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Madeline Foster-Martinez, an assistant professor in �Ͼ�Ʒ��'s Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, used recycled wreaths in Quarantine Bay in Plaquemines Parish for a class project in the wetlands.

_{May 6, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� Class Uses Wreaths To Fight Coastal Land Erosion

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� professor Madeline Foster-Martinez, a native of New Orleans, is using her engineering and environmental science acumen to help fight coastal land erosion in Louisiana. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� chemistry professors Phoebe Zito and David Podgorski have been selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

_{April 26, 2024}

Two �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Chemistry Professors Selected for NSF CAREER Awards

Two �Ͼ�Ʒ�� chemistry professors have been awarded CAREER grants, the most prestigious award presented by the National Science Foundation. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� mechanical engineering professor Uttam Chakravarty has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

_{April 23, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� Professor Uttam Chakravarty Named ASME Fellow

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� professor Uttam Chakravarty has been selected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ��-CHART helped the state of Louisiana create a hazard mitigation plan. FEMA requires such plans for states to receive disaster aid and grants.

_{April 18, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ��-CHART Helps Craft State Hazard Mitigation Plan

The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (�Ͼ�Ʒ��-CHART) helped craft the Louisiana State Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was recently approved by FEMA. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp has received a grant from the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to conduct sediment sampling along the Louisiana coast.

_{March 6, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� Environmental Science Professor Earns $800,000 Grant to Study Changes in Louisiana Coastline

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp has received a 2-year $814,000 grant from the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to conduct sediment sampling along the Louisiana coast. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� opens BeyondReality, a virtual reality maker space, at Earl K. Long Library.

_{February 22, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� Opens BeyondReality, A Virtual Reality Tools Lab

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� opens BeyondReality, a virtual reality maker space, at Earl K. Long Library. Read more

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� President Kathy Johnson is the eighth president and the first woman to helm �Ͼ�Ʒ�� in its 65-year history.

_{January 11, 2024}

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� President Kathy Johnson: Collaborative, Servant Leader

�Ͼ�Ʒ�� President Kathy Johnson knows the impact a faculty member can have in a student’s life. Read more

Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

_{December 11, 2023}

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin To �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Grads: ‘I’m living my dream because I went to this school’

Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Read more

Students at Village de L’Est Elementary School work with Dianne Barth of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on solutions to issues they identified while surveying their school yard.

_{December 6, 2023}

Grant Seeks To Create Environmental ‘Place-based’ Program For Elementary Students

Researchers at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� are using a National Academy of Sciences grant to create an environmental place-based education program for elementary students. Read more