Stewardship Report

Your Investment in Action

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.  

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.

First E-RISE grant to Louisiana will create jobs and solutions to transform agricultural wastes into liquid fuels for transportation, opening new revenue streams for Louisiana’s farmers and the state’s chemical industry.