NEWS
Bertha Bradford-Robinson, ’76, to give Fall Commencement Address
In order to maintain appropriate physical distancing within the Thomas Assembly Center, graduates will be divided into two groups by colleges – Friday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m.: College of Business and College of Engineering and Science; and Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m.: College of Applied and Natural Sciences, College of Education, and College of Liberal Arts. Tickets will be required to attend any of the weekend’s ceremonies.
Teams pitch ideas for 2020 TOP DOG event
The Idea Pitch gives teams exposure to experts who give feedback about their ideas and to potential customers which help teams gauge market interest.
New Frontiers videos available, winter seminars planned
This fall quarter, the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series, a year-long series of exciting and impactful talks presented by world renowned scientists and clinicians, looked a little different.
Tech alum joins contraCOVID to help educate Latino, immigrant families about COVID-19
VISTA Scholar and 2019 Louisiana Tech graduate Cinthia Rincon was recently named VP of Graphic Design with contraCOVID, an organization started by students from MIT and Harvard with the purpose of helping and educating Latino and immigrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top 5 – Reasons to serve in SGA
College of Business student Hannah Cobb talks about her Top 5 reasons to serve in – and love – SGA.
Four Tech students among 198 worldwide named University Innovation Fellows
Four Louisiana Tech students are among the 198 students from 45 higher education institutions in 14 countries who have been named University Innovation Fellows. Biology major Abigail Hildenbrand, Jatavion Jackson (sociology), Kayley Kraig (supply chain...
Tech Professor keynotes international online conference
Dr. Kirk St.Amant, Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for Health and Medical Communication in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech, delivered the keynote address at the inaugural Visual Technologies for Teaching, Learning and Inclusion Conference Oct. 29.
Louisiana Tech joins national efforts to increase diversity among STEM faculty
Louisiana Tech University is one of 19 universities joining a three-year institutional change effort to develop inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring, and retention practices. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) co-leads the effort, known as Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty.
Next New Frontiers seminar focused on Diagnostics, Treatments, and Vaccines for SARS-CoV2, COVID-19
Louisiana Tech University’s New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series will host its second virtual seminar of the 2020-21 series at 3:30 p.m. CST Nov. 2. This seminar and panel discussion will focus on diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines for SARS-COV2 and COVID-19.
Service learning benefits lab school, Tech students
Hands-on experience is a valuable learning component at Louisiana Tech, and Dr. Paul Jackson’s Landscape Design and Contracting class managed to learn, serve and experience that hands-on element all at the same time. The 15 students in the PLSC 301 class presented their designs to the College of Education (COE) and the College of Applied and Natural Sciences for new landscaping beside the Boulware IDEA Place and A.E. Phillips Laboratory School.