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LSU to Open New Popeyes Location in Late Fall
LSU and Chartwells Higher Education have partnered to unveil the first Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen location on a college campus within the Southeastern Conference. Slated to open in late 2022, the new space will offer counter service and a dine-in experience, along with a walk-up window service.
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$1.5 Million Federal Grant Assists Expansion of AgCenter Food Innovation Institute
The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute has received a five-year, $1.5 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant to update and expand its facility adjacent to the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.
![LSU Ph.D. candidate Zita Hüsing](https://www.lsu.edu/images/2022/zitahusing.jpg)
Applying Fictitious AI to the Real World
LSU Ph.D. candidate examines themes and androids from "Blade Runner"
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LSU Astrophysicists break down the impact of newly released NASA images
The first images from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled this week include a new look at the universe, expanding our view of the galaxy as we know it.
![Todd Manuel](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/07/toddmanuel.jpg)
Todd Manuel Named LSU Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights & Title IX
LSU has named Todd Manuel, who currently serves as director of Organizational Health & Diversity for Entergy, as the university's Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights & Title IX, effective Sept. 1.
![LSU CEE Professor Studies Climate Change, Coastal Migration](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU CEE Professor Studies Climate Change, Coastal Migration
LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Sabarethinam Kameshwar recently received nearly $10,000 of a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to collaborate on a project with the University of Miami to study sea level rise and how it affects coastal migration.
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Global Physicist Gabriela González Featured in International Women Astronomer Book
LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Gabriela González is featured in a new international book titled “The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words.” The book is a series of 37 autobiographical essays by women astronomers showcasing their encounters breaking down barriers and changing the face of modern astronomy.
![Cobb Island, Virginia Barrier Islands](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/mediaimages/2022/07/gordon_campbell-at_altitude_gallery-201921.jpg)
Protecting Our Coastline
LSU oceanographer develops new model to better predict barrier island retreat.
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Early Childhood Education Expert Commits $5 Million to LSU Early Childhood Education Institute
LSU alumna Diane Goyette and husband Henry of Houston, Texas, have made a $5 million gift to benefit the LSU Early Childhood Education Institute.
![Chunli Dai](https://www.lsu.edu/eng/images/NewsArticles/dai-portrait.jpg)
LSU CEE Professor Researches Sea Level Rise
LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Chunli Dai recently received a $68,740 grant from the California Institute of Technology for her research on sea level rise, which could affect every person on the globe.
![Anna Cohen-Rosenblum](https://www.lsuhsc.edu/newsroom/images/ACRHeadshot2022%20vt.jpg)
LSU Health’s Cohen-Rosenblum 1st Female British Hip Society Traveling Fellow
Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is the first female to be awarded the prestigious The Hip Society-British Hip Society Traveling Fellowship.
![LSU, Ohio State and RPI Faculty Combine for Project on Computational Storage](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU, Ohio State and RPI Faculty Combine for Project on Computational Storage
Faculty from LSU, The Ohio State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have each been awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to solve the widening gap between computational processing and storage, thereby increasing high-speed data processing and enabling computational storage to address critical challenges in increasingly more data-centric applications.
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Q&A: LSU Archival Researcher gives expert advice on protecting irreplaceable items ahead of hurricane season
Q&A: LSU Archival Researcher gives expert advice on protecting irreplaceable items ahead of hurricane season
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Work Begins in University Lakes
Restoration work has begun in University Lake near the intersection of East Lakeshore Drive and Stanford Avenue.