January 27, 2012
Theatre UNO will present Romulus Linney’s Holy Ghosts in the Robert E. Nims Theatre in the UNO Performing Arts Center on February 7-11 at 7:30 p.m. and February 12 at 2:30 p.m.
January 26, 2012
University of New Orleans graduate student Jermie Humphries received a $1,000 internship stipend from the International Gold and Silver Plate Society.
January 25, 2012
A University of New Orleans chapter of the international counseling honor society received the outstanding chapter award, and will be honored at a March convention in San Francisco.
January 19, 2012
Chris McKesson, a University of New Orleans adjunct professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, provided analysis to multiple news organizations, including CNN and USA Today, in the wake of the Costa Concordia disaster off the Italian coast.
January 18, 2012
The new year brings a fresh line-up of exhibitions at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, as well as an two additional exhibitions being extended and the continuation of a Prospect.2 exhibition.
January 18, 2012
The University of New Orleans is a member of a consortium of universities selected to receive a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
January 17, 2012
University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos spent his first few hours on the job welcoming students back to class on the first day of the spring semester.
January 11, 2012
Peter J. Fos, the sixth leader and the first president in the history of the University of New Orleans, will begin his new position on Tuesday, January 17.
January 09, 2012
The Department of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Irish Cultural Museum of New Orleans, is conducting archaeological excavation at the museum’s future location at 933 Conti Street.
January 09, 2012
The World Affairs Council of New Orleans and the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies program at the University of New Orleans will present a pair of speakers who will discuss the Arab Spring on January 18.
January 05, 2012
There is a University of New Orleans connection to the highly publicized local launch of a new toothpaste that uses an extract of cocoa as its active ingredient.
December 20, 2011
Early humans lived in a river-margin forest in a wooded grassland landscape in Ethiopia, according to a study published in Nature Communications by University of New Orleans researchers M. Royhan Gani and Nahid D. Gani
December 19, 2011
John Renne, director of the Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute, is a member of a diverse coalition of transportation advocates supporting the passage of a new City of New Orleans ordinance that changes the way city agencies design streets.
December 14, 2011
University of New Orleans alumna and utility executive Karen Mincey will serve as UNO’s fall 2011 commencement speaker.
December 09, 2011
He becomes the sixth leader and the first president in the history of UNO.
December 07, 2011
The Joseph Patrick Uddo Foundation has established a screenwriting scholarship at the University of New Orleans to honor the memory of a New Orleans native and his love of films and filmmaking.
December 06, 2011
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges today gave final approval for the University of New Orleans to join the University of Louisiana System.
December 05, 2011
In a festive ceremony, the University of New Orleans reopened The Cove, once the hub of student life at the University, for the first time since it was shuttered by Hurricane Katrina.
December 02, 2011
After four rounds of interviews conducted on the University of New Orleans campus, the UNO Presidential Search Committee today unanimously selected Peter J. Fos and Michael A. Wartell to move forward in the search process
November 30, 2011
University of New Orleans graduate student Barry Stephenson, a composer and bassist in the jazz studies program, has been named this year’s recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Scholarship.
November 30, 2011
The University of New Orleans Department of Music is the recipient of a $1,000 grant from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to support the Jazz at the Sandbar series in the spring of 2012.
November 29, 2011
A joint study conducted by researchers at the University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans finds that the anticipated closure of the Avondale Shipyard will be devastating for laid-off workers and the economy of greater New Orleans.
November 28, 2011
The Cove, the hub of student life at the University of New Orleans for decades, will reopen for the first time since Hurricane Katrina at a ceremony on Friday, December 2.
November 22, 2011
Four candidates vying for the top job at the University of New Orleans will visit the Lakefront Campus and interview with the UNO Presidential Search Committee on Nov. 29, Nov. 30, and Dec. 1.
November 18, 2011
The most comprehensive survey of residential and commercial property conditions of the Lower 9th Ward is now publically available on WhoData.org, a powerful community data internet mapping service supported by the University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies.
November 18, 2011
Awards will be presented to individuals associated with the College of Engineering whose service to the College is considered outstanding, as well as to an engineering project that reflects the best the local engineering community has to offer.
November 16, 2011
For the 13th year, the publication honored women who have been recognized for their professional and community achievements.
November 15, 2011
Five candidates will be extended invitations to interview for the position of president of the University of New Orleans.
November 14, 2011
The 41-year-old native of Starkville, Miss., has been the director of the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses since 2009.
November 11, 2011
A commentary, entitled “New Orleans Is No Education Miracle,” from University of New Orleans freshman Linda Tran appears in the November 2 edition of Education Week magazine
November 11, 2011
The search for a new leader at the University of New Orleans will move forward on Tuesday, November 15 when the presidential search committee meets for the second time.
November 11, 2011
Acclaimed children’s author Candace Fleming and author/illustrator Eric Rohmann visited a children’s literature class to share their own experiences in creating award-winning books.
November 10, 2011
The position was created to help UNO students understand university procedures and overcome problems that may arise during registration and throughout the semester.
November 01, 2011
Theatre UNO will present the New Play Celebration, a series of one-act and ten-minute plays, from November 3-13 in the Robert E. Nims Theatre at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center.
October 31, 2011
In response to continued discussion and debate about the future of University of New Orleans athletics, Interim Chancellor Joe M. King reaffirmed the position that the newly appointed president of UNO will have input and be the final decision-maker on the direction the athletic department pursues.
October 31, 2011
The University of New Orleans Department of Computer Science has been awarded contracts from the Navy worth nearly $685,000 to study new computer technologies that will significantly reduce the cost of staffing and maintaining networks.
October 24, 2011
The International Mineralogical Association has announced the approval of two new minerals after University of New Orleans researchers Alexander Falster and Karen Webber.
October 21, 2011
11 of the 49 honorees are UNO alumni, making UNO the most heavily represented university on the entire list.
October 18, 2011
The University of New Orleans will host 3 Day Startup New Orleans, an entrepreneurship education program designed for college students with an emphasis on learning by doing.
October 14, 2011
University of New Orleans students Colette Wiliams and Alexey Marti will perform next week at the German embassy of Niedersachsen in Berlin for the “Jazz in the Gardens of the Ministries” music festival.
October 11, 2011
The University of New Orleans has been awarded a 10-year $3 million grant as one of three American university partners on a major South Korean initiative in marine structure and shipbuilding.
October 04, 2011
The University of New Orleans Center For Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology has released a unique risk literacy manual that combines disaster education and literacy-building skills.
September 30, 2011
A performance from University of New Orleans music professor Ed Petersen and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman will air on NPR’s Jazzset, broadcast locally on WWNO 89.9 FM on Saturday, October 1 at midnight.
September 30, 2011
University of New Orleans professor emeritus and jazz studies program founder Ellis Marsalis will open the fall 2011 Jazz at the Sandbar series on Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.
September 27, 2011
Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank announced $102 million for three Louisiana projects in the Barataria and Terrebone basins, to restore deteriorated wetlands and barrier island habitats along the state’s coast at an event held on the University of New Orleans campus.
September 26, 2011
A study released by a pair of University of New Orleans professors finds that the proposed closure of the Avondale Shipyard will depress housing values by more than 20 percent in the West Bank communities close to the shipyard.
September 26, 2011
The cover story features alumnus Kirk Coco who founded NOLA Brewing Company, the only production brewery in the city of New Orleans.
September 23, 2011
Outside consultants will be on campus the week of September 26 to meet with various constituencies and hold a public forum to gather input for an institutional review.
September 23, 2011
The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will debut its new, state-of-the-art digital projector on Sunday, September 25 with a special high definition screening of “No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,” a documentary directed by James Chressanthis.
September 23, 2011
The New Orleans National College Fair will be held on Monday, September 26 in Hall C of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
September 23, 2011
New Orleans hosted 4.8 million visitors in the first half of 2011, an increase of 7.7% over the same period in 2010.
September 20, 2011
The University of New Orleans Master of Public Administration program will host the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration (SECOPA) at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans from September 21-24.
September 19, 2011
University of New Orleans professor Denise Reed has been named an Arthur Maass-Gilbert White Fellow under the U.S. Army Institute for Water Resources’ visiting scholar fellowship program.
September 16, 2011
The University of New Orleans Presidential Search Committee held its inaugural gathering, which including a business meeting and public forum, on Thursday, September 15 at the University’s Lakefront campus.
September 15, 2011
The University of New Orleans will host a delegation of six university presidents from the German Universities of Applied Sciences on campus on Friday, September 16.
September 13, 2011
The University of New Orleans ranks among the universities whose students graduate with the lightest debt loads, according to U.S. News & World Report.
September 12, 2011
University of New Orleans athletic director Amy Champion and head men's basketball coach Mark Slessinger were featured as 'People to Watch' in the September 2011 edition of New Orleans Magazine.
September 08, 2011
University of New Orleans doctoral student Kelly Owens has been awarded a dissertation research grant, worth up to $17,075, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
September 06, 2011
Theatre UNO and The NOLA Project are joining together to present the New Orleans premiere of Is He Dead?, and Theatre UNO’s 2011-2012 season
August 31, 2011
The University of New Orleans Presidential Search Committee will hold its inaugural gathering on Sept. 15 on the UNO main campus, which will include a business meeting and a public forum.
August 31, 2011
University of New Orleans student Trenton Thomas has been selected to speak at the opening banquet for the National Orientation Directors Association Conference.
August 30, 2011
The University of New Orleans served as the host on the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for a forum and book release of Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons From the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita.
August 30, 2011
After six years, New Orleans employment stands at 87% of its pre-Katrina level, while 90% of the area population has returned, according to the sixth anniversary of Katrina edition of the University of New Orleans Metropolitan Report.
August 30, 2011
Louis V. Paradise has been named interim provost and vice chancellor of academic and student affairs at the University of New Orleans by Acting Chancellor Joe M. King.
August 22, 2011
The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and the University of New Orleans will host a forum to introduce the new book Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita from the Brookings Institution Press and discuss its implications
August 22, 2011
Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy, UNO professor of curriculum and instruction, spent 10 days in her native Haiti in early August conducting a summer camp for local children.
August 19, 2011
The University of New Orleans held its annual Freshmen Move-In Day on August 19, as dozens of students, staff and faculty volunteers helped new freshmen move into Pontchartrain Hall.
August 09, 2011
The University of New Orleans has received a 2-year $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate neurobiological underpinnings of antisocial behavior in incarcerated adolescent girls.
August 08, 2011
University of New Orleans anthropology professor Jeffrey Ehrenreich was honored as a 2011 Crystal Feather Award recipient by the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame.
August 08, 2011
University of New Orleans student Norman Vallette Jr. is a member of the sailing team that won the June Oakcliff Invitational, sponsored by the International Sailing Federation, held June 25-26 in Oyster Bay, New York.
August 03, 2011
The University of New Orleans is the recipient of a 3-year $937,000 award from the Office of Naval Research to design and build a new type of robotic “eel” that is capable of operating in shallow water environments where Navy personnel could be at risk.
August 02, 2011
According to preliminary data, the University of New Orleans reports a 38% 6-year graduation rate for the freshmen class that enrolled in the fall semester of 2005.
August 02, 2011
For the second time in two weeks, the presidential search at the University of New Orleans is the focus of an editorial from a prominent New Orleans newspaper.
August 01, 2011
The University of New Orleans is one of the best colleges in the Southeast according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review.
August 01, 2011
“Common Ground,” a group exhibition curated by Jim Richard, a professor in the fine arts department at the University of New Orleans, will be presented at The Arthur Roger Gallery.
July 29, 2011
University of New Orleans student Erika del Pilar Burton is the recipient of the Doctoral Diversity Fellowship offered by the State of Louisiana Board of Regents.
July 21, 2011
University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors Chair Winfred Sibille officially launched the search for a president of the University of New Orleans by appointing 14 members to the UNO Presidential Search Committee.
July 19, 2011
A $200,000 gift from the Kirschman family has allowed the University of New Orleans College of Business Administration to purchase state-of-the-art video conferencing equipment which will significantly improve the College’s capabilities.
July 12, 2011
Declaring it a “great and historic day for the University of New Orleans,” Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill that will transfer the University of New Orleans from the Louisiana State University System to the University of Louisiana System.
July 06, 2011
A pair of University of New Orleans students exhibited their work at the opening of an art exchange in Innsbruck, Austria on July 4.
July 05, 2011
Recent University of New Orleans graduate Reginald Varnado is the winner of Randy Jackson’s first “Next YouTube Star” contest.
July 01, 2011
The University of New Orleans Internal Auditing Endorsed Program has received a $1,000 grant to support sending two students and Joyce Lambert, professor of accounting and coordinator of the IAEP program, to the Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) Leadership and Networking Conference in Orlando, Fla. in October 2011.
June 30, 2011
English professor emeritus Kris Lackey and biological sciences instructor Lura Williamson are the recipients of the 2011 University of New Orleans Excellence in Teaching Awards.
June 29, 2011
Peggy Scott Laborde and Errol Laborde have been selected as the 2011 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni.
June 27, 2011
The University of New Orleans took first place in two events and finished second overall at the annual Solar Splash competition held June 8-12 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
June 23, 2011
The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration will hold a hospitality and tourism seminar on Tuesday, June 28 at the InterContinental New Orleans.
June 23, 2011
The addition of the University of New Orleans to the Gulf South Conference cleared its final hurdle Tuesday when the Board of GSC Presidents unanimously approved the Privateers’ membership request.
June 17, 2011
The University of New Orleans has appointed three new distinguished professors, an honor held by only two other current faculty members at the University.
June 15, 2011
Recent University of New Orleans graduate Reginald Varnado has been selected as one of the top five in Randy Jackson’s “Pick Your Favorite YouTube Music Star” contest.
June 15, 2011
University of New Orleans engineering students Bruce Johnson and Patrick Danton were among several volunteers who taught approximately 100 Girl Scouts, ages 9-14, rocket building and rocket launching on June 12 during a “Girl Scouts Go NASA Workshop” held at Grace Memorial Baptist Church in Slidell.
June 08, 2011
Members of the University of New Orleans Jazz Ambassadors have been invited to participate in a cultural and academic exchange by Centro Colombo Americano from June 13-25 in Colombia. The UNO Jazz Ambassadors are a select group of jazz studies graduate students.
June 08, 2011
The number of new students at the University of New Orleans for the summer 2011 semester is up 70% compared to last summer’s enrollment.
June 03, 2011
A $25,000 gift from Kim and David Guidry will fund an endowed scholarship at the University of New Orleans to honor the life and memory of their daughter, Mindy Elizabeth Guidry, a UNO student who suffered from a rare form of bone cancer.
May 31, 2011
The University of New Orleans has received a state match in the amount of $40,000 to help establish the Riley Parker Endowed Professorship in Engineering.
May 31, 2011
New Orleans employment grew 1% in the first quarter of 2011 when compared to the same period a year ago, slightly outpacing the national economy, which saw employment rise .9% over the same period, according to the Metropolitan Report, published by the University of New Orleans Division of Business and Economic Research.
May 25, 2011
James Meza, dean emeritus of the University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development, has been named the interim superintendent of the Jefferson Parish Public School System.
May 25, 2011
The University of New Orleans has received $632,880 from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to provide information technology and fisheries modeling for the sustainable management of Louisiana’s public oyster seed grounds.
May 25, 2011
The University of New Orleans will hold its annual Economic Outlook & Real Estate Forecast Seminar on Friday, June 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the University Center ballroom.
May 23, 2011
The University of New Orleans is serving as the host institution for the 2011 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Magnetics Society Summer School.
May 20, 2011
University of New Orleans faculty, staff, students and alumni joined dozens of Goldman Sachs volunteers on May 16 to plant 140 new trees along the northern edge of UNO’s lakefront campus.
May 17, 2011
The University of New Orleans Executive Master of Business Administration program is among the best values in the nation, according to CNN Money. UNO is included on a list of nearly 50 business schools that offer an executive MBA for less than $50,000 in total tuition.
May 17, 2011
The conventional wisdom is that infants are hard on a marriage because parents’ sleeping habits are disrupted by babies. But a new study that appears in the journal Child Development finds that marital instability when a child is nine months old can affect child sleep problems at 18 months.
May 13, 2011
The University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development honored dozens of students, faculty and community members during its 38th Honors Reception on May 12 at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center on the UNO campus.
May 11, 2011
A group of University of New Orleans professors is teaming up with colleagues from other local universities for a collaborative research project on the closing of the Avondale Shipyard.
May 09, 2011
CenterAustria at the University of New Orleans will co-sponsor a major international conference on the topic of the Vienna Summit of 1961 from May 19-21 at the Austrian Diplomatic Academy in Vienna.
May 06, 2011
University of New Orleans students Caroline Langlois, Cliff Thompson and Mignon Charvet participated in the 2011 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival National Festival in Washington, D.C. from April 19-23.
May 05, 2011
United States Senator Mary Landrieu toured the University of New Orleans campus on Saturday, April 16 to see the improvements made as part of the University’s “Students First” initiative.
May 03, 2011
CenterAustria at the University of New Orleans is coordinating a unique international exchange program for college students with disabilities.
May 03, 2011
University of New Orleans graduate, retired businessman and higher education champion Barry LeBlanc will serve as UNO’s spring 2011 commencement speaker on Friday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Lakefront Arena.
April 29, 2011
An essay by University of New Orleans student Rebekah Berger May earned an Honorable Mention award in the 2011 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest.
April 29, 2011
Donna Reed, University of New Orleans director of records and registration, has received the Exemplary Service Award from the National Student Exchange.
April 28, 2011
A group of University of New Orleans students won the Outstanding Delegation Award at the 2011 Model United Nations conference held in New York City from April 17-21.
April 27, 2011
In what has become an annual tradition, a huge contingent of UNO students, faculty, staff and alumni will perform at the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
April 26, 2011
University of New Orleans student Margaret Sullivan is this year’s winner of the prestigious James Domengeaux Scholarship. Sullivan, a double major in French and international studies, is the first UNO recipient of the scholarship since it was first given in 1998.
April 26, 2011
A team of four University of New Orleans electrical engineering students won first place in the 2011 IEEE Region 5 Student Robotics Contest held in Baton Rouge on April 16.
April 25, 2011
The University of New Orleans is included in The Huffington Post’s list of the “Top 25 Most Underrated Creative Writing MFA Programs.”
April 25, 2011
The University of New Orleans College of Sciences held its 38th annual honors convocation on Wednesday, April 13 in the University Center ballroom.
April 12, 2011
Superintendent Ronal W. Serpas of the New Orleans Police Department is the 2011 recipient of the University of New Orleans College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award.
April 12, 2011
University of New Orleans master's of urban and regional planning student Evan Casper-Futterman is the winner of the American Planning Association’s Economic Development Division Graduate Scholarship.
April 08, 2011
A group of UNO civil engineering students is seeing the fruits of their labor--and so can anyone else who visits a newly paved city block in the Lower 9th Ward. 23 final semester seniors have undertaken an ambitious senior design project in coordination with the Make It Right Foundation.
April 05, 2011
The University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development and the Office of Diversity Affairs will present a panel discussion entitled "Reactions To 'Tiger Mom': Schools, Culture and Parenting in New Orleans."
April 04, 2011
The Department of Accounting at the University of New Orleans has maintained its accounting accreditation by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). UNO is one of only 175 institutions worldwide to have earned the specialized accreditation for its accounting program.
March 30, 2011
The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology will hold a one-day executive program in resilience and risk management exclusively for government and business leaders in southeast Louisiana.
March 30, 2011
University of New Orleans master’s in urban and regional planning student Max Williamson is the recipient of a 2011 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship.
March 29, 2011
University of New Orleans graduate student Kelly Fleenor is one of six scholarship recipients from the Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus Foundation. Fleenor is pursuing a master’s degree in counselor education in the UNO College of Education and Human Development.
March 25, 2011
The University of New Orleans celebrated more than $2.2 million in campus upgrades as part of its “Students First” initiative during a ceremony held at the University Center. The improvements were funded by federal hurricane recovery money.
March 24, 2011
Theatre UNO, in conjunction with the Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival, will present a production of The Glass Menagerie at Le Petit Théâtre beginning on Friday, March 25.
March 24, 2011
The University of New Orleans will hold Einstein Week, its annual celebration of physics with events beginning on Friday, March 25 and concluding on Friday, April 1.
March 23, 2011
University of New Orleans doctoral student Lei Zhao has been awarded the Young Engineer Travel Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute.
March 21, 2011
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the University of New Orleans’ oldest and most rigorous interdisciplinary academic honor society, welcomed 49 new members into its ranks in a ceremony on the UNO campus.
March 21, 2011
University of New Orleans registrar Kathleen Plante was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
March 21, 2011
Michelle Thompson, a University of New Orleans planning and urban studies professor, appeared with Mayor Mitch Landrieu at a March 19 event in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood in conjunction with the city’s second “Fight the Blight” volunteer day.
March 18, 2011
University of New Orleans junior Angela Scheuer has been nominated for the Udall Foundation Scholarship on the basis of her demonstrated commitment to a career in the environment.
March 15, 2011
Marla Nelson, a University of New Orleans professor of planning and urban studies, will receive a 2011 Activist Scholar Award at the Urban Affairs Association’s 41st Annual Meeting.
March 03, 2011
The research of a pair of UNO professors will be featured in the National Geographic Channel documentary “Earth: Making Of A Planet," which will air locally on Sunday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m.
March 01, 2011
Single family home sales in the five-parish Northshore region rose 6% in the January to September 2010 period compared to the same period in 2009, according to the Third Annual Northshore Real Estate Market Analysis released by the University of New Orleans Institute for Economic Development and Real Estate Research.
February 24, 2011
The Krewe of UNO's second annual parade rolled on the University's Lakefront campus with a theme of "UNO Goes Hollywood."
February 24, 2011
A gift from University of New Orleans graduate Riley Parker will fund an endowed professorship in the electrical engineering department at UNO.
February 23, 2011
Hundreds of high school and middle high students descended upon the University of New Orleans Human Performance Center for the 56th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair (GNOSEF).
February 18, 2011
John Renne, a University of New Orleans professor of planning and urban studies, will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Five Years Later: Improvements in Emergency Preparedness in New Orleans Since Hurricane Katrina.”
February 17, 2011
University of New Orleans fine arts professor Richard Johnson's new exhibit is lauded in a review from The Times-Picayune art critic Doug MacCash.
February 15, 2011
LSU System President John Lombardi temporarily suspended the search for a new chancellor at UNO, and announced that Joe King would serve as both Acting Chancellor and Provost until a permanent chancellor can be selected.
February 15, 2011
UNO Press is pleased to announce the official release of The Garden Path: The Miseducation of the City by noted educator, charter school leader and university administrator Andre Perry.
February 15, 2011
To mark “Darwin Day,” the University of New Orleans will hold a series of lectures on Saturday, March 26 at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center on the UNO campus.
February 15, 2011
University of New Orleans political science professor Ed Chervenak will discuss redistricting and what it means to ordinary citizens on Thursday at Tammany Together's quarterly meeting.
February 11, 2011
The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) will hold a national disaster resilience workshop at the Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center February 16-18.
February 07, 2011
A high school student who participated in a UNO summer research program in materials science is one of the co-authors of a research paper published in the scientific journal Materials Science and Engineering B.
February 04, 2011
Three members of the University of New Orleans music department faculty took top honors at the “Best of the Beat” awards presented by OffBeat magazine on January 28 at Generations Hall.
February 01, 2011
The University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies (UNO-PLUS) has launched WhoData.org, a powerful community data internet mapping service that will give citizen groups an unprecedented platform to contribute and track information on the progress of New Orleans’ neighborhoods.
January 28, 2011
New Orleans area employment is at approximately 85% of pre-Katrina levels (518,167 jobs) while 91% of the metro population has returned five years after Katrina, according to the January 2011 edition of the Metropolitan Report: Economic Indicators for the New Orleans Area, released by the University of New Orleans Division of Business and Economic Research.
January 26, 2011
A team of University of New Orleans students took first place in the American Counseling Association (ACA) Graduate Student Ethics Competition.
January 26, 2011
John Williams, interim dean of the University of New Orleans College of Business Administration, will make a presentation tomorrow at the Louisiana Tourism Industry Summit in Baton Rouge.
January 24, 2011
The University of New Orleans is included on U.S. News & World Report’s list of “20 Most Popular National Universities,” based on the highest percentage of accepted students.
January 21, 2011
University of New Orleans professor John Renne published a guest editorial on the topic of disaster recovery in The Australian, the top-selling national newspaper in Australia.
January 20, 2011
The University of New Orleans College of Engineering held its 15th annual Engineering Recognition Awards Ceremony to honor prominent UNO alumni and leaders in the engineering industry last night at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center on the UNO campus.
January 18, 2011
New Orleans’ first family of jazz, including UNO professor emeritus Ellis Marsalis and UNO adjunct professors Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts at the annual Jazz Masters awards in New York City.
January 13, 2011
Theatre UNO will hold a remount performance of The Night of The Iguana on Sunday, February 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert E. Nims Theatre, located in the UNO Performing Arts Center.
January 11, 2011
The University of New Orleans history department will hold the 13th George G. Windell Memorial Lecture in European History at the National World War II Museum on Thursday, January 27, 2011.
January 10, 2011
The Earl K. Long Library's K&B Archives will be featured in an upcoming edition of Naturally N'Awlins, the long-running segment reported by WWL-TV's Frank Davis.
January 07, 2011
A University of New Orleans psychology professor is among the co-authors of a journal article concluding that, contrary to popular belief, stress is actually beneficial to the human body.
January 04, 2011
Members of the University of New Orleans community helped celebrate the dedication of a new playground in Burbank Gardens, located a few blocks from UNO’s Lakefront campus.
December 22, 2010
A class of University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies (PLUS) students completed a comprehensive analysis of the Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans (NHS) homeownership training program, providing valuable data about the city’s post-Katrina housing recovery.
December 22, 2010
University of New Orleans student Andrew Dinett has been selected as the Outstanding Undergraduate Student by the ACPA Commission on Admissions, Orientation and First Year Experience (AOFYE).
December 22, 2010
Two staff members of the College of Engineering’s National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM), John Alt and Mark Lotz, were recognized for their support to the NASA Orion Program in a ceremony held December 14 at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
December 15, 2010
The University of New Orleans’ spring 2010 production of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana has accepted an invitation to perform at the 2011 Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Iguana is one of six productions selected to perform for the six-state region festival.
December 13, 2010
A $600,000 gift from Gloria Kabacoff will fund an endowed chair in the University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration.