February 7, 2013
Accreditation committee evaluates School of Architecture
Daily Reveille
The School of Architecture needs improvements in cultural diversity, accessibility, financial considerations and pre-design and site design skills, according to six accreditation committee members from the National Architectural Accrediting Board ...
LSU lands on pair of ‘Best Value’ lists
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
With tuition around $5,200 per year for in-state students and $20,500 for out-of-state students, LSU is among 100 public colleges and universities included on Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's list of the best values in the country for 2013. ...
LSU selected as a Best Value by Kiplinger and Princeton Review/USA Today
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
LSU has been selected as a best value on both Kiplinger's Personal Finance's list of the "Best Values in Public Colleges, 2013" and "The Princeton Review 100 Best Value Colleges for 2013," presented by USA Today. ...
Enrollment numbers show bolstered freshman class
Daily Reveille
The Office of Budget and Planning released the 2013 spring semester enrollment numbers Wednesday evening, which revealed a slight decrease in total enrollment from fall 2012 but a small increase from spring 2012. ...
TOPS bill will cap money students could receive
Daily Reveille
... Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, plans to propose a bill in this spring’s legislative session that will use two main measures to reform TOPS by thousands of students each year who rely on the scholarship to pay for their education. ...
University tests emergency notification
Daily Reveille
The University tested its emergency text messaging system Wednesday, sending about 28,000 messages in less than one minute, according to IT security and policy officer John Borne. ...
Life Found Deep Under Antarctic Ice For First Time?
National Geographic
For Christner, a specialist in Antarctic biology at Louisiana State University, the work has only just begun. Two labs were brought to the Whillans site by a caravan of trucks from McMurdo: One to perform a quick analysis of the lake water, and the other ...
Life found deep below Antarctic ice
Science News
A challenge was ruling out contamination as a source of the cells, says microbiologist Brent Christner of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, reached by satellite phone at a tent encampment at the drill site. ...
LSU professor discovers how new corals species form in the ocean
Science Codex
Michael E. Hellberg, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at LSU, however, is interested in a more obscure form of speciation: the speciation of animals in the ocean. ...
LSU McNair program celebrates 20 years, inducts 13 new scholars
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU has inducted 13 sophomores into the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which encourages minority and low-income first-generation college students to enroll in graduate studies and acquire a doctorate degree. ...
News 2 Investigation: Contaminated Playgrounds
WBRZ-TV
A News 2 investigation has revealed lead contamination in soil at some area public schools. The problem was uncovered by an LSU scientist who tested the soil at eleven East Baton Rouge Parish public schools. ...
LSU, IRS offer tax preparation assistance
The Advocate
The LSU Department of Accounting is sponsoring a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site, along with the Internal Revenue Service, to help those who qualify this tax season. The tax prepartion service is open to the public, according to a news release. ...
LSUPD, Res Life team up to improve safety, student relationships
Daily Reveille
The LSU Police Department is collaborating with Residential Life in “Adopt-A-Hall,” an effort to enhance community policing and relationships with students, according to LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. ...
College credit recommended for free online courses
WBRZ-TV
The American Council on Education says it's recommending degree credit for five courses offered by Coursera, a company based in Palo Alto, Calif., that offers so-called massive open online courses. ...
SG to fund the University’s Going Global program
Daily Reveille
Several pieces of legislation were introduced at the weekly Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday that ranged from a financial bill to fund the University’s Going Global program and a legislative order to appoint senators to standing committees. ...
Our Views: Trees big on campus
The Advocate
The nonprofit foundation recently designated LSU’s Baton Rouge and Alexandria campuses for the honor, which recognizes efforts on those campuses to promote and preserve trees at those universities. ...
Students participate in TigerFit Wellness Challenge
Daily Reveille
University students will now have the opportunity to make healthy lifestyle changes and win prizes with the help of the University Student Recreational Complex and the Student Health Center. ...