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_{September 23, 2021}

Grant to Create Urban Bird Habitat on UNO Campus and Support Environmental Education

The University of New Orleans has received a $34,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create an urban bird habitat on campus and support educational programming connected to environmental conservation. Read more

UNO researchers and partners will devise a plan on how to restore resilient seagrass beds in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a particular focus on the role of genetic variation (photo courtesy of: Anastasia Konefal.

_{September 17, 2021}

UNO-Led Research Team Lands $121,000 Grant to Help Restore Resilient Seagrass Beds in Northern Gulf of Mexico

A research team led by University of New Orleans biologist T. Read more

University of New Orleans professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo is an urban planning scholar and practitioner with an expertise in historic preservation.

_{July 30, 2021}

Historic Preservation Professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo Is Co-Recipient of $120K National Trust Grant

Fallon Samuels Aidoo, a professor of historic preservation in the University of New Orleans’ department of Read more

Students test out their robotic eels at the University of New Orleans recreation center’s pool. The robots were created as part of a weeklong School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering STEM camp funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

_{July 16, 2021}

UNO Robotic Eel Camp Introduces Middle School Students to Engineering

Middle school students from the metro New Orleans area spent a week delving into engineering topics and creating projects to demonstrate those concepts as part of the University of New Orleans PrivatEEL STEM camp. Read more

_{July 9, 2021}

New Orleans Business Alliance Receives $1.3M Grant to Develop Biotech Labs at The Beach at UNO

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Read more

University of New Orleans economics professor Gregory Price.

_{July 2, 2021}

UNO Economics Professor Gregory Price Selected As Policy Scholar To Address Systemic Racism

University of New Orleans economics professor Gregory Price is one of five people selected by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to be a Policy Scholar tasked with examining and addressing systemic racism in the U.S. Read more

_{June 23, 2021}

UNO Research & Technology Park Reimagined and Rebranded as The Beach at UNO

The University of New Orleans (UNO) Research and Technology Park — a 30-acre site on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain leveraging 800,000 square fee Read more

The University of New Orleans Transportation Institute has received a grant to extend its maritime transportation research.

_{June 10, 2021}

UNOTI Receives Grant Extension For Maritime Transportation Research

Researchers at the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute received a $277,500 federal grant to continue its maritime and multimodal transportation research and education conducted through the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). Read more

The Western Scheldt, an estuary in the Netherlands, will be part of the tour taken by students participating in the NSF-funded water management training program.

_{May 12, 2021}

Water Institute and UNO Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Support Graduate Student Study in the Netherlands

A National Science Foundation grant to The Water Institute of the Gulf and the University of New Orleans will support more than 50 U.S. and European graduate students for their attendance at a two-week intensive modeling and water management training in the Netherlands. Read more