Recent University of New Orleans doctoral graduate Anastasia Konefal has won a prestigious Science Policy Fellowship with the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Konefal received her Ph.D. in integrative biology from UNO in August. She worked in biology professor Erin Cox’s Coastal Benthic Lab, which studies animals and plants that live on the sea floor.  Read more

A $100,000 gift from an anonymous University of New Orleans alumnus will create a scholarship, as well as an endowed fund to support the Dr.  Read more

University of New Orleans students Jonathan Reed Jr.  Read more

The Wind Hub at UNO and the University of New Orleans have announced the second cohort of the Wind Scholars Program in Engineering.  Read more

Researchers in the Department of Chemistry and the Advanced Materials Research Institute at the University of New Orleans are working with scientists from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM on upcycling rechargeable batteries.  Read more

Former Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy’s “Black Creole Chronicles” is the One Book One New Orleans selection for 2024.  Read more

Lothar Birk is the 2024 recipient of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers’ William H. Webb Medal for outstanding contributions to education in naval architecture, marine or ocean engineering.  Read more

University of New Orleans graduate Doug Moreau has spent much of his life involved in organized sports, from scorekeeping to coaching to announcing games. Now Moreau, who is entering his 27th year as the gameday press box announcer for the New Orleans Saints, is headed into the Saints Hall of Fame.  Read more

Entertainment and convention executive Angie M. Gates will receive the 2024 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award.   Read more