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�Ӱɴ�ý Biology Graduate Student Receives Diversity Travel Award

Jerad David — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:09:49 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý Biology Graduate Student Taylor Andrzejak received the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Diversity Travel Award. This national award is given to two students annually. In August of 2022, Taylor will attend the 72nd SIMB Annual Meeting and Exhibition in San Francisco to be presented this prestigious award. Awardees are considered […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Biology Students Take Home Awards from Fisheries Meeting

Jacob Batte — Fri, 31 May 2019 17:00:48 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý was once again well-represented at the Louisiana Chapter of American Fisheries Society annual meeting on May 23-24 in Thibodaux. Three �Ӱɴ�ý marine and environmental biology graduate students received research awards, and for the third consecutive year, a �Ӱɴ�ý student earned the top abstract award. That student is Rissa Inselman, […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Awards Record Number of Degrees at Spring Commencement

Jacob Batte — Fri, 24 May 2019 03:30:59 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý awarded 759 degrees during its spring commencement ceremony on May 18, the most ever in a single ceremony. Fourteen graduates completed their undergraduate coursework with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Those students are: Celia Andresen, an interdisciplinary studies major from Baton Rouge; Anna Babin, a secondary education major from Houma; […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Alum, Student Honored at Nutrition Conference

Jacob Batte — Thu, 23 May 2019 17:00:35 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — New Orleans nutritionist and �Ӱɴ�ý alum Ulrika Midner has been named the Louisiana Academy and Dietetics Outstanding Dietitian of the Year. Midner (B.S. ‘14) is a clinical dietitian at the Touro Infirmary, a nonprofit hospital in the Children’s Hospital system. Midner, who moved to the U.S. from Sweden in 2006, […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Professor Receives Patent for Postdoctoral Research

Jacob Batte — Wed, 22 May 2019 22:00:38 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — A �Ӱɴ�ý professor of chemistry has been awarded a patent for a process that converts an industrial waste product into a useful organic molecule. During his postdoctoral research at Louisiana State University in 2014, �Ӱɴ�ý assistant chemistry professor Dr. Uttam Pokharel was part of a team that developed a process […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Students Bring Home 12 Culinary, Hospitality Awards

Jacob Batte — Tue, 21 May 2019 17:00:15 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — Twelve �Ӱɴ�ý current and future students were awarded scholarships from the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation. �Ӱɴ�ý student Dustin Rockwell also received the top prize, the Jim Funk Scholarship. The Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation Scholarship Fund in 2019 awarded $52,400 more than 24 ProStart and LRA Board scholarships. Current […]

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