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Christopher Hicks is a graduate student in UNO’s counseling program.

_{January 17, 2024}

UNO Graduate Student Christopher Hicks Awarded NBCC Fellowship

University of New Orleans graduate student Christopher Hicks has been selected for the 2024 National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program. Read more

University of New Orleans President Kathy Johnson is the eighth president and the first woman to helm UNO in its 65-year history.

_{January 11, 2024}

UNO President Kathy Johnson: Collaborative, Servant Leader

University of New Orleans President Kathy Johnson knows the impact a faculty member can have in a student’s life. Read more

Ellen Lee, who earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from the University of New Orleans, has established a scholarship to help returning students complete their degree.

_{January 3, 2024}

Alumna Ellen Lee Establishes New Opportunity Scholarship At UNO

Fresh out of high school and living away from home for the first time, University of New Orleans alumna Ellen Lee acknowledges that her studies too Read more

UNO librarian Connie Phelps holds a brick from William Frantz Elementary School that is among the recent artifacts donated as part of the Orleans Parish School Board Collection housed at the University of New Orleans’ Earl K. Long Library.

_{December 14, 2023}

Earl K. Long Library Special Collection of Orleans Parish School Board Memorabilia Is Expanding

The Earl K. Long Library’s special collection containing material that documents more than 150 years of Orleans Parish School Board history is expanding. Read more

The newly renovated lounge in the Engineering Building at UNO offers students a comfortable study place.

_{December 12, 2023}

Engineering Study Lounge Renovated with $120K Gift

The study lounge in the Engineering Building at the University of New Orleans has been renovated courtesy of a $120,000 gift from UNO alumnus Tony Cibilich. Read more

Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the University of New Orleans, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

_{December 11, 2023}

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin To UNO Grads: ‘I’m living my dream because I went to this school’

Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the University of New Orleans, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Read more

Students at Village de L’Est Elementary School work with Dianne Barth of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on solutions to issues they identified while surveying their school yard.

_{December 6, 2023}

Grant Seeks To Create Environmental ‘Place-based’ Program For Elementary Students

Researchers at the University of New Orleans are using a National Academy of Sciences grant to create an environmental place-based education program for elementary students. Read more

University of New Orleans student Alvin Webre will be among the hundreds of candidates participating in UNO’s fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 8.

_{December 1, 2023}

At 73, UNO Student Alvin Webre Plans To ‘Repurpose’ With Accounting Degree

University of New Orleans student Alvin Webre will be among the hundreds of candidates participating in UNO’s fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 8. Read more

UNO English professor Carolyn Hembree’s third poetry collection, “For Today,” is set for release in January.

_{November 28, 2023}

UNO English Professor Carolyn Hembree Publishes Third Poetry Collection

UNO English professor Carolyn Hembree’s third poetry collection, “For Today,” is set for release in January. Read more