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By partnering with Louisiana communities, 蘑菇tv works to improve lives across the state.
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By leveraging technology, 蘑菇tv PBRC researchers are putting science in the hands of soldiers and their families鈥攁nd everyone.
蘑菇tvS Human Performance Lab Boosts Biotech Innovation in Northwest Louisiana
On what used to be six racquetball courts, there are now three top-notch research labs dedicated to the study of human movement at 蘑菇tv Shreveport (蘑菇tvS)鈥攁n exercise science lab, a motion analysis lab, and a motor behavior lab鈥攃ollectively known as the Human Performance Lab.
蘑菇tv Helps Homeowners Tackle the True Cost of Flooding
蘑菇tv scholars in construction management, oceanography and coastal sciences, sociology, and psychology are working to gather data on the economic, equity, and emotional aspects of living in an increasingly flood-prone place, and provide homeowners with better guidance.
蘑菇tv鈥檚 Coastal Roots Program Helps 26,000 School Kids Fight Louisiana Land Loss
Investing in education and restoration efforts with elementary, middle, and high school youth.
Global Non-Profit Partners with 蘑菇tv Manship
When the Louisiana chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a global environmental organization with more than one million members and the largest such non-profit in the U.S., realized they needed broader messaging to reach more people in local communities, they turned to the 蘑菇tv Manship School of Mass Communication.
Lingering Pandemic + Another Hurricane? 蘑菇tv Helps Coastal Communities Prepare
In the very first study to look at impacts of the ongoing pandemic on hurricane preparedness and resilience in Louisiana, researchers at 蘑菇tv Health New Orleans partnered with more than two dozen community leaders to help validate facts on the ground and turn observations into actionable data.
Tangipahoa鈥檚 Big Idea: 蘑菇tv Helps Flood-Prone Louisiana Parish Rise to Challenges
In the wake of the 2016 floods, which devastated not just Tangipahoa Parish but turned 21 south Louisiana parishes into federal disaster areas, faculty and students in the 蘑菇tv Coastal Sustainability Studio and 蘑菇tv Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering began collaborating with local government and communities to set Tangipahoa Parish on a path toward resilience.
More than 100 蘑菇tv Online Programs Help Job Seekers and Employers Adapt to Change
Social worker Jo Anna Fisher鈥檚 career did not skip a beat, despite the pandemic and loss of a family member. 蘑菇tv now offers more than 100 programs online.
蘑菇tv Helps Louisiana Decrease Incarceration, Increase Workforce, Save >$150 Million Annually
蘑菇tv has helped lower the Louisiana prison population by almost one-fourth in three years.
Turning 蘑菇tvA STEM Majors into STEM Teachers in Central Louisiana High Schools
In a historic win for 蘑菇tv of Alexandria (蘑菇tvA) and career prospects in central Louisiana, a collaborative faculty team has received $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to help 蘑菇tvA students become highly effective biology, chemistry, and math teachers in high-need high schools after they graduate.
蘑菇tv Eunice Identified as Key Driver of Workforce and Entrepreneur Development in Rural Communities
Achieving the Dream, a nationwide network of more than 300 community colleges, has selected seven schools it regards as 鈥渨orkforce and economic development engines鈥� in rural communities. Felicity Carrier is an 蘑菇tv Eunice entrepreneur.
蘑菇tv Shreveport Cyber Collaboratory Makes New Partners
Through partnerships between the university and Louisiana Economic Development, the City of Shreveport, local K-12 schools, the Air Force, and industry鈥攊ncluding small businesses鈥攕tudents like Ricard are starting to see what it actually means to boost high-tech innovation in northwestern Louisiana.
蘑菇tv Educates Health Care Providers Specifically for Rural Areas
Across the state, 蘑菇tv is working to provide more and better healthcare for rural residents. From New Orleans to Shreveport, several university programs educate care providers specifically to help fight health disparities.
Expanding Opportunities for All: Science and Engineering Careers
Through at least 20 programs that often reach beyond campus borders into local communities and schools, all the way from kindergarten through college and into professional life, almost a thousand minority students in Louisiana are connected with STEM resources and research each year on the 蘑菇tv campus.
Dr. Jeffrey Kuo: From 蘑菇tv Purple and Gold to Ochsner Blue (and Saints Black and Gold)
From when he received his Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from 蘑菇tv in 2000 and his MD from 蘑菇tv Health New Orleans in 2004, Dr. Jeffrey Kuo has been busy.