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2022

September

Recently appointed as Quartet-in-Residence at the University of New Orleans, the Lott Quartet will close out the fall series on Dec. 7.

_{September 22, 2022}

Musical Excursions Presents Fall 2022 Series

The University of New Orleans’ School of the Arts is bringing musical performances from acclaimed classical artists from around the world as part of its Musical Excursions series, which is celebrating 25 years. Read more

The fall 2022 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off Oct. 5 with drummer Jason Marsalis’ tribute to his late father, Ellis Marsalis, the UNO faculty member who established the tradition in 1990.

_{September 19, 2022}

University of New Orleans Jazz at the Sandbar Returns October 5

The fall 2022 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the University of New Orleans. Read more

UNO’s campus is adjacent to Lake Pontchartrain, an estuary that leads into the Gulf of Mexico and serves as a nursery for numerous species of animals.

_{September 14, 2022}

UNO Awarded Healthy Communities Grant for Storm Drain Project

The University of New Orleans has been selected as a recipient of the Healthy Communities Grant by Keep Louisiana Beautiful. Read more

UNO computer science student Lisa Gilmore-Montero, a member of UNO’s International Game Developer's Association, demonstrates the use of virtual reality (VR) equipment.

_{September 14, 2022}

UNO Awarded $800K Grant For Virtual Tech Lab and Program

The University of New Orleans has received an $800,000 grant to help fill what industry leaders say is a critical employee shortage and need for additional infrastructure to support extended reality (XR) business development and education. Read more

New Orleans food critic Tom Fitzmorris is a 1974 graduate of the University of New Orleans.

_{September 13, 2022}

Alumnus Tom Fitzmorris’ 50-year Career Writing and Talking About Food Started at UNO

The cover of Tom Fitzmorris’ 2010 book Hungry Town calls it a culinary history of New Orleans, “the city where food is almost everything.” Read more

“Fully Committed” opens Sept. 23 at the University of New Orleans’ Performing Arts Center.

_{September 8, 2022}

Theatre UNO Opens Season with Becky Mode’s ‘Fully Committed’

Theatre UNO in the School of the Arts will open the 2022-23 season on Sept. 23 with Becky Mode’s comedy “Fully Committed.” Read more

Jeremiah Ibarra’s “Put on Airs,’’ 2021 Assemblage is part of an exhibit that opens Saturday, Sept. 10, at UNO’s St. Claude Gallery.

_{September 6, 2022}

St. Claude Gallery Exhibits: ‘A Ticker and a Toddler Bite’ by Jeremiah Ibarra

The UNO St. Claude Gallery in New Orleans presents “A Ticker and a Toddler Bite,” an exhibition by UNO instructor Jeremiah Ibarra that opens Saturday, Sept. 10. Read more

August

University of New Orleans President John Nicklow (left) and finance professor Tarun Mukherjee (right) cut the ribbon during a ceremony Wednesday for the opening of the Kali and Sushila Mukherjee Trading Lab that honors his parents.

_{August 31, 2022}

The Kali and Sushila Mukherjee Trading Lab Opens at UNO

University of New Orleans officials celebrated the opening of the Kali and Sushila Mukherjee Trading Lab on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting and rec Read more

President John Nicklow speaks during the 2022 New Student Convocation held Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

_{August 17, 2022}

Class of 2026 Welcomed at New Student Convocation: ‘Our expectations of you are high,’ President Nicklow

While Monday marked the start of the fall semester for thousands of students at the University of New Orleans, on Tuesday the Class of 2026 got a w Read more