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UNO Garden Club Awarded Youth Climate Action Grant

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The University of New Orleans Garden Club has been awarded a grant through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund for its student-led project, “Lowering Food Waste Through Gardening.” The initiative was selected as part of a citywide effort to support youth-designed climate action projects, in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell presents UNO students Jacob Lefort and Emma Bourgeois with grant certificates

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2020

April

_{April 22, 2020}

UNO and Nunez Community College Sign ‘Link to Success’ Agreement

Students who are not yet admitted to the University of New Orleans can take Nunez Community College courses taught on UNO’s campus before transferr Read more

_{April 21, 2020}

UNO Offers Slate of New Certificates and Workshops Online to Enhance Business Skills

Although the job market is in transition in New Orleans, like the rest of the United States, access to high-quality programs remains important to m Read more

_{April 21, 2020}

The University of New Orleans Launches New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Urban Construction Management

Beginning in the fall 2020 semester, the University of New Orleans will enroll students in the state’s first bachelor’s degree program in urban con Read more

New Orleans distilleries, including Porchjam, are getting scientific help from UNO researchers as distilleries pivot to producing hand sanitizers. Pictured are Porchjam’s Jason Zeno and Gordon Stewart. (Photo courtesy of NOLA.com)

_{April 20, 2020}

UNO Chemistry Professors Work With New Orleans Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizers

One of the major weapons in the fight to curb the spread of the coronavirus is the use of hand sanitizers. Read more

The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has been converted into a coronavirus medical facility.

_{April 16, 2020}

UNO Professor Randy Kearns Named Incident Commander for New Orleans ‘Field Hospital’

University of New Orleans healthcare management professor Randy Kearns, whose expertise is disaster management, has been tapped by the Louisiana De Read more

University of New Orleans researchers study COVID-19 spread.

_{April 8, 2020}

Social Distancing is Effective, but States with Heavy African American Populations Are Vulnerable to COVID-19 Spread, UNO Researchers Say

As the U.S. Read more

Ellis Marsalis plays at Jazz at the Sandbar at The Cove on UNO’s campus on Oct. 2, 2019. Marsalis established the music series in 1990.

_{April 2, 2020}

In Memoriam: Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Musical Patriarch and University of New Orleans Emeritus Music Professor

Ellis Marsalis Jr., a highly acclaimed jazz artist, educator and New Orleans’ beloved musical patriarch who founded the University of New Orleans j Read more

March

UNO engineering professor Gianna Cothren (upper right corner in blue) teaches an online hydrology seminar using Zoom video conferencing.

_{March 27, 2020}

UNO’S Faculty Take on the Challenges and Triumphs of Online Teaching

In January, as she has always done at the start of the each semester, University of New Orleans planning and urban studies professor Michelle Thomp Read more

Café Du Monde, usually bustling with customers, sits empty after Louisiana lawmakers prohibited sit-down dining at all restaurants in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo courtesy Greg Lambousy)

_{March 20, 2020}

Midlo Center Collaborating to Create Historical Record of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The University of New Orleans Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz Museum, is joining Arizona State Read more