http://news.uno.eduThis is the official UNO News Feeden-usSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/assets/images/global/unonewlogo.gifhttp://news.uno.edu27792This is the official UNO News FeedAquifer - Version: 3.70.00pr@uno.eduwebmaster@uno.edu240http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1761 The Capital One-UNO Charter School Network is collecting toys through December 11 to benefit families in need who are affiliated with the UNO Charter School Network. pr@uno.eduFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1761http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1759 Zonta Club of New Orleans is selling poinsettias for $12 each to help fund a full tuition scholarship of $2,000 for a non-traditional female UNO student.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1759http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1760Capital One has announced on November 19 $405,000 in education-related grants to the New Beginnings Schools Foundation and the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter School Network . A strong supporter of UNO and its charter school network, Capital One has contributed a total of $1.7 million since 2006.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1760http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1757 The UNO/LSU/DePaul team won first prize and $25,000 for its nonprofit partner in the JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition for the entry "5523 St. Claude Avenue: Bringing Fresh Food to the Lower Ninth Ward," a proposal for a grocery store in the Lower Ninth Ward. pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1757http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1758 Student Activities Council is holding a food drive through November 24. pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1758http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1756 Lafitte needs a make-over and all are welcome to show their Privateer Pride by joining Student Affairs in repainting the Lafitte footprints around campus on Friday, November 20. Participants will meet at 12:30 p.m. in the Milneburg Hall, Room 159 and painting will continue throughout the afternoon. pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1756http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1748 The Other Planets will perform at the Ogden After Hours concert on Thursday, November 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans . pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1748http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1749 The New Orleans Economy will be the topic of a presentation by Robert J. Musso as the University of New Orleans College of Business Administration continues its Entrepreneurship Speaker Series on Monday, November 30 at 9:30 a.m. in Kirschman Hall, room 219. pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1749http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1750 UNO History students and faculty have researched and organized historical venue panels and exhibits for the annual New Orleans Po-Boy Preservation Festival to be held on Sunday, November 22 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oak Street between Carrollton Avenue and Eagle Street. The Po-Boy Festival history events will be featured at 8123 Oak Street.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1750http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1751 The University of New Orleans Theatre program will host the Louisiana College Theatre Festival, a part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, November 18-21.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1751http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1752 Freie Universitat Berlin and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will offer the third year of an intensive scholarship-supported summer seminar/internship program in Berlin for American journalism and communications students. pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1752http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1754 UNO Diversity Affairs will host a Cultural Cafe titled A Taste of Central America: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua on Wednesday, December 2 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Kirschman Hall, room 122. pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1754http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1746 Basketball and volleyball are once again in play at the UNO Recreation and Fitness Center where the gymnasium has reopened. pr@uno.eduThu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1746http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1744 The University of New Orleans is investigating a move from NCAA Division I-AAA to NCAA Division III status. pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1744http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1745 The University of New Orleans, along with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, will celebrate International Education Week November 16-20. pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1745http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1735The University of New Orleans will host a free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, December 6 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of Milneburg Hall.pr@uno.eduFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1735http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1737 The UNO Delta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta sorority will hold AmaXIng Challenge: Puzzlepalooza, a jigsaw puzzle tournament to benefit Autism Speaks , on Saturday, December 5 at 10 a.m. at the Human Performance Center. pr@uno.eduFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1737http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1740Abstracts are being accepted for the Third International High Reliability Organization (HRO) Workshop to be held at the University of New Orleans on January 9-10, 2010.pr@uno.eduFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1740http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1725 The UNO Press has published eight new titles this fall. The publications include poetry, photographs, essays, Austrian politics and a guide to understanding the music business.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1725http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1733The University of New Orleans Training Resource and Assistive-technology Center (UNO TRAC) is among just four sites nationally selected to host a full-day Town Hall Listening Session by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. The town hall session will be held on Friday, November 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UNO TRAC building on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1733http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1716 In its first competition, the University of New Orleans Phi Alpha Law Delta Fraternity Mock Trial Team defeated Citadel Military College and was the only team among 40 to receive the Ethics and Professionalism Award at the Hurricane Invitational held over the Halloween weekend in Miami, Florida. pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1716http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1717 Members of the University of New Orleans Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers represented the University at the organization's fall regional conference held October 30-November 1 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1717http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1720 The art exhibition It Is featuring the works of Austrian artists Ursula Groser, Elisabeth Schutting and Albin Schutting is on display through December 6 at the University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery, 2429 St. Claude Avenue.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1720http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1709 The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts Lakefront Youth Theatre Experience (UNO LYTE) will present 'Twas the Night Before Christmas on December 18-20 featuring a cast of school children to be selected by audition. Audition workshops and auditions will be held November 27 and 28.pr@uno.eduMon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1709http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1712 The Secrets of Leading Firms: How You Achieve Enduring Success will be presented by Christian Stadler, a professor at Dartmouth College and Austria's Leopold-Franzens Universitat, on Tuesday, November 17 at 12:30 p.m. at the University of New Orleans.pr@uno.eduMon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1712http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1702 The UNO Club Football Team will host Xavier (Ohio) in the Privateers' first football homecoming game in more than 40 years on Saturday, November 7 at 7 p.m. at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium.pr@uno.eduWed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1702http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1698 The University of New Orleans will celebration Homecoming 2009 November 1 through 7 with festivities culminating at the UNO-Xavier (Ohio) football game on November 7 at 7 p.m. at Tad Gormley Stadium. pr@uno.eduTue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1698http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1699 The University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development will demonstrate state-of-the-art virtual classroom technology on October 29 at 11 a.m. at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center. Visiting ambassadors from several participating Caribbean nations will experience this interactive technology as they watch, and then interact with preschoolers at Medard Nelson-UNO Charter School on St. Bernard Avenue.pr@uno.eduTue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1699http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1687An exhibition titled 1989 - Year of Miracles: The End of the Cold War from an Austrian Perspective , for which UNO Professor of History Guenter Bischof is the curator, is on display through November 8 at the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine Street.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1687http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1689 The University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center for American Studies and the National World War II Museum will hold a Stephen Ambrose Retrospective on Sunday, November 8 at 1 p.m. at the museum, 945 Magazine Street. The event is being held in conjunction with the National World War II Museum's Experience the Victory celebration November 6-8 and the opening of the museum's new wing.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1689http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1691The University of New Orleans College of Business Administration will continue the Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with two presentations on November 10 and additional talks on November 12 and 30 in Kirschman Hall.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1691http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1694 The University of New Orleans Department of Foreign Languages offers conversation groups for those who wish to speak to others in French, Italian or Spanish. The groups are open to anyone who would like to participate.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1694http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1677 Reza Aslan, the celebrated author of No God but God and How to Win a Cosmic War and a contributor to CNN, MSNBC and other major media networks, will make a presentation on the current crisis in Iran at the University of New Orleans on Friday, November 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.pr@uno.eduThu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1677http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1678In celebration of the Privateers' first football homecoming in 40 years, the University of New Orleans International Alumni Association will host a tailgate party with music by Bag of Donuts on Saturday, November 7 outside Tad Gormley Stadium.pr@uno.eduThu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1678http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1680 The UNO College of Education and Human Development's Children's and Young Adult Literature Library is among the University's best-kept secrets. After years of renovation, the library housed in room 305 of the Bicentennial Education Center is open and available for students, faculty and staff to check out books. pr@uno.eduThu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1680http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1674 Members of the University of New Orleans College of Engineering's National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM) recently received a Group Achievement Award for exemplary performance from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Materials and Processes Laboratory for an NCAM-led projected conducted in support of the NASA Constellation Program's Ares I Upper Stage Common Bulkhead. pr@uno.eduWed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1674http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1667Internationally known musical acoustician Thomas D. Rossing, Visiting Professor at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, will present Blow, Bow and Beat: The Science of Musical Instruments on Monday, November 2 at 9:30 a.m. in the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1667http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1672Caroline Carson, UNO assistant professor of music, and the UNO Chorale will perform with the Star Wars in Concert live tour on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the New Orleans Arena.pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1672http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1673 The Paris Piano Trio will perform on Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall as part of the UNO 2009 Musical Excursions Concert Series.pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1673http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1657 Professor William S. Vorus, the Jerome Goldman Chair in Naval Architecture and chairman of the University of New Orleans School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, has been selected by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers to receive the prestigious William Webb Medal.pr@uno.eduThu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1657http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1655 University of New Orleans administrators are asking those who do not have tickets to attend President Obama's Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 15 to avoid visiting campus that day. Scheduled classes will go on as usual and the increase in traffic may make it challenging for UNO students to attend class. pr@uno.eduWed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1655http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1651 President Barack Obama will host a town hall meeting on the University of New Orleans campus on Thursday, October 15 during his first visit to the city since taking office in January.pr@uno.eduMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1651http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1653 How River Deltas Work: Patterns and Dynamics of Distributive Fluvial Systems will be the topic of a free lecture to be presented by Rudy Slingerland, a research associate with the Pennsylvania State University Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, on Thursday, November 5 at 4 p.m. in the Chemical Sciences Building, Room 103.pr@uno.eduMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1653http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1643 The University of New Orleans is Thinking Pink this month with several activities in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Monday, October 19 at 6 p.m., the UNO Library will host a program in collaboration with the Young Breast Cancer Survivors Organization.pr@uno.eduWed, 7 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1643http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1628 The University of New Orleans In the Newsroom journalism class taught by Kim Bondy, former producer of the Today Show and CNN American Morning and UNO Alumna of the Year 2009, will host Storytelling with Soledad O'Brien on Tuesday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNO Performing Arts Center.pr@uno.eduThu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1628http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1622 Members of the first senior class at Thurgood Marshall-UNO Early College High School received their class rings in a special ceremony on September 19 at Timberlane Country Club. pr@uno.eduTue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1622http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1623 The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts Lakefront Youth Theatre Experience (UNO LYTE) will present 'Twas the Night Before Christmas on December 18-20 featuring a cast of school children to be selected by audition.pr@uno.eduTue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1623http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1624The University of New Orleans Office of Communications & Marketing in partnership with the Office of Admissions has won multiple national Communicator Awardspr@uno.eduTue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1624http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1621 The University of New Orleans Club Football Team is 2-0 as it heads to Selma, Alabama to face Concordia College, its first NAIA opponent, on Saturday, October 3 at 2 p.m.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1621http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1606 Pamela Meyer has been named University of New Orleans Director of Alumni Affairs. In this role, she will work toward building an active, informed and involved constituency to help reach the University's goals of donor cultivation, student recruitment and retention, governmental relations and public relations. pr@uno.eduThu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1606http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1608 Sarah M. Stack, University of New Orleans Center for Hazard Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO CHART) research associate, and Norma Jean Mattei, UNO professor of civil engineering, delivered a presentation before the New Orleans City Council on September 17 on flooding and drainage issues in the city's Hollygrove neighborhood.pr@uno.eduThu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1608http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1598The University of New Orleans will hold its fall Transfer Student Open House on Wednesday, October 21 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center.pr@uno.eduTue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1598http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1599 The University of New Orleans Department of Foreign Languages offers conversation groups for those who wish to speak to others in French, Italian or Spanish. The groups are open to anyone who would like to participate.pr@uno.eduTue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1599http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1600The Honduras Meets NOLA celebration scheduled for Wednesday, September 23 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans has been CANCELLED.pr@uno.eduTue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1600http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1602 The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association recently presented Early Achievement Scholarship Awards to 12 UNO sophomores at an awards and recognition reception and dinner at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center.pr@uno.eduTue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1602http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1594The University of New Orleans will hold a free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, October 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of Milneburg Hall on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduMon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1594http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1593 The University of New Orleans Club Football Team won its season opener, defeating Texas-Arlington, 19-3, on September 19 at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium. pr@uno.eduSun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1593http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1589The University of New Orleans is one of just four Louisiana public schools to be included among the nation's best in the Washington Monthly 's 2009 National College Rankings.pr@uno.eduThu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1589http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1586 He Lies Like an Eyewitness: Evaluating Wartime Accounts will be the topic of a University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center for American Studies Roundtable featuring John Mosier, Loyola University professor of English, on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 103 of the UNO Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduWed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1586http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1581The University of New Orleans will hold Get to Know UNO, a special informative open house for prospective students and their families, on Saturday, October 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program will be held in the Human Performance Center on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduMon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1581http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1577 The University of New Orleans Club Football Team will open the 2009 season with the Texas-Arlington Mavericks on Saturday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium. pr@uno.eduThu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1577http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1573 The University of New Orleans Center Austria will present a talk by Christian Prosl, Austrian Ambassador to the United States, on October 1 at 10 a.m. in Room 407 of the Earl K. Long Library. Prosl will speak on The State of Transatlantic Relations: Austria, the European Union and the United States. pr@uno.eduTue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1573http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1570The UNO Foreign Languages Lab in Liberal Arts Room 350 has announced its schedule for the fall 2009 semester.pr@uno.eduFri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1570http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1567 Shirley Laska, Professor Emerita of Sociology and founder of the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, is co-author of the new book Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow (Shearwater Books, 2009).).pr@uno.eduWed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1567http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1563 Theatre UNO has opened the 2009-10 season with a production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgi. Performances continue through September 20. pr@uno.eduMon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1563http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1558 Young students from throughout the city auditioned for the New Orleans Jazz Institute at UNO (NOJI) free Saturday Music School on Saturday, August 22.pr@uno.eduThu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1558http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1559 Twenty-seven University of New Orleans selected as 2009 Orientation Leaders are working to introduce new UNO students to campus life during orientation programs. pr@uno.eduThu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1559http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1554 UNO Charter Network school students and their families received a timely gift on the opening day of the school year as New Orleans area Capital One Bank employees donated $5,000 in school supplies and uniforms. pr@uno.eduTue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1554http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1552 Scientists at the University of New Orleans have developed a process for producing a new and potentially safer form of acetaminophen, the pain reliever which has recently caused concern because of its potentially toxic effects on the liver.pr@uno.eduMon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1552http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1548 The UNO Earl K. Long Library has announced its schedule of operation for the fall 2009 semester. pr@uno.eduFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1548http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1550 A memorial service for Dr. Jack H. Stocker, UNO Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, will be held on Saturday, August 29 at 1 p.m. in the Science Building (SC) Room 2072, the room where he spent many hours teaching students and being challenged by visiting scientists in seminars. Dr. Stocker died July 8 at the age of 85. pr@uno.eduFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1550http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1551 David Mobley, UNO assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious Hewlett Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry. pr@uno.eduFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1551http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1544 The UNO Student Health Services staff is monitoring the daily events regarding the reported cases of swine flu and the potential of swine flu, particularly in New Orleans. pr@uno.eduThu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1544http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1545 University of New Orleans students, faculty and staff donned lime green UNO Move In Madness T shirts to welcome students to Pontchartrain Hall and help them move in on August 20.pr@uno.eduThu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1545http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1543 Congressman Anh 'Joseph' Cao met with University of New Orleans Chancellor Timothy P. Ryan and other University of administrators on August 19 and toured the University Center on the Lakefront Campus which sustained extensive roof and water damage four years ago during Hurricane Katrina. pr@uno.eduWed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1543http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1539 Dr. Peter Moser has begun his appointment as Ambassador-in-Residence and the 10th Marshall Plan Chair at the University of New Orleans. pr@uno.eduTue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1539http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1542 Students at the University of New Orleans will be greeted with a host of special activities as they arrive on campus for the fall 2009 semester. A complete schedule of events for UNO Welcome Week 2009 follows. pr@uno.eduTue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1542http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1538 Debasish Mohanty, a University of New Orleans chemistry doctoral student, placed first in a poster competition at the 215th Electrochemical Society meeting held recently in San Francisco. pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1538http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1532 The University of New Orleans Club Football Team has scheduled eight games, including four home contests at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium, for the fall 2009 season. pr@uno.eduTue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1532http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1525Theatre UNO will kick off its 2009-10 season in September with a production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgi. Performances of the play, co-produced with InSideOut Productions, will be held September 10-13 and 17-20.pr@uno.eduThu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1525http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1521The University of New Orleans will hold a free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, August 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of Milneburg Hall.pr@uno.eduTue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1521http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1524 Twenty-eight University of New Orleans students have been selected to serve as 2009 Orientation Leaders and are working to introduce new UNO students to campus life during orientation programs.pr@uno.eduTue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1524http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1520The University of New Orleans community today celebrated the reopening of the Lakefront Arena Aquatic Center , an event which marked the return home for the UNO Swimming and Diving Team . The Aquatic Center had not been opened to the public since it was damaged in Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.pr@uno.eduMon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1520http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1516 Twelve high school students, four high school teachers and 11 undergraduate students are conducting research this summer through the University of New Orleans-Advanced Materials Resarch Institute (UNO-AMRI) summer program.pr@uno.eduWed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1516http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1517 Chef Ricardo Fredricks of the University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration was among chefs participating in the birthday cake competition on July 4 in commemoration of President Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. The contest was held in conjunction with the New Orleans Go 4th on the River celebration.pr@uno.eduWed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1517http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1511The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will host the University Film and Video Association's (UFVA) annual conference August 3-8 at the UNO Performing Arts Center.pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1511http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1514Thurgood Marshall-University of New Orleans Early College High School has become the first New Orleans high school accepted as a member of the Middle College National Consortium (MCNC), a non-profit organization committed to driving educational reform by making college a reality for traditionally under-served youth. MCNC consists of a network of high schools across the nation that provides students with access to college.pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1514http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1509 World War II Artifacts: Collecting, Care and Exhibition will be the topic of a University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center for American Studies Roundtable featuring Toni Kiser, registrar of artifacts at the National World War II Museum, on Wednesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 103 of the UNO Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduFri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1509http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1510 Dr. Jack H. Stocker, University of New Orleans Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, died July 8 at the age of 85. Dr. Stocker was among the first faculty members at what was then called Louisiana State University in New Orleans when he was hired as associate professor of chemistry in September 1958.pr@uno.eduFri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1510http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1506The Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter School Network will hold orientation sessions for parents of students enrolled at Pierre Capdau-UNO Charter School, Medard Nelson-UNO Charter School, Gentilly Terrace Elementary School and Thurgood Marshall-UNO Early College High School.pr@uno.eduWed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1506http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1502The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration (HRT) has received a $100,000 gift to establish the Randall E. Knowles Endowed Scholarship Fund.pr@uno.eduTue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1502http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1499The University of New Orleans, Division of Business and Economic Research has released its latest Metropolitan Report: Economic Indicators for the New Orleans Area including forecasts for the second quarter of 2009 through the first quarter of 2011.pr@uno.eduMon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1499http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1501Mark Kulp, associate professor of geology and director of the Coastal Research Laboratory of the UNO Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, will be among earth and environmental scientists making presentations at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection public symposium on Thursday, July 16 from 12:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.pr@uno.eduMon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1501http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1496 New Orleans CityBusiness Managing Editor Greg LaRose will speak on The New Orleans Economy and Entrepreneurial Opportunities on Tuesday, July 14 at 6 p.m. in the Franchise Management class in Kirschman Hall, Room 220.pr@uno.eduThu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1496http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1495 The collaborative works of University of New Orleans artists Natalie Sciortino and Jeffrey Rinehart are featured in an exhibition titled 100 Days on display through July 19 at the Andechs Gallery in Old Town Innsbruck, Austria. pr@uno.eduWed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1495http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1494 The University of New Orleans and Delgado Community College signed an articulation agreement on June 5 designed to provide a seamless transition for students who complete Delgado's Hospitality Management associate degree program and wish to obtain a bachelor of science degree in hotel, restaurant and tourism administration at UNO.pr@uno.eduTue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1494http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1493 The University of New Orleans Club Football Team has scheduled eight games, including four home contests at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium, for the fall 2009 season. pr@uno.eduMon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1493http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1490 University of New Orleans Professor Emeritus of Italian Dr. Victor Amerigo died on June 30, 2009, at the age of 61. pr@uno.eduThu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1490http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1491 Children in the Lakefront Youth Theatre Experience Camp’s final three-week session of the summer will perform The Wizard of Oz on July 31 and August 1 at 7:30 p.m. and August 2 at 2:30 p.m. pr@uno.eduThu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1491http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1485The University of New Orleans was well represented at the 23rd International Congress of Francophone Studies held June 21-28 in New Orleans.pr@uno.eduWed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1485http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1486The University of New Orleans reports an increase in the number of students applying for admission for the fall semester for the second consecutive year, indicating the University's enrollment will continue its steady rise, said Andy Benoit, director of admissions.pr@uno.eduWed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1486http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1487The University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center for American Studies will hold a free program titled Military History of New Orleans/South Louisiana: Public History at Work on Saturday, July 11 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the National World War II Museum.pr@uno.eduWed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1487http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1483The New Orleans Jazz Institute at UNO (NOJI) and the Capital One University of New Orleans Charter School Network have joined forces to offer a free Saturday Music School for youth beginning in the fall 2009 semester.pr@uno.eduMon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1483http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1478 University of New Orleans alumnus Sultan Mirza won two National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Awards at the annual awards ceremony in May for his work as a creative services producer for CBS 5 KPIX TV in San Francisco.pr@uno.eduThu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1478http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1480 University of New Orleans student Ashley Norris, who has studied the past year in the Academic Year Abroad program at Austria's University of Innsbruck, and her companion Jered Gruber, a journalist and professiional cyclist, made a presentation titled Exploring the Alps by Bike: Riding the Famous, the Common and the Forgotten Roads In and Around Innsbruck on June 24 at the University of Innsbruck.pr@uno.eduThu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1480http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1473 The University of New Orleans Diversity Cabinet will host a commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rigths Act of 1964 on Thursday, July 2 at 10 a.m. in the Douglas "Dougie" Hitt Room (407) of the Earl K. Long Library.pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1473http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1477 University of New Orleans historian Mary Niall Mitchell was featured in a segment titled Creole Poems on the PBS television series History Detectives on June 29. pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1477http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1471 The University of New Orleans will hold its annual open house for adults considering college on Wednesday, July 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni & Visitors Center. pr@uno.eduMon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1471http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1467 Twenty-four University of New Orleans students and three UNO faculty members are participating in the five-week UNO-Japan Study Abroad Program on the Imadegawa Campus of Doshisha University.pr@uno.eduWed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1467http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1468 The threat of German U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico during World War II will be the topic of a University of New Orleans Eisenhower Center for American Studies Roundtable featuring C.J. Christ, U.S. Air Force veteran and author of WWII in the Gulf of Mexico, on Tuesday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 103 of the UNO Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduWed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1468http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1465 Three-time Grammy award-winning trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard will premiere music from his upcoming CD "Choices" at performances at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans on Friday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1465http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1466 Capital One, the University of New Orleans Charter School Network's founding corporate partner, has been named a 2009 Distinguished Partner in Education by the Louisiana Department of Education. Capital One will be honored, along with other organizations and individuals that contribute to the academic success of students, at a reception on June 17 at LSU's Lod Cook Conference Center in Baton Rouge. pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1466http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1464 University of New Orleans doctoral candidate Marian Jackson has been named an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) International, a global association of education professionals. pr@uno.eduMon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1464http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1462 Fredrick "Rick" Barton, former University of New Orleans Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Valparaiso University on May 17 in recognition of his achievements as a writer and an educator.pr@uno.eduFri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1462http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1459 University of New Orleans philosophy instructor C. Mark Phillips has been selected to receive the 2009 Humanist Award from the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association for his work with the annual UNO Darwin Day celebration. pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1459http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1460Thirty-six newly planted live oaks, bald cypress and crape myrtles line the walkways near the University of New Orleans Earl K. Long Library, Student Park and Administration Building, thanks to a generous donation from Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA), the Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture and Education.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1460http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1457 Joseph F. Stoltz, who received a master's in history from the University of New Orleans in May, has received the 2009 Hugh F. Rankin Prize from the Louisiana Historical Associaton for his paper, "An Ardent Military Spirit: The Militia of Louisiana Provisional Government, 1802-1805," and has been awarded a full assistantship to attend Texas Christian University where he plans to pursue a doctoral degree.pr@uno.eduWed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1457http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1458 The University of New Orleans, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Electric Boat Team placed first, setting a world record, in the 300-meter sprint at the Solar Splash competition held May 27-31 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The team also placed first in the solar endurance event.pr@uno.eduWed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1458http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1456 Residents of Orleans and Jefferson parishes seem generally well prepared to meet the upcoming hurricane season, but for some groups preparedness may be dangerously low, said Robert Sims, director of the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center commonly known as the UNO Poll. pr@uno.eduTue, 9 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1456http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1454The University of New Orleans and Delgado Community College signed an articulation agreement on June 5 designed to provide a seamless transition for students who complete Delgado's Hospitality Management associate degree program and wish to obtain a bachelor of science degree in hotel, restaurant and tourism administration at UNO.pr@uno.eduFri, 5 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1454http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1449The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant Tourism Administration has received a gift of $110,000 from Gloria Kabacoff for the production laboratory, the fourth phase of the renovation to the HRT Lab. Mrs. Kabacoff is the widow of the school's namesake, a pioneer in the region's hospitality industry.pr@uno.eduThu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1449http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1450 The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration has received a gift of $110,000 from Gloria Kabacoff for the production laboratory, the fourth phase of the HRT Lab renovation. Mrs. Kabacoff is the widow of the school's namesake who was a pioneer in the region's hospitality industry. pr@uno.eduThu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1450http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1452 The University of New Orleans, College of Engineering and Entergy dedicated the Entergy-UNO Power & Research Laboratory at the UNO Research & Technology Park at a reception on May 29. The Entergy-UNO Power & Research Laboratory (PERL) is part of collaboration between UNO and Entergy to establish one of the finest power and energy systems engineering programs in the nation.pr@uno.eduThu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1452http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1448 Eighth-graders at Pierre A. Capdau-University of New Orleans Charter School have compiled the poems, vignettes and photographs created throughout the school year into a book titled In That We Wrote So Much & Came So Far. pr@uno.eduMon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1448http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1443The University of New Orleans Lakefront Youth Theatre Experiment (LYTE) will offer three weeklong half-day theater camps for children ages 5 to 7. Munchkins & Monkey Mini Summer Theatre Camp will be held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. The mini-campu will be held concurrently with the final weeks of The Wizard of Oz summer camps.pr@uno.eduThu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1443http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1434The University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development will offer an algebra camp for seventh- and eighth-graders and a geometry camp for students who have completed algebra. The camps will be held July 27-31 for two hours each day.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1434http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1437 Kim Bondy, an award-winning television executive, media strategist and moderator best known for leading CNN American Morning's breaking news coverage of Hurricane Katrina, the London bombings and the death of Pope John Paul II, has been selected to receive the University of New Orleans International Alumni Association's 2009 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award. The award will be presented to Bondy on Sunday, June 14, at the annual Reunion Soiree brunch.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1437http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1432 Just five years after she "retooled" her life, University of New Orleans alumna Barb Johnson is well on her way to publishing her second book. Johnson, a 2008 graduate of the Creative Writing Workshop, UNO's MFA in creative writing program, has won the fifth Gift of Freedom Award from A Room of Her Own Foundation, a two-year, $50,000 grant to provide support while she pens her next project, a novel.pr@uno.eduThu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1432http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1431 Dr. Betty Lo, medical director of University of New Orleans Student Health Services, received the Allen A. Copping Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award at the LSU Health Sciences Center spring commencement ceremonies.pr@uno.eduTue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1431http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1428 A Lifeline from NOLA to Palestine will be the title of a talk by Parliament member George Galloway on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduMon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1428http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1430 The principals of two New Orleans schools were recognized with Outstanding Alumni Awards at the University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development's 36th annual honors reception on May 4. Michelle Bertram Douglas of Edward Hynes Charter School received the Outstanding Alumna Award and Joseph H. Murry Jr. of Holy Cross School received the Outstanding Alumnus Award.pr@uno.eduMon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1430http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1422 The University of New Orleans Admissions and Marketing Departments have been awarded a national Telly Award for a video produced in 2008 for use in recruiting undergraduate students. pr@uno.eduWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1422http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1424On Saturday, May 16, Gentilly residents who attend a Beacon of Hope workshop will have the use of updated, state-of-the-art maps, thanks to the Beacon of Hope/University of New Orleans Community Recovery Project (BUCRP), a partnership between the Beacon of Hope Resource Center and the UNO Department of Planning and Urban Studies.pr@uno.eduWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1424http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1415 A University of New Orleans, Department of Geography curbside survey of the rebuilding status of more than 2,500 business on 21 major commercial arteries in the flooded areas of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes found that 59 percent of commercial enterprises are open for business, said Peter Yaukey, associate professor of geography and project supervisor. pr@uno.eduMon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1415http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1417 Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Hannes Androsch, considered among the most distinguished European public servants of the post-World War II era, will receive an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of New Orleans during spring commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 15.pr@uno.eduMon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1417http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1413The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will hold youth theater camps this summer in the UNO Performing Arts Center Robert E. Nims Theatre.pr@uno.eduFri, 8 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1413http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1410 A free screening of the Leonard Smith III film "A Legend in the Classroom: The Life Story of Ms. Yvonne Busch," based on University of New Orleans historian Al Kennedy's book, will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 1 p.m. in Room 203 of the UNO Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduWed, 6 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1410http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1405 Applications for the following 2009-2010 scholarship opportunities for University of New Orleans students are available at the UNO Women's Center, Earl K. Long Library, Room 201, and on the Women's Center Web site at http://wmcn.uno.edu/scholarships.cfm . The criteria for each are explained on the Web site and in the application forms. pr@uno.eduTue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1405http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1406 The University of New Orleans Electrical Engineering Robotics Team placed second in the IEEE Region 5 Robotics Contest on April 18 in Lubbock, Texas.pr@uno.eduTue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1406http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1407 Russell Trahan Jr., Dean of the University of New Orleans, College of Education, has been elected vice president of the Greater New Orleans STEM Initiative (GNOSI) which aims to improve the teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for all kindergarten through 12th grade students in the New Orleans area.pr@uno.eduTue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1407http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1408 University of New Orleans Artist-in-Residence Ariya Martin's exhibition See Saw is featured at the UNO St. Claude Gallery, 2429 St. Claude Avenue, through Sunday, June 7. pr@uno.eduTue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1408http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1409The University of New Orleans Fine Arts Department Spring 2009 Senior Project show is featured at the Fine Arts Gallery on the UNO Campus.pr@uno.eduTue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1409http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1402 The University of New Orleans Music Department will offer Music Technology Workshops for kindergarten through 12th grade teachers to learn to use music software and earn recertification credits. Workshops will be held for both Macintosh and PC users. pr@uno.eduMon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1402http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1404 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans will host its fifth annual Sippin' in Seersucker event on Friday, May 15 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shops at Canal Place. The evening will include Southern art, music, fine cuisine, cocktails, fashion and shopping at the Shops at Canal Place's premiere upscale stores.pr@uno.eduMon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1404http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1399 University of New Orleans students enjoyed the spring weather along with boiled crawfish, fun and games on the afternoon of April 28 as the Student Activities Council hosted the 22nd annual crawfish boil, also known as SUCbAUF for Students Unwinding on Crawfish and Unprecedented Fun. The event featured a DJ, hot air balloon rides and volleyball. pr@uno.eduFri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1399http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1396 La Celia A. Prince, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United States, will meet with University of New Orleans Chancellor Timothy P. Ryan and officials of the UNO College of Education and Human Development on Friday, May 1 to discuss developing a partnership with the Caribbean Community to support early childhood education.pr@uno.eduThu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1396http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1397 The National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM) in support of NASA's Constellation Program reached a milestone on April 16 when the first weld on an Orion crew module ground test article was completed on the University of New Orleans' new Universal Welding System #2 (UWS2). The weld was conducted by Lockheed Martin Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in eastern New Orleans. pr@uno.eduThu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1397http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1388 Giving Parks Back to People: Increasing the Walkability and Bikeability of New Orleans City Park is the theme of a program to be featured on Tuesday, May 5 at 1:30 p.m. at City Park's Timken Center (Casino Building).pr@uno.eduWed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1388http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1390 Michael Diaz placed first in the University of New Orleans 2009 Business Plan Competition on April 23 for a plan for the start-up Mike's PowerHouse, or MPH, an after-factory automotive business geared toward those who participate in local and regional racing events as well as drivers who wish to optimize their personal vehicle's performance and fuel efficiency.pr@uno.eduWed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1390http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1391University of New Orleans Choral Activities Director Caroline Carson will direct singers from the community in the New Orleans Summer Chorus. Open without audition, the chorus will meet at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Boulevard, beginning June 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.pr@uno.eduWed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1391http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1392On April 26, the United States declared a national public health emergency as the number of reported human cases of swine flu increased. As such, University of New Orleans administrators are monitoring the situation and are in contact with local and state public health officials.pr@uno.eduWed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1392http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1385The University of New Orleans will offer an Intersession from May 14-29, with registration scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 122 of the Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduMon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1385http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1386Residents of Orleans and Jefferson parishes seem generally well prepared to meet the upcoming hurricane season, but for some groups preparedness may be dangerously low, said Robert Sims, director of the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center commonly known as the UNO Poll.pr@uno.eduMon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1386http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1375 With a $144,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents, the UNO Psychology Department's Psychology Clinic will offer state-of-the-art services, including assessment and treatment of disruptive behavior and attention problems, learning problems, and anxiety and mood problems. pr@uno.eduWed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1375http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1376 The National World War II Museum will continue its successful General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II on Wednesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. with a presentation titled Does Bombing Work? The Lessons of Dresden by Dr. Donald L. Miller, the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.pr@uno.eduWed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1376http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1377 Brass Bands will be the topic of a free presentation by author and historian Margo Moscou on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m. as the History Ya-Ya lecture series continues at the Louisiana State Museum's Cabildo on Jackson Square. The monthly History Ya-Ya lectures exploring Louisiana's historical and cultural legacies is co-sponsored by the University of New Orleans Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies and the Louisiana State Museum. pr@uno.eduWed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1377http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1364Twenty-three University of New Orleans students have been selected to serve as 2009 Orientation Leaders. They will help introduce new UNO students to campus life during orientation programs this spring and summer.pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1364http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1366The University of New Orleans and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities are partnering to offer a Summer Teaching Institute for Advanced Studies, "Putting PRIME TIME in New Orleans Public Schools," to be held June 8 through July 2 at UNO. The application deadline has been extended until May 20.pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1366http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1368 University of New Orleans Music Department students, faculty and alumni will help keep the beat going at the 2009 Jazz and Heritage Festival at the Fairgrounds. A schedule of the UNO musicians' performances includes the following. pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1368http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1369 The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration presented its 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards to Kim Durr Wiss and Dan Michael on April 21 at a banquet at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel. Both Wiss and Michael are professionals in the hopitality industry in California's Napa Valley.pr@uno.eduMon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1369http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1355The University of New Orleans, Division of Business and Economic Research has released its latest Metropolitan Report: Economic Indicators for the New Orleans Area. Thanks to its sponsors, the report is currently accessible free of charge on the UNO College of Business Administration's Web site, www.unobusiness.com .pr@uno.eduFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1355http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1342The University of New Orleans Beta Lambda Chapter of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Students has been selected the Outstanding Chapter in the Southwest Region.pr@uno.eduWed, 8 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1342http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1328The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will hold youth theater camps this summer in the UNO Performing Arts Center Robert E. Nims Theatre.pr@uno.eduWed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1328http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1323 Dr. Robert T. Sims, assistant professor of political science and director of the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center, commonly known as the UNO Poll, will present the results of the latest Quality of Life survey at a press conference on Monday, April 6 at 11 a.m. at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni & Visitors Center. pr@uno.eduTue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1323http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1313 Sharon Mader, University of New Orleans Dean of Library Services, was among founding faculty and Steering Committee members of the Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Program of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to receive a Special Presidential Recognition Award in honor of the 10th anniversary of the popular, innovative program.pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1313http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1317University of New Orleans engineering students qualified to compete in the American Society of Civil Engineering National Steel Bridge Building Competition to be held in May in Las Vegas by placing first at the Deep South ASCE Student Conference competition March 26-28 in Jonesboro, Ark.pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1317http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1318The 39th annual University of New Orleans Alumni Scholarship Golf Classic will be held Friday, May 8 at Stonebridge Golf Club.pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1318http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1303 Kim Bondy, an award-winning television executive, media strategist and moderator best known for leading CNN American Morning's breaking news coverage of Hurricane Katrina, the London bombings and the death of Pope John Paul II, has been selected to receive the University of New Orleans International Alumni Association's 2009 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award.pr@uno.eduThu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1303http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1305 The University of New Orleans Latin American Studies Program will present a talk by independent journalist Garry Leech, author of Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist (Beacon Press, 2009) and editor of Colombia Journal, on Thursday, April 16 at 3 p.m. in the Douglas "Dougie" Hitt Room (407) of the Earl K. Long Library.pr@uno.eduThu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1305http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1297 The University of New Orleans Musical Excursions concert series will present a performance by soprano Jonita Lattimore on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduWed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1297http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1300 Jefferson Parish President Aaron F. Broussard has been selected to receive the University of New Orleans 2009 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award will be presented at the College's Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. pr@uno.eduWed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1300http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1294The University of New Orleans Latin American Studies Program will present at talk by Geraldo Cajamarca Alarcon titled Colombia, Coca-Cola and International Solidarity on Tuesday, March 31 at 3 p.m. in Milneburg Hall, Room 320.pr@uno.eduTue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1294http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1288 The Prague Summer Seminars, one of the University of New Orleans's many successful study abroad programs, will celebrate its 15th anniversary in July.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1288http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1289The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Japan: Study at Donisha University summer study abroad program in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1289http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1290The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Rome summer study abroad program in 2009. Students in the four-week program, scheduled to be held in June, will be housed in centrally located accommodations in the heart of the Eternal City.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1290http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1291 University of New Orleans student Amonie Johnson, a junior majoring in biology/pre-medicine, has been selected the National Orientation Director's Association, Region 6 Outstanding Undergraduate of the Year.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1291http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1286 The University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery is celebrating its official grand opening with the exhibition HxWXD Thirty Years of MFA at UNO on display through Tuesday, March 31. pr@uno.eduSat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1286http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1285 University of New Orleans doctoral candidate Kathryn Henderson has been named a Chi Sigma Iota Fellow for 2009-2010 and will be recognized at the American Counseling Association conference this month in Charlotte, N.C. Henderson is one of just eight doctoral candidates nationwide to be selected a CSI Fellow.pr@uno.eduFri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1285http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1278The University of New Orleans, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) has been awarded a software grant valued at $1.5 million from Landmark, a leading software provider to the petroleum industry.pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1278http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1279The University of New Orleans will offer an Intersession from May 14-29, with registration scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 122 of the Bicentennial Education Center.pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1279http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1273 The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration received a donation of $50,000 from the Louisiana Restaurant Association Greater New Orleans Chapter as well as a pledge for $50,000 more for the renovation and expansion of the HRT food production laboratory.pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1273http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1274 Robert D. Laird, University of New Orleans associate professor of psychology, will represent the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) at the 15th annual Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Exhibition and Reception on Capitol Hill on March 24.pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1274http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1269The University of New Orleans Student Government Association and the UNO Division of International Education will present International Study Abroad Awards to 10 UNO students participating in UNO study abroad programs. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2009.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1269http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1271Twelve representatives of the University of New Orleans will participate in the Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting March 22-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1271http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1255The University of New Orleans will hold its Glories of France summer study abroad program in 2009 in Montpellier.pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1255http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1256The University of New Orleans will hold its UNO-Costa Rica 2009 study abroad program in San Ramon, Costa Rica. pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1256http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1257The University of New Orleans Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) has received a $12,500 donation from Chevron to provide scholarships to outstanding students and to help support the EES Minority Awareness Program.pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1257http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1258The University of New Orleans Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency and the UNO Center for Urban and Public Affairs in association with the National Corridors Initiative will hold a conference titled Setting a Vision for Sustainable Development: The Louisiana Transportation Renaissance on Thursday, March 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Port of New Orleans, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place.pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1258http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1259 The Learning Commons, which provides students with a comfortable technological learning environment, has opened in the University of New Orleans Earl K. Long Library.pr@uno.eduWed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1259http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1248Twenty-three University of New Orleans students have been selected to serve as 2009 Orientation Leaders. They will help introduce new UNO students to campus life during orientation programs this spring and summer.pr@uno.eduFri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1248http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1241The University of New Orleans has received four High Education Marketing Awards for 2008.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1241http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1242 U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with local university and college administrators at the University of New Orleans today to discuss the issues higher education in Louisiana has faced with FEMA in recovering from the 2005 storms, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1242http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1244 Dr. Charles J. O'Connor, University of New Orleans Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of the UNO Advanced Materials Research Institute (AMRI) has been named a Boyd Professor, the LSU System's highest academic honor.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1244http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1237 Dr. Pingsha Dong, an engineer recognized internationally for developing a revolutionary approach to predicting weld joint fatigue life, has joined the faculty of the University of New Orleans College of Engineering as Professor and Northrup Grumman Endowed Chair in Shipbuilding and Engineering. pr@uno.eduWed, 4 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1237http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1239 University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts graduate students Joyce Deal and Bradley Troll won recognition at the John F. Kennedy Center American College Theatre District Festival held February 24 at Texas State University and have been selected to participate in the national Kennedy Center College Theater Festival competition to be held in April at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.pr@uno.eduWed, 4 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1239http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1215 A new exhibition, 2009 North Carolina Living Treasures: Ceramics by Norm Schulman and Cynthia Bringle will be unveiled on Thursday, February 26 at Ogden After Hours concert. The event will feature a performance by musician Johnaye Kendrick from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.pr@uno.eduWed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1215http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1214The University of New Orleans Theatre Program has been recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's 2009 Region VI Theatre Festival being held through March 1 at Texas State University in San Marcos.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1214http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1213 The UNO Anthropology Club will hold a food and clothing drive Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 6 to benefit Bridge House, a nonprofit drug and alcohol abuse treatment center. pr@uno.eduFri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1213http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1206The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Rome summer study abroad program in 2009. Students in the four-week program, scheduled to be held in June, will be housed in centrally located accommodations in the heart of the Eternal City.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1206http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1207The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Japan: Study at Donisha University summer study abroad program in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1207http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1208 The Prague Summer Seminars, one of the University of New Orleans's many successful study abroad programs, will celebrate its 15th anniversary in July.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1208http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1205 University of New Orleans doctoral candidate Jessica Fournier has been awarded the prestigious Ross Trust Scholarship by the American Counseling Association for her dissertation project on kindergarten through 12th grade retention and its impact on later adjustment. She is one of just five doctoral candidates nationwide to receive the award which is presented to students who plan to return to school counseling upon completing their degree. pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1205http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1201 The University of New Orleans will commemorate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's The Origin of the Species with its annual Darwin Day celebration on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1201http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1202 For the first time since 2004, Louisiana students will participate in National History Day. The Louisiana competition will be held on Saturday, May 2 at the National World War II Museum, and the deadline to enter is March 6. pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1202http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1197 Poet, playwright and actress Maya Angelou shared her work and experiences and delivered a message of hope and inspiration to a crowd of about 3,000 on February 12 at the UNO Lakefront Arena as part of the free speaker series, UNO Horizons: Speakers Helping Us See Tomorrow Today. pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1197http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1198The UNO Graduate School is accepting applications through March 15 for the 2009 Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowships for minority students in the fields of science and engineering.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1198http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1199 The University of New Orleans Musical Excursions concert series will present a performance by the UpBeat Brass on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1199http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1196The University of New Orleans Sailing Club placed first overall in the University of Texas Spring Qualifier 1 regatta on February 7 in Austin, Texas.pr@uno.eduThu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1196http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1185 The University of New Orleans will hold its Glories of France summer study abroad program in 2009 in Montpellier. pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1185http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1186The University of New Orleans will hold its UNO-Costa Rica 2009 study abroad program in San Ramon, Costa Rica.pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1186http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1188 Lothar Birk, University of New Orleans associate professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, received the Award for Best Technical Innovation at the 2009 Deep Offshore Technology Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans on February 5 for his work on methods to design offshore platforms that can better withstand waves.pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1188http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1189 Architecture instructor Carol Sherwood will present a talk titled "Prague: An Urban Tapestry" on Monday, February 16 at 11 a.m. in Milneburg Hall, Room 319 and Petr Kolar, Czech Ambassador to the United States, will deliver a lecture and host an open forum titled Czech EU Presidency: Challenges and Priorities on Thursday, February 19 at 9:30 a.m. in Milneburg Hall, Room 179.pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1189http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1191The University of New Orleans, Department of Foreign Languages offers conversation groups in French, German, Italian and Spanish. All skill levels are welcome and enrollment in a foreign language course is not a requirement for participation.pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1191http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1181 University of New Orleans senior guard Jada Frazier has been selected one of 10 women's basketball finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Fans can vote once daily through March 22 at www.seniorclassaward.com .pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1181http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1182UNO students will have the opportunity to earn $1,000 in just five minutes on March 6 at 12:30 p.m. when the 15th annual Darlene & Richard Stillman Public Speaking Contest gets underway.pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1182http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1177 The University of New Orleans Center Austria will feature a book presentation on Tuesday, February 10 at 3 p.m. and a lecture by European Parliament member Eva Lichtenberger on Wednesday, February 11 at 2:30 p.m. in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Austrian Student Program at UNO. The events will be held in the Douglas Hitt Room, Room 407, of the Earl K. Long Library.pr@uno.eduMon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1177http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1169On Saturday, March 14, a seminar titled "Domestic Violence: A Marriage and Family Issue" will be presented in the "Big Times in the Big Easy" series by the University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development's Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations and the UNO Metropolitan College.pr@uno.eduThu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1169http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1170 All About Food is the theme for the spring 2009 semester as the University of New Orleans, Department of Foreign Languages once again presents films on Thursdays. The movies, which are free and open to the public, begin at 6 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 140. pr@uno.eduThu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1170http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1164 Brett Hornsby, a marketing major, has been named the 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Student by the American College Personnel Association's (ACPA) Commission for Admissions, Orientation and First Year Experience.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1164http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1165Elizabeth "Birdie" Shirtcliff, University of New Orleans Assistant Professor of Psychology, found through a recent study of the containment of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in saliva that the impact of stress exposure early in life persists for years after the stress is over.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1165http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1162Global-E. a local company that engineers and manufactures electric and hybrid vehicles, has partnered with the University of New Orleans, Energy Conversion and Conservation Center (ECCC) to test three concept vehicles in preparation for the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE competition.pr@uno.eduFri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1162http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1158The University of New Orleans Theatre Program has been recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's 2009 Region VI Theatre Festival to be held February 23-March 1 at Texas State University in San Marcos.pr@uno.eduThu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1158http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1155 Poet, playwright and actress Maya Angelou will speak at the University of New Orleans free speaker series UNO Horizons: Speakers Helping Us See Tomorrow Today on Thursday, February 12 at 7 p.m. at the UNO Lakefront Arena.pr@uno.eduWed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1155http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1150 Nationally renowned educator Harry K. Wong will speak at the University of New Orleans on Tuesday, February 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Milneburg Hall, Room 165. pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1150http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1151 The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Rome summer study abroad program in 2009. Students in the four-week program, scheduled to be held in June, will be housed in centrally located accommodations in the heart of the Eternal City. pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1151http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1152The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Japan: Study at Donisha University summer study abroad program in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1152http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1153 The Prague Summer Seminars, one of the University of New Orleans's many successful study abroad programs, will celebrate its 15th anniversary in July.pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1153http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1147 Three hospitality executives, in New Orleans for a National Restaurant Association meeting, visited Professor Jeffrey Schaffer's cost control class on January 13, the first class session of the semester, to share their expertise with students in the University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration.pr@uno.eduFri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1147http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1142 Financial assistance for summer study abroad in 2009 is available from the University of New Orleans, Division of International Education to eligible UNO students. pr@uno.eduThu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1142http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1137 Stanley Leibo, University of New Orleans Professor of Biological Sciences and a senior scientist at the Audubon Institute Center for Research of Endangered Species, was awarded the 2009 Pioneer Award at the 35th annual conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) in San Diego, Calif., in early January for his contributions to the development of mammalian embryo transfer technology.pr@uno.eduWed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1137http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1141The University of New Orleans Office of Admissions will host Multicultural Day, a program geared toward high school juniors and seniors of various cultural populations such as African, Asian, Latin-Hispanic and Native American descent and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), on Friday, February 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Kirschman Hall.pr@uno.eduWed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1141http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1135Communities that prepare to respond to natural and man-made catastrophes are more resilient to the disaster's short- and long-term effects than similar communities that have not improved their readiness, said John Kiefer, University of New Orleans professor of political science. Kiefer recently completed, along with colleagues at Virginia Tech and International Florida University, a major research report titled "Providing Access to Resilience-Enhancing Technologies for Disadvantaged Communities and Vulnerable Populations (PARET).pr@uno.eduMon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1135http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1133The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association is accepting nominations for the 2009 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumna/us of the Year Award and the 2009 Early Career Achievement Awards through February 6 at 4:30 p.m.pr@uno.eduFri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1133http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1131 Martin T. O'Connell, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences and director of the University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES) Nekton Research Laboratory, is coordinating a symposium titled "Pontchartrain Basin Fisheries: Recovery, Management and Conservation" for the 2009 Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society to be held January 15-18 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in downtown New Orleans. pr@uno.eduThu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1131http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1127 University of New Orleans sculptor Christopher Saucedo recently installed Flood Marker at the Gentilly intersection of Franklin Avenue and Mithra Street near the UNO campus. Flood Marker, an 8,000-pound freestanding and monumental granite block of water, memorializes the catastrophic 2005 flood that followed Hurricane Katrina.pr@uno.eduWed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1127http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1129The University of New Orleans will hold its Glories of France summer study abroad program in 2009 in Montpellier.pr@uno.eduWed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1129http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1130 The University of New Orleans-St. Claude Gallery at 2429 St. Claude Avenue is featuring the exhibition Outer Space Is Pretty Unusual, the Jessica Bizer MFA Thesis Show.pr@uno.eduWed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1130http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1123 The University of New Orleans will hold its UNO-Costa Rica 2009 study abroad program in San Ramon, Costa Rica. pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1123http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1124 University of New Orleans physics professors George E. Ioup and Juliette W. Ioup are leading a team of researchers who are working to identify the sounds of individual clicking whales amid the clutter of other clicking whales. pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1124http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1125 Paul J. Frick, University of New Orleans Research Professor of Psychology, has been named a Champion for Change in juvenile justice reform efforts by the Louisiana Models for Change initiative.pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1125http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1118The University of New Orleans, Division of Business and Economic Research has released its Metropolitan Report: Economic Indicators for the New Orleans Area, an economic forecast through the third quarter of 2010.pr@uno.eduMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1118http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1116 Guenter Bischof, right, Director of the University of New Orleans CenterAustria and professor of history, recently presented a thank you letter and gifts on behalf of Chancellor Timothy P. Ryan to Roberta Maierhofer, Vice Chancellor of the International Affairs Division at Austria's University of Graz.pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1116http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1113The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Rome summer study abroad program in 2009. Students in the four-week program, scheduled to be held in June, will be housed in centrally located accommodations in the heart of the Eternal City.pr@uno.eduThu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1113http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1114The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Japan: Study at Donisha University summer study abroad program in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.pr@uno.eduThu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1114http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1111 Norma Grace, who recently retired as University of New Orleans Vice Chancellor of Technology and Economic Development, has been recognized by the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) with its Career Achievement Award for her role as director of the UNO Research and Technology Park. The award was presented at the AURP annual convention on December 12 in St. Petersburg, Fla.pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1111http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1109The University of New Orleans Digital Forensics team placed second nationally among academic teams and fourth overall in the Department of Defense Digital Forensics Laboratory's (DC3) annual international digital forensics challenge.pr@uno.eduMon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1109http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1108 An unusual site greeted students on The University of New Orleans campus as they headed to final exams on Thursday, December 11. Snow! Just enough accumulated on the ground to make tiny snowmen.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1108http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1105 The University of New Orleans, Center for Hazards Assessmement, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) has the largest research staff in its history, with a total of 30 members, said Shirley Laska, CHART director and professor of sociology.pr@uno.eduMon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1105http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1106The University of New Orleans will hold a free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, February 1 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of Milneburg Hall.pr@uno.eduMon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1106http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1107The University of New Orleans will hold its Glories of France summer study abroad program in 2009 in Montpellier.pr@uno.eduMon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1107http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1102 Paul J. Frick, University of New Orleans Research Professor of Psychology, has been named a Champion for Change in juvenile justice reform efforts by the Louisiana Models for Change initiative. He will be honored on Wednesday, December 10 at a luncheon of juvenile justice reformers from across the country at the Third Annual Models for Change national conference in Washington, D.C.pr@uno.eduThu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1102http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1098The University of New Orleans will hold its UNO-Costa Rica 2009 study abroad program in San Ramon, Costa Rica.pr@uno.eduTue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1098http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1100The University of New Orleans, Department of Fine Arts Senior Project Exhibition will be featured December 12-January 8 at the UNO Fine Arts Gallery on the Lakefront Campus. An opening reception will be held on Friday, December 12 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.pr@uno.eduTue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1100http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1094University of New Orleans physics professors George E. Ioup and Juliette W. Ioup are leading a team of researchers who are working to identify the sounds of individual clicking whales amid the clutter of other clicking whales.pr@uno.eduMon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1094http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1092 The University of New Orleans Musical Excursions concert series will present a performance by the Hot Club of San Francisco on Monday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduMon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1092http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1083The Louisiana Regents Estate, University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University, Southern University in New Orleans and Tulane University will present The Louisiana Invitational Conference, Virtual Worlds in Higher Education on Friday, December 12 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Louisiana Regents Estate in Second Life.pr@uno.eduWed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1083http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1078The University of New Orleans will launch the UNO-Japan: Study at Donisha University summer study abroad program in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.pr@uno.eduTue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1078http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1076The University of New Orleans, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has received Kingdom software valued at $318,000 through a grant from Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc. to assist faculty and graduate students in their research.pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1076http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1073Students and faculty from the University of New Orleans History Department are involved in planning and presenting the second annual New Orleans Po-Boy Preservation Festival to be held on Sunday, November 23 from noon to 6 p.m. on Oak Street, between Carrollton Avenue and Leonidas Street.pr@uno.eduFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1073http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1062 University of New Orleans alumnus and Writer-in-Residence Joseph Boyden was awarded the 15th annual Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Through Black Spruce on November 11 at a televised black-tie dinner and award ceremony. The largest annual prize for fiction awarded in Canada, the Scotiabank Giller Prize presents $50,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.pr@uno.eduWed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1062http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1063 An enthusiastic crowd of several thousand greeted the University of New Orleans club football team as the University took to the gridiron for the first time in 38 years on November 8 at City Park's Tad Gormley Stadium. UNO lost the contest to Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, 30-14. pr@uno.eduWed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1063http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1051 The Louisiana Board of Regents presented matching funds in the amount of $400,000 to the University of New Orleans on November 5 for eight endowed professorships. The funds match the $60,000 donated to UNO for the eight professorships during the 2007-2008 academic year.pr@uno.eduThu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1051http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1049 Jeff Corwin, conservationist and host of "Animal Planet," will kick off the University of New Orleans free speaker series, UNO Horizons: Speakers Helping Us See Tomorrow Today, on Thursday, November 20 at 7 p.m. at the UNO Lakefront Arena.pr@uno.eduWed, 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1049http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1048 University of New Orleans Jazz Studies student Martin Masakowski is in Kobe, Japan participating in the second annual Kobe/New Orleans Jazz Exchange Program.pr@uno.eduTue, 4 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1048http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1043 Robert Peterson, a University of New Orleans graduate assistant in the Department of Plannng and Urban Studies, has been awarded the American Planning Association Foundation Scholarship for the 2008 APA China Study Tour. He plans to stay in China a few extra days to participate in the APA's China STudy Tour Global Planners Network Congress in Zhenjiang and the World Urban Forum in Nanjing.pr@uno.eduMon, 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1043http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1035 The University of New Orleans Privateers will face the University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars in a club football game at Tad Gormley Stadium on Saturday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. The contest, the Privateers' first football game in 38 years, will kick off UNO's 50th Anniversary Homecoming Week celebration, said Coach Andy Benoit.pr@uno.eduWed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1035http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1028 The University of New Orleans Fine Arts Department has opened the UNO-St. Claude Gallery at 2429 St. Claude Avenue. The inaugural exhibition, Pay Off, will remain on display through January 4.pr@uno.eduTue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1028http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1029The University of New Orleans is seeking alumni and friends voices to join the UNO Choral Ensembles and the New Orleans Civic Symphony for the University's 50th Anniversary Holiday Gala concerts on December 7 and 8.pr@uno.eduTue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1029http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1008 Robin Ligon-Williams, a noted arts administrator whose credentials include serving as executive director of the Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra, manager and artistic director of the Garfield Park Arts Center for Indy Parks & Recreation and the city of Indianapolis, and director for arts education for the nonprofit agency AYS, Inc., has been named director of the New Orleans Jazz Institute, under the auspices of the University of New Orleans.pr@uno.eduThu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1008http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1000 Franz Reneau, a University of New Orleans doctoral student and full-time graduate assistant, has been selected by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) to attend the 29th annual Graduate Student Policy Seminar in Jacksonville, Fla. pr@uno.eduMon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1000http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1005 In awarding Princeton University economist Paul Krugman the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics today, the Nobel committee recognized the work of University of New Orleans economist Hesham M. Abdel-Rahman. In 1988, the year after Abdel-Rahman joined the UNO faculty, one of the papers out of his University of Pennsylvania dissertation titled "Product Differentiation, Monopolistic Competition, and City Size" was published by Regional Science and Urban Economics. pr@uno.eduMon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=1005http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=990John L. Renne, University of New Orleans Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, has released a report titled "National Study on Carless and Special Needs Evacuation Planning: A Literature Review." The report is the first product of a four-year national study of evacuating those without cars, sponsored by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration.pr@uno.eduThu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=990http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=991The University of New Orleans will hold the Privateer Lakeshore Classic 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, November 15 from 9 a.m. to noon during the annual UNO Homecoming Week celebration.pr@uno.eduThu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=991http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=981Pianist Doug Bickel will conduct a free Meet the Artist Clinic on Wednesday, October 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 103 of The University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center.pr@uno.eduMon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=981http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=975 Norma Jean Mattei, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of New Orleans, has been elected director of Region 5 of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Region 5, one of ASCE's 10 regional governing boards, represents members from Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. She will be installed on November 8.pr@uno.eduThu, 2 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=975http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=966 The National World War II Museum will feature new hours beginning in October. The museum will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This marks the first time since August 2005 that the National World War II Museum will be open on Mondays.pr@uno.eduMon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=966http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=969The University of New Orleans's 50th anniversary is featured throughout the September 2008 issue of New Orleans Magazine. To view the issue, visit www.neworleansmagazine.com .pr@uno.eduMon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=969http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=961 The University of New Orleans Musical Excursions concert series will feature violinist Caitlin Tully on Tuesday, November 11 and Indian classical musician Alam Khan on Friday, November 21. Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=961http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=958Energy-efficient water heating systems will be the topic on Thursday, September 25 at 4:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. as the Rebuilding Information Station, a clearinghouse for rebuilding information located on The University of New Orleans Lakefront Campus, continues its free Hurricane Resistant Home Improvement Seminars. pr@uno.eduTue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=958http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=955 The University of New Orleans is painting the town blue! UNO 50th anniversary banners adorn lampposts on Canal Street and Poydras Street in the Central Business District.pr@uno.eduMon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=955http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=956 Coleen Cole Salley, University of New Orleans Professor Emeritus of Education, children's author, storyteller and literacy advocate, died September 16 in Baton Rouge of complications from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. She was 79.pr@uno.eduMon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=956http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=949"These Crazy Little Girls: Risk, Rebellion and Runaway Teens in Wartime New Orleans, 1918-1922" will be the topic of a free presentation by Dr. Madelon Powers, Associate Professor and Chair of the The University of New Orleans History Department, on Thursday, October 16 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Louisiana State Museum's Cabildo on Jackson Square.pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=949http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=951Dr. Madelon Powers, UNO Associate Professor of History, will present a lecture titled "My Little Run-Run-Runaway: Family Conflicts and Wayward Daughters in New Orleans, 1917-1922" on Tuesday, September 23 at 12:30 p.m. in the Dougie Hitt Room, Room 407, of the Earl K. Long Library.pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=951http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=954The faculty of The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration will present a Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Association Supervisory Skills Workshop for newly appointed supervisors in the hospitality industry on Tuesday, October 7 at the New Orleans Marriott Convention Center, 859 Convention Center Blvd.pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=954http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=946The UNO Department of Foreign Languages will once again present free movies on Thursday evenings at 6:15 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 140.pr@uno.eduThu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=946http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=947Students from The University of New Orleans Department of Urban Planning will participate in the Trust for Public Land's National Park(ing) Day celebration on Canal Street on Friday, September 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.pr@uno.eduThu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=947http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=948The University of New Orleans Music Department is seeking alumni voices to participate in two holiday choral concert performances as part of the University's 50th anniversary celebration.pr@uno.eduThu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=948http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=944The University of New Orleans and the Louisiana State Museum have rescheduled the international conference titled The Cultures of Rebuilding in Post-Katrina New Orleans: An Interdisciplinary Conference for November 6-8. The conference was postponed because of Hurricane Gustav.pr@uno.eduWed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=944http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=941 John L. Renne, University of New Orleans Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Director of the UNO Transportation Center, has been selected as research chair of the Transportation Planning Division of the American Planning Association.pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=941http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=938 Joe E. Walker, a Louisiana pollster and the founding president of the UNO Alumni Association, died September 11 in Lafayette where he had lived since Hurricane Katrina. He was 74.pr@uno.eduMon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=938http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=931The University of New Orleans will host a Graduate Student Open House on Thursday, October 23 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=931http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=932The University of New Orleans will hold a free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, October 19 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of Milneburg Hall, formerly the Business Administration Building, on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=932http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=933The University of New Orleans will hold its fall Transfer Student Open House on Thursday, October 16 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=933http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=919Under the leadership of Dr. Pamela Jenkins, Professor of Sociology, The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) has been conducting applied research on elderly evacuation. The effort has been undertaken in conjunction with the elderly themselves and elderly stakeholders in local Louisiana non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government offices within the Southeastern Louisiana region.pr@uno.eduFri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=919http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=917 The University of New Orleans will host the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) to be held September 24-27 in New Orleans, and Lawrence Jenkens, Chair of the UNO Fine Arts Department, will serve as conference chairman. pr@uno.eduThu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=917http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=915 Marla K. Nelson, University of New Orleans Assistant Professor of Planning and Urban Studies, and her colleague Laura Wolf-Powers, University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, placed first in the economic track of the National Urban Policy Initiatives Competition.pr@uno.eduWed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=915http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=909 The University of New Orleans will hold Get to Know UNO, a special informative open house for prospective students and their families, on Saturday, October 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The welcome program will be held in Milneburg Hall, Room 165, with additional informational booths and sessions in the Quad and throughout the Lakefront Campus. pr@uno.eduTue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=909http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=911 Dr. Hughie Hughes, Associate Professor of Education at The University of New Orleans from 1966 to 1985, died August 12, 2008, at his home in Picayune, Mississippi. He was 85. pr@uno.eduTue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=911http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=908 Dr. George C. Branam, Professor Emeritus and one of the original administrators of The University of New Orleans, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. He was 85.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=908http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=893 Richard J. Stillman, University of New Orleans Professor Emeritus, died recently at the age of 91. He began teaching at UNO in 1967 and after his retirement in 1982 remained actively involved with the University, its faculty and students. pr@uno.eduTue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=893http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=894The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) will unveil a citywide, neighborhood-based electronic map of attractive elevated homes at a reception titled Imagining Safety in Art and Reality: Elevated Homes in New Orleans. The reception, to be held on Thursday, August 21 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., will also include a viewing of the art of Terrance Osborne, a local artist whose work celebrates home elevation.pr@uno.eduTue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=894http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=895 Shirley Laska, professor of sociology and director of The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, has been recognized with the American Sociological Association's Public Understanding of Sociology Award for her work educating policy makers and the public since Hurricane Katrina. The award was presented on August 2 at the association's annual meeting on August 2 in Boston.pr@uno.eduTue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=895http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=889 The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will open its 2008-09 theater season with "Cole: A Musical Revue of Cole Porter" September 25-27 and October 2-5 in the new Robert E. Nims Theatre. pr@uno.eduMon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=889http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=892Twenty New Orleans-area public school teachers participated in the Prime Time for PRIME TIME, a special summer Teacher Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) sponsored by The University of New Orleans and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH).pr@uno.eduMon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=892http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=887 ARAMARK, the company that provides food services to The University of New Orleans, has assembled a multinational team to provide meals at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China. pr@uno.eduFri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=887http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=888 The University of New Orleans Music Department is seeking alumni voices to participate in two holiday choral concert performances as part of the university's 50th anniversary. pr@uno.eduFri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=888http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=879 Percussionist Sammy Figueroa will perform on Friday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m. at The University of New Orleans as the UNO Department of Music and the Graduate Program in Arts Administration open the 2008-2009 Musical Excursions concert series.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=879http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=880Dr. Carl Weems, associate professor of psychology at The University of New Orleans, co-edited along with Dr. Stacy Overstreet of Tulane University a special section in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology on research related to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on teh mental health needs of children.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=880http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=882The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration has been awarded a $10,000 grant from The Gallo Family to support and enhance its wine education program.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=882http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=884 The Society of Wine Educators Honored Harsha Chacko, a professor in The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, with the 2008 Wine Educator Award at its annual convention held recently in New Orleans.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=884http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=877 University of New Orleans Research Professor of English Niyi Osundare has been named the 2008 Laureate of the Tchicaya U'Tamsi Award for African Poetry. The honor was presented on August 7 in Assilah, Morocco. pr@uno.eduWed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=877http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=870 The University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology in collaboration with the LSU AgCenter, the Tulane City Center and the Road Home program have opened the Rebuilding Information Station, a clearinghouse for rebuilding information, on the UNO Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=870http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=872 The National World War II Museum continues its calendar of special events in conjunction with the special exhibition Real to Reel: Hollywood and WWII which will continue through August.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=872http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=867 Allan R. Millett, The University of New Orleans Stephen E. Ambrose Professor of History and director of the UNO Eisenhower Center for American Studies, has been selected to receive the 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.pr@uno.eduThu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=867http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=865The Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter School Network has appointed new principals and assistant principals for 2008-2009. "Our new principals and assistant principals are all transformational leaders who will focus on teacher empowerment, student services and neighborhood development," said Dr. Andre Perry, associate dean of UNO's College of Education and Human Development.pr@uno.eduWed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=865http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=859 The National World War II Museum continues its calendar of special events in conjunction with its special exhibition Real to Reel: Hollywood and WWII which will continue through August. The special exhibition includes artifacts, images, war-era movie posters and audio video elements from the time that Hollywood glamour merged with military grit.pr@uno.eduFri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=859http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=857Edit Kaminsky Bourgeois, associate professor of electrical engineering at The University of New Orleans, received the IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Educator Award this spring, and was recognized as a finalist for the IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award.pr@uno.eduThu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=857http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=858The University of New Orleans Music Department is seeking alumni voices to participate in two holiday choral concert performances as part of the university's 50th anniversary.pr@uno.eduThu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=858http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=855The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will celebrate the university's 50th anniversary with the debut of the new Robert E. Nims Theatre in late September.pr@uno.eduWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=855http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=854Through a curbside study conducted in May, The University of New Orleans Geography Department found that 62 percent of homes surveyed in the flooded neighborhoods of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish were being renovated or rebuilt or had been completed. This represents an increase from just 35 percent when the same areas where surveyed in early 2007, said Peter Yaukey, associate professor of geography.pr@uno.eduMon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=854http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=849 University of New Orleans associate professor of history Mary Niall Mitchell has been awarded fellowships from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Massachusetts Historical Society to conduct research on her project on race and the Fugutive Slave Act titled The Real Ida May: Truth, Fiction, and Daguerreotypes in a Story of Antislavery. pr@uno.eduTue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=849http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=847 Dino Paternostro, Greater New Orleans Inc. senior vice president for public policy, presented a check for $500,000 for faculty recruitment and retention to Dr. Timothy P. Ryan, chancellor of The University of New Orleans, on June 25.pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=847http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=844 The University of New Orleans, College of Business Administration offers executive-style weekend classes for its MBA and Master of Science in Health Care Management programs. Through the executive-style programs, working professionals can earn master's degrees in just 17 months by attending classes on Saturdays and Sundays of alternating weeks. pr@uno.eduWed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=844http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=843Dr. Raphael Cassimere, The University of New Orleans Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Professor Emeritus, received the Outstanding Citizen Diplomat Award from the New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council. The award was presented at a reception honoring the council's volunteers on June 26.pr@uno.eduTue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=843http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=837The University of New Orleans offers orientation programs specially tailored for freshmen, transfer students and those 25 and older.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=837http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=842 Allan R. Millett, The University of New Orleans Stephen E. Ambrose Professor of History and director of the UNO Eisenhower Center for American Studies, has been selected to receive the 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.pr@uno.eduMon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=842http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=834The University of New Orleans Nekton Research Laboratory has teamed up with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) to measure the potential effects of the recent Bonnet Carre Spillway opening on Lake Pontchartrain fisheries.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=834http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=833 The guests of honor represented two continents at a recent reception hosted by The University of New Orleans Metropolitan College, Division of International Education. Beate Korner, director of the International Academics Office at Brandenburg Technical University (BTU) in Cottbus, Germany, and Christine Martin, study abroad and exchange manager at Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia, represent two institutions with which UNO shares student exchange programs.pr@uno.eduWed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=833http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=832 Middle-school participants in the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at The University of New Orleans greeted their special guest in true New Orleans-style on June 16, with music. Eighth-graders Antrielle Watson and Ashley Britton led fellow campers in serenading former NASA astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris, much to the scientists' delight.pr@uno.eduTue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=832http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=828The state has launched an online Rebuilding Registry to serve as a resource for Louisiana homeowners affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as part of the Road Home program. To facilitate access to the registry and other online resources, Louisiana has established an outreach center, the Rebuilding Information Station (RIS), at the UNO Research and Technology Park's Lindy Boggs Conference Center.pr@uno.eduThu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=828http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=827 Roy B. Morgan, an alumnus and friend of The University of New Orleans, died June 6 in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 72.pr@uno.eduTue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=827http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=825 The UNO Staff Council is holding a Cell Phones 4 Charity Drive to contribute used cell phones to two charitable organizations. pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=825http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=826 The University of New Orleans, Metropolitan College will offer university courses in Slidell for the 2008 fall semester. The courses will be taught from 6 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. at Slidell High School, 1 Tiger Drive. pr@uno.eduMon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=826http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=820 The University of New Orleans, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) and FEMA Region VI received the prestigious national John R. "Jack" Shaeffer Award for Excellence in Floodproofing at the Association of State Floodplain Managers annual awards presentation at the national conference May 22 in Reno-Sparks, Nevada.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=820http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=814The University of New Orleans, Division of Business and Economic Research has released its Metropolitan Report: Economic Indicators for the New Orleans Area, an economic forecast for 2008 and 2009.pr@uno.eduThu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=814http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=816The University of New Orleans reports a dramatic increase among the number of students applying for admission for the fall 2008 semester compared to this time last year.pr@uno.eduThu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=816http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=808 University of New Orleans research professor of English Nancy L. Easterlin has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her book project for which the working title is What Is Literature For? Biocultural Theory and Interpretation. pr@uno.eduTue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=808http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=810 The Hospitality Industry: Moving Forward is the theme of the free annual seminar on the hospitality industry to be presented on June 20 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. by The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration.pr@uno.eduTue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=810http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=803Professional accreditation is the recognized way to ensure that schools of education are graduating well-qualified teachers. The University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development has proven its commitment to producing quality teachers by achieving accreditation under the performance-oriented standards of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the largest organization responsible for professional accreditation of teacher education.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=803http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=805 Jim Amdal, director of The University of New Orleans, Merritt C. Becker Jr. Maritime & Intermodal Transportation Center, has been appointed a member of the World Trade Center Transportation Committee.pr@uno.eduMon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=805http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=800The Louisiana Department of Social Services Office of Family Support has contracted with The University of New Orleans Training, Resource and Assistive-Technology Center (TRAC) to develop an assessment tool to screen for disability and conduct assessments using the tool in local offices of the Office of Family Support.pr@uno.eduFri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=800http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=798Four members of the University of New Orleans faculty were recognized by the UNO International Alumni Association at the University's Faculty/Staff Recognition Convocation on April 30.pr@uno.eduWed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=798http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=795 The four local chapters of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society, have merged into a strong, vibrant Greater New Orleans Chapter. The new chapter was presented at a celebration on May 13, at the University of New Orleans.pr@uno.eduMon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=795http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=796 Dr. Robert C. Cashner, vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs, dean of the Graduate School and professor of biology, and Dr. Sandra H. Eason, the assocate dean of the Graduate School, retired, received the Cooper R. Mackin Medallion, at The University of New Orleans, Faculty/Staff Recognition Convocation on April 30. Dr. Richard J. Stillman, professor emeritus of management, was awarded the Chancellor's Medallion for Distinguished Service. pr@uno.eduMon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=796http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=793 Three professors were invested into endowed chairs at The University of New Orleans, Faculty/Staff Recognition Convocation on April 30.pr@uno.eduThu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=793http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=791 Robert "Bob" Sims, director of The University of New Orleans, Survey Research Center, commonly referred to as the UNO Poll, is in Tbilisi, Georgia, to conduct a weeklong training session with researchers at the Caucasus Research Center (CRRC). Sims' training will focus on issues of sampling for survey research and data weighting.pr@uno.eduTue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=791http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=785 Their first sales are still ahead, but the proprietors of the upstart business Well Beings, Inc. have already brought in $750. Nathan Colliver and Kim Smith won The University of New Orleans 2008 Business Plan Competition with the business proposal they developed in the Entrepreneurship and New Business Ventures class last fall.pr@uno.eduWed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=785http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=786 The University of New Orleans, Metropolitan College will offer university courses in Slidell in both the summer and fall semesters. The courses will be taught from 6 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. at Slidell High School, 1 Tiger Drive. pr@uno.eduWed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=786http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=781The UNO Staff Council is holding a Cell Phones 4 Charity Drive to contribute used cell phones to two charitable organizations.pr@uno.eduTue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=781http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=783 Andre Perry has been named associate dean of The University of New Orleans College of Education and Human Development, and will serve as chief executive officer of the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter School Network.pr@uno.eduTue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=783http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=778 Members of The University of New Orleans women's swimming and diving teams are volunteering to help the city's homeless at the New Orleans Mission.pr@uno.eduFri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=778http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=774 The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association has selected U.S. Attorney Jim Letten as the 2008 recipient of the Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award.pr@uno.eduWed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=774http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=768Geography 3390, Special Topics in Cultural Geography: Cultural Ecology, a course to be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in the fall 2008 semester will examine the interaction between people and their environment with concentration on nature-society relations in modern, technological, post-industrial societies.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=768http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=770 The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff Sc hool of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration presented its 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award to Lakeview Market co-chairs Celeste Anding and Mark Uddo on April 24, at a banquet at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel. pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=770http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=771 David Blitch, right, of the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation surprised the faculty and staff of The Unversity of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Administration with a check for $5,000 at the Kabacoff's School's Distinguished Alumni Banquet.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=771http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=772 Two University of New Orleans students have been awarded scholarships to study in Germany this summer. Aaron Larkin and Christopher Voekler will study in the German state of Hessen's International Summer University Program.pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=772http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=762 The University of New Orleans American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge team placed first overall, the Concrete Canoe team placed second overall and the UNO technical presentation garnered third place at the ASCE Deep South Regional Conference at LSU in early April.pr@uno.eduTue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=762http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=759 Three UNO College of Business Administration students were recently awarded scholarships by Northwestern Mutual Financial Network managing partner Steven Dugal.pr@uno.eduMon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=759http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=754 Phi Kappa Phi, UNO's senior interdisciplinary honor society, inducted Major General James L. Williams, commanding general of the 4th Marine Division, as an honorary member at its annual induction ceremony in early April.pr@uno.eduThu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=754http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=755 Dr. Timothy P. Ryan, chancellor of The University of New Orleans, was honored on April 15 with the UNO College of Liberal Arts 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award.pr@uno.eduThu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=755http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=752The number of visitors to New Orleans increased from 3.7 million in 2006 to 7.1 million in 2007, according to a study conducted by The Unversity of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau and New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation, but the hospitality industry has a lot of work ahead to return to pre-Katrina levels.pr@uno.eduWed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=752http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=748Students, faculty and alumni from The University of New Orleans Music Department will help keep the beat going at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A schedule of the UNO musicians' performances follows.pr@uno.eduTue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=748http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=749 Jacqueline Babin Morris, a 2005 College of Engineering graduate, was named Young Engineer of the Year by the IEEE Houston Section at its recent annual dinner.pr@uno.eduTue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=749http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=741The changes in voter demographics resulting from Hurricane Katrina have greatly affected the political landscape of both the metropolitan New Orleans area and the state, said University of New Orleans political scientist Edward E. Chervenak who compared and analyzed data from Louisiana's gubernatorial elections in 2003 and 2007.pr@uno.eduFri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=741http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=730 Privateer senior guard Bo McCalebb has been named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. McCalebb averaged a Sun Belt Conference-best 23.2 points per game and became the league's all-time leading scorer in January. pr@uno.eduMon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=730http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=731 Paul Maassen has been named General Manager of WWNO, the sole National Public Radio affiliate in the New Orleans market which is owned and operated by The University of New Orleans. Maassen was the top candidate in a nationwide search conducted by Livingston Associates, a public media executive search firm.pr@uno.eduMon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=731http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=726 Gentilly Terrace Elementary School's library received a makeover on Saturday, March 29, as the Capital One - University of New Orleans Charter Network, the Heart of America Foundation and Capital One united to celebrate READesign.pr@uno.eduWed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=726http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=721 The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association has selected U.S. Attorney Jim Letten as the 2008 recipient of the Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award.pr@uno.eduMon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=721http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=713 The University of New Orleans is partnering with the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to offer a summer Teaching Institute for Advanced Studies to all kindergarten through eighth-grade humanities teachers in the New Orleans Recovery and Public School System. The institute dates are July 7-31. pr@uno.eduFri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=713http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=706 Dr. Patrick S. "Shea" Penland, one of Louisiana's leading coastal scientists and director of The University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, was found dead on Tuesday, March 25. He was 54.pr@uno.eduWed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=706http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=683Vocalist David Devoe, a regular on the New York City jazz circuit, will hold a Meet the Artists jazz studies clinic on Thursday, March 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 103 of The University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center as the UNO Jazz Studies Program continues its spring 2008 clinic series.pr@uno.eduFri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=683http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=682Films by several UNO Film, Theatre and Communication Arts students will be featured at Louisiana State University's ninth annual Outhouse Film Festival, and nine of those films have been nominated for awards.pr@uno.eduThu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=682http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=681The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association will hold its 38th annual Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company UNO Alumni Scholarship Golf Classic on Friday, May 9, at Stonebridge Golf Club.pr@uno.eduWed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=681http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=677 The University of New Orleans, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences graduate student Luis A. Martinez has been awarded a $75,000 NOAA Coastal Science Assistantship Award to assess the erosion vulnerability of Louisiana's barrier islands.pr@uno.eduMon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=677http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=666The University of New Orleans will offer The Charter School Toolkit: An Interactive Seminar for Charter School Teachers, CEOs, Principals and Board Members July 15-25 in Montpellier, France.pr@uno.eduTue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=666http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=658The University of New Orleans will offer The Charter School Toolkit: An Interactive Seminar for Charter School Teachers, CEOs, Principals and Board Members July 15-25 in Montpellier, France.pr@uno.eduThu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=658http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=654 The University of New Orleans International Alumni Association has selected U.S. Attorney Jim Letten as the 2008 recipient of the Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award.pr@uno.eduWed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=654http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=640 Dr. Karlheinz Toechterle, rektor of the University of Innsbruck, performed on trumpet and Dr. Fritz Plasser, University of Innsbruck dean of political science and sociology, played the drums with The University of New Orleans Louis Armstrong Quintet as UNO CenterAustria culminated its 10th anniversary celebration with a birthday party at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni & Visitors Center.pr@uno.eduTue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=640http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=636The UNO Graduate School is accepting applications through July 1 for the 2008 Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowships for minority students in the fields of science and engineering.pr@uno.eduMon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=636http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=638 The University of New Orleans, National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM), a department of the UNO College of Engineering at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, has successfully completed a formal NASA Operation Readiness Review in support of the Constellation Program.pr@uno.eduMon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=638http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=632 The University of New Orleans is partnering with the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to offer a summer Teaching Institute for Advanced Studies to all kindergarten through eighth-grade humanities teachers in the New Orleans Recovery District and Public School System. The Teaching Institute dates are July 7-31. pr@uno.eduFri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=632http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=631 The University of New Orleans volleyball team recently took advantage of a day off to deliver special Teddy bears to patients at Children's Hospital.pr@uno.eduWed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=631http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=620J. Richard Shenkel, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, died on Friday, January 25, 2008. He was 66.pr@uno.eduWed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=620http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=619 The University of New Orleans, Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts, Film Arts program is in its third consecutive year of collaboration with the American Film Institute. pr@uno.eduTue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=619http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=618 The University of New Orleans administration, faculty and staff are sorrowful upon learning of the death of Dr. Homer L. Hitt, the founding Chancellor of The University of New Orleans. He died on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at age 91. pr@uno.eduMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=618http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=616 Volunteers from Shell Oil Co. recently spent a day presenting the Junior Achievement program at Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter School . Twenty Shell employees shared the business education program with every Capdau-UNO student in kindergarten through fourth grade.pr@uno.eduFri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=616http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=617 Capital One-UNO Charter Schools provide many opportunities to earn practical experience for teaching candidates enrolled in The University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development teacher education program. pr@uno.eduFri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=617http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=610 Katrina's Path, an original stage play by University of New Orleans Master of Fine Arts student Rob Florence, has been selected as a regional finalist in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and will be performed at the 2008 Region VI Theatre Festival in Hunstville, Texas, February 26-March 1. pr@uno.eduWed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=610http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=601The Project Pass: Upward Bound (PASS) program at The University of New Orleans is recruiting ninth- and tenth-graders with disabilities from Orleans Parish.pr@uno.eduWed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=601http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=596 Arnold R. Hirsch, The University of New Orleans Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Professor for New Orleans Studies and University Research Professor, delivered a "presidential address" on "The Katrina 'Conspiracies'" at the joint meeting of the Urban History Association (UHA) and the American Historical Association (AHA) held January 3-6 in Washington, D.C.pr@uno.eduFri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=596http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=591 Actress Angelina Jolie recently visited with a group of eight-grade girls at Medard H. Nelson-UNO Charter School who shared their Hurricane Katrina experiences.pr@uno.eduWed, 9 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=591http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=583 Dr. Bhaskar Kura, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the UNO Maritime Environmental Resources and Information Center, has been appointed to the Environment Group of Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal's Economic Growth Transition Advisory Council.pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=583http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=576 Legend In the Classroom: The Life Story of Ms. Yvonne Busch , the film based on the book by University of New Orleans historian Al Kennedy which documents the successful career of a New Orleans public school music teacher, has been named a Platinum winner in the international Ava Awards competition.pr@uno.eduMon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=576http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=578 Geography and history may have both played a major role in gorilla evolutionary diversification, according to a new genetic study on free-living gorillas by The University of New Orleans/Cardiff University (Wales) faculty and an international team of researchers from the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), the Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), Gabon, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).pr@uno.eduMon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=578http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=572 The pre-kindergarten courtyard at Medard H. Nelson-UNO Charter School in Gentilly received a facelift on November 30, thanks to students from The University of New Orleans who help to prepare preschool-age children for elementary school. pr@uno.eduTue, 4 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=572http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=573Bob Sims, the new director of The University of New Orleans Survey Research Center commonly known as the UNO Poll, will release the results of the Center's first nationwide poll titled How Our Nation Views New Orleans on Monday, December 10, at 11 a.m. in the Douglas Hitt Room (formerly Room 407) of the Earl K. Long Library on the Lakefront Campuspr@uno.eduTue, 4 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=573http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=571 The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience recently presented a check for $25,000 to The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration.pr@uno.eduMon, 3 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=571http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=570 The New Beginnings School Foundation, which governs the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network, has appointed three new board members. pr@uno.eduThu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=570http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=562 Students at Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Early College High School will soon strike a new note, thanks to a $30,000 grant from The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation for band instruments. pr@uno.eduFri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=562http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=563The Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter School Network has recently announced several staff appointments.pr@uno.eduFri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=563http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=561The Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Hotel Administration took its display booth to New York City and represented The University of New Orleans, the Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Association and the New Orleans Marketing Corporation at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show November 11-13.pr@uno.eduWed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=561http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=556 Bob Sims , who has taken the reins as director of The University of New Orleans Survey Research Center commonly known as the UNO Poll, will soon release the results of the center's first nationwide poll.pr@uno.eduTue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=556http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=553 Young students at the UNO Children's Center are greeted each morning by a colorful garden, thanks to the efforts of Jumpstart New Orleans at UNO Corps members. pr@uno.eduFri, 9 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=553http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=542 There were voices from all over the globe in attendance, but the song lyrics were belted out in English at The University of New Orleans, Division of International Education, Metropolitan College barbecue on October 26. pr@uno.eduTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=542http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=543 Huy Pham , a graduate physics major at The University of New Orleans, has been selected among the first graduate fellows to be hired by the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) Institute, a distributed resesarch collaborative among six higher education institutions. pr@uno.eduTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=543http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=539 The Project PASS: Upward Bound (PASS) program at The University of New Orleans is recruiting ninth- and tenth-graders from Orleans Parish for 2007-08. PASS is a college-preparatory program funded through the U.S. Department of Education to exclusively serve students with learning and physical disabilities who are from low-income and/or potential first-generation college student family backgrounds. pr@uno.eduMon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=539http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=526 New Orleans trumper and composer Irvin Mayfield is broadening the scope of his commitment to the rejuvenation of the city by joining The University of New Orleans as Jazz Artist-in-Residence. His appointment has launched an innovative new partnership between the UNO Jazz Studies program and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO).pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=526http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=523 Jane S. Brooks , chair of the UNO Department of Planning and Urban Studies, and Rachel Kincaid , chief of staff and assistant to the chancellor, have been selected as New Orleans CityBusiness Women of the Year.pr@uno.eduMon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=523http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=519 The clear, dry weather added to the enthusiasm as the Library Quad filled with special activities for the Student Activities Council's Fall Fest 2007 on October 10.pr@uno.eduWed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=519http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=517Guitarist Warren Batiste will perform at the Jazz @ the Sandbar concert on Wednesday, October 10, from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the UNO University Center Flambeau Room.pr@uno.eduWed, 3 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=517http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=513 Jumpstart New Orleans at UNO led the metrowide charge on September 20 to break a Guinness World Record, and that's no bull! Well, there was a little bull involved - a character named Ferdinand.pr@uno.eduWed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=513http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=509 The University of New Orleans, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration is among several hospitality educational institutions worldwide which will benefit from the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Casino Night on October 18 at the organization's 2007 Annual Convention and Tradeshow at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.pr@uno.eduMon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=509http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=503 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is recruiting individuals interested in serving as volunteer docents. Becoming a docent is a great way to stay in touch with the education, arts and music communities in our recovering city, said Kate Barron, Ogden education coordinator.pr@uno.eduThu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=503http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=504 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans will hold its annual gala, O What A Night, on Saturday, October 20 featuring art, music, a seated dinner, dancing, and live and silent auctions. pr@uno.eduThu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=504http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=498 Güenter Bischof , chairman of The University of New Orleans History Department and director of UNO CenterAustria, will lead a historical reading and discussion group this fall along with David Moore , assistant professor of history at Loyola University. pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=498http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=499 The University of New Orleans will hold its free ACT Prep Workshop on Sunday, October 21, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 165 of the Business Admistration Building. pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=499http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=500 The University of New Orleans will hold an open house for transfer students on Thursday, October 18, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Homer L. Hitt Alumni & Visitors Center on the Lakefront Campus.pr@uno.eduMon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=500http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=495Gentilly Terrace Elementary School has reopened for the first time since Hurricane Katrina forced its closure in August 2005, and Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Early College High School has launched its second academic year from a new home, the former Canal Street site of Thurgood Marshall Middle School.pr@uno.eduThu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=495http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=492 Dr. Martin O'Connell , assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at The University of New Orleans and director of the Nekton Research Lab at the UNO Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, presented a talk titled Estuarine and Urban Fisheries Post-Katrina: Managing In Hell at the 137th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society on September 6 in San Francisco. pr@uno.eduWed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=492http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=488After an incredible performance to an enthusiastic crowd last season, American pianist Jeffrey Siegel will return to The University of New Orleans on October 20 to open UNO's 2007-2008 Musical Excursions Concert Series.pr@uno.eduTue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=488http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=489 The Graduate School at The University of New Orleans has awarded its first four Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowships for minority students in the fields of science and engineering. The 2007 UNO Ernest G. Chachere Fellows are Paul A. Flowers, Angela Kay Hernandez, Federico Portillo Lucena and Kelly Denise Owens. pr@uno.eduTue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=489http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=487 The transfer of certain Delgado Community College students who wish to earn a baccalaureate degree in business administration from The University of New Orleans will be much simpler, thanks to an articulation agreement signed by the two institutions on Wednesday, September 5. pr@uno.eduFri, 7 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=487http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=483 Richard Wallin "Dick" Boebel, a longtime friend and benefactor of The University of New Orleans, died on September 1, 2007, after a brief illness. He was 81. pr@uno.eduWed, 5 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=483http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=473 The U.S. Department of Energy's EnergySmart Program will commit up to $1.5 million in technical assistance to help New Orleans area public schools make their facilities more efficient, Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman said during a visit to Pierre A. Capdau-UNO Charter School on August 8. pr@uno.eduTue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=473http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=468 The University of New Orleans, College of Education and Human Development has been awarded three grants totaling more than $3 million.pr@uno.eduMon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=468http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=467 The University of New Orleans has been awarded $112,500 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to update its hazard mitigation plan.pr@uno.eduTue, 7 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=467http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=466 The National World War II Museum will continue its Stars and Strips celebration on Saturday, August 11 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. with a Lagniappe Lecture titled Warmongering Through History by Walt Burgoyne, the museum's education programs coordinator. pr@uno.eduMon, 6 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=466http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=463 Jumpstart UNO , an AmeriCorps program through which UNO students mentor 3- to 5-year-old children in need of educational support, has received a funding award of $55,938.88 for the 2008 fiscal year, said Katherine C. Alpert, site manager. pr@uno.eduFri, 3 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=463http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=464 Randy Horner , associate head coach of the championship swim teams at Missouri State University, has been named head swim coach at The University of New Orleans. pr@uno.eduFri, 3 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=464http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=460 The University of New Orleans students will enjoy the benefits for years to come from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) holding its annual meeting in the city July 28-31. NACUBO volunteers landscaped the UNO Student Park on the morning of July 28 as its Serving the Community project. Volunteers from the financial services firm TIAA-CREF partnered with NACUBO for the project.pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=460http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=454 The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration is awarding up to 44 scholarships to competitively qualified incoming students who are accepted into the Bachlor of Science or the Masters of Science programs in HRT over the next year.pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=454http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=450 The University of New Orleans Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology Center (GCRMTC) has been awarded a grant for $166,643 to buy a new laser imaging system to extend its research capabilities in support of U.S. Navy design and manufacturing research. pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=450http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=451 Joe Pasternack plans to return to his hometown to take the reins as head coach of The University of New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team.pr@uno.eduMon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=451http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=445 The Univeristy of New Orleans Louis Armstrong Quintet will perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam July 13-15. This is the Louis Armstrong Quintet's second invitation to the prestigious international event in three years. pr@uno.eduFri, 6 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=445http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=443 Kevin Fitzwilliam , a UNO urban planning student, will be among 29 sustainable energy fellows and the only representative of the South to participate in an intensive program on renewable energy in the context of sustainable development July 21-28 at Arizona State University. pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=443http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=441 When James W. Logan became the fifth dean of The University of New Orleans College of Business Administration on Sunday, July 1, he was already well on his way to achieving his goals. He has spent several weeks meeting with community and business leaders to listen to their needs during this period of rebuilding and plans to work toward fulfilling them.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=441http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=439 The University of New Orleans and the LSU Health Sciences Center are among Louisiana universities playing a critical role in improving conditions for young people, providing for their rehabilitation, and promoting public safety, Dr. Laurie Garduque, program director for research for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, told the Lousiana Board of Regents on June 28. pr@uno.eduFri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=439http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=440 Seventh-grader Danny Cheung was intrigued with an object the size of a marble when Dr. Bernard Harris visited his biology lab at UNO on a recent morning. As the physician and former astronaut entered the room, Danny slipped the prize - a cow cornea from a dissection experiment - into his pants pocket. pr@uno.eduFri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=440http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=435 Fifteen Benjamin Franklin High School students are spending two weeks in Innsbruck, Austria, courtesy of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation and its efforts to help with the New Orleans recovery in meaningful ways. pr@uno.eduWed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=435http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=434 University of New Orleans alumnus Sultan Mirza received a National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Regional Emmy Award at the annual awards ceremony in May at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.pr@uno.eduTue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=434http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=433 Three New Orleans artists will serve as cultural ambassadors when their works are featured in a European exhibition July 5-21. The works of John Fields , Alex Podesta and Monica Zeringue will be featured at the Gallerie Im Andechshof at The University of New Orleans CenterAustria in Innsbruck.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=433http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=430 D-Day, The National World War II Museum is celebrating a Stars and Stripes Summer, a season-long tribute to the American Spirit with programs for both children and adults as well as admission discounts for Louisiana residents. pr@uno.eduFri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=430http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=429 A long line of UNO blue stretched across the Library Quad on a recent sunny afternoon as incoming freshmen sported their Orientation T-shirts headed toward the UCC Building. The new Privateers spend two days learning about the University and the campus in the orientation sessions. pr@uno.eduThu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=429http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=427 Jozsef Forman has been named The University of New Orleans Privateers new head volleyball coach, said Director of Athletics Jim Miller. Forman has been an assistant coach at Mississippi State University for the past three years. pr@uno.eduWed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=427http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=428 The University of New Orleans will begin offering classes this fall on its virtual campus in Second Life, said Merrill Johnson, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. pr@uno.eduWed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=428http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=425 A partnership between The Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania and The University of New Orleans to implement a redevelopment fellowship program to help with rebuilding efforts was in the spotlight on June 18, at a press conference called by Ed Blakely, director of the city's Office of Recovery Management. The program, which plans to place 15 fellows by early fall, is funded by a $2.2 million Rockefeller Foundation grant. pr@uno.eduTue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=425http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=426 The American Association for State and Local History has selected The University of New Orleans and George Mason University's Center for History and New Media to receive its Award of Merit for Leadership in History for work on the Digital Hurricane Memory Bank. pr@uno.eduTue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=426http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=424 University of New Orleans infielders Johnny Giavotella and T.J. Baxter were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-South Central Region Baseball Team on June 13. pr@uno.eduThu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=424http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=420 The University of New Orleans is accepting applications for its Executive Masters of Business Administration and Executive Masters of Science in Health Care Management programs. Classes are scheduled to begin on August 4. pr@uno.eduWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=420http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=421 Exxon Mobil's Greg Jones recently visited The University of New Orleans to present a check for $50,000 to the Minority Scholarship Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences. The field of geosciences, he said, offers a host of opportunities for young people. pr@uno.eduWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=421http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=422 On June 13, The University of New Orleans Chancellor Timothy P. Ryan issued a statement responding to the American Association of University Professors' decision on June 9, to censure UNO along with three other New Orleans institutions. The statement follows. pr@uno.eduWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=422http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=415 The University of New Orleans Critical Languages Program is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of the University's first Foreign Language Teaching Assistant in Arabic. Suzan Wali , a native of Egypt, was selected from among a pool of applicants to this Fulbright-sponsored program. She will spend the 2007-2008 academic year at UNO teaching Arabic and helping the Critical Languages Program improve its Arabic language instruction. pr@uno.eduFri, 8 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=415http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=418Fourteen students have been selected to serve as 2007 Orientation Leaders. They will help introduce new UNO students to campus life during orientation programs this summer.pr@uno.eduFri, 8 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=418http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=414 University of New Orleans outfielder Brandon Bowser and second baseman Johnny Giavotella have been named to the NCAA Wichita Regional All-Tournament team. pr@uno.eduWed, 6 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=414http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=410 The University of New Orleans now uses E2Campus for emergency notification. In the event of an emergency University administrators will send time-sensitive messages to the mobile phones and/or e-mail boxes of students, faculty and staff members who subscribe for the service. pr@uno.eduMon, 4 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=410http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=408 University of New Orleans sophomore golfer Jose Toledo has been named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. pr@uno.eduFri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=408http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=407 Each week, University of New Orleans professor of planning and urban studies Nick Spitzer shares the magic of regional music on American Routes as the popular public radio show's host and producer. Thanks to a Guggenheim Fellowship award, he will further his intriguing research on the formation and evolution of American music. pr@uno.eduThu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=407http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=403 Charles Vincent "Charlie" Cusimano , who served as a member of the Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors from 1974 through 2006, was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from The University of New Orleans at the College of Engineering commencement ceremonies on May 18. pr@uno.eduThu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=403http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=399 Joyce Wilson , a first grade teacher at Medard Nelson-University of New Orleans Charter School, was recognized as the Capital One-UNO Charter Network Educator of the Year at a reception hosted by Capital One on May 21. pr@uno.eduTue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=399http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=393 Hundreds of students, alumni, faculty and staff members visited the Louisiana Capitol on May 17, to celebrate UNO Day at the Legislature. pr@uno.eduFri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=393http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=384 Benjamin C. “Clay” Moise, II , was honored as 2007 Alumnus of the Year of The University of New Orleans College of Business Administration at the college’s recent honors convocation. Moise is vice president of business development and strategic planning for Textron Marine & Land Systems. pr@uno.eduMon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=384http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=383 Dissatisfaction with New Orleans city government has increased significantly, and one-third of the residents of both Jefferson Parish and New Orleans are considering leaving the area unless their major concerns are addressed. These are among the findings in the quality of life report released on May 9 by Dr. Susan E. Howell, director of the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center. pr@uno.eduThu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=383http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=377 U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, a Democratic presidential candidate, encouraged young students at Pierre A. Capdau-University of New Orleans Charter School to embrace education during a visit to the Gentilly campus on May 5. pr@uno.eduWed, 9 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=377http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=365 Dr. Norma Jean Mattei , associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of New Orleans, has been appointed by Gov. Kathleen Blanco to the board responsible for licensing all engineers and surveyors in Louisiana. pr@uno.eduFri, 4 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=365http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=361 The Board of Regents awarded $22.3 million from the Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund (LEQSF) to colleges and universities statewide on April 26, to fund a variety of valuable educational and research programs for the 2006-2007 fiscal year. pr@uno.eduWed, 2 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=361http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=356 Shelly Downs, Laura Hasenstein and Kathleen Ledet received The University of New Orleans 2006-2007 Dean’s Award at the College of Liberal Arts Honors Convocation in mid-April. The high-achievers have been named to the college’s dean’s list each semester of their UNO careers. pr@uno.eduTue, 1 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=356http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=353 The Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania will work with the Department of Planning and Urban Studies at The University of New Orleans to implement a new redevelopment fellowship program to help with New Orleans rebuilding efforts. The program, which plans to select 15 fellows, is being funded by a Rockefeller Foundation grant of more than $2 million. pr@uno.eduMon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=353http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=349 Twenty UNO Police officers were among 109 college and university officers from around the city who were granted commissions by New Orleans Police Chief Warren J. Riley in a ceremony at UNO on April 26.pr@uno.eduThu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=349http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=350 Rick Gratia , proprietor and general manager of Muriel’s Jackson Square, was honored as the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus by The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration on April 26 at a dinner at Pat O’s on the River.pr@uno.eduThu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=350http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=347 UNO senior electrical engineering major Inigo Incer received an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Outstanding Student Award and placed second in the research paper competition at the organization’s regional competition April 21. pr@uno.eduTue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=347http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=307 Efforts to ensure that Louisiana’s public college and university students will be safer than ever from incidents like the tragedy that struck this week at Virginia Tech University were put into motion on April 18. pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=307http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=309 University Police officers will resume additional tactical training alongside New Orleans Police Department SWAT Team officers beginning next week on the second floor of the University Center. pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=309http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=310 University of New Orleans, College of Liberal Arts presented Tom Fitzmorris with its 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award at the college’s honors convocation on April 17. pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=310http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=330 The University of New Orleans Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration received a donation of $447,800 for student scholarships on Thursday from the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau and representatives of three conferences forced to move their events to the Windy City following Hurricane Katrina. pr@uno.eduThu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=330http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=297 Just a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the region in 2005, a few University of New Orleans students joined several other university students from Louisiana to continue their studies in Germany. On April 3, Chancellor Tim Ryan and Udo Corts , minister of higher education, research and the arts in Hessen, Germany, inked an agreement to open the door to foreign study to more Louisiana students. pr@uno.eduThu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=297http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=291 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced that additional funds have been obligated to The University of New Orleans to help continue the rebuilding process needed after Hurricane Katrina. pr@uno.eduTue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=291http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=278 University of New Orleans Jazz Studies alumnus David Mooney has been accepted into the prestigious The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. A student of Steve Masakowski and Hank Mackie and a former member of the UNO Louis Armstrong Quintet, Mooney has been working in New York City as a professional musician since Katrina. pr@uno.eduThu, 5 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=278http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=265 On Friday, March 23, 2007, The University of New Orleans BellSouth Technology Center hosted the inaugural meeting of New Orleans Parish Wide Recovery Committee chaired by Dr. Edward Blakely , Executive Director of the Office of Recovery. pr@uno.eduFri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=265http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=258 George “Nick” Bullen , principal engineer of the Western Region for Northrop Grumman Corporation, and his wife Natalie M. Bullen have launched a campaign to raise money for applied engineering projects in The University of New Orleans College of Engineering. On March 20, Bullen presented a check for $1,500, “the first of several to come,” to Paul Herrington, professor and chairman of the UNO Department of Mechanical Engineering. pr@uno.eduThu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=258http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=256 Dan Harper , assistant director of the Bachelor of General Studies Program for The University of New Orleans Metropolitan College, was recognized for his exemplary service by the National Student Exchange governing board at the recent NSE annual placement conference. Coordinating National Student Exchange, a domestic parallel to study abroad with exchange sites at 190 universities in the United States and Canada, is among Harper’s responsibilities at UNO. pr@uno.eduTue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=256http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=250 The Patrick F. Taylor Library , a new section of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art housed in what has been dubbed the Mystery Building at Lee Circle , opened in mid-March with an exhibition of Alabama Ironworks artists, including pieces by Lonnie Holley, Thornton Dial, Joe Minter, Ronald Lockett and Charlie Lucas. The exhibition, titled Ogun Meets Vulcan: Iron Sculptors of Alabama , will remain open through June 19. pr@uno.eduMon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=250http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=253 University of New Orleans junior Bo McCalebb was named to the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America team on March 19. The award adds to an impressive list for McCalebb. He has also been named the Sun Belt Player of the Year, as well as a first-team member of the NABC Division I District VIII first team. He was also selected to the USBWA District VII team. pr@uno.eduMon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=253http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=246 John L. Renne , assistant professor of urban planning and transportation studies and associate director of The University of New Orleans Transportation Center, has been appointed the UNO Representative on the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. pr@uno.eduFri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=246http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=242 Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus, from left, Petr Kolar, Czech Ambassador to the United States, and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco arrive at the World Trade Center in New Orleans the evening of March 6, 2007. The University of New Orleans was in the limelight on March 6, as Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus spent most of his day in the Crescent City visiting with students, faculty and administrators on the Lakefront Campus. pr@uno.eduThu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=242http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=234 American Public Media will become the national distributor of American Routes , the popular weekly radio program on American musical styles and genres hosted by Nick Spitzer , UNO professor of planning and urban studies and internationally recognized folklorist, author and storyteller. American Public Media will begin distributing and co-producing American Routes on July 1, 2007. pr@uno.eduTue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=234http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=237 University of New Orleans sophomore Jose Toledo won an individual medal at the Samford Intercollegiate Golf Tournament on March 13, shooting a final-round 69 to lead the Privateers to a second-place finish at Limestone Springs Golf Course. On March 14, Toledo was named the Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Month. He has a 71.33 scoring average this spring and leads the Sun Belt Conference with a 72.00 overall scoring average. pr@uno.eduTue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=237http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=225 The University of New Orleans Earl K. Long Library now offers loans of feature-length movies on DVD as another free service to UNO students, faculty and staff. Members of the UNO community may borrow up to three movies on DVD for as long as a week. pr@uno.eduMon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=225http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=216 Edward Hynes Charter School is accepting applications for students in kindergarten through eighth grade for 2007-08. The school, originally located in the heart of Lakeview, is open and operating at 719 S. Carrollton Avenue. Hynes is supported by the UNO Charter School Center in an advisory capacity. pr@uno.eduFri, 9 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=216http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=219 Four students were selected winners of the 13 th annual Darlene & Richard Stillman Public Speaking Contest held on March 2, 2007. “What I Can Personally Do to Improve the Quality of Life in the New Orleans Community” was the theme of the 2007 event. All full-time undergraduates with a 2.0 or higher grade point average were eligible to compete. pr@uno.eduFri, 9 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=219http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=211 R.A.D. self-defense training will be provided to the women of The University of New Orleans community on Wednesday, April 11, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Classes will be held in Room 101 of the Campus Police Building. pr@uno.eduThu, 8 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=211http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=209 The Capital One-UNO Charter School Center and its director, Dr. Darlene Brown , will be recognized this week as the first recipient of Avon’s Hello Tomorrow Fund . The presentation was scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, during the Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow at the United Nations in New York. A live Web-cast of the program will be available at: www.un.org . pr@uno.eduWed, 7 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=209http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=164 Chancellor Timothy P. Ryan is presented with the first Official UNO Class Ring by Denise Plessala, a representative of ring manufacturer Balfour, in his office on February 6. pr@uno.eduThu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=164http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=159 The New Orleans Police Department signed a lease with The University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation to operate a crime lab on the University’s Lakefront Campus on February 13, the same day that U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced the development of a family justice center for which his office has pledged up to $3 million. pr@uno.eduWed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=159http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=141 Memories and images of Mardi Gras fill the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB), which has been collecting and preserving stories, images, and the digital files from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita since November 2005. Photographs from Mardi Gras 2006 illustrate how residents resiliently battled toward recovery, many by sporting humorous costumes that depicted homes with blue tarps, rooftop rescues, and government trailers. Others remember Carnivals past by uploading photos they rescued from their flooded homes. pr@uno.eduFri, 9 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=141http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=140 Softball and men and women's soccer may be added to The University of New Orleans athletic program during the next five years, according to a Strategic Plan for Athletics that was recently released by the University. pr@uno.eduThu, 8 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=140http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=131 For the first time in its 49-year history, UNO is launching a comprehensive marketing campaign that will feature television, radio, online, print and billboards in the campaign. While UNO has advertised in the past to remind area residents of registration periods, this represents the first time that the University is committing to an ongoing, yearlong campaign that will initially stretch across the state and into Mississippi. pr@uno.eduTue, 6 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=131http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=160 WWNO-FM invites The University of New Orleans community to join other volunteers to help clean up New Orleans City Park on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=160http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=181 Because The University of New Orleans is hosting the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the Privateers baseball team has rescheduled its mid-week game against Nicholls State. The baseball game will be played on Tuesday, February 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Maestri Field. pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=181http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=146 University of New Orleans senior Jamie McNeilly has been named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week. McNeilly scored a career-high 40 points in the Privateers’ 89-66 win over Denver on February 10. He became just the 15th different player in the nation to hit the 40-point mark this season. pr@uno.eduMon, 5 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=146http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=177 A closing reception for the exhibition, titled It’s OK to Just Hang Out, featuring works by The University of New Orleans Master of Fine Arts students, will be held on Thursday, March 1 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Art Department Gallery on the Lakefront Campus. The exhibition will continue on exhibit through March 9. pr@uno.eduFri, 2 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=177http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=121 Edward Hynes Charter School is accepting applications for students in kindergarten through eighth grade for 2007-08. The school, originally located in the heart of Lakeview, is open and operating at 719 S. Carrollton Avenue. Hynes is supported by the UNO Charter School Center in an advisory capacity. Returning Hynes students, Lakeview residents from ZIP code 70124, and children of UNO faculty and staff who live in New Orleans are given preference for admittance. pr@uno.eduThu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=121http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=122 Before the Storm , or Vor dem Strum, an exhibit of feature photographs by New Orleans documentary photographer Michael P. Smith, will open on Monday, February 5, at UNO CenterAustria in Innsbruck. It will remain on exhibit until March 23. pr@uno.eduThu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=122http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=129 UNO Counseling Services will offer a free lunchtime workshop on Sexual Health on Tuesday, February 13. The event, scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m., will be held in Room 301 of Kirschman Hall. pr@uno.eduThu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=129http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=110 Guenter Bischof, chairman of the History Department at The University of New Orleans, and Allan R. Millett, director of the UNO Eisenhower Center for American Studies, are among 17 professional historians and museum executives named to an education advisory board to Gordon “Nick” Mueller, president and chief executive officer of the National World War II Museum. pr@uno.eduTue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=110http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=108 Students will have the opportunity to earn $1,000 in just five minutes on March 2 at 12:30 p.m. when the 13 th annual Darlene & Richard Stillman Public Speaking Contest gets underway. pr@uno.eduFri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=108http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=142 The Student Activities Council will present a three-day celebration of Black History Month with the theme “The Noir Experience: History, Love & Evolution” Tuesday, February 13, through Thursday, February 15. pr@uno.eduFri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=142http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=163 Daniel C. Dennett, director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, will present a Darwin Day lecture at The University of New Orleans on Friday, February 23, at 2 p.m. The free event will be held in the Homer L. Hitt Alumni & Visitors Center ballroom. pr@uno.eduFri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=163http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=171 University of New Orleans second baseman Johnny Giavotella has been named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on February 21. The sophomore went 9-for-18 at the plate the week of February 12, hitting two home runs with 12 RBIs. He also scored 12 runs and had a 1.167 slugging percentage. pr@uno.eduFri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=171http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=99 University of New Orleans second baseman Johnny Giavotella has been named to the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team. pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=99http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=101 “Success as a College Professor: Getting and Holding a Professorship” will be the topic of a free seminar for University of New Orleans education doctoral students to be offered by The University of New Orleans College of Education on Thursday, March 1. The seminar will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room 212 of the UNO Jeff Center, 3330 N. Causeway Blvd. in Metairie. pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=101http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=102 All are welcome to take a walk through The History of the Brave Czech Nation , a larger than life version of the award-winning book by Czech artist Lucy Seifert, thanks to the long-standing relationship between the Czech Republic and The University of New Orleans. The book, illustrated on 230-foot long, seven-foot tall panels, is on display at the UNO Earl K. Long Library on the Lakefront Campus through February 28, and will be exhibited through March at New Orleans GlassWorks and Printmaking Studio, 727 Magazine St. pr@uno.eduWed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=102http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=93 Jumpstart UNO is now hiring! Jumpstart is an AmeriCorps program that recruits UNO college students to mentor 3- to 5-year-old children during the academic year. Mentors read stories, sing songs and play games that support young children’s school readiness, and earn a Work-Study wage and a $1,000 AmeriCorps education award in the process. pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=93http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=94 The University Center is now open until midnight every Friday and Saturday. pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=94http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=95 The UNO Staff Council conducted a successful Holiday Food Drive from November 28 through December 11, 2006. pr@uno.eduFri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=95http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=91 WWNO-FM boasts CD-quality sound on HD Radio tuners pr@uno.eduWed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=91http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=89Participants of Jumpstart University of New Orleans, an AmeriCorps program through which university students mentor 3- to 5-year-olds, spent the afternoon of January 12 sorting and crating food and toiletries for those in need at Second Harvest Food Bank in Metairie.pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=89http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=90 Helen Grant has been named has been named assistant athletics director for student-athlete eligibility and development at The University of New Orleans. She will supervise compliance and student-athlete welfare at UNO while enforcing a strategic plan to enhance academic performance. Grant will also serve as UNO athletics’ senior women administrator. pr@uno.eduTue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=90http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=92 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art will feature the Packway Handle Band, an innovative bluegrass quintet from Athens, Ga., at its Ogden After Hours concert series on Thursday, January 25, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art at 925 Camp St. is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. pr@uno.eduSun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=92http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=78 The University of New Orleans Chorale and the Privateer Chorus are recruiting students, faculty and staff to join in performing a variety of styles and periods of chorale music, ranging from German motets to African American spirituals to Latin American choral dance rhythms. pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=78http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=80University of New Orleans’ basketball players Le’Della English and James Parlow were named the women's and men's Players of the Week by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association on January 9.pr@uno.eduThu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=80http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=81 Dr. Wee Kee Wong Brody Therrien, associate professor of music, died on Monday, January 1, after a courageous battle with cancer. pr@uno.eduTue, 9 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=81http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=83 The University of New Orleans along with the Regional Planning Commission and RTA will host a national conference on “Disaster Planning for the Carless Society” on February 8 and 9 at the Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center on the UNO Lakefront Campus, 2000 Lakeshore Drive. pr@uno.eduMon, 8 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=83http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=84 In a few weeks, poet John Gery and his wife, poet and Xavier University associate professor Biljana Obradovic, will begin a five-month stay at the University of Belgrade where Gery will research and lecture on poetry as a Fulbright Scholar. pr@uno.eduFri, 5 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=84http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=85Five new winter exhibitions will open at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Thursday, January 11, with a reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.pr@uno.eduFri, 5 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=85http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=86 After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, New Orleans experienced an unusual outpouring of governmental and private donations to get the region back on track. pr@uno.eduFri, 5 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=86http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=87Applications are being accepted through February 9 for The University of New Orleans 2007-09 Louis Armstrong Jazz Quintet, a master’s in music degree program that focuses on top-level performance opportunities and training. Students who are accepted into the two-year program receive tuition and an annual stipend.pr@uno.eduThu, 4 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=87http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=34University faculty and staff and many of their family members shared a beautiful afternoon on the Library Quad September 29 as the UNO Staff Council held the first UNO company picnic.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=34http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=35The University of New Orleans College of Business Administration will hold the grand opening ceremony for Kirschman Hall on Friday, October 20, beginning at 3 p.m.pr@uno.eduTue, 3 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=35http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=33The Sun Belt Conference’s Student Advisory Committee (SAAC) released details on September 28 of a plan to help fellow conference member The University of New Orleans in its rebuilding efforts following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. pr@uno.eduFri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=33http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=31The University of New Orleans series of weekly concerts, Jazz @ the Sandbar, will return Wednesday, October 4, featuring vocalist Leah Chase.pr@uno.eduThu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=31http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=32The University of New Orleans has received a $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects agency to develop automated tools for programming robots to weld ship components.pr@uno.eduThu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=32http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=29The University of New Orleans recently broke ground on a $38.5 million student housing development. The new facilities will be composed of two four-story buildings totaling about 220,000 square feet.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=29http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=30Members of 11 volleyball teams reinforced their shoe laces with duct tape to maintain their agility while competing in the UNO Ambassadors Swamp Ball tournament on September 22.pr@uno.eduMon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=30http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=28 Teach Greater New Orleans will hold informational sessions on Saturday, September 23, and Wednesday, September 27, for those interested in leading young people by becoming mathematics, science, or special education teachers. A special 12-month cohort for educators in those high-demand subjects is scheduled to begin this fall. pr@uno.eduFri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=28http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=26Students and alumni of The University of New Orleans are welcome to submit entries through Friday, October 6, to the juried International Education Week Photo Contest and Exhibition.pr@uno.eduWed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=26http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=27 About 40 University of New Orleans students, faculty and staff members gathered in the library September 14 to begin a semester-long group discussion on the book “The Color of Water” by James McBride. pr@uno.eduWed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=27http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=25Volunteers from The University of New Orleans will don comfortable old clothes and gardening gloves on Tuesday, October 10, to help landscape and beautify the front lawn of the Bicentennial Education Building.pr@uno.eduMon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=25http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=23The free weekly stress-relief relaxation sessions for University of New Orleans students, faculty and staff are back by popular demand.pr@uno.eduFri, 8 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=23http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=20The University of New Orleans Department of Music and the graduate program in arts administration will feature five guest artist concerts as part of its 2006-07 Musical Excursions series.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=20http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=21Jumpstart University of New Orleans, an AmeriCorps program, is hiring UNO students to mentor 3- to 5-year-olds. pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=21http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=22The University of New Orleans with the support of its Center for Hazards Assessment and Response Technology has completed the final draft of its Hazard Mitigation Plan and posted it on the CHART Web site for the public to review.pr@uno.eduThu, 7 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=22http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=18The Jazz Studies Program in the Department of Music at The University of New Orleans has released a student sampler CD featuring a compilation of recordings of Jazz Studies students and ensembles, past and present.pr@uno.eduFri, 1 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=18http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77http://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=19 A team of experts led by John L. Renne, assistant professor in the University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies and associate director of the University of New Orleans Transportation Center of The University of New Orleans, will evaluate evacuation plans and develop tools and policies for training professionals across the nation on how to better prepare cities for evacuating car-less residents. pr@uno.eduFri, 1 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://news.uno.edu/Public/Index.asp?Page_ID=30&Content_ID=19http://news.uno.edu/Public/Aquifer_RSS.asp?RSS_Feed_ID=77