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Strategic Investment in Cybersecurity Education Drives Record Enrollment at LSU
Enrollment in LSU’s computer science program has tripled over the last decade, largely driven by growing student interest in cybersecurity, part of the defense priority of LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda.
LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences Announces AI-Engaged Classroom in the Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative
The courses in the AI-Engaged Classroom in Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative include introductory, intermediate, and advanced classes, offered by over 30 faculty members across 8 departments in HSS. These courses take a wide range of approaches to thinking about and working with AI.
LSU Stephenson Technologies Corporation Names James Olson President and CEO, Tiffany Galasso COO
James M. Olson, executive director of the LSU Stephenson Security Programs Institute and retired U.S. Navy Captain, has been appointed President and CEO of Stephenson Technologies Corporation, or STC, effective October . Tiffany Galasso, senior program manager at STC, was named the new Chief Operating Officer effective September 1.
Her Research Holds Water: Meet Art + Design Senior Kayla Dearman
LSU senior, digital art major and stop motion animation aficionado Kayla Dearman has come up with a new technique to emulate water for stop motion animation, using non-toxic and biodegradable hydrogels.
LSU Names Todd Woodward Vice President of Marketing & Communications
LSU has selected Todd Woodward to serve as the Vice President of Marketing & Communications, effective November 1 pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
LSU Ranks Among Top 75 Universities in the Nation Granted U.S. Utility Patents
Highest Ranking in LSU History Situates LSU as a leader among the more than 2,600 undergraduate degree granting universities in the nation
LSU Computer Science Professor Part of National Cloud Computing Project
LSU is one of several institutions that will be partnering soon with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Microsoft Corp., and Micron Technology to make computational chemistry broadly available to applied researchers and industrial users.
LSU Energy Expertise Called Upon to Provide Guidance to Nation’s Leaders
On Thursday, September 28, Center for Energy Studies (CES) Interim Executive Director Greg Upton testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources regarding two bills: HR 5616 by Rep. Garret Graves, “BRIDGE Production Act of 2023,” requiring BOEM to conduct offshore lease sales, and HR 1121 by Rep. Jeff Duncan, “Protecting American Energy Production Act,” that would ensure that the federal government could not declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress were to authorize one.
LSU NCBRT/ACE Awarded $22 Million Grant From Department of Homeland Security
The US Department of Homeland Security has granted $22 million to the LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Academy for Counter-Terrorist Education, or LSU NCBRT/ACE.
LSU Researchers Publish Geolocation Dataset of all U.S. Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
Cultural heritage institutions, including galleries, libraries, archives and museums, or GLAMs, are being impacted by climate change. About 56 percent of these institutions reported increased damage to collections due to water or moisture between 2017-2019. Of that damage, about 10 percent was the result of natural disasters. As storm season ramps up in the south, LSU researchers reached a significant milestone in a research project aimed at assisting our nation's historical/natural/scientific/cultural collections remain safe and intact.