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2020

August

The University of New Orleans executive track MBA program welcomes one of its largest classes this semester.

_{August 18, 2020}

Executive MBA Program Welcomes One of Its Largest Classes

The University of New Orleans executive track MBA program welcomed one of its largest classes this semester Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”

_{August 11, 2020}

Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at UNO’

Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New Orleans office to navigate the I-10 East traffic toward the University of New Orleans. Brown spent much of his time navigating the political landscape as a speechwriter for then-Mayor Marc Morial before heading to UNO’s Creative Writing Workshop. Read more

University of New Orleans counseling student Ash Bayer awarded $10,000 fellowship.

_{August 10, 2020}

UNO Counseling Student Ash Bayer Awarded $10,000 Fellowship

Ash M. Bayer, a student in the University of New Orleans master’s counseling program, has been awarded a $10,000 fellowship by the NBCC Foundation. Read more

University of New Orleans chemistry professor Phoebe Zito

_{August 6, 2020}

UNO Professor Phoebe Zito Awarded Early-Career Research Fellowship by National Academies' Gulf Research Program

University of New Orleans chemistry professor Phoebe Zito has been awarded a 2020 Early-Career Research Fellowship by the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program. Read more

Retired University of New Orleans dean and former acting chancellor Joe King

_{August 5, 2020}

In Memoriam: Joe King, former UNO dean, interim chancellor

Joe King, who retired from the University of New Orleans following a 20-year career that included stints as a biology professor and dean Read more

July

Human performance and health promotion professor Marc Bonis’ recent review of several studies indicates regular exercise is beneficial in fighting COVID-19.

_{July 30, 2020}

Physical Activity Could Reduce Severity of COVID-19 Research Suggests

Doctors have long touted the health benefits of physical exercise. Read more

Four attendees at the convention of formerly enslaved people held in 1916 in Washington, D.C. (L-R) Lewis Martin, Martha Banks, Amy Ware, and Reverend S.P. Drew, who was born free. (Library of Congress)

_{July 28, 2020}

Freedom on the Move Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Help Create ‘Freedom’s Loom,’ An Expanded Database

Freedom on the Move, an online database that seeks to document the lives of fugitives from North American slavery using newspaper ads placed by ens Read more

University of New Orleans transportation studies professor Guang Tian is researching ways to reduce the number of railroad crossings in Louisiana. The state has one of the highest number of grade crossing collisions in the nation.(Getty Image)

_{July 24, 2020}

How Can Louisiana Reduce Its Rail Crossings? UNO Transportation Studies Professor Guang Tian’s Research Seeks That Answer

There are more than 3,000 at-grade crossings of public and private roads with railroads in Louisiana, which researchers say contribute to the state Read more

Mayor Tim Adams is the winner of the 2020 Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award and Sheba Turk is the 2020 Homer Hitt Young Alumna of the Year.

_{July 23, 2020}

Mayor Timothy Adams to Receive 2020 UNO Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award

Timothy Adams, a business executive and the mayor of Bowie, Maryland, will receive the 2020 University of New Orleans Homer L. Read more