November 19, 2012

Research, Ecological Restoration Get Unprecedented Windfall From BP Oil Spill Criminal Settlement
Science Magazine
One of the largest oil spills in history continues to generate record sums of money for scientific research and environmental restoration.
 

BASF sponsors LSU Professor of Excellence: James Honeycutt, Ph.D, selected as 2012 recipient
Beauregard Daily News
BASF Corporation James Honeycutt, Ph.D., of Louisiana State University (LSU) as the first BASF Professor of Excellence during the LSU-Mississippi State football game on Saturday, Nov. 10.
 

Three months after Isaac, crews continue to identify displaced remains in Braithwaite
WVUE-TV
Three months after Hurricane Isaac, the painstaking process of trying to identify remains that were displaced in Braithwaite, continues.
 

DuPont-Dow Corn Defeated by Armyworms in Florida: Study
Bloomberg
Fall armyworms in southern Florida survived a pesticide engineered into corn by Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and DuPont Co., the second insect to show signs of resistance to genetically modified crops in the U.S., according to a study.
 

Has college football become a campus commodity?
60 Minutes
Bigger is better in college football, where new stadiums and longer seasons can mean big revenue for schools. Armen Keteyian reports.