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President John Nicklow gives his state of the University address for fall 2020.

_{October 7, 2020}

President Nicklow Touts Enrollment and Research Gains, Diversity Work in Virtual State of the University Address

University of New Orleans President John Nicklow highlighted increased enrollment, gains in research productivity, and the University’s efforts to make the campus community more equitable and inclusive in a virtual version of his fall 2020 State of the University address. Read more

_{September 24, 2020}

$250,000 Gift from Tom and Connie Kitchen to Establish Undergraduate Scholarship at UNO

A $250,000 gift from alumni Tom and Connie Kitchen will create an undergraduate scholarship at the University of New Orleans. Read more

_{September 10, 2020}

The University of New Orleans Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year

The University of New Orleans increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrol Read more

Angelle Bourgeois, a 2009 and 2012 UNO graduate, was named the 2021 Louisiana State Elementary Teacher of the Year through the Louisiana Department of Education.

_{September 8, 2020}

UNO Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year

University of New Orleans alumna Angelle Bourgeois has been named the 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year. Read more

Former New Orleans Saints star receiver Marques Colston, who has developed several businesses, is teaching an entrepreneurial leadership course this fall at UNO.

_{September 1, 2020}

Former Saints Standout Turned Entrepreneur Marques Colston Joins UNO Faculty

Marques Colston—the former New Orleans Saints star receiver turned entrepreneur, speaker and business strategist—has joined the faculty at the University of New Orleans where he is teaching a course in the honors program called “Leadership and Entrepreneurship.” Read more

University of New Orleans alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)

_{August 21, 2020}

University of New Orleans Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List

The University of New Orleans is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more

Four attendees at the convention of formerly enslaved people held in 1916 in Washington, D.C. (L-R) Lewis Martin, Martha Banks, Amy Ware, and Reverend S.P. Drew, who was born free. (Library of Congress)

_{July 28, 2020}

Freedom on the Move Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Help Create ‘Freedom’s Loom,’ An Expanded Database

Freedom on the Move, an online database that seeks to document the lives of fugitives from North American slavery using newspaper ads placed by ens Read more

University of New Orleans transportation studies professor Guang Tian is researching ways to reduce the number of railroad crossings in Louisiana. The state has one of the highest number of grade crossing collisions in the nation.(Getty Image)

_{July 24, 2020}

How Can Louisiana Reduce Its Rail Crossings? UNO Transportation Studies Professor Guang Tian’s Research Seeks That Answer

There are more than 3,000 at-grade crossings of public and private roads with railroads in Louisiana, which researchers say contribute to the state Read more

Students, faculty and administrators pose for a picture in 1976 before boarding the airplane for that inaugural summer session in Innsbruck, Austria.

_{July 16, 2020}

UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School Turns 45

EDITOR’S NOTE: The University of New Orleans canceled all 2020 summer study abroad programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more