NEWS
TOP DOG New Venture Championship winners for 2021 announced
A total of $7,500 in cash and prizes was awarded during the TOP DOG New Venture Championship at Louisiana Tech University. Awards were given to the top three finishers as well as for entrepreneurial spirit.
Afterschool conference registration open
Registration is now open for the Louisiana Afterschool Virtual Conference, which will take place Thursday, May 13 to Saturday, May 15.
AFROTC commander commissioned in Space Force
At Louisiana Tech University, you can find different people with special talents, hobbies, stories, and backgrounds around each corner. On the 14th floor of Wyly Tower, you can find one of these individuals, Lt. Col. Christopher S. Ritter, with his engaging stories about his experience in the United States Air Force and journey into the United States Space Force.
Louisiana Tech inducts more than 80 students into the Order of the Engineer
Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science inducted 81 new members into the Order of the Engineer, a national, honorary organization, during a ceremony at the University’s Integrated Engineering and Science Building (IESB) on Friday evening.
Alumni contribute to the fight against COVID-19 with their work at MECO
During the pandemic, MECO water systems have become even more critical to the supply chain of the biopharmaceutical industry that is working tirelessly in the fight against COVID-19. MECO is working with all current vaccine manufacturers to supply the equipment used to create high-purity water and steam needed to create such life-saving treatments.
Physics faculty, students publish groundbreaking research on neutron density of Lead Nucleus
Dr. Rakitha Beminiwattha, Assistant Professor of Physics at Louisiana Tech University, and Louisiana Tech Physics doctoral students Yufan Chen and Devaki Bhatta Pathak (who graduated in Winter Quarter 2020), were among a team of international researchers who have helped to measure the neutron distribution in a heavy nucleus, specifically, that of lead, and published the most precise measurement to date of the neutron distribution from the Lead (Pb) Radius Experiment (PREX) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia.
Hamrick receives Argent Financial’s Hambidge Center Fellowship
Ruston visual artist and Louisiana Tech School of Design professor Frank Hamrick is the recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Fellowship for the 2021 Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program.
Tech partners with Barnes & Noble College on new course material delivery model
Louisiana Tech University announced today its partnership with Barnes & Noble College to implement BNC First Day® Complete, a course material delivery model that will drive student success by ensuring all students are prepared to begin learning on the first day of class.
Online MBA ranks high on Fortune’s first-ever list of top programs
Louisiana Tech University’s Professional Online Master of Business Administration has been named to Fortune’s first-ever higher education ranking. The College of Business was ranked No. 40 in the nation, and the only institution in the state to rank within the top 50.
Louisiana Tech ASCE chapter wins three awards at regional competition
The Louisiana Tech University student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) notched two first-place wins and a third-place finish at the 2021 Deep South Conference.