President John Nicklow on WWL 870 AM
President John Nicklow was interviewed live on WWL 870 AM about the Privateer Pledge.Read more
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PLEDGE EXPANDED
UNO Expands The Privateer Pledge to Jefferson Parish Students
Posted 6 days ago
Starting in the fall 2021 semester, the University of New Orleans will begin offering the Privateer Pledge, a promise that the University will fill the unmet financial need for tuition and fees of eligible Jefferson Parish students. This marks the expansion of a program that was piloted in January for Orleans Parish students.
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NEWS
2020
October
October 22, 2020
Actor Harry Shearer to Deliver Commencent Address at UNO’s Fall 2020 Virtual Ceremony
Actor Harry Shearer will deliver the commencement address to fall 2020 graduates during the University of New Orleans’ virtual ceremony on December Read more
October 14, 2020
The University of New Orleans Hosts Marketing Week Oct. 19-22
Sheba Turk, co-anchor of WWL-TV’s Eyewitness Morning News and recipient of UNO's 2020 Distinguished Young Alumna Award, will deliver the keynote address for University of New Orleans Marketing Week. Read more
October 14, 2020
Professor Dan Shahar Wins 2020 Environmental Philosophy Award
University of New Orleans philosophy professor Dan Shahar is the winner of the 2020 Holmes Rolston III Early Career Essay Prize in Environmental Philosophy. Read more
October 13, 2020
Alumna Sabrina Farmer, Google VP: ‘I want (UNO) to be there for others’
Sabrina Farmer never planned or even dreamed of attending college, until happenstance brought her to the lakefront campus of the University of New Orleans. Read more
October 9, 2020
Alumna and Google VP Sabrina Farmer Donates $250K to UNO For Computer Science Scholarship
A $250,000 gift from alumna and Google vice president Sabrina Farmer will fund a computer science scholarship and support for the College of Scienc Read more
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
October 6, 2020
University of New Orleans Announces Jazz at the Sandbar Fall 2020 Lineup
The fall 2020 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off Oct. 7 from the University of New Orleans. Read more
October 5, 2020
UNO Press Publishes ‘I Am New Orleans,’ a Poetic Compendium
The University of New Orleans Press has published “I Am New Orleans,” a poetic compendium of what it means to be and to miss New Orleans featuring the work of 36 contemporary poets. Read more
September
September 25, 2020
University of New Orleans Press Releases Columnist Jarvis DeBerry’s ‘I Feel To Believe’
For 20 years, New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry offered the city its most honest look at itself: the good, the bad, the wonderful—and weird. Moreover, the city took note. 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 18, 2020
New Midlo Center Partnership Will Help Educators Teach About Slavery and Colonialism
Educators around the world will have access to free, high-quality professional development about teaching the twin legacies of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States and North America starting Sept. 22. Read more
September 17, 2020
Pianist Jake Gold Receives ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
The University of New Orleans music faculty has selected Jake Gold for the 2020 ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Composition Award. Read more