An LSU First
LSU biological sciences Ph.D. student Glaucia Del-Rio is the first in the College of Science to receive the American Association of University Women doctoral fellowship
Blast Off
An experiment led by LSU Chemistry Professor John Pojman testing fluid dynamics in zero gravity was aboard the historic flight by Blue Origin on June 19. 
Diving In
Three students in the LSU College of Agriculture recently completed a research mission to the coast of Mozambique to study the phytoplankton and whale shark connections
Educator of the Year
Manship's Jay Shelledy has been named the 2016 Educator of the Year by the Newspaper and Online News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Gravitational Waves Detected ... Again!
For the second time, LSU researchers at LIGO in Livingston, La., observed gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of spacetime. LIGO spokesperson and LSU physicist Gabriela Gonzalez made the announcement nationally and said it's a promising start to mapping black holes in the universe.
Did You Know?
New Discovery: LSU researchers have described a new genus and species of cavefish from Mexico - the Oaxaca Cave Sleeper. It has not been collected or seen in more than 20 years and lives in a cave system threatened by damming. LSU expert fish and TED Fellow Prosanta Chakrabarty recently spoke on the finding. 

Knauss Fellow: Next year, LSU research associate and recent LSU Master of Public Administration graduate Alvaro Armas will be one of two Knauss Fellows from the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program serving in Washington, D.C.

Artificial Seawater: LSU microbiologists have concocted artificial seawater that can be used to successfully cultivate abundant marine microorganisms.
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