NEWS

Louisiana Tech announces pay raises for faculty, staff
Today, Louisiana Tech University announced plans to implement pay raises for faculty and unclassified staff members.

Two SOD students display work in group shows
Two Louisiana Tech School of Design students are part of a pair of lengthy group shows that open in Baton Rouge and New Orleans this summer.

Louisiana Tech announces Get Your Shot to Win Big, student vaccine incentive program
Today, Louisiana Tech University unveiled its Get Your Shot to Win Big This Fall program, which will award prizes to students who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Finance grad receives inaugural CFA Society award
Lauren Killebrew has been named the inaugural recipient of Louisiana Tech University’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Annual Award of Finance.
Rutledge, research team earn prestigious grant to improve child health outcomes
A team of educators and research colleagues, including Louisiana Tech University’s Dr. Julie Rutledge, Director of the University’s Education and Research in Children’s Health (ENRICH) Center, has earned a competitive R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Hinckley Virtual Anatomy Lab a home run for health sciences
Louisiana Tech students in all areas of the health sciences will benefit from yet another unparalleled, collaborative educational experience beginning this fall with the opening of the Justin and Jeanette Hinckley Virtual Anatomy Lab in Carson-Taylor Hall.

Physics and Engineering team to develop particle detector as part of international, multimillion-dollar grant
Dr. Rakitha Beminiwattha, assistant professor of physics at Louisiana Tech University, and his team, which currently includes Yusuff Afeez Oluwatobi, doctoral engineering student, and Nirmal Bhusal, mechanical engineering senior, have begun developing a particle detection system as part of the Measurement of a Lepton-Lepton Electroweak Reaction Experiment (MOLLER) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Fortune includes Louisiana Tech’s traditional MBA on newest list of top programs
Louisiana Tech University’s Traditional Master of Business Administration has been named to Fortune’s inaugural full-time MBA ranking. The College of Business was ranked No. 64 in the nation, and the only public institution in Louisiana named to the list....

Pre-Vet student graduates from Purdue’s VetUp!
Louisiana Tech senior Christan Robicheaux, currently pursuing a double major in animal science and finance, recently graduated from Purdue’s VetUp! program, a federally funded initiative to expand access to the veterinary profession for talented individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and to address the need for more veterinarians serving rural areas.

Doctoral student earns the opportunity to research with CERN
This fall Zahra Farazpay will begin work on the European Council for Nuclear Research’s A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS (CERN ATLAS) Experiment.