February 28, 2013
Convention Center funds eyed for higher ed
The Advocate
Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to take $100 million from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to help fund higher education in next year’s state budget. ...
Legislators propose linking state higher education funding to graduation rate
The Advocate
Two high-ranking members of the state Legislature are proposing legislation that would more closely link the amount of money colleges and universities get from the state with a school’s graduation rate. ...
Louisiana Educators Confused By Jindal's Higher
Education News
Education experts in Louisiana were left confused by the latest executive budget proposal unveiled by Governor Bobby Jindal. The total money allocated ...
Task force wants better collaboration
Daily Reveille
The Commercialization and Tech Transfer task force outlined a model for greater collaboration and authority among LSU System campuses in its first meeting Wednesday in Shreveport. ...
Faculty Senate submitting formal request for presidential candidates
Daily Reveille
Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope plans to submit a formal request later this week on behalf of the Senate asking for the names and demographics of potential candidates for the new University president. ...
Diversity initiatives help spike African-American enrollment, but African-American faculty numbers remain stagnant
Daily Reveille
Enrollment numbers among African-American students have been on the rise since the University began keeping them on record in 1975, but LSU still remains primarily white. ...
Professor to play Beethoven's most difficult sonata tonight
Daily Reveille
Gurt will be playing Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata tonight at the School of Music Recital Hall, and David Smyth, Galante Professor of musical theory, said this is one of the most difficult pieces to play on the piano. ...
LPHI and BioDistrict New Orleans Announce Partnership
Digital Journal
The healthcare and biosciences industries are rapidly growing in New Orleans, which Dr. James A. Richardson, John Rhea Alumni Professor of Economics and director of the E. J. Ourso College of Business, ...
LSU Summer Scholars Class of 2013 accepting applications
WVLA-TV
LSU University College’s Summer Scholars program is accepting applications for its class of 2013. LSU Summer Scholars is an eight-week summer program that prepares high achieving under-represented, minority students ...
SG votes to amend College Council Constitution, thank FLC for cleaning the Lakes
Daily Reveille
The Student Government Senate voted Wednesday to amend the College Council Constitution and to thank the freshman Leadership Council for completing its service project to clean the University lakes. ...
Student brings comics to life with color
Daily Reveille
One such artist behind those vibrant comic pages is Taylor Wells, a University studio art senior and color assistant on the Image Comics series “CHEW.” ...
St. Joseph’s, Glasgow Middle lead region science fair
The Advocate
Marianne Konikoff, of St. Joseph’s Academy, Baton Rouge, won first place overall in the senior division, grades 9-12, of 2013 Region VII Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair, held Feb. 19-20 at LSU. ...