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_{November 13, 2024}

Planning and Urban Studies Faculty Member Receives Rising Scholar Award

Guang Tian is the recipient of the 2024 Rising Scholar Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Read more

_{November 11, 2024}

University to Host Science Communication Summit Nov. 14-15

The University of New Orleans will host Louisiana Sea Grant's third SciComm Summit Nov. 14-15. Read more

_{October 28, 2024}

UNO to Host Seminar on New Orleans Metro Housing Crisis on December 5

The seminar will focus on the challenges facing the housing market in the New Orleans area with insurance at the forefront. Read more

_{October 28, 2024}

$300,000 LDH Grant Will Help UNO Researchers Use AI to Enhance Autism Care

Researchers will leverage state-of-the-art AI technologies to understand, monitor and predict behavioral patterns and outcomes in autistic children between the ages of 2-5. Read more

Photo of pedestrians and bikers in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

_{October 17, 2024}

Graduate Student Earns Fulbright Scholarship to Study Transportation in Brazil

Beginning in the spring 2025 semester, Patrick Urbine will spend nine months in São Paulo as he completes his Master of Urban Planning degree. 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

Officials hammer holes through sheet rock during a ceremony at what will be the Louisiana Future Energy Center, located at The Beach at UNO.

_{September 17, 2024}

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Louisiana Future Energy Center Held at The Beach at UNO

The new facility on UNO's campus will drive innovation, education and economic growth in emerging energy. 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