Stewardship Report
Your Investment in Action
The LSU Energy Institute is a new, interdisciplinary research institute designed to strengthen the university’s leadership—and resulting impact—in energy research, natural resource management, and innovation. This strategic move aligns with LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda, where energy is one of five core focus areas for research critical to the future of Louisiana and the nation.
A collaborative team of researchers has won a first-of-its-kind grant from the National Science Foundation to bring 10 of the country’s most brilliant research students to LSU to pursue a Ph.D. and emerge as leaders in energy and environmental science.
LSU Alexandria has partnered with the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Polk to bring affordable, high-quality education directly to the installation, serving military personnel, families, retirees, and the broader Fort Polk community.
A Gulf-specific hurricane forecast developed at LSU’s Coastal Meteorology Lab allows Louisiana officials and residents to better understand how active the upcoming season might be for the U.S. Gulf Coast. It's one example of how the lab delivers real benefits to Louisiana.
Foreign adversaries are actively trying to disrupt critical infrastructure in the United States. Lillian Beck, a recent LSU computer science grad and summer intern at Idaho National Laboratory, is on a mission to protect the systems that keep America running.
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Rendering of the planned Newlab facility
The team’s goal is to build a bigger user community around HPX, a software library developers can use to create faster, more powerful, and energy-efficient applications.