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Over winter break, 18 E. J. Ourso College of Business students traded Baton Rouge for bustling night markets, high-speed trains, and cutting-edge tech hubs in Taiwan. From December 28, 2025, to January 9, 2026, they participated in Business in Taiwan, a program offered by LSU Study Abroad.

In this year's Sternberg Lecture at the LSU Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College, Roy Heidelberg explored how AI fits into centuries of institutional automation. The real question isn't whether machines can think, it's what happens when institutions are built to think like machines.

After more than two decades in the U.S. Navy, Nicholas Mullen found himself at a professional crossroads. Moving from military leadership into a private-sector role in cyber risk and project management required more than a change in his title; the transition called for a deeper understanding of how business decisions are made, how teams are led, and how organizations operate outside a military structure. For Nicholas, the online LSU Flores MBA offered the opportunity to build that foundation while honoring a long-standing connection to LSU.