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PDRIB outreach specialist selected as 2016 Outstanding Educator of the Year
Sheena Manuel, an outreach specialist for Louisiana Tech University’s Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB), has been selected as the 2016 Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Louisiana chapter of the National...
ExxonMobil makes generous donation to Louisiana Tech
ExxonMobil has donated more than $130,000 to Louisiana Tech University as part of ExxonMobil’s Educational Matching Gift Program to support engineering and science education opportunities for faculty and staff. Louisiana Tech College of...
Computer science program to host annual robotics competition
More than 90 students from Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science are preparing for the future of robotics by competing in the annual Robot Competition hosted by the Computer Science program and sponsored by local tech...
Farm sale to support agricultural sciences, forestry students
Animals suitable for raising, breeding, riding and consumption will be featured during Louisiana Tech University’s 46th Annual University Farm Production Sale, scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Tech Farm located on Louisiana Tech’s South Campus....
Engineering students use 3D printing, sustainable materials to create UAV
A team of mechanical engineering students from Louisiana Tech University has used 3D printing and sustainable materials to create a custom unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could help NASA improve its efforts to study UAV applications and...
Percussion Ensemble to perform May 9
Louisiana Tech University’s Percussion Ensemble will present its final performance of the school year Monday, May 9. The concert will include a popular xylophone rag titled “Triplets,” which features percussion major and Bossier City native...
Chemical engineering students win at national design competition
Louisiana Tech University chemical engineering students Evan McDougall, from Prairieville, La., and Dustin Savage, from West Monroe, La., won first place in the 2016 Best Senior Design Competition at the AIChE Spring Meeting and 12th Global...
TOP DAWG New Venture Championship winners announced
A total of $12,500 in cash and prizes were awarded last week to the most innovative, student-developed product and service ideas at the 2016 TOP DAWG New Venture Championship at Louisiana Tech University. Awards were presented to the top three...
English instructor to read poetry
Dr. Philip Estes, an instructor of English in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech University, will read from his first full-length book of poems, “High Life” on Wednesday, May 4. The free, public reading, followed by a book...
NFBR lecture series concludes with presentation by renowned botanist
Dr. Joseph Spatafora, professor of botany and plant pathology at Oregon State University and a 1986 Louisiana Tech University alumnus, will discuss his research during a presentation titled, “Phylogenomics of Fungal Secondary Metabolism” in the...