Office of the President
Welcome
System President
Wade Rousse, PhD
Louisiana State University's Next President
The LSU Board of Supervisors has appointed Wade Rousse, Ph.D., as the President of the LSU System. Dr. Rousse is a Louisiana native who brings decades of experience across higher education, the business world, and deep research in the area of economics
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Celebrating a Year of Wins
Powering Solutions for Louisiana
Under university leadership, Louisiana has made strides to power solutions for Louisiana's toughest problems.
Read on to learn more about LSU's progress.
Scholarship First in Action
Dr. Juhee Haam is an assistant professor in LSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, whose research focuses on understanding memory and identifying brain health factors critical to preserving memory. She says sleep quality is critical for memory formation and preservation.
LSU is reactivating its historic Corps of Cadets, restoring a 165-year tradition of military training, leadership development, and public service at the university.
Hydroponics is a method for growing food in a water-based solution rich in nutrients, rather than using soil, which offers benefits but also presents unique challenges to food safety. LSU researchers are generating science-based data to address those challenges.
Earning citations is a key aspect of doing research. The number of citations indicates a paper's importance and a researcher's impact. Here, LSU researchers who accounted for some of LSU's most highly cited papers published in the past five years explain how they did it.
A new collaboration between LSU of Alexandria, the LSU AgCenter, and Louisiana-based Guardian Aerial is bringing precision agriculture to life. By integrating drone technology, the partnership helps farmers boost efficiency, cut costs, and prepare students for tech-driven ag careers.
While many people focus on such risk factors for dementia as family history, they may not focus as much on resilience factors, the steps they can take to protect brain health. Dr. Nicolás Bazan, Boyd Professor of Neuroscience at LSU Health New Orleans, explains.