Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the University of New Orleans, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Read more
Researchers at the University of New Orleans are using a National Academy of Sciences grant to create an environmental place-based education program for elementary students. Read more
The 2024 edition of the New Orleans 500, which profiles business leaders in the region, features 70 University of New Orleans alumni, as well as several UNO administrators. Read more
Addressing a crowd of 400 people might be a daunting task to some. But Sabrina Farmer, who spoke to such a group inside the Boeing Freedom Pavilion at the National WWII Museum, is used to performing under pressure. Read more
University of New Orleans biological sciences professor Nicola Anthony immersed herself in the culture and ecology of the tropical forest and rural villages in the central African country of Gabon as part of a research field school aimed at training the next generation of conservation scientists. Read more
University of New Orleans graduate student Amanda Kirkland is one of 85 students in the nation named to the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Read more