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Grad student Courtney Hammons is Miss Louisiana 2020
Miss Louisiana Tech 2019 Courtney Hammons is now Miss Louisiana 2020. A Choudrant native and recent Louisiana Tech graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics, Hammons was crowned last week at a press conference in Monroe, home of the annual Miss Louisiana...

COLA Dean publishes ‘Conversations with Graham Swift’
Dr. Donald P. Kaczvinsky, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the George E. Pankey Eminent Scholar in English at Louisiana Tech, recently had his edited book, Conversations with Graham Swift, published with the University Press of Mississippi.

Camp focuses on real world experience for high school students
COVID-19 won’t stop lifelong learners – high school students from Lafayette who recently used art and science to learn more about the novel coronavirus and how their education can have an impact on the future.

Tech professor co-leads multiscale genome subgroup
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Nanosystems Engineering and Physics Dr. Tom Connor Bishop is now co-founder and co-chair of a Multiscale Genome Organization Subgroup of the Biophysical Society.

Top 5 – Tools for engineering and construction
Top 5 Tools for Engineering and Construction with COES Senior Lecturer Jeff Pike

Blake receives Argent Financial’s Hambidge Center Fellowship
Ruston musician and five-year Louisiana Tech music faculty Shayla Blake is the recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Distinguished Fellowship for the 2020 Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program.

CASE recognizes Louisiana Tech for fundraising achievement
The Louisiana Tech University Foundation has been recognized for outstanding overall fundraising performance by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Top 5 – Ways to stay fit
Top 5 ways to stay fit While physical distancing with Dr. Jean Chen

Tech ranked in Top 5 percent of universities worldwide
Louisiana Tech University ranks in the top five percent out of 20,000 universities worldwide, according to the 2020-21 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

Managing a Financial Crisis: How student-analysts overcame COVID-related challenges and persevered in bear market
College of Business student-analysts recently presented the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) annual report to industry professionals during their virtual advisory board Spring meeting. The $1 million fund, established through the generosity of alumni, is managed by undergraduate finance majors who are responsible for all investment research, portfolio positions, and reporting.