February 26, 2013
Universities unaffected in proposed budget
Daily Reveille
Funding for higher education institutions such as LSU remains unchanged in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recently proposed executive budget for the 2014 fiscal year, according to officials within his administration. ...
Panel discusses who should control tuition
The Advocate
The presidents of Louisiana’s four public college systems said Monday they would support efforts to gain more control over tuition in the upcoming general session of the Louisiana Legislature, which begins April 8. ...
Board of Regents recommends management boards have tuition authority
Daily Reveille
The Louisiana Board of Regents is recommending to the Louisiana Legislatures that the state’s public higher education institutions’ management boards be allowed set their own tuition. ...
Jindal reallocates $200 million from LSU Hospitals
Daily Reveille
More than $200 million was removed from the state's higher education fund for the 2014 fiscal year in the $24.7 billion preliminary executive budget Gov. Bobby Jindal presented Friday. ...
Brian Nichols appointed University’s chief information officer
Daily Reveille
Brian Nichols, who has worked at the University for more than 15 years, has been appointed chief information officer, according to a broadcast email sent Monday. Until now, Nichols served as the interim chief information officer after a 2011 appointment, ...
Pennington considering opening medical school in Baton Rouge
Daily Reveille
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge is seeking to open a four-year medical school focused on research, and the idea has drawn tentative support from the LSU System Board of Supervisors. ...
Training Next-Gen Data Superheroes
Campus Technology
In August, Louisiana State University announced a collaboration with SAS, maker of business analytics software. The two organizations partnered to launch a Master of Science in Analytics in the school's Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS), ...
Benh Zeitlin, Glen Pitre to speak for LSU’s ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ talk
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Oscar nominee Benh Zeitlin and fellow acclaimed filmmaker Glen Pitre will discuss their work and its roots in Louisiana folk culture as part of LSU's "Distinguished Lecturer" series. ...
Hill Memorial Library showcases local African-American history
Daily Reveille
The exhibit has eight prints, compiled by director of the African and African-American Studies program and associate professor of geography and anthropology Joyce M. Jackson. The photographs were pulled from Hill Memorial Library, the Louisiana State Library ...
Options abound for LSU students with allergies
The Advocate
In both of LSU's two dining halls — The 459 Commons and The 5 — entire sections of food are labeled “gluten-free.” For such students as senior Ella Rose, of Shreveport, who has celiac disease, a digestive disorder aggravated by gluten, LSU's campus ...
Stopping the Zombies
Daily Reveille
LSUPD and University Relations started the “Don’t Be a Zombie, Join the Tiger Resistance” campaign this week in response to students running into one another on bikes, in cars and on foot while on their phones on campus, ...
Book Events for Feb. 24-March 2
The Advocate
The annual Friends of the LSU Libraries’ 2013 Book Bazaar will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28, through Saturday, March 2, at the 4-H Mini-Farm and Nelson Memorial Buildings at LSU. ...
Guest speaker reveals Pythagoras’ teachings of sex equality
Daily Reveille
Pomeroy’s visit to the University on Tuesday to speak about her new book, “Love Triangles and Pythagorean Women,” was hosted by the School of Art, Classical Studies program and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women’s and Gender Studies program and Department of History. ...
University club designs, builds race car
Daily Reveille
The LSU Formula Student Automotive Engineering Club created Tiger Racing to compete in the Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series at the Michigan International Speedway this May. ...