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![Christopher Trapani Joins LSU Music & Center for Computation and Technology Faculties](https://www.lsu.edu/cmda/music/images/people/faculty-color/chris-trapani.jpg)
Christopher Trapani Joins LSU Music & Center for Computation and Technology Faculties
Louisiana native and renowned composer Christopher Trapani will join the faculties of the LSU School of Music and LSU Center for Computation and Technology as Assistant Professor of Experimental Music & Digital Media beginning in January 2024, LSU announced Monday.
![LSU Executive Education Introduces Workplace Effectiveness Series](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Executive Education Introduces Workplace Effectiveness Series
LSU Executive Education will offer a six-part Workplace Effectiveness Series beginning on May 10, 2023, from 9-11 a.m. at LSU's Business Education Complex. The first seminar, "Creating and Fostering a Morale Building Organizational Culture," will be taught by Rucks Department of Management Distinguished Instructor Kerry Sauley.
![Vision Come to Life: LSU Mechanical Engineering Seniors Design Running Apparatus For Visually Impaired Students](https://www.lsu.edu/eng/images/NewsArticles/lsvicapstone2023.jpg)
Vision Come to Life: LSU Mechanical Engineering Seniors Design Running Apparatus For Visually Impaired Students
For the past nine months, a team of four LSU Mechanical Engineering seniors has worked diligently on a project for LSVI students that would allow them to run freely without the assistance of a guide or teacher. LSU ME seniors Madeline Lemoine, Thomas Brinson, and Andreas Kafkallides, all from Baton Rouge, and Nils Jernsletten of Houston, worked with LSVI faculty and students to bring their vision of a running apparatus to life.
![LSU Expert Available to Discuss Upcoming Coronation of King Charles III](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Expert Available to Discuss Upcoming Coronation of King Charles III
Meredith Veldman, associate professor of history in the LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences, is available to speak to the media about the upcoming coronation of King Charles III.
![CERA flood modeling for Hurricane Ian](https://www.lsu.edu/working-for-louisiana/images/2023/wfl_0323_cera_ian.jpg)
LSU, State Meet Growing U.S. Demand for Storm Surge and Flood Predictions
With support from the Louisiana Legislature, LSU is increasing the capacity of one of its most in-demand tools to protect coastal communities from flooding and storm surge while adding operational relevance to the science that supports it.
![LSU to Host Growth Stage Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Military Veterans](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU to Host Growth Stage Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Military Veterans
EBV Accelerate, an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Military Veterans who are current business owners, will be hosted by LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business from May 1 through May 4, 2023. Nine veteran business owners from around the country have been selected for this year’s cohort.
![Center for Medical Education](https://www.lsu.edu/working-for-louisiana/images/2023/wfl_0323_lsuhs_exterior.jpg)
LSU Health Shreveport Expansion Outlines Bright Future for Students, Region
With the new Center for Medical Education and Emerging Viral Threats more than 75 percent complete and on track to open this fall, students and leaders at LSU Health Shreveport are starting to see the impact the new building will have on them, their careers and health in north Louisiana.
![University Lakes Project Poised to Move Forward with Phase 1 Construction](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2020/01/lsulakes.jpg)
University Lakes Project Poised to Move Forward with Phase 1 Construction
Advance work for the University Lakes Project has concluded, marking a major milestone toward full implementation of the restoration and revitalization project. Phase 1 work, estimated at $17,874,132 and spanning approximately one year, will begin upon receipt of the US Army Corps of Engineers permit for the work.
![Innovative Food Truck Concept Wins 2023 J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge](https://www.lsu.edu/business/images/news-images/2023-news-images/jtbvc-2023-winners.jpg)
Innovative Food Truck Concept Wins 2023 J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge
Rollin’ Yöggler’s Turkey Durkeys won first place in the 2023 J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge for their quick-service food concept featuring fried turkey fingers and stuffing fries to be served from a fleet of vibrant food trucks. Their first-place finish came with a $20,000 award.
![LSU Senior Earns Sixth Place in National Journalism Competition](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/ariapons.jpg)
LSU Senior Earns Sixth Place in National Journalism Competition
LSU Manship School of Mass Communication broadcast journalism senior Aria Pons placed sixth in the Television Features News Competition of the 2022 — 2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The competition received 77 entries from 47 schools. Pons’ win ties for the highest Manship School student’s placement in the competition since 2013.
![LSU’s Social Research & Evaluation Center Named Center of Research Excellence by Louisiana Board of Regents](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU’s Social Research & Evaluation Center Named Center of Research Excellence by Louisiana Board of Regents
The LSU Social Research & Evaluation Center (SREC) in the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education has been named a Louisiana Board of Regents Center of Research Excellence. SREC is the second Center of Research Excellence at Louisiana State University A&M and the only center focused on evaluating and researching social issues affecting our communities.
![LSU Senior Birdie O’Connell Receives Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Scholarship](https://www.lsu.edu/manship/images/lillian-oconnel.jpg)
LSU Senior Birdie O’Connell Receives Louisiana Association of Broadcasters Scholarship
The Louisiana Association of Broadcasters (LAB) recognized LSU Manship School of Mass Communication senior Birdie O'Connell, a Tiger TV sports journalist and Manship Ambassador, with the LAB Broadcast Scholarship at the 2023 LAB Prestige Awards. O’Connell was one of two students in the state to earn the $4,000 scholarship.
![LSU Names Alumnus Eric Lau as Dean of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/elheadshot.jpg)
LSU Names Alumnus Eric Lau as Dean of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts
LSU has named alumnus Eric Lau the Dean of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts, effective July 1, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Lau currently serves as Dean of both the Honors College and the University College at the University of New Mexico.
![WFL PBRC](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/wfl_0323_pbrc_lab.jpg)
Optimizing Military Health and Performance
Scientists Claire Berryman and Stephen Hennigar joined LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center to build on three decades as the leading academic provider of nutrition science for the Department of Defense.
![LSU Holding Spring Greening Day & Sustainability Expo April 20](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Holding Spring Greening Day & Sustainability Expo April 20
Campus Sustainability will host its annual Spring Greening Day & Sustainability Expo on Thursday, April 20 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in front of the Student Union. Students, staff, and faculty are asked to volunteer to assist Landscape Services staff in planting and beautifying the area in front of the Student Union from Highland Road to Tower Drive. The planting and mulching that takes place on SGD creates landscapes that offer both an aesthetic benefit and ecological significance to the soil, wildlife, and water quality on campus.