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![LSUHS Helped a Mom Walk Again; Now She Will See Her Son Walk at LSU's Commencement](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSUHS Helped a Mom Walk Again; Now She Will See Her Son Walk at LSU's Commencement
When William Gaspard Jr. graduates with his degree from LSU in agricultural and extension education on May 20, his mom and family will be there to cheer him on. But there was a time when William wasn't sure his mom would ever walk again. A 2013 surgery performed by doctors at LSU Health Shreveport was an answer to their prayers.
![LSU Museum of Art Appoints New Senior Curator and Director of Programming, Michelle Schulte](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Museum of Art Appoints New Senior Curator and Director of Programming, Michelle Schulte
The LSU Museum of Art is excited to announce Michelle Schulte as the new Senior Curator and Director of Programming at the museum as of April 2022.
![Stephenson Pet Clinic](https://www.lsu.edu/vetmed/images/2022/spc-rendering-hero.jpg)
LSU Vet Med to Host “Ribbon-Cutting” for the Stephenson Pet Clinic on May 9
On Monday, May 9, at 4 p.m. the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine will host a “ribbon-cutting” ceremony for the new Stephenson Pet Clinic located adjacent to the LSU Vet Med building on Skip Bertman Drive in Baton Rouge.
![Students look at immunization reports on a large touchscreen television](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/lsus-mph-ranking.jpg)
LSU Shreveport, Health Shreveport Public Health Master's Program Ranked 4th Nationally by Fortune Magazine
LSU Shreveport’s Master of Public Health program, a collaborative effort between LSUS and LSU Health Shreveport, has been named the fourth best in the nation in Fortune Magazine's 2022 rankings, which cited the program's high retention rates.
![New Course on Domestic Violent Extremism to be Offered by LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorism Education](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
New Course on Domestic Violent Extremism to be Offered by LSU National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorism Education
LSU's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, or LSU NCBRT/ACE, is launching a new course that is specifically centered on detecting extremist threats.
![Kenedi Lynch](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/04/innovation_mallardbay_rice.jpg)
LSU Sophomore Selected for Prestigious Amgen Scholars Program
Kenedi Lynch, a Stamps Scholar and Ogden Honors College sophomore studying biological sciences in LSU’s College of Science with a minor in psychology, has been selected to participate in the Amgen Scholars Program this summer.
![National Academy of Sciences Member LSU Professor Nancy Rabalais](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/04/lsu4207_nancy_rabalais_lores.jpg)
Nancy Rabalais Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
LSU College of the Coast & Environment Professor Nancy Rabalais was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on April 29. She is among the 120 elected members - and the only one from Louisiana - recognized for her distinguished achievements in original research in 2021.
![Marisa Terry](https://www.lsu.edu/honors/images_videos/news-stories/marisa-terry.png)
Ogden Honors College, international studies senior accepts Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to pursue graduate study in Northern Ireland
Ogden Honors College senior Marisa Terry, a native of Lakewood, Washington, has been awarded a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship in the amount of $30,000. The scholarship provides funding for students traveling overseas (outside of the US or Canada) for graduate school, whose intended area of study matches one of the Rotary Club’s areas of focus.
![Octo-tiger](https://www.lsu.edu/physics/octotiger_silo_grid_slice_density.jpg)
Octo-Tiger Awarded Access to the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
Researchers who recently developed “Octo-Tiger,” a breakthrough astrophysics code that simulates the evolution of star systems, have been granted access to the supercomputer Fugaku in Tokyo.
![Kelli Moran](https://www.lsu.edu/cce/images/kelli-moran-2022-sm.jpg)
LSU Student Receives NSF Grant to Study Water Management and Resiliency in the Netherlands
LSU student Kelli Moran is one of 14 in the nation to receive a National Science Foundation Grant that supports graduate student study in the Netherlands. Moran is a doctoral candidate in the College of the Coast & Environment.
![a man in waders stands in thigh-high marsh water](https://www.lsu.edu/cce/images/2022_colin-anderson.jpg)
Army Tapped LSU to Understand Deltaic Change, Future-Proof U.S. National Defense
When the U.S. Army needed to understand how climate change will affect the so-called “critical zone”—the thin land surface layer comprised of vegetation, soils, and sediments—to improve their own planning and secure people, equipment, and infrastructure, they turned to LSU.
![Pennington Biomedical Research Center](https://www.lsu.edu/images/campuses/0374-pennington-biomedical-research-center.jpg)
Pennington, LSU Health New Orleans Part of National Study to Create Personalized-Nutrition Algorithm
Pennington Biomedical, in partnership with LSU Health New Orleans, is taking part in a study using machine learning to predict how an individual responds to a given diet, allowing physicians to offer patients personalized nutrition prescriptions.
![Kevin Xu on a boat in water](https://www.lsu.edu/cce/images/2021_portfourchon_xu_boat.jpg)
Protecting Port Fourchon, Louisiana’s Energy Industry Hub
LSU scientists are learning how to manage sediment to prevent land loss and improve hurricane preparedness in Louisiana's southernmost port, a key place for the U.S. energy industry, but also one of the nation's most vulnerable places.
![Ross Barnett Reservior at sunset](https://www.lsu.edu/research/images/070121_tangi_ross_barnett_reservoir.jpg)
LSU Helps Flood-Prone Tangipahoa Parish Rise to Challenges
In the wake of 2016 floods, which devastated Tangipahoa Parish and 20 other South Louisiana parishes, the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio and LSU Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering began collaborating with local government and communities to set Tangipahoa Parish on a path toward resilience.
![Person standing in a flooded house](https://www.lsu.edu/research/images/070121_floodedhouse.jpg)
Protecting House and Home: Louisiana’s Number-One Key to Resilience
LSU researchers, from coastal scientists and engineers to sociologists and psychologists, are working to protect Louisiana residents and homeowners from the potentially devastating impacts of flooding.