Acclaimed novelist and University of New Orleans alumnus Maurice Carlos Ruffin will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2023 commencement ceremony.  Read more

Pat Austin, University of New Orleans professor emerita and decades-long curator of the UNO Children’s and Young Adult Library, is celebrating the release of her memoir about teaching, “Tales of a Teaching Life.”   Read more

The University of New Orleans School of the Arts, in conjunction with The Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought, presents “I Will Keep My Soul” at the UNO St. Claude Gallery in New Orleans.  Read more

The University of New Orleans ranks among universities that are national leaders in economic mobility, according to a new report from the policy institute Third Way.  Read more

The University of New Orleans Press has published “The Casual Presence of Borders,” a book of poetry from longtime faculty member Mackie J.V. Blanton.   Read more

The University of New Orleans’ fall 2023 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. with the Derek Douget Quintet.   Read more

Heather Olivier, a May 2023 doctoral graduate from the University of New Orleans counselor education program, won a prestigious national award for her dissertation.  Read more

Theatre UNO opens the fall semester with the production “Dead Name,” an original play by Kylie Vanni, a student in the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans.   Read more

The University of New Orleans’ School of the Arts will open its Musical Excursions Fall 2023 Series on Wednesday, Sept. 20 with jazz performances by Brad Walker + Extended.  Read more