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Jenny Branch, left, and her sister Edna Branch, look at pictures included in the Orleans Parish School Board Collection housed at the University of New Orleans’ Earl K. Long Library during a reception held in 2019.

_{November 3, 2021}

UNO Awarded $500K Humanities Grant To Create More Digital Archives

The University of New Orleans is the recipient of a nearly $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant. Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and earned an MFA in creative writing from UNO in 2002.

_{October 28, 2021}

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet and University of New Orleans Alumnus Jericho Brown to Serve as Fall 2021 Commencement Speaker

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and University of New Orleans alumnus Jericho Brown will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2021 undergraduate commencement ceremony. Read more

Members of the 2021 UNO Model United Nations club present President John Nicklow with copies of their awards from a competition earlier this year.

_{October 26, 2021}

Students Present 2021 Model United Nations Awards to President Nicklow

Members of the 2021 University of New Orleans'  Model United Nations team presented President John Nicklow with their awards from the competit Read more

_{October 21, 2021}

President Nicklow Announces Winners of 2021 University Awards

University of New Orleans President John Nicklow announced the winners of the annual University Awards during his fall 2021 State of the University Read more

_{October 19, 2021}

The University of New Orleans Announces 2021 Distinguished Alumni for Colleges, Athletics

In addition to the Read more

The University of New Orleans has received a grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities to support a university-community partnership.

_{October 14, 2021}

The University of New Orleans Announces New Effort to Increase Student Success for Adult Learners of Color

Seeking to identify and address barriers facing adult students of color, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition Read more

_{October 12, 2021}

University of New Orleans Announces Fall 2021 Jazz at the Sandbar Schedule

The fall 2021 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off Wednesday, October 13 at 7 p.m Read more

New eSports Café opens at the University of New Orleans with intramural, club and varsity teams on the way.

_{September 29, 2021}

University of New Orleans Launches eSports

The University of New Orleans has launched eSports programming with the opening of a new on-campus eSports Café Read more

_{September 23, 2021}

Grant to Create Urban Bird Habitat on UNO Campus and Support Environmental Education

The University of New Orleans has received a $34,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create an urban bird habitat on campus and support educational programming connected to environmental conservation. Read more