September 23, 2013

University, AgCenter dairy programs to consolidate
The Daily Reveille
The LSU AgCenter’s and the University’s separate dairy programs will consolidate, causing some operations at the campus dairy farm on Gourrier Avenue to downsize and move to the AgCenter’s Southeast Research Station in Franklinton, La.
 

LSU students pitch in to help with Lincoln Theater restoration
The Advocate
Paint chips, dirt clods and rodent droppings litter the former office of Baton Rouge civil rights leader the Rev. T.J. Jemison, which sits vacant on the second floor of the once-vibrant Lincoln Theater in Old South Baton Rouge.
 

Program spurs recycling efforts
The Daily Reveille
As another game day comes and goes, so does the blanket of trash that remains from Saturday tailgates.
 

Anthropologist reflects on 30-year career in new book
The Daily Reveille
The University’s one and only Bone Lady has been doing a lot more than digging through remains.
 

LSU’s PPRL director Kirby Goidel to step down at end of semester
NOLA.com
Kirby Goidel, director of the Manship School’s Research Facility, which includes the Public Policy Research Lab, is stepping down and returning to full-time writing and teaching, Jerry Ceppos, Dean of LSU’S Manship School of Mass Communication said Friday afternoon.
 

LSU wins $4 million grant for supercomputer
The Advocate
The National Science Foundation has awarded LSU’s Center for Computation and Technology a $4 million grant to acquire a new supercomputer cluster capable of making one quadrillion calculations per second.
 

'Miss National Sweetheart' wears combat boots
HLN-TV
Wendy Martin is the reigning Miss National Sweetheart and a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Louisiana State University.