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New eSports Café opens at the University of New Orleans with intramural, club and varsity teams on the way.

_{September 29, 2021}

University of New Orleans Launches eSports

The University of New Orleans has launched eSports programming with the opening of a new on-campus eSports Café Read more

_{September 23, 2021}

Grant to Create Urban Bird Habitat on UNO Campus and Support Environmental Education

The University of New Orleans has received a $34,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create an urban bird habitat on campus and support educational programming connected to environmental conservation. Read more

Former University of New Orleans professor Randall Lee Scott died Aug. 10, 2021.

_{August 18, 2021}

In Memoriam: Randall Lee Scott, Former Department Chair of Special Education and Habilitative Services

Randall Lee Scott, whose academic career at the University of New Orleans spanned more than three decades, died Aug. 10, 2021. Read more

UNO researchers’ analysis of sheepshead bones provides the earliest evidence of overfishing of the historically popular New Orleans fish. Most of the sheepshead bones analyzed in the study were recovered from archaeological sites in New Orleans, like this one at Passebon Cottage.

_{August 17, 2021}

This Historical Fish Tale Can Guide Future Conservation Policy, UNO Researchers Say

Analysis of sheepshead bones by researchers at the University of New Orleans has unearthed information they say can help guide policymakers facing the critical challenge of overfishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more

Nancy Biggio, associate vice president for the University of New Orleans Graduate School, has 20 years of higher education experience and has spent the last decade working in academic affairs.

_{August 11, 2021}

Nancy Biggio is New Associate VP For the Graduate School

Nancy Biggio, the new associate vice president for the University of New Orleans Graduate School, Read more

University of New Orleans alumnus Jim McCormick is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling songwriter who has had No. 1 songs on the Billboard Country Charts.

_{August 9, 2021}

Alumnus Jim McCormick’s Songwriting Tops the Charts

At age 15, University of New Orleans alumnus and Grammy-nominated songwriter Jim McCormick was playing a regular Tuesday night gig at a New Orleans bar called Jed’s on Oak Street. Read more

University of New Orleans professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo is an urban planning scholar and practitioner with an expertise in historic preservation.

_{July 30, 2021}

Historic Preservation Professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo Is Co-Recipient of $120K National Trust Grant

Fallon Samuels Aidoo, a professor of historic preservation in the University of New Orleans’ department of Read more

_{July 27, 2021}

The University of New Orleans Awarded $50K Grant to Advance 21st Century Skills Development Through University-Community Partnerships

The University of New Orleans has received a $50,000 grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Read more

University of New Orleans history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is a lead historian for the digital database Freedom on the Move and director of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Study at UNO.

_{July 13, 2021}

History Professor Mary Niall Mitchell Collaborates With New Orleans Teachers, Others on Pilot Project Using Freedom on the Move Data

University of New Orleans history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is collaborating with New Orleans public school teachers, museum directors and other community leaders to develop a K-12 curriculum using Freedom on the Move’s (FOTM) database of advertisements seeking runaway enslaved people. Read more