Ed Chervenak on WWL 870 AM
Ed Chervenak, director of the Survey Research Center, was interviewed on WWL 870 AM about mail-in voting in Louisiana.Read more
— WWL 870 AM,
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
The University of New Orleans Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year
Posted 1 week ago
The University of New Orleans increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrollment in three consecutive years. Fall 2020 enrollment is 8,375 students, uplifted by a 20% increase in new freshmen students, a 21% increase in new graduate students and significant growth in the number of local and African American first-time freshmen.
Read more
NEWS
2020
September
September 17, 2020
Pianist Jake Gold Receives ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
The University of New Orleans music faculty has selected Jake Gold for the 2020 ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Composition Award. Read more
September 16, 2020
Restaurateur Scot Craig’s No Quit Attitude Helps Propel His Success
Scot Craig can talk about life’s storms and setbacks. His experiences could fill a book, he said. Read more
September 10, 2020
The University of New Orleans Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year
The University of New Orleans increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrol Read more
September 8, 2020
UNO Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year
University of New Orleans alumna Angelle Bourgeois has been named the 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year. Read more
September 2, 2020
$250,000 Gift to Fund Professorships, Scholarship and Facility Improvements in College of Sciences
A $250,000 gift to the University of New Orleans College of Sciences from Michael and Judith Russell will fund two professorships and improvements Read more
September 1, 2020
Former Saints Standout Turned Entrepreneur Marques Colston Joins UNO Faculty
Marques Colston—the former New Orleans Saints star receiver turned entrepreneur, speaker and business strategist—has joined the faculty at the University of New Orleans where he is teaching a course in the honors program called “Leadership and Entrepreneurship.” Read more
August
August 31, 2020
CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel
M.O. Walsh, director of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop, has published his highly anticipated second novel, “The Big Door Prize.” Read more
August 21, 2020
University of New Orleans Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List
The University of New Orleans is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more
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
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
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
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