The University of New Orleans' STEM Scholars camp, which started in 2015, gives students a jump start on required course content focusing on math and biology skills.  Read more

University of New Orleans engineering professor Elnaz Safapour, whose research includes disaster risk management and the recovery of vulnerable communities, wants to help communities assess and improve their storm recovery plans.  Read more

University of New Orleans researchers want to ensure there is a trained labor force for the burgeoning wind farm market.  Read more

Another University of New Orleans native plant garden has been designated by the Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans (NPIGNO) as a certified habitat.  Read more

Google vice president Sabrina Farmer will receive the 2023 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Additionally, Avril Habetz, managing partner for Northwestern Mutual of Louisiana and Mississippi, has been named the 2023 Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year.   Read more

Yelitza Cedeño was enthralled. The furious, but focused activity in the college’s structure lab arena was fascinating to Cedeño, who was president of the University of New Orleans student chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers.  Read more

University of New Orleans engineering professor Nikolas Xiros imagines the impact his hydrokinetic energy research could have on a Louisiana coastal town whose electrical power grid has been decimated by a hurricane.  Read more

While finding the proverbial needle in a haystack might be difficult, University of New Orleans earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp and his research team have enlisted technology to help them with an equally daunting task—tracking grains of sand.  Read more

Since its inception in 2001, the focus of the University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institu  Read more