Content:

LSU student engineers work to revamp blighted lots in the Lower 9th Ward (NOLA.com)

Science Says: Can a Super Bowl ad give you brain tingles? (AP)

Science Says: Internet craze behind a brain-tingling beer ad (KRGV)

So, You Want to Quit Vaping... (Self)

BHM: LSU's first black football player, Lora Hinton (WBRZ)

Learn the Link: Obesity and Heart Health (Cision)

Radio frequency energy heats up interest in low-temperature nanocatalysts (Phys.org)

Cases of flu and other viruses spike in recent weeks (Fox 8)

LSU students help rehabilitate stroke victims with adaptive guitar (Reveille)

VOTERS SUFFER WHEN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CLOSE (Futurity)

MARS TRIP COULD MESS WITH ‘ROOKIE’ IMMUNE SYSTEMS (Futurity)

Roundup: LSU 100 nominations (Business Report)

Blight to Bioswales (Global News Wire)

Kooky (and risky) diets (Valley News)

Learn the Link: Obesity and Heart Health (Morning star)

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome shares her weight-loss journey (AP)

Don't miss these events in the Baton Rouge area (Feb. 1-7) (The Advocate)

Future bleak for LSU AgCenter's pecan research station (KTBS)

LSUS opens Veterans Resource Center (ArkLaTex)

Alisa Plant named 7th director of LSU Press (WAFB)

About Town: Events in February (The Advocate)

Baboons Hold Surprising Clues For Evolutionary Genomics (Science Blog)

Spending at Louisiana's two medical marijuana producers differ sharply in 2018 (The Advocate)

This list helps minority students find a college with a solid graduation rate (Los Angeles Times)

Shreveport trauma surgeon found guilty of stealing more than $200,000 in Social Security benefits (Shreveport Times)

Shreveport trauma surgeon found guilty of stealing more than $200,00 in social security benefits (KADN)

Shreveport trauma surgeon found guilty of stealing social security benefits (KATC)

What constitutes hazing? Sorority lawsuit challenges U-Va. crackdown. (Washington Post)

New Presidents or Provosts: Benedictine U (Ill.), City College of New York, Colorado School of Mines, Crowder College, Haverford College, Lehman College, Louisiana State U, Martin U, St. Thomas U, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U (Inside Higher Ed)

Opinion:

Three Louisianians heading to Canton speaks to what we as a state do very well ... football (The Advocate)

These LSU freshman pitchers lining up to 'audition' for key starting role (The Advocate)

LSU men providing the right kind of La. sports drama (Houma Today)

Bad news for both of us (Daily Register)

Louisiana fighting abortion the way it should've fought slavery, and it's about time (The Advocate)

LSU basketball must learn lessons from Arkansas game with tough stretch ahead (The Advocate)

Sports:

LSU's Mondo Duplantis makes another run at collegiate indoor pole vault mark, but settles for world lead (The Advocate)

Soni Fonua commits to LSU; JUCO defensive end makes announcement before signing day (The Advocate)

LSU wins second straight meet 197.150-195.375 over NC State (WBRZ)

Sarah Finnegan, McKenna Kelley highlight LSU gymnastics 197.100-195.375 win over N.C. State (The Advocate)

LSU men's basketball focused on now with a shot at 11th win in a row vs. Arkansas (The Advocate)

LSU signing day breakdown: Who's in, who's committed, hard targets and our own analysis (KTBS)

Meet LSU's next slugger, Saul Garza: A hard-hitting catcher coming back from knee surgery (The Advocate)

Why LSU is bringing Chris Reid back 5 months after being taken off the team (NOLA.com)

LSU baseball making some changes as injuries pile up before start of season (The Advocate)

With options and upside, LSU pitching staff could be deepest in years (NOLA.com)

LSU coach D-D Breaux expects more from team, even after win Friday night (Reveille)

Rams' Andrew Whitworth undecided on future after Super Bowl loss (NOLA.com)

Kevin Mawae, Ed Reed and Johnny Robinson earn Hall of Fame invites (NOLA.com)

Johnny Robinson’s long wait for the Hall of Fame is over — and he’s earned his spot (Arrowhead Pride)

Detailed LSU athletics financial data: 2018 revenue down, expenses up from 2017 (NOLA.com)

Shaquille O’Neal thinks it’s wiser for Anthony Davis to stay in New Orleans (Clutch Points)

New judge assigned to case of slain LSU basketball player Wayde Sims (The Advocate)

Decisions are tough, but losing out on elite honors and traditions is no picnic, either (The Advocate)

Andrew Whitworth Has Chance to Join Elite Company on Sunday (BR Proud)