<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/sawyer-selected-for-international-leadership-role-within-cerns-atlas-collaboration.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>07/30/2026</pubDate><title>Sawyer selected for international leadership role within CERN’s ATLAS collaboration</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>Louisiana Tech University physicist Dr. Lee Sawyer was selected for a prestigious international leadership position within the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN, positioning the University at the forefront of one of the world’s largest scientific research efforts.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/lee-sawyer-in-the-classroom.jpg" alt="Dr. Lee Sawyer writes equations on a whiteboard"/></image><tags><tag>Faculty/Staff</tag><tag>Research</tag></tags></item>