Michael Kammer and David Vumbaco, Physics seniors, have presented their research at the Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Scholarship Symposium on April 12 and at the 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 13.
Graduating math senior, Steffon M. Gray, has been awarded a Syracuse University Graduate Scholar for 2012 - 2013. This award includes twenty-four (24) credit hours of remitted tuition valued at $30,000.
Dr. Mark Fernandez was recently named a Louisiana Historical Association (LHA) fellow. The LHA recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of members and others by creating “Fellows of the Association.”
Biology alumna, Rachel Nuwer, publishes "Bugs That Transmit 'Silent Killer' Are Biting More in U.S" online in 'Scientific American.'
Dr. Trimiko Melancon, an assistant professor of English and faculty in African and African American Studies, has been awarded a prestigious 2012 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship.
Congratulations to Dr. Uriel Quesada, who was named an American Council of Education (ACE) Fellow for academic year 2012-13.
Biology alumni, Juan Calix wins University of Alabama Birmingham's "Samuel B. Barker Award" for Excellence in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level. This award is given each spring to one Ph.D. student and one Masters student, both of whom expect to receive their degrees within the calendar year.
Tom Sevick, an environmental science major at Loyola University New Orleans, was recently awarded $2,500 from the Louisiana Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to conduct collaborative research with Dr. Frank Jordan.
Loyola University New Orleans has one of the country's best undergraduate teachers according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com).
Dr. Ladd presents research at the Southern Sociological Society meetings, Dillard University conference, and at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings.