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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.
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2021
May
Film Produced By Two UNO Alumni Showing at Tribeca Film Festival
When the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival kicks off its 20th anniversary celebration this summer in New York City, a film produced by two University of New Orleans alumni will be among the offerings during the 12-day multi-screen outdoor event. Read more
Planning and Urban Studies Professor Marla Nelson Selected For Urban Affairs Association’s 2021 Honor Roll
University of New Orleans planning and urban studies professor Marla Nelson has been selected as a 2021 inductee into the Urban Affairs Association Honor Roll. Read more
UNO Doctoral Student Naw Safrin Sattar Awarded Research Internship
University of New Orleans doctoral student Naw Safrin Sattar, who is specializing in high performance computing, is one of 15 recipients of the 2021 Parallel Computing Summer Research Internship. Read more
Psychology Department Chair Roberto Refinetti Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Chronobiology International
University of New Orleans psychology professor and department chair Roberto Refinetti is the new editor-in-chief of the journal Chronobiology International. Read more
April
The University of New Orleans Accepting Nominations for UNO25, Celebrating Alumni Owned or Led Businesses
The University of New Orleans is accepting applications and nominations for UNO25, an initiative designed to identify, recognize and celebrate 25 h Read more
UNO Professors’ Research on Social Distancing and COVID-19 Accepted for Publication
During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, University of New Orleans professors Gregory Price and Eric van Holm of UNO’s Urban Entrepreneurship and Policy Institute, wanted to quantify the effects of social distancing. Read more
UNO Engineering Students Earn First Place in Regional Competition
University of New Orleans engineering students earned first-place at the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 student competition. Read more
Finance Professor Tarun Mukherjee Establishes Student-Managed Fund to Honor Parents, Offer Experiential Course
As a child growing up in a small town in India, University of New Orleans finance professor Tarun Mukherjee recalled his mother’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Read more
Trailblazing Professor and Civil Rights Leader Raphael Cassimere Jr. to Serve as Principal Speaker at UNO’s Spring Commencement
Raphael Cassimere Jr., a trailblazing academic and civil rights leader, will serve as the principal speaker at the University of New Orleans’ sprin Read more