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LSU Launches $1.5 Billion Fierce for the Future Campaign
Last week marked the public launch of the LSU "Fierce for the Future" campaign, the
largest fundraising campaign for higher education in Louisiana history. This marks
the first time all eight LSU campuses have come together for such an endeavor. The
campaign's fundraising goal is $1.5 billion, with $571.2 million (approximately 38%
of this goal) raised during the silent phase.
Learn more about Fierce for the Future and how LSU is changing the world at fierceforthefuturecampaign.org.
LSU Promotes Economic Development Through Research
LSU annually generates $5.1 billion in economic impact for Louisiana, and its collective
success in securing competitive national research grants has served as a catalyst
for future economic development.
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine more than $11.5 million to launch the Center for Lung Biology and Disease and develop new treatment methods
for lung diseases, which affect approximately 15% of Louisiana's population. Following
along in that vein, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Professor Yogesh Saini
received a $2.7 million Outstanding New Environmental Scientist award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct innovative
research on ozone-induced lung diseases.
The LSU AgCenter received $1 million from the federal government to study roseau cane, one of the Gulf Coast's most erosion-resistant
and critical marsh plants.
LSU Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Adam Melvin received approximately $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to help control protein degradation and create
a more efficient diagnosis process for cancer and diabetes.
Three LSU faculty members were elected as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of their profound
impacts on society's welfare.
LSU Pioneers the Future
Dr. Paul G. Harch, the Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU's School of Medicine,
successfully treated a young boy's traumatic brain injury stemming from oxygen deprivation.
Dr. Harch used innovative ‘Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Therapy,' which may be a breakthrough treatment for victims of oxygen-related brain damage
as well as Alzheimer's.
LSU Geaux Vote, a non-partisan student organization that encourages students to honor their civic
responsibility, received approval from the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council to make
LSU a central location for a new polling place in East Baton Rouge and allow students to vote on campus.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy and 14 other senators introduced the College Transparency Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that would give students access to important outcomes-based
information about colleges and universities allowing them to make informed decisions about their futures.
LSU Faculty Set the Standard for Excellence
Professor Jinx Broussard, LSU Manship School's Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor,
earned the 2018 Scripps Howard Foundation Teacher of the Year Award, in recognition of her expertise in teaching innovative and influential practices
inside and outside the classroom.
World-renowned physicist and LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy Professor Gabriela González
has been awarded the 2019 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement Award. In 2015, González helped to confirm Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
when she contributed to the historic detection of gravitational waves.
Professor Emeritus William C. Black was recognized for his outstanding services to
the Department of Marketing’s Ph.D. program, receiving the 2019 Doctoral Educator’s Award from the Southeast Marketing Symposium member universities.
Kalliat Valsaraj, Roddey Distinguished Professor and Ike East Professor of Chemical
Engineering, was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the U.K.’s professional body for chemical scientists and experts.
Jean McGuire, William W. Rucks IV Endowed Chair and Professor of Management and department
chair in the Rucks Department of Management, accepted a seat on the editorial board of Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR), a peer-reviewed academic journal recognized as one of the top publications regarding
corporate governance-related issues ranging from accounting to political science.
Dr. Steven Heymsfield, Director of LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Institution
Metabolism and Body Composition Lab, was named to the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
Three nurses from the #9 nationally ranked School of Nursing at LSU Health New Orleans, one physician from LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, and one medical
professional from LSUHSC School of Dentistry – LSU Health New Orleans were all recognized
as 2019 Health Care Heroes.
LSU Student-Athletes Achieve Victory for LSU
LSU Gymnastics recently captured their third-straight SEC championship in front of an electric, record-breaking crowd at the Smoothie King Center in New
Orleans.
The LSU Men's Basketball team finished on top of the standings to claim their 11th SEC title and first conference championship since the 2008-2009 season.
LSU men's track and field athletes Rayvon Grey (long jump) and Mondo Duplantis (pole
vault) won national championships at the NCAA Indoor Championships, becoming the first program in NCAA history to win both the long jump and pole vault
at the event.
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