities,â€� on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 3:30 p.m.

Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Named a Top University Fulbright Scholar Producer
Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans is one of the 2022-2023 Top Producers of Fulbright Scholars, demonstrating a "dedication to preparing Americans to thrive in the global economy and serve as engaged citizens," the U.S. State Department said in its announcement.

Virtual Footlocker Project Helps Soldiers, Archivists Save Military Memorabilia
Ä¢¹½tv’s Edward Benoit, III, is working to make sure stories about the American war experience do not go untold.

Ä¢¹½tv AgCenter Awarded $10M USDA Grant for Louisiana Rice Industry Sustainability
An Ä¢¹½tv AgCenter scientist has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to improve sustainability and profitability of rice farming through research innovations that advance climate-resilient crops.

Ä¢¹½tv ME Professor Menon Receives NSF CAREER Award
Ä¢¹½tv Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Shyam Menon was recently awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work on understanding how solid particles in gas flows interact with material surfaces. A better understanding of this interaction could impact safety and standards for components commonly used in aerospace and power generation.

The Life of Science: Fatima Rivas Believes She Was Born a Chemist
Fatima Rivas is a natural products chemist. She studies the ethno-pharmacological properties of compounds derived from nature. She developed her interest in chemistry at a young age, and now, as an Ä¢¹½tv assistant professor, she shares her passion with her students.

Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans Leads Education to Treat Burn and Blast Injuries
Burn surgeons at Ä¢¹½tv Health New Orleans are helping first responders in military war zones and civilian life learn how to treat burn and blast injuries with $4.6 million in support from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.

Ä¢¹½tv's Delta Mouth Reading Series Presents Two Celebrated Louisiana Authors
Ä¢¹½tv Creative Writing's Delta Mouth Reading Series will bring to campus two acclaimed authors with deep roots in Louisiana - Mona Lisa Saloy, the current Poet Laureate of Louisiana, and the novelist and poet Olivia Clare Friedman on Feb. 10

Service Employee Work Performance Can Create Stronger Customer Relationships
A new interdisciplinary study led by an Ä¢¹½tv E. J. Ourso College of Business researcher uses meta-analysis to bridge employee and customer engagement through service employee work performance.
