NEWS

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared Dec. 19 as Louisiana Tech Football Day. The proclamation was made by Rep. Henry Burns (R- Haughton) and Sen. Bob Kostelka (R-Monroe) in the Jarrell Room of the Charles Wyly Athletic Center. "We're so proud of Louisiana Tech,"...

Louisiana Tech and the Italian National Nanotechnology Laboratory's joint project, "Nano-carriers for Cancer Therapy" has been selected among the 20 most important scientific projects for Italy-USA Collaboration by the Progetto Bilaterale Italia-USA. The collaboration...

Louisiana Tech's College of Engineering and Science has received a $5,000 educational grant from the GenCorp Foundation and Aerojet located in Camden, Ark. The grant will be used to fund such activities as field trips, the Annual College Convocation and the college"s...

The Thunder Dawgs and the Lightning Pups, two teams of 9-14-year-olds from A.E. Phillips Lab School, took home honors in the Louisiana First LEGO League statewide robotics competition Dec. 6 in New Orleans. Forty teams from across Louisiana participated in the...

Lauren Abshier, a junior political science major from Monroe, was crowned as the 2009 Miss Tech during the annual pageant held at Louisiana Tech on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Abshier is the daughter of Virgil and Laurie Abshier, and her platform is cystic fibrosis awareness....

Louisiana Tech's mascot will make an appearance at the Idea Place's last Sci-Fri of 2008 this Friday, Dec. 19. Children can have an opportunity to meet Tech XX from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuition for the Friday event is $20 and includes a pizza dinner and drink, as well as...

Louisiana Tech's Stone Theatre has announced its semi-annual fund-raising event. This year the event will include the production of "Living Dead in Denmark," by Qui Nguyen. Mark Guinn, a professor of theatre, will direct. Performances of "Living Dead in Denmark" are...

The National Weather Service is forecasting overnight temperatures at or below freezing and the possibility of freezing rain and/or snow. Louisiana Tech urges all students, staff, and faculty to exercise caution when traveling in and around the campus. Special care...

Holiday sounds will resound in Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts, when the Low Brass Ensemble and the University Chamber Orchestra present a musical concert. The Low Brass Ensemble, led by Dr. Joe Alexander, an assistant professor of music, along with...

Louisiana Tech’s coordinator of early childhood and child development programs has been elected president-elect of the Southern Early Childhood Association. Dr. Janie Humphries, a professor of family and child studies in the School of Human Ecology, will assume the...