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LSU Professor Investigating Connections Between Religious Attendance, Health in Older Mexican Americans
With support from a $30,000 grant from the Louisville Institute, LSU Professor of Sociology Sam Stroope, along with collaborators Rhiannon Kroeger and Samantha Ramey, are researching the effects of aging on religious involvement among Mexican Americans. In a newly published article in the Journal of Aging and Health, the researchers show an earlier decline in religious service attendance in older Mexican Americans compared to white Americans.
Louisiana State Police Partners with LSU 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 LSU to advance industrial cyber research and talent development.
LSU 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 LSU's Scholarship First Agenda: agriculture, biomedicine, coast, defense and energy.
LSU Enabled Professional Career in Music, Then Cybersecurity
LSU 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 LSU Online & Continuing Education’s Cyber Bootcamp.
2023 Holiday Shopping Insights with LSU'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, LSU 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.
LSU 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.” 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 LSU Engineering researchers are taking on through a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing Award.
LSU Innovation Wins $600,000 Federal Grant to Help Technology Entrepreneurs
LSU 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.
Paid Apprenticeship Program at LSUE Opens new Doors to Respiratory Therapy Students
LSU Eunice, Ochsner Lafayette General, and Acadiana Workforce Solutions have joined forces for a paid respiratory therapy apprenticeship program at LSUE to provide opportunities in the respiratory therapy field for financially challenged families.
Small Businesses Seek Support From LSU Cybersecurity Clinic
Louisiana small businesses are lining up to receive free services through the LSU Cybersecurity Clinic, the first such clinic in the nation to be funded by the National Security Agency, or NSA.
Expertise in Human Behavior Helps Solve Tech Challenges for the Department of Defense
LSU 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.
Building Talent Pipelines with Industry
Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Central Louisiana, has partnered with LSU Alexandria and LSU Shreveport to educate and train homegrown talent and build cybersecurity business in and for the state.
LSU and Tulane Awarded $22 Million for Plan to Save Lower Mississippi River Delta
Researchers at LSU and Tulane University have been awarded $22 million by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead a 15-member consortium that will chart a new course for the future of the fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta.
Gov. Edwards Announces LSU Litter Institute to Help Solve State, National, International Problem
Today, Governor John Bel Edwards announced the new LSU Litter Institute that will address the statewide and worldwide challenge of removing litter and debris from our roadways and waterways.
LSU Develops Experimental Approach to High School Cybersecurity Education
When a comprehensive research university operates a K-12 lab school on its flagship campus and there’s a 750,000-wide workforce gap for cybersecurity professionals in the U.S., graduate students and high school students come together for some unusual approaches to learning—and tastes.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, LSU President William F. Tate IV to Celebrate Completion of Huey P. Long Field House Restoration Project
On Tuesday, October 24, the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education will host Governor John Bel Edwards and LSU leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the Huey P. Long Field House restoration project.