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UNO Garden Club Awarded Youth Climate Action Grant

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The University of New Orleans Garden Club has been awarded a grant through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund for its student-led project, “Lowering Food Waste Through Gardening.” The initiative was selected as part of a citywide effort to support youth-designed climate action projects, in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell presents UNO students Jacob Lefort and Emma Bourgeois with grant certificates

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July

University of New Orleans economics professor Gregory Price.

_{July 2, 2021}

UNO Economics Professor Gregory Price Selected As Policy Scholar To Address Systemic Racism

University of New Orleans economics professor Gregory Price is one of five people selected by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to be a Policy Scholar tasked with examining and addressing systemic racism in the U.S. Read more

June

Chicago native Teyonna Lofton is a first-year student at the University of New Orleans whose activism led to her being part of the NBA committee to select the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion.

_{June 29, 2021}

Anti-Violence Organizer Teyonna Lofton Speaks Up and Out For Herself and Others

Teyonna Lofton is a first-year student at the University of New Orleans whose activism led to her being part of the NBA committee to select the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion. Read more

_{June 28, 2021}

New Instant Admit Program Offers Jefferson Parish Schools Students Automatic Admission to the University of New Orleans

Jefferson Parish Schools and the University of New Orleans are proud to announce a new Instant Admit program that would grant automatic admission t Read more

Trivia Frazier, president and CEO of Obatala Sciences, and her team at Obatala Sciences have developed a Fat-on-a-Chip™ System for drug safety and efficacy studies. Obatala Sciences is one of eight companies renting space on campus of the University of New Orleans. (Photo by: Naomi Winston)

_{June 24, 2021}

Small Businesses Flourish on UNO’s Campus

A growing number of research-oriented businesses are calling the University of New Orleans home. Read more

_{June 23, 2021}

UNO Research & Technology Park Reimagined and Rebranded as The Beach at UNO

The University of New Orleans (UNO) Research and Technology Park — a 30-acre site on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain leveraging 800,000 square fee Read more

University of New Orleans management professor Nicole Fuller.

_{June 16, 2021}

Management Professor Nicole Fuller Awarded Grant to Study Stress Among Minority Entrepreneurs

University of New Orleans management professor Nicole Fuller is part of a five-member team of researchers awarded a grant to explore how racial minorities experience and deal with entrepreneurial stress. Read more

A New Orleans advocacy group, One Book One New Orleans, wants your help in selecting the next book for its citywide reading initiative.

_{June 14, 2021}

The Three Finalists for 2022 New Orleans Citywide Read Have UNO Connections

A New Orleans advocacy organization for literacy improvement wants the public’s help in selecting the next book for its citywide reading initiative Read more

The University of New Orleans Transportation Institute has received a grant to extend its maritime transportation research.

_{June 10, 2021}

UNOTI Receives Grant Extension For Maritime Transportation Research

Researchers at the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute received a $277,500 federal grant to continue its maritime and multimodal transportation research and education conducted through the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). Read more

Theatre UNO’s production of “Single Black Female” earned a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award.

_{June 8, 2021}

UNO Theatre Production ‘Single Black Female’ Wins Kennedy Center Award

The University of New Orleans Theatre’s fall production of “Single Black Female” earned a Citizen Artists Award at the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held virtually on May 22. Read more

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