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Political commentator James Carville urged all who attended Fall Commencement 2014 at the University of New Orleans to stick together and take an active role in advocating for the university.
Friday, December 19, 2014
The University of New Orleans announced that it has bestowed the 2014 UNO Research Recognition Prizes upon three faculty members. John Wiley, professor of chemistry, won the Research Excellence Prize; Malay Ghose Hajra, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the Early Career Research Prize; and Martin O'Connell, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, won the Competitive Funding Prize.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that Emir Jose Macari has been selected as the new dean of the College of Engineering. Macari is currently a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the director of the California Smart Grid Center at California State University, Sacramento.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Four undergraduates from the University of New Orleans recently participated in a statewide honors research invitational hosted by a sister university.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Three University of New Orleans alumni will help to lead the city's 300th Anniversary Celebration, according to a statement issued by the mayor. Heading up the effort is Mark Romig, a 1978 alumnus who now heads the city's tourism and marketing corporation.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
A recent production of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play has earned the University of New Orleans' award-winning theater program a spot at the regional festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, a year-long competition of university productions from all over the U.S.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The University of New Orleans has planned a memorial service on campus to honor a beloved professor who died this month of cancer.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Graduating senior Catherine "Catie" Rodgers is the first University of New Orleans undergraduate music student to perform with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Two University of New Orleans graduate students and researchers with the Merritt C. Becker, Jr. UNO Transportation Institute recently received 2014 Council of University Transportation Centers' National Student Awards.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The University of New Orleans Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society initiated 40 new members on Friday. Approximately 100 people turned out for the candlelight ceremony held in the University Center.
Monday, December 15, 2014
The namesake of the University of New Orleans' esteemed transportation research center has died.
Friday, December 12, 2014
The University of New Orleans Press, together with The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, the Neighborhood Story Project, and the Louisiana State Museum, proudly announces release of a new book on brass band music in New Orleans.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Graduating fine arts students at the University of New Orleans showcase their work this month in a mixed media exhibition on campus.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Five University of New Orleans chemistry students are the first recipients of the Siegfried B. Christensen IV Memorial Scholarships.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association announced that the winners of the 2013-14 Excellence in Teaching Awards are Harsha Chacko; a professor of hotel, restaurant and tourism administration; and Leslie White; an associate professor of English.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The University of New Orleans community is mourning the loss of history professor Michael Mizell-Nelson, who died of cancer on Monday at the age of 49. Mizell-Nelson, a UNO faculty member since 2004, was a lifelong New Orleanian and a foremost authority on two quintessential New Orleans topics: the po-boy and the streetcar. He served as the public history coordinator for the UNO history department.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos today announced his recommendations for restructuring and strengthening the University's academic programs.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Leading cinematographer Michael Goi visits the University of New Orleans on Sunday to talk to film students about the making of American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that John W. Nicklow has been selected as the University's new provost and vice president for academic affairs. Nicklow has served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. The hire must be approved by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Nicklow is expected to begin his duties at UNO during the late spring of 2015.
Monday, December 1, 2014
The University of New Orleans gears up for Giving Tuesday, with an appeal to alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to help support the state's only urban research institution.
Monday, December 1, 2014
University of New Orleans English professor Niyi Osundare will receive the 2014 Nigerian National Order of Merit Award, the nation's top prize in science, medicine, engineering/technology and the humanities. Osundare is a poet, dramatist and essayist and one of Nigeria's preeminent public intellectuals. He has authored 18 books of poetry, two books of selected poems, four plays, a book of essays, and numerous articles on literature, language, culture and society. An investiture ceremony will be held in his honor, along with the Annual Forum of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Laureates, in Abuja, Nigeria on Dec. 2-3.
Monday, December 1, 2014
The Lakefront Arena celebrates 31 years of history. Since opening its doors in November of 1983, the Arena has been the destination for live entertainment - bringing in more than 12 million patrons to the city of New Orleans for world-class concerts, family and comedy shows, commencement ceremonies, athletic events and thousands of other events.
Monday, November 24, 2014
The University of New Orleans welcomed approximately 150 students from New Orleans area schools to campus on Thursday, to participate in Space Day 2014. The inaugural event was designed to introduce youngsters to the joys and challenges - and especially the important - of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Friday, November 21, 2014
An ancient species of starfish has been named after University of New Orleans paleontologist Kraig Derstler. Derstler, an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences and an expert in invertebrate fossils, has spent decades digging up the past. Now his name will live long into the future through Swataria derstleri, an early starfish that is approximately 450 million years old--older than dinosaurs, the Gulf of Mexico or even the Atlantic Ocean.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Nine University of New Orleans alumnae are among the New Orleans CityBusiness 2014 Women of the Year.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Ancient monumental earthworks created about three thousand years ago by Native Americans living along Bayou Macon in Northeast Louisiana, a place now called Poverty Point, recently gained status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Next week, a leading anthropologist visits the University of New Orleans to tell us about it.
Friday, November 14, 2014
The University of New Orleans this week celebrates Geography Awareness Week, a national effort spearheaded by the National Geographic Society. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Reviewers are raving about a current exhibition now on display at the University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery. "Shrine," a collaborative project that includes a film created by The Propeller Group and a sculpture by artist Christopher Myers, has been getting excellent reviews by word-of-mouth and in print.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Poet, visual artist and dancer Mong-Lan was born in Saigon and left Vietnam with her family on the last day of the evacuation of the city in 1975. She was five years old. Today she is an internationally known poet who visits next week at the invitation of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop.
Monday, November 10, 2014
As part of Inaugural Alumni Week, the College of Education and Human Development hosted a special ceremony recognizing four graduates, students and a faculty member for outstanding work in their fields.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Stomp rockets, structural towers, stocking of a spaceship ... even an astronaut is expected! Students from six area middle schools will visit the University of New Orleans this month for Space Day, a fun-filled day designed to raise interest in the study of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Friday, November 7, 2014
The University of New Orleans Center Austria hosts two lectures next week -- one is focused on the history of the Ottoman Empire and World War II and the other spotlights U.S.-Russian relations in the context of the Ukrainian Crisis.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
As part of an upcoming anniversary celebration, the University of New Orleans is offering several new scholarships for students planning to study abroad in Innsbruck this summer.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
The University of New Orleans announced that the 2015 Musical Excursions series will feature pianist Sean Chen on Feb. 3; the Quink Vocal Ensemble on Feb. 24; and the VIDA Guitar Quartet on March 24. The award-winning concert series has presented first-class classical and world music since 1993. The concerts will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the UNO Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center.
Monday, November 3, 2014
This week at the UNO Fine Arts Gallery on campus, artist Lala Rascic unveils a video installation based on Jean-Paul Sartre's existential play "The Flies.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Political strategist and commentator James Carville will serve as the principal speaker at the University of New Orleans' fall 2014 commencement, which will be held Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. at the Lakefront Arena.
Monday, November 3, 2014
UNO Master of Business Administration students will present research at the Society for Marketing Advances Conference, a national marketing research conference which brings together marketing academics and professionals from throughout the United States and abroad.
Friday, October 31, 2014
From professional athletes across baseball, football and basketball, to infamous reality TV pick-up crews, the MVP moniker has long been associated with those who are at the top of their game. Now, a University of New Orleans faculty member has been named by students as one of three Most Valuable Professors across the nation.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Gregor Trumel, the newly appointed French Consul General to New Orleans met Thursday with President Peter J. Fos to discuss possible educational and business cooperation between the University of New Orleans and the French Consulate. Trumel was accompanied by Raymond Hinz, who is the consulate's representative for university relations.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
As Louisiana's closely-watched U.S. Senate race enters its final days, a new statewide survey from the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center offers insight into voter attitudes. The telephone poll of 590 registered voters was conducted from October 11-24.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Theatre UNO is pleased to present a new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by visiting artist Jim Winter of Southeastern Louisiana University.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
The University of New Orleans Division of International Education hosts the 8th Annual International Photo Contest, in which a group of award-winning photographers will judge the best picture depicting the international experience of a UNO student. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, Nov. 2.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Poet and UNO MFA alumna Gina Ferrar comes to campus next week to read from her new collection, Carville: Amid Moss and Resurrection Fern.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The University of New Orleans is expected to receive approximately $1.8 million in state money to enhance its programs in engineering, computer science and accounting. The funds are available through the $40 million Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy (WISE) Fund, which was proposed by state higher education leaders, supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal and passed by the state legislature earlier this year.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The UNO Jazz All-Stars paid a lunchtime visit to Vista Shores Assisted Living Community on Bayou St. John Tuesday to play an hour-long concert for the residents. In the house was acclaimed jazz composer and musician Harold Battiste, who celebrated his 83rd birthday and provided musical inspiration.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The University of New Orleans Center Austria, together with the Department of Economics and Finance, the World Trade Center New Orleans and the World Affairs Council of New Orleans, hosts a lecture next week by a leading economics professor from Germany. The lecture, a talk by Professor Wilhelm Kohler of the University of Tübingen and Harvard University, will focus on recent developments in global and transatlantic trade policy. The talk starts at 12:30 p.m. on Monday in Kirschman Hall.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The University of New Orleans will name its University Center ballroom after State Sen. Theodore "Ted" M. Hickey, a champion of the institution who played an instrumental role in establishing UNO as well as changing its name. The request was approved by the University of Louisiana System Board on Oct. 24.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The University of New Orleans this week hosts a talk by a Cuban refugee held at Guantanamo during the mid-1990s. Aurora De Armendi is now an artist in New York City.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The New Orleans branch of the Society of Human Resources Management this month unveils a new Human Resources Internship Program through the University of New Orleans. The internship program will begin with the upcoming Spring 2015 semester and is being offered to all junior and senior level students with concentrations in Human Resources and or students who are interested in pursuing HR as a career.
Monday, October 27, 2014
The University of New Orleans will award real estate executive and philanthropist Robert Merrick with an honorary doctorate at its fall commencement on Dec. 18 at the Lakefront Arena. Merrick is the chairman and CEO of Latter & Blum, Inc., a New Orleans-based company that is the largest full-service real estate brokerage in the Gulf South.
Monday, October 27, 2014
The University of New Orleans has launched a new fully online executive master's degree program in hospitality and tourism management. Classes begin in the spring 2015 semester and students can enroll now.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
University of New Orleans undergraduate student Julie Green is the recipient of the 2014-15 UNO Scholarship for Women in Computer Science. Green, a native of Portland, Ore., is a junior majoring in computer science.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The University of New Orleans Lambda Alpha Chi Chapter celebrates 50 years on campus. Homer L. Hitt, the University's first chancellor, was brother in the national fraternity.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Ethel & Herman L. Midlo Center in New Orleans Studies at the University of New Orleans partners this week the Historic New Orleans Collection to host a free lecture on the economics of the domestic slave trade.
Monday, October 20, 2014
IBM hosts a networking event next week at the University of New Orleans. Recruiters are seeking young professionals with strong finance, accounting and computer science-related degrees or backgrounds.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
UNO Music students present a special showcase concert Monday afternoon for visitors from the National Association of Schools of Music. The entire campus community is invited.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Regional marketing and advertising leaders visit the University of New Orleans next week for Marketing Week, a 5-day event that provides students a chance to learn more about the fields of marketing and advertising.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
A special committee at the University of New Orleans has narrowed a large pool of applicants to four finalists hoping to be selected as UNO's next Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery is gearing up to host work by artist Christopher Myers and the Propeller Group Prospect.3: Notes for Now. Known as P.3, Prospect 3.0 is an international contemporary art biennial now in its third iteration. This year's show will feature the work of 58 artists selected by artistic director Franklin Sirmans in 18 venues located throughout New Orleans.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
The University of New Orleans has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Malta to establish a dual degree program in counseling.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
The Scholastic Writing Awards of Southeast Louisiana in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Writing Project is pleased to announce the start of the 2015 Scholastic Writing Awards season. The Scholastic Writing Awards, now in its 91st year, is the longest-running writing awards program in the country. Submission is open to all students grades 7-12.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Opening performances of a Tony Award-winning play won early recognition last weekend for Theatre UNO, the University of New Orleans' award-winning theater troupe. Cast and crew received the high honors for their performance of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," written by Rajiv Joseph. The play runs again this weekend and is open to the public.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
University of New Orleans alumni Thomas and Constance Kitchen have donated $60,000 to help endow a first generation scholarship at UNO.
Monday, October 6, 2014
An alumna of the University of New Orleans College of Education and Development has been named High School Teacher of the Year by the Orleans Parish School Board.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Louisiana Poet Laureate Ava Leavell Haymon and poet Chanel Clarke visit the University of New Orleans next week for a public reading of their work.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Students from around the city will march this month in an effort to raise awareness of and prevent sexual violence. UNO students and supporters will walk as a unified group, wearing UNO T-Shirts, or T-shirts representing a UNO student organization, in the March on Violence. The UNO Jazz All-Stars will kick off the three-day event with a two-hour concert at the UNO amphitheater.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
In keeping with tradition, renowned jazz pianist and professor emeritus Ellis Marsalis returns to the University of New Orleans this week to launch the fall season of Jazz @ the Sandbar. The fall season runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Sandbar at The Cove on Founders Road. Admission is $5. Concerts are open to the public.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell D. Normand has been named the University of New Orleans 2014 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. He will be presented with the award at a reception on November 6 in the Arbor Room at Popp Fountain in New Orleans City Park. Normand received a bachelor's degree in business administration from UNO in 1988.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
The University of New Orleans Theatre Department announces its 2014-2015 season.
Friday, September 26, 2014
University of New Orleans political scientist Ed Chervenak helps inform Orleans Parish voters in a criminal justice series that airs next week on WYES-TV. The half-hour program, entitled "Reshaping a Greater New Orleans: Criminal Justice - Elections 2014, presents voters with information to help them make decisions in the three ongoing political races for seats at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
The University of New Orleans Ogden Museum of Southern Art honors the traditions of Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead with a special new exhibit that includes an altar created by local artist Cynthia Ramirez in honor of the late artist George Dureau, as well as a series of educational programs open to the public.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
University of New Orleans chemistry professor Steven Rick has received a $276,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new smart polymers, which are materials that can respond to changes in the environment.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Capital Area Transit System (CATS) has commissioned a study by the Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute to study alternative fuels. CATS is the regional transit authority of the Baton Rouge metropolitan region.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The University of New Orleans has received a $210,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research to test information gathering and analysis techniques that will improve early-stage warship design.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Multinational oil exploration company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has donated a three-dimensional seismic data license worth $640,000 to the University of New Orleans.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Leaders from the University of New Orleans and Delgado Community College announced the signing of a 2+2 articulation agreement, paving the way for Delgado graduates who have completed an Associate of Arts degree in American Sign Language Studies to easily transfer their credits to UNO in order to pursue a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Four award-winning authors come to campus this month to share their work and thoughts at a "Mega-Read" event hosted by the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop.
Friday, September 12, 2014
A new study authored by a University of New Orleans psychologist finds that schoolchildren's memories of Hurricane Katrina faded after they lived through Hurricane Gustav.
Friday, September 12, 2014
The number of community banks in the United States has decreased by 50 percent in the last 20 years, shrinking at a much greater rate than non-community banks, according to a new study of the community banking industry from the University of New Orleans.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
University of New Orleans special education professor Linda Flynn-Wilson has received a 5-year $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train educators to work with young children with disabilities. Flynn-Wilson, a professor of special education and habilitative services, will prepare educational personnel to be fully credentialed to work with infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities and their families.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
For the fourth straight year, the University of New Orleans ranks among the universities whose students graduate with the lightest debt loads, according to U.S. News & World Report. UNO ranks second among national universities in percentage of graduates with debt.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
University of New Orleans students aiming to become filmmakers have a chance to visit behind the scenes at a leading film studio in Hollywood South. The University of New Orleans Nims Center Studios has been home to films ranging from Runaway Jury to Dallas Buyers Club and tomorrow UNO film students will see the set of NCIS - New Orleans.
Monday, September 8, 2014
The UNO-St. Claude Gallery is hosting a two-person exhibit for the 14th Annual Center Austria Artist Exchange, titled "environmental scanning."
Friday, September 5, 2014
Federal funding continues to help the University of New Orleans Center for Hazard Assessment, Response and Technology to prepare Louisiana residents for storms. UNO-CHART has recently completed the second edition of a risk literacy curriculum for residents in low-lying parishes. The curriculum, "Preparing for Storms in Louisiana, 2nd Edition," has multiple parts, including a student manual, facilitator's guide, take home guide and flashcards.
Friday, September 5, 2014
New Orleans-based real estate company Latter & Blum, Inc. has donated $100,000 to the University of New Orleans. Half of the gift will be used to support the University's newly created graduate certificate programs in coastal sciences and coastal engineering; the other half will go to scholarships.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
A University of New Orleans graduate student received a boost to his moviemaking plans when he received the University's third Joseph Patrick Uddo Scholarship last week.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The University of New Orleans announced that it will offer a Bachelor's of Science in Health Care Management in the College of Business Administration. The new academic program was approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents on Wednesday. UNO already offers a master's degree in health care management.
Friday, August 29, 2014
For the next two weeks, the University of New Orleans Division of International Education Intensive Language Program (IELP) will host 26 students and one faculty member from the Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan through a special program named UNO-Doshisha Open Doors.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Thanks to a new ride-sharing program, commuter students at the University of New Orleans will have increased opportunities to attend events, join clubs and be part of student life on campus.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
The University of New Orleans chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity received national recognition this month for its philanthropy work feeding the hungry.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The University of New Orleans (UNO) and Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) announced the establishment of a Graduate Certificate in Coastal Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Coastal Sciences. Both certificates were approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents today.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
This year at fall convocation, for the first time ever, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and the UNO Office of First Year Experience honored faculty and staff who have greatly contributed to the lives of first-year students.
Monday, August 25, 2014
The University of New Orleans presented highest honors at fall convocation to University faculty and staff members chosen by their peers as leaders who rise above the call of duty to ensure both University and department success.
Monday, August 25, 2014
New students at the University of New Orleans are adopting a credo: The Privateer Promise.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
On Friday at "The Galley," a popular dining hall at the University of New Orleans, three students marveled over lunch that they had to travel all the way to New Orleans to meet one another, although they come from the same town in Northern India. Fresh off a campus tour, the three men from the town of Hyderabad said that they are already planning cricket matches and serving up curry from their new apartment building in Gentilly. At the same time, they are looking forward to trying New Orleans cuisine and hearing jazz on Frenchmen Street, they said.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Vassil Roussev, a University of New Orleans computer science professor, has received a 2-year $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to offer students cutting-edge training in the field of cybersecurity.
Monday, August 18, 2014
University of New Orleans Peter J. Fos outlined UNO 2020, the University's Strategic Plan for 2015-20 during a presentation at the annual Faculty and Staff Convocation in the University Center. According to Fos, the plan offers a blueprint for the University to reach its aspiration--to be broadly recognized as one of the preeminent urban research institutions in the nation.
Monday, August 18, 2014
More than 300 fall freshmen, new transfer students and scholarship students who will be living on campus arrived today at the University of New Orleans for "Move-In Madness," an annual welcome to the academic year.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
The University of New Orleans Vietnamese American Student Association raised its profile this summer with a regional award. The 50-member student organization travelled to a national conference of similar groups - and learned that their fundraising efforts to raise awareness of human sex trafficking in Southeast Asia secured top place in the Gulf Coast region.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
A new fraternity chapter joins the University of New Orleans campus this year and national leadership is seeking a few good men to serve as founding fathers.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
At the University of New Orleans, Greeks are getting ready for fall rush.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Artists, musicians and administrators from the University of New Orleans are headed this month to the city's Sixth Annual Culture Collision, with plans to showcase the arts, theater and music programs and resources the University has to offer.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The University of New Orleans has received a 3-year $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop tools to fight cybercrime in large computing environments. Researchers at UNO will work in cooperation with researchers at Purdue University on the project. The goal of the research is to understand the strategy and detailed steps of a cyber-attack, collect evidence for possible legal proceedings and reveal hidden impacts of an attack to minimize loss and to prevent against similar attacks.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Museums, theaters, cinemas, cobblestone streets: the historic city of Prague is a perfect place to study history, literature, art, photography and architecture. The historical capital of Bohemia has been a political, cultural, and economic center of central Europe for more than 1,000 years. And for nearly 20 years, University of New Orleans students have studied abroad there, taking courses at Prague's prestigious Charles University.
Friday, August 8, 2014
The Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute has received a 2-year $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to research better ways to secure the nation's port facilities.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Darrell Kruger, dean of the University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development, received the Certificate of Appreciation Award from the National Geographic Society. Kruger is a geographer and anthropologist.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
UNO Athletics Plans Fourth Annual Privateers Twilight Tennis Gala Tennis at Twilight: University of New Orleans Head Tennis Coach Burzis Kanga is busily planning his fourth annual fundraiser, with plans of raising $50,000 for New Orleans Athletics and Privateers Tennis. Three hundred guests are expected to attend the semi-formal event at Chateau Golf and Country Club in Kenner. The fun will be hosted by special guests, John Walton and Steve Johnson from the Walton and Johnson radio show and will run from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The University of New Orleans is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to the 2015 edition of the Princeton Review's annual college guide, "The Best 379 Colleges."
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
University of New Orleans engineers are now preparing for the University's second annual Engineering Forum, held in tandem next month with the 5th Southeast Symposium for Contemporary Engineering Topics.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Fifty incoming freshmen at the University of New Orleans participated this year in Privateer Camp, a three-day overnight retreat where they prepared to be student leaders. The annual leadership camp is an opportunity for the new students to forge friendships, learn about traditions and build leadership and student success skills before heading to campus in the fall.
Monday, August 4, 2014
A University of New Orleans materials scientist has received a $10,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to help develop a new solar device at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
On Friday, more than three dozen undergraduate and high school students from around the region delivered poster presentations at the University of New Orleans, where they spent the summer participating in advanced materials research.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Next week, the University of New Orleans Department of Mathematics will host on campus an "Actuarial Boot Camp" organized by the International Association of Black Actuaries Foundation (IABA Foundation).
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery will host two concurrent exhibitions on the continually pertinent subject of figuration and narrative in painting, said gallery director Kathy Rodriguez.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Twenty-two students from the University of New Orleans and other universities are studying in Rome this summer as part of an annual summer study abroad program hosted by the UNO International Division of Education.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
For nearly 40 years, students at the University of New Orleans have spent their summers studying abroad in the hills of Innsbruck, Austria. The 500-year-old capital of the Austrian Alps calls has been home to 39 summer sessions and became a sister city to New Orleans in 1995, in an agreement forged following the longstanding and vibrant partnership between the University of Innsbruck and UNO.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
A University of New Orleans chemistry professor has been awarded a 3-year $405,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support his research of fabricating microscopic structures that mimic peas in a pod.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Money and politics don't always mix -- but a talk on the issue by a former Louisiana governor is expected to be a crowdpleaser on the University of New Orleans campus.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
For centuries, writers have been drawn to New Orleans, essaying to capture the sounds, sights, mores, landscape, politics and culture of the Crescent City. Yet few have written about work in the 300-year-old city and now a University of New Orleans professor and his colleague have released a book on the topic.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Ninety-seven percent of the buildings in the historic Tremé neighborhood are rated either good or fair, according to a comprehensive mapping and analysis project completed by the University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies. Out of 670 total buildings rated in the survey, 525 were deemed to be in good condition, while 124 were rated fair and 21 (3 percent) were rated poor.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Tales of the Cocktail is an annual cocktail convention held in New Orleans French Quarter. The five-day festival, which included four days of seminars, parades and parties, brings thousands of visitors and nearly $15 million in economic impact each year to the city. Behind it all is Ann Tuennerman, a University of New Orleans alumna and local marketing guru who continually gives back to the UNO community.
Monday, July 21, 2014
The National Security Agency announced this week that five new schools have been selected for the NSA's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program. The University of New Orleans, which has boasted an elite cyber operations program for nearly a dozen years, joins the nation's finest in receiving this top honor.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Seven valedictorians from the greater New Orleans area will be attending the University of New Orleans this fall as members of the class of 2018.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Recent graduates of the University of New Orleans, together with UNO students, have formed a new collective and are showcasing their work this summer at the University's St. Claude Gallery.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
A University of New Orleans sorority chapter saw the spotlight last week as one of its members, to her surprise, received one of the national organization's top honors.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Two University of New Orleans alumni brought home top awards in education last week, bringing home titles for Principal of the Year and Middle School Teacher of the Year.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Eight students, alumni and faculty at the University of New Orleans are participating this month in an exhibition at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center. The exhibition, called "Mark of the Feminine," is the first in a series of exhibitions to be produced by the CAC focusing on the community of artists working in New Orleans.
Monday, July 14, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that UNO's campuses will become tobacco-free effective Aug. 1. UNO is complying with a state law that requires all public colleges and universities to develop and implement smoke-free policies on their campuses by Aug. 1.
Monday, July 14, 2014
The honor society Phi Kappa Phi announced that former University of New Orleans graduate research assistant Race Hodges is the recipient of a 2014 Literacy Grant, which will allow UNO's Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) to expand its risk literacy project.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Twenty high schoolers interested in studying science, mathematics, engineering and technology joined a special camp in early June hosted by Shell Oil and the University of New Orleans. Now in its fourth year, the annual summer energy camp for minority STEM students is designed to expose area high schoolers to STEM concepts, as well as resources and opportunities within the oil, gas and energy industries.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
New Orleans artist and two-time University of New Orleans alumnus Dan Tague recently won a national fine arts contest and added the top honor to a growing list of achievements.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The director of the University of New Orleans Merritt C. Becker Jr. Transportation Institute heads downtown on Wednesday to speak with local and federal leaders.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
A new program on the University of New Orleans Lakefront campus is designed to allow incoming freshmen a chance to become familiar with campus and get a head start enrolling in classes, even before attending New Student Orientation.
Monday, June 30, 2014
A debut novel from a UNO faculty member won't hit shelves until 2015, but it's already generating national attention. M.O. Walsh, the director of the Creative Writing Workshop at UNO, had his first novel accepted for publication in July 2013 by Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam. Einhorn (the editor of bestsellers like The Help and The Widow of the South) acquired the world rights for Walsh's book in a pre-empt deal as soon as she read it, not allowing the book to ever go to auction.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
For more than a dozen years, the University of New Orleans Ethel and Herman Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies has co-sponsored educational seminars at the city's acclaimed annual "Satchmo SummerFest," and this year, like every year, the program just gets better.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Campus life gets more exciting at the University of New Orleans, where the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership released results on Friday that show student fun and leadership activities have reached an all-time high.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Leaders from higher education systems across Louisiana joined Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday to sign new legislation that will create a new higher education workforce incentive initiative and increase higher education funding by dedicating $40 million to better prepare Louisiana students to compete in the new global economy.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Summer reading for incoming freshmen at the University of New Orleans brings a dose of inspiration and a chance to hone personal, career and academic aims while improving writing and presentation skills.
Monday, June 16, 2014
Now in its fourteenth season, American Idol begins a nationwide search this month for the best undiscovered talent in the country. A top stop will be New Orleans, where auditions will take place next week at Lakefront Arena on the University of New Orleans' Lakefront campus.
Monday, June 16, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced a plan and process to revitalize and restructure the University's academic programs.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Student Success Counselor Nick Fuselier is recruiting new students to participate in the First-Generation Mentoring Program designed for students who are the first in their families to attend college.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Nearly 250 fall freshmen arrived at the University of New Orleans today to participate in New Student Orientation. The two-day overnight program runs several times each summer and is designed to introduce new students to campus and help them acclimate before school starts in August.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Greek Life at the University of New Orleans is expanding with the addition of another fraternity.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The University of New Orleans has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Operations by the National Security Agency for a period of five years. UNO is the first university in Louisiana to achieve the designation.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The University of New Orleans has been awarded an 18-month $200,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to improve a device used aboard shrimp boats intended to protect sea turtles.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Publishers Weekly, America's largest trade magazine for publishers and writers, glowingly mentions the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop this month in its inaugural "Survey of Creative Writing Programs in the U.S."
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Fine arts students at the University of New Orleans and Loyola University of New Orleans collaborate this month to host a juried student exhibition of works by fine arts students in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
The New Orleans Jazz Institute located at the University of New Orleans celebrates 20 years of Project Prodigy Summer Music Camp by announcing The Irvin Mayfield School of Music that will be held on the campus of UNO.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, Jr. joins designer Vera Wang, artist Lorna Simpson and filmmaker Ed Zwick tonight in receiving the Gordon Parks Foundation Award in New York City. Mayfield is both a professor of professional practice in the University of New Orleans Music Department and an alumnus of the University.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos has been appointed to the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson. Fos' appointment will last two years.
Friday, May 30, 2014
The University of New Orleans is the recipient of a 5-year $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The grant is aimed at helping research universities improve persistence of students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and reinvigorating introductory science courses.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The University of New Orleans has received a 1-year $98,832 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to create a state-of-the-art materials science laboratory. The lab will give UNO students hands-on experience with energy and electronic materials in a new course that will be unique to New Orleans and one of the few of its kind in the nation.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The University of New Orleans participated in a community-wide giving campaign in May that brought extra funds to its development fund.
Monday, May 26, 2014
The Louisiana Department of Education has recognized a handful of University of New Orleans alumni as finalists for two top education awards: Teacher of the Year and Principal of the Year.
Monday, May 26, 2014
The University of New Orleans announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Laitram, L.L.C. that will offer a year-round internship program for students in UNO's College of Engineering. Eligible UNO students will fill internships at one of Laitram's four operating divisions: Intralox, L.L.C.; Laitram Machinery, Inc.; Lapeyre Stair, Inc.; and Laitram Machine Shop, L.L.C.
Friday, May 23, 2014
New leadership joins Driftwood, the student-run weekly at the University of New Orleans, with plans to transform the look, feel and content of the newspaper.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien served as the principal speaker and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the University of New Orleans' spring commencement 2014. She delivered an uplifting speech that drew largely on her own upbringing and feats as a journalist.
Monday, May 19, 2014
The University of New Orleans is the recipient of a $100,000 donation from the Louisiana Contractors' Education Trust Fund, which will be used to support students in the College of Engineering.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
A doctoral student in the University of New Orleans chemistry department recently received two awards from an international conference designed to help communities better prepare for and respond to oil spills.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Showing students how to cope with test anxiety might also help them to handle their built-up fretfulness about other issues, according to a new study by a University of New Orleans researcher.
Monday, May 12, 2014
What are you doing this weekend? The University of New Orleans Film Festival is showing nearly 70 short films developed, directed and produced by UNO students, alumni and friends from universities across the country.
Friday, May 9, 2014
A community rating system developed by the University of New Orleans' Center for Hazards Assessment, Response, and Technology (UNO-CHART) saved certain Louisiana residents more than $32 million on flood insurance premiums in 2013.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
A teenager from the Virgin Islands who loves cruise ships and dreams of becoming a ship designer last month visited the University of New Orleans School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Twenty-nine boiling teams, five live bands and thousands of pounds of crawfish: That's the plan for Saturday, when the University of New Orleans International Alumni Association hosts the Third Annual Crawfish Mambo Cook-off and music festival on the Lake.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
James Roe, a recent graduate of the University of New Orleans, is one of 41 finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 41st Student Academy Awards. He is the only honoree from a Louisiana university and the first person in UNO's history to be named a finalist.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
The 41st annual College of Sciences Honors Convocation was held on Wednesday, April 23, in the University Center Ballroom.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Leading author and historian John M. Barry, best known in the South for his books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, visits the University of New Orleans on Friday to speak about wetlands loss and coastal restoration in Louisiana.
Monday, May 5, 2014
A University of New Orleans doctoral student has been named a 2014 Minority Fellow by the National Board for Certified Counselors.
Monday, May 5, 2014
The University of New Orleans next week joins more than 300 organizations participating in GiveNOLA Day, the community's first one-day online giving event to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations who make our region a stronger and thriving community for all. Of the four universities participating, UNO is the only one representing public higher education.
Friday, May 2, 2014
A University of New Orleans doctoral student in chemistry has won a $5,000 prize from the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) that will help support his research of very small gold particles.
Friday, May 2, 2014
A University of New Orleans faculty member has earned the 2014 ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Malay Ghose Hajra, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, will receive the award at the American Society for Engineering Education's annual conference in Indianapolis, Ind. on June 17.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Rx, a play by Kate Fodor, debuted on the UNO campus last night at the Robert E. Nims Lab Theatre.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Two leading computer scientists at the University of New Orleans recently received an Outstanding Research Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences for research in their field.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
New Orleanian Kristen Preau joins the University of New Orleans Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program, telling students how she used her father's jambalaya pots and famous recipe first to raise more than $100,000 for relief efforts, then to create a thriving business: Cook Me Somethin' Mister Jambalaya Rice.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien will serve as the principal speaker at the University of New Orleans' spring commencement.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Student leaders were honored Tuesday at the University of New Orleans, where the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership handed out key awards at an annual leadership ceremony.
Friday, April 25, 2014
UNO's Model United Nations Delegation wins four awards at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
UNO Professor Victor "Red" Atkins was honored last week at the Third Annual New Orleans Jazz Orchestra's (NOJO) Big Beat Gala. Atkins received the NOJO Musician of the Year Award. UNO President Peter J. Fos received NOJO's Excellence in Education Award.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The University of New Orleans family once again rocks Jazz Fest, with 88 alumni, students, staff and faculty giving more than 150 performances at the annual festival hosted at the New Orleans fairgrounds by the Jazz and Heritage Foundation. For years, UNO has boasted a greater showing at Jazz Fest than any other university, a testament to the strength of the University's Music Department and acclaimed jazz studies program.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Hijab is a veil worn by Muslim women in the presence of adult men outside their family. The term can also be symbolic, meaning "the veil which separates man or the world from God." Today, Muslim men and women attending the University of New Orleans helped students to understand Islamic hijab and values of modesty.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Thomas O'Connor, University of New Orleans professor of marketing, passed away on April 11 in New Orleans. O'Connor was a widely respected faculty member at UNO since 1970, where he was held in high esteem by students and colleagues alike.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Building a geodesic dome from plastic straws and masking tape isn't as easy as it looks -- particularly if you want that dome to be strong and to last. That was the challenge on Friday for more than 100 high school students gathered at the University of New Orleans Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center for the fourth annual Shell S.T.E.M. Showdown, a fierce competition.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The University of New Orleans participates today in the University of Louisiana System Day at the Louisiana Legislature State Capitol Rotunda.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Einstein Week at the University of New Orleans began with a bang.
Monday, April 14, 2014
The University of New Orleans education administration program in the College of Education and Human Development is celebrating this week as students and alumni rack up regional awards.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Emergency management executive Alessandra Jerolleman is the recipient of the 2014 University of New Orleans College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumna Award.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Engineers are known for their abilities to quickly assess situations and problems, develop plans, create networks and build superior systems that will last. On Monday, a team of able engineering students put those skills into action at the University of New Orleans College of Engineering unveiling a top-notch student-organized and student-run job fair that demonstrated state-of-the-art coordination.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
University of New Orleans education professor April Whatley Bedford has been named co-editor of the Journal of Research in Childhood Education. Bedford is a professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education and Human Development.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The University of New Orleans has been awarded a $223,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to integrate computer science with psychology for the detection and prevention of cybersecurity risk.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
University of New Orleans faculty member John Renne has been named a committee chair of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. Renne, associate professor of planning and urban studies and director of the Merritt C. Becker UNO Transportation Institute, will chair the Transportation and Land Development Committee for a 3-year term.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Highly-acclaimed ensemble Mantra Percussion will perform at the University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery (2429 St. Claude Ave.) on April 16 at 9 p.m. The group will play Michael Gordon's modern masterpiece Timber.
Friday, April 4, 2014
For the sixth year in a row, the University of New Orleans Orientation Leaders returned with awards from the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop, also known as SROW.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
NAME students and faculty -- and shipbuilders from around the region -- test their designs in the University's state-of-the-art-towing tank, which this spring received a face lift.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of New Orleans Student Activities Council and the Chakra Indian Student Association host "Holi," a celebration of spring traditionally known as the Festival of Colors.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Donald K. Hanks, professor emeritus of philosophy, passed away earlier this month at the age of 79. Hanks taught at the University of New Orleans for four decades, from 1967 until his retirement in 2006.
Monday, March 31, 2014
On the eve of Valentine's Day, the University of New Orleans' chapter of the Society of Women Engineers turned tables on a contemporary dating tactic and hosted a speed networking event designed to introduce them to engineering professionals who helped them improve their resumes.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Several members of the UNO Music Department family have been nominated for 2014 Big Easy Awards, the prestigious music awards presented by the Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education. Winners will be announced April 21 at a gala at Harrah's New Orleans.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
The University of New Orleans' 2014 Imperial Barrel Award team placed fourth in a field of 13 universities at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Gulf Coast Regional Competition held in Houston March 20-21. The Imperial Barrel Award program pits geosciences teams from universities across the world against each other in a competition to analyze an oil and gas reserve. In the regional competition, only the top four teams receive awards.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Stanley Leibo passed away on March 25 after a battle with melanoma at the age of 77. He was a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences since 1999 and a pioneering researcher in cryobiology. His expertise involved freezing cells and tissues without damaging their contents.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
An articulation agreement between the University of New Orleans and Nunez Community College will allow Nunez students to transfer into programs in the College of Business Administration at UNO.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Darrell Bourque, the former Louisiana poet laureate, will read from his new collection of poetry on the campus of the University of New Orleans on Wednesday, March 26. The reading will take place at 8 p.m. in the lounge (room 197) of the Liberal Arts Building.
Monday, March 24, 2014
The New York City-based ensemble Contemporaneous has accepted an invitation from music professor Yotam Haber to do a new music residency at the University of New Orleans that includes master classes and two free concerts on March 24-25 at the University's Performing Arts Center.
Friday, March 21, 2014
The New York City-based ensemble Contemporaneous has accepted an invitation from music professor Yotam Haber to do a new music residency at the University of New Orleans that includes master classes and two free concerts on March 24-25 at the University's Performing Arts Center.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Continuing a long tradition of success, the University of New Orleans Film and Theatre Department Chair and a host of alumni and students are nominated for a raft of Big Easy Theater Awards.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Three of America's favorite characters -- Boo Radley, Atticus Finch and Scout Finch -- appear this month at the University of New Orleans, where an award-winning theatre troupe will perform a stage adaptation of the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
The University of New Orleans and the Port of New Orleans announced a 5-year agreement aimed at assessing the Port's activities in order to achieve greater sustainability.
Monday, March 17, 2014
The New Orleans Privateers and First NBC Bank announced a philanthropic partnership which will rename the University of New Orleans baseball facility to Maestri Field at First NBC Ballpark.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
With a career that spans nearly four decades, master reedman Dave Liebman will kick off the University of New Orleans spring series of Jazz at the Sandbar on the Thursday with the power of a jazz legend.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company, has donated $1.3 million in software to the University of New Orleans Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The donation is a 3-year license for the Petrel E&P software platform, which allows geologists and geophysicists to interpret seismic data to locate oil and gas reservoirs.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
University of New Orleans' College of Liberal Arts faculty are spending their Spring Break co-hosting and presenting papers at an important international conference on the contributions of French writer Emile Zola.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
University of New Orleans researchers have developed a process for the fabrication of complex microscopic gold structures that mimic peas in a pod. The research, which will appear in a prestigious European chemistry journal, is significant because it could lead to new advances in a variety of areas including cancer treatment.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Two University of New Orleans professors will be featured in an episode of the Science Channel program "Strip the City 2," which will air on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 9 p.m. Creators of the show, now in its second season, say that it peels back the layers of major cities to unveil the hidden technology that protects humans from the onslaught of nature's most terrifying threats.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The University of New Orleans and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a partnership with the goal of encouraging and enhancing study in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines for UNO students and faculty.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Greater New Orleans Writing Project, in conjunction with the UNO English Department, hosts teachers, literacy professionals, and administrators this week at WriteFest 2014, an all-day conference focused on writing, creativity, and the Common Core.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
The University of New Orleans became on Tuesday the first member of the University of Louisiana System to have a prayer and meditation space open to all people, regardless of faith or belief.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
University of New Orleans graduate student Hayley Westphal is participating in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' nationally recognized internship program.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
University of New Orleans alumnus Glen Grogan is the 2013 recipient of the Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award, presented by the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). Grogan, a naval architect with the U.S. Navy, will accept the award at the ASNE Annual Honors Gala on Feb. 20 in Arlington, Va.
Monday, February 17, 2014
The director of student involvement and leadership at the University of New Orleans this spring receives a national award for her winning work.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Teenagers and twenty-somethings around the world will curl up on couches tonight, eyes transfixed, to watch Star-Crossed, a new CW network science-fiction drama set in Louisiana. The show, which has already wrapped filming for a second season, was partially filmed and produced at the University of New Orleans' acclaimed Nims Center Studios, located on the University's Harahan campus. Star-Crossed airs locally at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 on WNOL.
Monday, February 17, 2014
The University of New Orleans crowns the 2014 Royal Homecoming Court during the halftime of a New Orleans basketball victory over the Nicholls State Colonels.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
First-year students at the University of New Orleans are boning up on grammar and composition rules this week as they prepare to meet the author of their English textbooks.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The University of New Orleans Office of Student Involvement and Leadership celebrates a new class of emerging leaders.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The Merritt C. Becker University of New Orleans Transportation Institute and the Port of New Orleans announced a partnership that will focus on transportation research, community outreach and workforce development. In support of these projects, the Port will provide an in-kind match of organizational resources worth approximately $215,000 to the UNO Transportation Institute.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The University of New Orleans has been selected one of the Best Value Colleges for 2014 by The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review chose 150 undergraduate schools, 75 public and 75 private, to profile in its annual book "The Best Value Colleges: The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In."
Monday, February 10, 2014
The University of New Orleans 2013-14 Musical Excursions series presents a performance next week by the Ethos Percussion Group.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The GE Capital Technology Center in New Orleans recently launched its first Software Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SWEAP) class with 13 students from the University of New Orleans. These students will apprentice with GE Capital while earning their degree and will receive formal industry mentorship and training in addition to their hands-on work experience.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
High school juniors and seniors, as well as prospective college transfer students to the University of New Orleans, have a special opportunity next week to learn more about academics and life on the Lakefront campus. For the second year in a row, the University's Office of Enrollment Services is inviting prospective students to Explore UNO.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Robert "Bobby" Savoie, chief executive officer of Geocent, has been named the University of New Orleans 2013 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
A proverbial Blue and Silver welcome mat is in in the making at the University of New Orleans, where students, faculty and staff are readying for a blowout Homecoming celebration.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Six years into her stint as second flutist in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Schettler hosts a solo recital concert at the University of New Orleans on Sunday.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal joined higher education leaders, including University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos, to announce a funding increase of $141.5 million for higher education institutions for the next fiscal year. The funding hike represents a 6.66 percent increase over the budget for the current fiscal year. This funding includes a new higher education workforce incentive initiative of $40 million that will better prepare Louisiana students to compete in the new global economy.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
The first member of a family to attend college faces a unique set of challenges, studies show. A new mentoring program at the University of New Orleans is designed to help first-generation students surmount those hurdles, stay in school and achieve success.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
A $300,000 grant over five years from the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation will help the University of New Orleans establish a new Office of Service Learning. The goal of the office is to engage undergraduate and graduate students in academic work that intersects with the needs of community organizations.
Friday, January 17, 2014
The New Orleans Privateers placed 15 student-athletes on the Southland Conference 2013 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll, announced the league office on Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Urban planning and disaster mitigation and resiliency leaders from the University of New Orleans Merritt C. Becker Jr. Transportation Institute joined forces with international disaster experts last week to co-host an international conference focused on evacuation planning.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
New Orleans native and current Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington will be the guest speaker for the New Orleans Privateers Baseball Dugout Club membership interest meeting on Thursday.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
The University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery is excited to announce the first two Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibitions for the Spring 2013 semester.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Parviz Rastgoufard, Entergy Endowed Chair for Power Systems Engineering at the University of New Orleans College of Engineering, has a vision: A state-of-the-art program in which undergraduate engineering students shepherd their own designs from project to product and serve as a vital part of the city economy.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Faculty members in the University of New Orleans' computer science department recently earned two national awards. Four members of the computer science department won best paper at the Information Security Conference and two faculty members earned the outstanding research award by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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