DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Gallo Mechanical President and CEO David Gallo to Receive 2021 UNO Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award
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David Gallo, president and CEO of Gallo Mechanical, a New Orleans-based mechanical construction firm, will receive the 2021 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Additionally, Lacey Merrick Conway, president and CEO of Latter & Blum, has been named the 2021 Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Both will be celebrated at a gala at the National WWII Museum on November 4, 2021.
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June
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 tra Read more
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 Read more
June 4, 2021
UNO Student Perry Hawxhurst’s Other Life Is Entertaining Wrestling Fans
University of New Orleans student Perry Hawxhurst expects to spend his summer delivering some serious smack downs to an opponent—or two. Read more
June 2, 2021
Apple Is Adapting CWW Director M.O. Walsh’s Second Novel For TV Series
University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop director M.O. Read more
May
May 26, 2021
Sociology Professor D’Lane Compton Appointed to National Census Advisory Board
University of New Orleans sociology professor and department chair D’Lane Compton h Read more
May 21, 2021
Civil Rights Leader Raphael Cassimere Jr. Urges UNO Graduates to ‘Take a Stand’
As a member of the University of New Orleans graduating class of 1966, Raphael Cassimere Jr. Read more
May 20, 2021
Alumna Beth Arroyo Utterback: WWOZ General Manager and a ‘Guardian of the Groove’
When the world renowned New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was canceled in 2020, University of New Orleans alumna Beth Arroyo Utterback said sh Read more
May 13, 2021
Alumnus Deric Augustine Plays Muhammad Ali on Epix TV Series
The actor portraying Muhammad Ali on the Epix television series “Godfather of Harlem” might look familiar to some Privateers. Read more
May 13, 2021
UNO’s Amphitheater Plays Host for Performing Arts Series
The University of New Orleans amphitheater, which was recently transformed for live performances of the play “Eurydice,” is hosting a performing ar Read more