LSU OGDEN HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS NAMED ASTRONAUT SCHOLARS BY THE ASTRONAUT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

This year, ASF selected 74 scholars from 51 universities across the United States. The highly competitive scholarship recognizes top students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who demonstrate academic excellence, ingenuity, and a deep commitment to research with the potential to positively impact their fields.

LASAL Alum and Duke Law Graduate Alira Thomas Reflects on Discovering Her Passion at the Ogden Honors College.

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a non-fiction graphic novel by cartoonist Josh Neufeld. Originally published as a webcomic, A.D. tells the stories of a handful of real-life New Orleans residents and their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana’s top students have long reported finding better opportunities for higher education and employment outside the state, creating a “brain drain” that threatens the state’s talent pool and future work force. But a new curriculum designed by LSU’s Ogden Honors College aims to reverse this trend and encourage the best and brightest to stay in Louisiana for school and whatever comes after.

The Goldwater Scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding students who demonstrate exceptional potential for careers in scientific research.

A new Bachelor of Arts degree program at LSU will enhance not only the university’s reputation, but the knowledge, expertise and career opportunities of its students. It’s the Honors TRACTS (Traditions in Critical Thought and Scholarship) BA, an innovative curriculum of LSU’s Ogden Honors College.

When Emily Demps walked into an Amazon fulfillment center this July as a new Area Manager, she was doing more than managing operations—she was putting into motion a vision for smarter, more equitable systems.

When Honors College students Noor Akram and Anosha Rana met in Kenny Smith’s HNRS seminar How Religions Can Change the World, they probably didn’t expect that one semester later they would launch a movement that would give voice to international, first-generation students at LSU.

Studying ancient literature and philosophy at a world-renowned university in England isn’t the most conventional path to medical school. But for LSU Ogden Honors alumnus Dr. Austin Clark, a summer immersed in the humanities at the University of Oxford proved to be a turning point—not just academically, but personally.