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Jazz musicians perform during Jazz at the Sandbar

_{October 11, 2024}

Fall 2024 Season of Jazz at the Sandbar Kicks Off At 410 Lounge in the Earl K. Long Library

The fall 2024 season of Jazz at the Sandbar will be held on the 4th floor of the Earl K. Long Library. Read more

The quad extends from the front of the Earl K. Long Library out toward Lake Pontchartrain.

_{October 9, 2024}

UNO Named One of The Top 50 Best Urban Colleges in America

UNO, which is Louisiana’s only public urban research university, is ranked among Intelligent’s list of top urban colleges. Read more

UNO alumnus Jericho Brown is the recipient of a 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

_{October 1, 2024}

Alumnus Jericho Brown Wins MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’

Fellows receive $800,000 stipends that are bestowed with no conditions; recipients may use the money as they see fit. Read more

Emerita civil engineering professor Norma Jean Mattei

_{September 23, 2024}

Engineering Professor Mattei to Address AI in Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series

Emerita civil engineering professor Norma Jane Mattei will discuss the ethical use of AI in engineering education in the first lecture. Read more

Marimba player Ji Su Jung kicks off Musical Excursions.

_{September 19, 2024}

School of the Arts Presents 2024-25 Performance and Events Schedule

The fall 2024 and spring 2025 schedules will bring eclectic performances featuring new works and classics. Read more

The National WWII Museum U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center is the venue for UNO’s annual Distinguished Alumni Gala.

_{September 17, 2024}

The University of New Orleans Announces 2024 Distinguished Alumni for Colleges, Athletics

The University of New Orleans will also honor distinguished alumni at the annual Distinguished Alumni Gala. Read more

Anastasia Konefal earned her Ph.D. in integrative biology from UNO in August 2024.

_{September 5, 2024}

Biology Doctoral Graduate Earns Prestigious Science Policy Fellowship

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 donor’s gift will create a scholarship and an endowed support fund for the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering.

_{September 4, 2024}

$100,000 Gift from Alumnus Will Support Scholarship and College of Engineering

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 alumnus Doug Moreau (left) was recently chosen to receive the Joe Gemelli "Fleur de Lis” award for his contributions to the New Orleans Saints organization.

_{July 2, 2024}

Alumnus Doug Moreau Headed to Saints Hall of Fame

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