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The University of New Orleans gears up to educate Louisiana legislators later this month on the myriad ways the University can help the state to reach economic goals.

Fifty years ago, the University of New Orleans celebrated its first-ever graduation when it bestowed diplomas on the class of 1962.

The fall 2011 issue of the UNO Magazine earned an Award of Distinction in the educational institution category.

During crawfish season in New Orleans, the fun gets kicked up a notch, as Emeril says, and the UNO Alumni Association plans to round out the spring semester with a new annual event.

The University of New Orleans has long celebrated the fact that UNO jazz studies students, faculty and alumni appear on more stages at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival each year than representatives from any other university. This year, the UNO family brings 65 performances.

ONTILITY Solar Training is partnering with the University of Orleans to offer solar energy workforce training from May 21-25 on the UNO campus

Mark Savoff, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Entergy Corporation, will serve as the University of New Orleans’ spring 2012 commencement speaker.

University of New Orleans economist Walter “Dub” Lane has been named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Health Care Heroes for 2012.

The University of New Orleans campus is a flurry of activity today as campus leaders, faculty, alumni, staff and students get ready for a weekend Air Show by the Blue Angels.

University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that Joe M. King has been named executive director of graduate programs.

A new supplement published by New Orleans CityBusiness highlights the leadership of University of New Orleans alumni in the local health care industry

The University of New Orleans announces that Gary Rucker, a mainstay in the local theatre community, has been named the 2012 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus.

The Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute invites the UNO community to participate in New Orleans’ first Bike to Work Day, presented by Bike Easy and Entergy, on the morning of Wednesday, April 11, with a guided ride from Mid City to UNO’s lakefront campus.

Southern Rep is celebrating its 25th anniversary with Tennessee Williams’ classic A Streetcar Named Desire.

University of New Orleans graduates swept the “Teachers of the Year” awards in St. Bernard Parish.

University of New Orleans history professor Nikki Brown will present “Black Women, Black Politics, Black Art” on Friday night as part of the New Orleans Museum of Art Lecture Series.

University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that former University of Southern Mississippi athletic director Richard Giannini has been hired as a consultant to assist with the transition of the athletic department.

The University of New Orleans will hold its annual Economic Outlook and Real Estate Forecast Seminar on Friday, March 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the University Center ballroom.

Dozens of students lined up at the New Orleans Hornets’ MathMobile for a chance to score tickets to an upcoming game.

More New Orleans residents say the city has become better than say it has become worse over the last five years, but compared to 2006, twice as many people in New Orleans mention crime as the biggest problem facing the city.

University of New Orleans geography professor Peter Yaukey is featured in the cover story of the current issue of the New York Times Magazine.

University of New Orleans President Peter Fos announced that UNO will launch a nationwide search for an athletic director.

Ivan Miestchovich will serve as the moderator for a panel discussion on the national and regional economy and the tourism and hospitality market.

University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that UNO’s athletic program will remain NCAA Division I, instead of transitioning to Division II. UNO is currently competing as a Division I independent.

Theatre UNO’s production of The Glass Menagerie is nominated for a Big Easy Award for “Best University Production.”

Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise spoke on the campus of the University of New Orleans at the Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair.

Calvin Moret, the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen living in New Orleans, will speak at the National World War II Museum on Wednesday, February 29, as part of the museum’s Lagniappe Lecture series.

Players and coaches handed out Mardi Gras beads to patients and their families at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The City of New Orleans dedicated a historical marker honoring the contributions of Andrew Jackson Higgins and the workers of Higgins Industries during World War II.

The University of New Orleans held its third annual Krewe of UNO Mardi Gras parade on campus on February 9.

Social entrepreneur Brian Bordainick, who has been featured on CNN, ESPN and the Today Show, will speak on the campus of the University of New Orleans on Thursday, February 9 as part of the Public Administration Student and Alumni Association speaker series.

University of New Orleans political scientist Ed Chervenak has been appointed the director of the UNO Survey Research Center, also known as the UNO Poll.

The City of New Orleans will dedicate a marker memorializing the contributions of Andrew J. Higgins and Higgins Industries of New Orleans to World War II during a ceremony on February 10.

The second biennial National Evacuation Conference will be held February 7-9, 2012 in New Orleans, La. at the Hilton Riverside hotel.

Sixty-one percent of the property parcels in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood in Central City contain a permanent structure, while 35% are empty lots.

Theatre UNO will present Romulus Linney’s Holy Ghosts in the Robert E. Nims Theatre in the UNO Performing Arts Center on February 7-11 at 7:30 p.m. and February 12 at 2:30 p.m.

The new year brings a fresh line-up of exhibitions at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, as well as an two additional exhibitions being extended and the continuation of a Prospect.2 exhibition.

The University of New Orleans is a member of a consortium of universities selected to receive a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos spent his first few hours on the job welcoming students back to class on the first day of the spring semester.

Peter J. Fos, the sixth leader and the first president in the history of the University of New Orleans, will begin his new position on Tuesday, January 17.

The Department of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Irish Cultural Museum of New Orleans, is conducting archaeological excavation at the museum’s future location at 933 Conti Street.

The World Affairs Council of New Orleans and the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies program at the University of New Orleans will present a pair of speakers who will discuss the Arab Spring on January 18.

There is a University of New Orleans connection to the highly publicized local launch of a new toothpaste that uses an extract of cocoa as its active ingredient.

John Renne, director of the Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute, is a member of a diverse coalition of transportation advocates supporting the passage of a new City of New Orleans ordinance that changes the way city agencies design streets.

University of New Orleans alumna and utility executive Karen Mincey will serve as UNO’s fall 2011 commencement speaker.

He becomes the sixth leader and the first president in the history of UNO.

The Joseph Patrick Uddo Foundation has established a screenwriting scholarship at the University of New Orleans to honor the memory of a New Orleans native and his love of films and filmmaking.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges today gave final approval for the University of New Orleans to join the University of Louisiana System.

In a festive ceremony, the University of New Orleans reopened The Cove, once the hub of student life at the University, for the first time since it was shuttered by Hurricane Katrina.

After four rounds of interviews conducted on the University of New Orleans campus, the UNO Presidential Search Committee today unanimously selected Peter J. Fos and Michael A. Wartell to move forward in the search process

The University of New Orleans Department of Music is the recipient of a $1,000 grant from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation to support the Jazz at the Sandbar series in the spring of 2012.

A joint study conducted by researchers at the University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans finds that the anticipated closure of the Avondale Shipyard will be devastating for laid-off workers and the economy of greater New Orleans.

The Cove, the hub of student life at the University of New Orleans for decades, will reopen for the first time since Hurricane Katrina at a ceremony on Friday, December 2.

Four candidates vying for the top job at the University of New Orleans will visit the Lakefront Campus and interview with the UNO Presidential Search Committee on Nov. 29, Nov. 30, and Dec. 1.

The most comprehensive survey of residential and commercial property conditions of the Lower 9th Ward is now publically available on WhoData.org, a powerful community data internet mapping service supported by the University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies.

For the 13th year, the publication honored women who have been recognized for their professional and community achievements.

Five candidates will be extended invitations to interview for the position of president of the University of New Orleans.

The 41-year-old native of Starkville, Miss., has been the director of the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses since 2009.

The search for a new leader at the University of New Orleans will move forward on Tuesday, November 15 when the presidential search committee meets for the second time.

Theatre UNO will present the New Play Celebration, a series of one-act and ten-minute plays, from November 3-13 in the Robert E. Nims Theatre at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center.

11 of the 49 honorees are UNO alumni, making UNO the most heavily represented university on the entire list.

The University of New Orleans will host 3 Day Startup New Orleans, an entrepreneurship education program designed for college students with an emphasis on learning by doing.

The University of New Orleans Center For Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology has released a unique risk literacy manual that combines disaster education and literacy-building skills.

A performance from University of New Orleans music professor Ed Petersen and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman will air on NPR’s Jazzset, broadcast locally on WWNO 89.9 FM on Saturday, October 1 at midnight.

University of New Orleans professor emeritus and jazz studies program founder Ellis Marsalis will open the fall 2011 Jazz at the Sandbar series on Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank announced $102 million for three Louisiana projects in the Barataria and Terrebone basins, to restore deteriorated wetlands and barrier island habitats along the state’s coast at an event held on the University of New Orleans campus.

A study released by a pair of University of New Orleans professors finds that the proposed closure of the Avondale Shipyard will depress housing values by more than 20 percent in the West Bank communities close to the shipyard.

The cover story features alumnus Kirk Coco who founded NOLA Brewing Company, the only production brewery in the city of New Orleans.

The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts will debut its new, state-of-the-art digital projector on Sunday, September 25 with a special high definition screening of “No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,” a documentary directed by James Chressanthis.

The New Orleans National College Fair will be held on Monday, September 26 in Hall C of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

New Orleans hosted 4.8 million visitors in the first half of 2011, an increase of 7.7% over the same period in 2010.

The University of New Orleans Presidential Search Committee held its inaugural gathering, which including a business meeting and public forum, on Thursday, September 15 at the University’s Lakefront campus.

University of New Orleans athletic director Amy Champion and head men's basketball coach Mark Slessinger were featured as 'People to Watch' in the September 2011 edition of New Orleans Magazine.

Theatre UNO and The NOLA Project are joining together to present the New Orleans premiere of Is He Dead?, and Theatre UNO’s 2011-2012 season

The University of New Orleans served as the host on the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for a forum and book release of Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons From the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita.

After six years, New Orleans employment stands at 87% of its pre-Katrina level, while 90% of the area population has returned, according to the sixth anniversary of Katrina edition of the University of New Orleans Metropolitan Report.

The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and the University of New Orleans will host a forum to introduce the new book Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita from the Brookings Institution Press and discuss its implications

University of New Orleans political science professor Ed Chervenak will discuss redistricting and what it means to ordinary citizens on Thursday at Tammany Together's quarterly meeting.

Members of the University of New Orleans community helped celebrate the dedication of a new playground in Burbank Gardens, located a few blocks from UNO’s Lakefront campus.