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Funding Renewed for Biotech Center, LSU One of Five Partners

The Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems, or CBM2, was recently renewed for funding through the National Institutes of Health as a National Biotechnology Resource Center.

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Chemical Industry Leader BASF Taps LSU to Help Optimize Its Operations Using AI

BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, is collaborating with LSU chemical engineers to better understand and predict its own production ebbs and flows using artificial intelligence, or AI.

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LSU Study Shows Landbuilding, Site of Freshwater Diversion

LSU College of the Coast & Environment scientists have published an analysis of two existing freshwater diversions on the state’s coastline, one of which shows a significant amount of land having formed over the past 17 years.

LSU Doctoral Graduate Students Compete Today to Distill their Research

LSU Doctoral Graduate Students Compete Today to Distill their Research

LSU doctoral graduate students will participate in a Three Minute Thesis, or 3MT, competition that will highlight the art of distilling complex research topics into short, memorable presentations.

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Who Built the LSU Campus Mounds Provides Insight into these Prehistoric Treasures

The LSU Campus Mounds sit on high ground overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain and have been a gathering place and destination for people for thousands of years.

LSU Stephenson National Center for Security Research and Training Becomes Security Programs Institute

LSU Stephenson National Center for Security Research and Training Becomes Security Programs Institute

Motivated by a mindset of growth, and in support of LSU's Scholarship First Agenda, the Stephenson National Center for Security Research and Training, or SNCSRT, is modernizing its name to become the LSU Stephenson Security Programs Institute, or SPI.

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LSU Journalism Senior’s Childhood Dream of Appearing on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Comes True

Christopher Langley, a senior studying broadcast journalism at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, will represent LSU on the television game show “Wheel of Fortune” during College Week on Nov. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Central Time.

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Inventherm Wins Tech Grant for Ice Cream Machine

LSU Innovation Park tenant, Inventherm, has been awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a commercial prototype of its breakthrough soft-serve ice cream machine.

LSU Analyzes 2022 Holiday Shopping Expectations

LSU Analyzes 2022 Holiday Shopping Expectations

As the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, stores around the country are bursting with items and holiday deals. The National Retail Federation predicts spending will be near $950 billion, even as inflation and higher prices weigh heavily on shoppers' minds and bank accounts. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice analyzes the numbers and shares expertise to help buyers make the right decision this holiday season.

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LSU Tiger Marching Band Receives Grammy Nomination for Work with Sean Ardoin

Four-time Grammy-nominated zydeco musician and LSU alumnus Sean Ardoin’s new album, “Full Circle,” which featured a historic collaboration with LSU’s Tiger Marching Band, has been nominated for a Grammy award for Best Regional Roots Music Album, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.