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![Emily Ramshaw](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/manship_reilly_emily_ramshaw.jpg)
Innovative Media Entrepreneur Emily Ramshaw to Visit LSU, Discuss Experience Building an Independent Nonprofit Newsroom
The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication will join the LSU Women's Center and LSU Women's and Gender Studies to host a conversation on preserving democracy in journalism, health equity, and women in the economy and politics led by media entrepreneur Emily Ramshaw on March 22.
![LSU students conduct design work in Lake Charles](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/ceds-lakecharles-students-site.jpg)
Building Community Resiliency in Louisiana and Around the World
LSU helps strengthen Louisiana communities--building resiliency in areas that have been hit hard by storms and climate change including Lake Charles, where LSU President William F. Tate IV will meet with elected officials, local leaders and LSU experts today as part of the Scholarship First bus tour.
![MEDIA ADVISORY: LSU and Louisiana's Largest Ports to Agree to Advance Cyber Talent, Protect Critical Infrastructure](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
MEDIA ADVISORY: LSU and Louisiana's Largest Ports to Agree to Advance Cyber Talent, Protect Critical Infrastructure
Media are invited to attend an event on Thursday, March 16 to announce an historic agreement between LSU, Port Fourchon and the four largest ports on the Mississippi River - Port of Baton Rouge, Port of New Orleans, Port of South Louisiana and Port of St. Bernard. The event will be held at the Port of New Orleans.
![Three LSU Students, One LSUS Student Named Presidential Management Fellows Finalists](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
Three LSU Students, One LSUS Student Named Presidential Management Fellows Finalists
Three LSU students and one LSU Shreveport student have been named Presidential Management Fellows Finalists. The Presidential Management Fellows program, or PMF, is administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The prestigious and highly competitive program offers finalists employment with the federal government.
![WFL LaHouse](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/wfl_0323_lahouse_lahouse.jpg)
Making Homes More Resilient and Affordable
For 15 years, LSU AgCenter’s LaHouse has showcased storm-resilient and sustainable home construction methods and materials that are both customizable and cost-effective for Louisiana residents who live with significant risk of flooding and wind damage as well as rising insurance premiums and energy bills.
![Scholarship First Bus Tour map](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/state-bus-tour-map.jpg)
LSU Sets Record $6.1 Billion Economic Impact on the State
LSU supported $6.1 billion in Louisiana economic output, over $2.4 billion in statewide earnings and an estimated 45,700 direct and indirect annualized jobs in fiscal year 2021-2022. This equals $690 of output per Louisianian and $13.85 for every dollar of Louisiana state funding provided to LSU.
![LSU Student Health Center and the Ogden Honors College Now Offering Mental Health Services On Site, in French House](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Student Health Center and the Ogden Honors College Now Offering Mental Health Services On Site, in French House
The LSU Student Health Center and the LSU Ogden Honors College have partnered on a new mental health initiative, providing students with access to a mental health professional in the French House.
![LSU Rainmakers](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/ored_rainmakers_2022.jpg)
LSU Research Recognizes Six Rainmakers
Six LSU faculty members have been selected to receive Rainmaker awards this year by the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, or ORED. These faculty members show outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity for their respective ranks and disciplines.
![Professor Glenn Sumners](https://www.lsu.edu/business/images/accounting_images/cia-feature-1400x800-2.png)
World-Renowned LSU Center for Internal Auditing to Add Cybersecurity, and Environmental, Social & Governance Focus
The LSU Center for Internal Auditing, the world’s first and premier university-based internal audit education program, is expanding to include a greater focus on cybersecurity risk and environmental, social & governance, or ESG, issues. In recognition of these changes, the program has been renamed the LSU Center for Internal Auditing & Cybersecurity Risk Management, or LSUCIA&CRM.
![WFL SOC](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/wfl_0323_cyber_padlock.jpg)
Trailblazing Partnership with Industry, State: LSU Leads the Way in Cyber Protection for Louisiana Higher Ed
The establishment of a student-run Security Operations Center, or SOC, on LSU’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge with an immediate counterpart at LSU Shreveport will enhance the security posture of the LSU system. The SOCs will leverage shared resources and threat intelligence across Louisiana and create a blueprint for as many as 31 institutions of higher learning in the state to protect themselves from cyberattacks.
![LSU, BRAC, NexusLA Present New Startup Accelerator](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU, BRAC, NexusLA Present New Startup Accelerator
LSU, BRAC and NexusLA are partnering to create Startup City Launch, a new, 10-week training program to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into scalable businesses.
![Sixth Grade Day 2022](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/lsu8503_sixth_grade_day_lores.jpg)
LSU Hosts 'Sixth Grade Day' for Eighth Year
LSU will launch its eighth run of "Sixth Grade Day," a day of academic exhibits and touring for middle school students of East Baton Rouge Parish on Tuesday, March 7. The program will also run March 9 and March 23.
![Louisiana's Barataria Basin](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/ored_twilley_bentley_mid-barataria_sediment_diversion_esa.jpg)
New Study Compares Human Contributions to Mississippi River Delta Land Loss, Hints at Solutions
Research from scientists at LSU and Indiana University reveals new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta--crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis.
![LSU On Tour](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2023/03/scholarship-first-on-tour.png)
LSU Embarks on Inaugural Scholarship First Bus Tour March 13-16
LSU is taking its mission and message on the road this month. Powered by RoyOMartin, the inaugural Scholarship First bus tour will take LSU President William F. Tate IV, joined by a few special guests along the way, on a 1,000-mile winding route around Louisiana, with the goal of learning more about some of the state's key industries, listening to key stakeholders and visiting with alumni and elected officials to ensure alignment of LSU's statewide priorities in serving Louisiana.
![LSU to Launch First Global Learning Program for PSA Scholars](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU to Launch First Global Learning Program for PSA Scholars
Students from LSU's Pre-Scholars Academy, or PSA, are preparing to travel to Dakar, Senegal over the upcoming spring break as part of the program's first global experience.