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Working For Louisiana: Supporting Rice Farmers

Supporting Louisiana's Rice Farmers

Fighting Hunger and Disease, One Strain of Rice at a Time

LSU Cybersecurity team receives $600 thousand grant from NSF to Combat Malware

LSU Cybersecurity Team Receives $600K Grant From NSF to Combat Malware

LSU cybersecurity researcher and Associate Professor Elias Bou-Harb, along with collaborators at the University of South Carolina, has secured a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to combat malware by recognizing and stopping cyberattacks at the network level as they first enter computer systems. The researchers' approach empowers system administrators through a do-it-yourself approach.

LSU Postdoctoral Researcher Beatriz Elizaga Navascués Wins Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity

LSU Postdoctoral Researcher Beatriz Elizaga Navascués Wins Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity

The Bronstein Prize is awarded every two years to a leading postdoctoral scholar in loop quantum gravity, an area in theoretical physics that helps bridge general relativity with quantum mechanics to provide a deeper understanding of our universe and everything in it. LSU is one of the top three universities for loop quantum gravity research in the United States.

LSU Provost's Fund Invests $1.2 Million in Highly Competitive Research Teams

LSU Provost's Fund Invests $1.2 Million in Highly Competitive Research Teams

In a second round of Big Idea seed grants, the largest internal funding program in LSU history, the Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research is investing $1.2 million in 15 interdisciplinary research teams. Aligned with LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda, the teams and their projects aim to solve pressing problems in Louisiana and everywhere.

LSU Recognizes 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Awardees

LSU Recognizes 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Awardees

Each year, the LSU Alumni Association and the LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School recognize two LSU doctoral students whose research and writing demonstrate superior scholarship.

Dr. Mandi Lopez, LSU Vet Med

LSU Syringe Device Improves Stem Cell Delivery to Patient

LSU researchers' new invention - a syringe that can temporarily store adult stem cells so that they can be delivered and given to the patient from the same device - is the booster physicians and veterinarians need to treat tendon injuries more effectively.

LSU’s Pipeline Leak Detection Technology Could Save Energy Companies Millions

LSU's Pipeline Leak Detection Technology Could Save Energy Companies Millions

Researchers use Fiber Bragg Grating Advanced Signal Processing

Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences Faculty Receive Largest NSF PFI Grant Ever Awarded to LSU

Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences Faculty Receive Largest NSF PFI Grant Ever Awarded to LSU

Nootkatone Studies Could Lead to Prevention of Lyme Disease. LSU Chemical Engineering (ChE) Professor Kerry Dooley, LSU ChE Department Chair and Professor Mike Benton, and LSU Department of Biological Sciences (Biol. Sci.) Professor Roger Laine will continue their work on a project that could bring affordable and effective insect repellent to the masses, possibly decreasing the number of Lyme disease, malaria, and West Nile virus cases around the world.

LSU ANNOUNCES DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH MASTERS

LSU Announces Distinguished Research Masters

Each year, LSU's Office of Research & Economic Development honors the exceptional research and scholarship of two LSU faculty as Distinguished Research Masters.

Calcea Johnson

LSU Freshman Discovers New Pythagorean Theorem Proof While in High School

An LSU freshman is on her way to having her name and work part of mathematics history. Meet Calcea Johnson. While in high school in New Orleans, Johnson discovered a new proof for the Pythagorean Theorem.