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LSU recently named the newest recipients of the Rainmaker Award for Research and Creative Activity, celebrating those faculty members who balance their teaching and research responsibilities
while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia.
Everything LSU faculty do, in and out of the classroom, lab, or studio, has a ripple
effect that extends outside the gates of their campus to transform the lives of people
across the state.
I hope you'll join me in celebrating these exceptionally accomplished women and men
who make LSU the outstanding university it is today.
Emerging Scholar Award | Arts, Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Chris Barrett, Department of English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Emerging Scholar Award | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Morgan Kelly, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
Mid-Career Scholar Award | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Karen Maruska, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
Senior Scholar Award | Arts, Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Barry Keim, Department of Geography & Anthropology, College of Humanities & Social
Sciences
Senior Scholar Award | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Anne Grove, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
LSU Students Creating Beach-Accessible Wheelchair
One team of LSU College of Engineering students has put their education into real-world
practice before graduating. Through their senior capstone course project, they are
building a beach-accessible wheelchair for 22-year-old Cheslyn Simpson, who has a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder called
Friedreich’s ataxia. Cheslyn looks forward to summer vacations on the beach with her
family every year, but physically getting her chair through the sand is a taxing endeavor.
The students have been working on a protoype for the entire year, and are hopeful
that the design could eventually be used for wider distribution, helping more individuals
with limited mobility enjoy the beach.
Interested individuals can donate to their efforts through the LSU Foundation or GoFundMe.
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Law Students Capture two National Championships
Two mock trial teams from the LSU Law Center won first place in a pair of national competitions on March 24. LSU Law students Zach Miller, of Baton Rouge, and Max Roberts, of Lafayette,
were crowned champions of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition’s North
American regional rounds in Washington, D.C. They also took home the award for Best
New Team.
Also on March 24, LSU Law’s team of Jessie Finley, of Belle Chasse; Sara Kuebel, of
Covington; and Jacob Cunningham, of Tallahassee, Fla., won the 2018 John R. Brown
National Admiralty Law Moot Court Competition in Seattle. They also won the competition's
Maritime Law Association of the United States Award for the Best Brief.
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Art + Design Professor Authors Buildings of New Orleans
Lake Douglas, associate dean of research and development in the LSU College of Art
+ Design and professor of landscape architecture in the Robert Reich School of Landscape
Architecture, coauthored Buildings of New Orleans, a detailed guidebook to New Orleans architecture.
This comprehensive, post–Hurricane Katrina overview of buildings, neighborhoods, and
landscapes tells a compelling story of the city through concise descriptions of nearly
300 significant structures, open spaces, and lesser-known places, enhanced by 175
photographs and 23 maps.
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Anna Sightler Awarded LSU CAS Outstanding Supplemental Instructor
LSU Accounting senior, Anna Sightler, from Franklinton, La, is the 2017-2018 recipient of the Saundra Yancy McGuire Outstanding
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader award in recognition of her service and commitment
to the SI program.
Sightler leads SI sessions for Accounting 2001, where business students are introduced
to financial accounting. She has been a SI leader for the last five semesters at LSU.
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Daniel Kuroda Named 2018 NSF CAREER Awardee
Assistant Professor Daniel G. Kuroda has received a 2018 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Molecular Characterization
of Motions, Interactions and Structure of the Lithium Salts in Organic Solvents via
Non-Linear Infrared Spectroscopy.”
These prestigious early-career awards are given to “faculty who have the potential
to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in
the mission of their department or organization.”
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Did You Know?
For every dollar the state invests, LSU provides a return of $13.25.
Michael Polito, assistant professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal
Sciences at LSU, was involved in the discovery of super-colony of 1.5 million penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula.
LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Ward Plummer has been recognized with the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award.
LSU Professor of Art+Design Ursula Emery McClure is the only American to be featured
on @ArchDaily's list of 13 innovative female architects.
LSU held its first-ever Girls Night at the Museum to encourage local middle school girls to pursue careers in science. More than 30
attended the inaugural event.
In the News
A Sample of LSU Stories from Around the World
Mark Your Calendars!
GYMNAST ALY RAISMAN TO SPEAK AT LSU
April 11, 7 p.m., PMAC
Aly Raisman, Olympic gold medalist, sexual abuse survivor and activist, will speak
on Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center, or PMAC.
The Gamma Zeta chapter of Delta Gamma will host the event for its biennial Lectureship
in Values and Ethics. Admission is free and open to the public.
Raisman, a Massachusetts native, will discuss the values and ethics she follows as
a gymnast, athlete and activist through a moderated question and answer session facilitated
by Chad Sabadie, morning anchor on NBC 33-Baton Rouge.
LSU & Louisiana International Film Festival Host Screening of "Fail State"
April 18, 7:30 p.m., Roy O Martin Auditorium, 1100 Patrick F Taylor Hall
LSU will host the kickoff event of the Louisiana International Film Festival with
a screening of "Fail State," an acclaimed documentary exploring the predatory nature of for-profit universities.
The film is executive produced by Dan Rather. There will be a panel after the screening
with director Alex Shebanow, LSU President F. King Alexander, and BRCC Chancellor
Larissa Littleton-Steib.
LSU SCIENCE CAFE | JAZZ REFLECTIONS
April 23, 5 p.m. at The Varsity Theatre
*note that the April 2018 installment of LSU Science Cafe takes place on a Monday
rather than the usual last Tuesday of the month.
E. & D. White Professor of Jazz Studies and virtuoso jazz bassist William Grimes will
take us into his world of music, from improvisation to pops orchestra arrangements. Join him as he plays and discusses
his creative process, improvisation and look back at the development of the jazz program
at LSU over 34 years.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for free food and networking, and the talk will start at 6 p.m.
Remember, people of all ages are welcome, so please spread the word and join us for
a fun and informative night!
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