September 24, 2013

University enrollment numbers on the rise
The Daily Reveille
Every academic semester, the University conducts its official headcount on the 14th day of class, and this year the University saw an increase in total enrollment of 300 undergraduate students from last year.
 

LSU president: Louisiana must stop cutting education funding
Alexandria Town Talk
The people and ideas who will drive the country’s economic future in new and exciting directions are sitting in classrooms from kindergarten to college.
 

La. colleges are party to federal transportation grants
The Advocate
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded more than $5.4 million in grants to aid schools including LSU and Southern University in Baton Rouge as well as Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and the University of New Orleans.
 

LSU researchers receive $4 million NSF grant for new supercomputing cluster
WVLA-TV
Researchers at the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, have received a $4 million Major Research Instrumentation, or MRI, award from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, for the acquisition of SuperMIC, a new supercomputer cluster.
 

Cloning University's live oaks preserved history, legacy
The Daily Reveille
With more than 1,200 southern live oaks on campus, the image of those “shady oaks and broad magnolias” are enshrined in the University’s history, students’ memories and will now be preserved for future generations like never before.
 

LSU lures French glass blower for chemistry department
The Advocate
In a large cinder block workshop in the basement of LSU’s chemistry building, a Paris-trained glassblower lights a torch.
 

UREC renovations to alleviate parking frustration
The Daily Reveille
Although parking seems to be evaporating on campus due to various construction projects, there are plans to provide relief in the coming year.
 

LSU Rural Life Museum to host 18th Annual Harvest Days September 28-29
WVLA-TV
The LSU Rural Life Museum will present the 18th annual Harvest Days on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day at the museum, located just off of I-10 at 4560 Essen Lane.
 

Newspaper holdings to be digitized
WXVT-TV
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has received a $274,000 grant to digitize 100,000 pages of state newspapers published between 1836 and 1922.
 

LSU coaching legend Paul Dietzel passes
The Advocate
Paul Dietzel, the innovative and charismatic football coach who led LSU to its first modern day national championship and its last undefeated season, died Tuesday at the age of 89, LSU has confirmed.