Major awards for 4 LSU researchers
By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor The number of guns confiscated by law officers during criminal investigations is up considerably. Police say a rise in gun thefts is fueling an underground market for weapons, raising fears because many times investigators cannot trace a gun back to a shooter. Four assistant professors at LSU have won prestigious National Science Foundation grants. We take a look at who they are and what they're working on. We're just six weeks out from LSU's season-opener for 2022. Scott Rabalais takes a look back at SEC Media Days. |
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| In 2019, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office confiscated a total of 607 guns during criminal investigations. In 2021, that number jumped to 791. Read more |
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Officials plan to temporarily move about 25 teenagers from the Bridge City Center for Youth to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — a move that shows the dire situation inside Louisiana’s you… Read more |
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The men arrive early and sit at long tables with checkerboard patterns. The far-right network Newsmax plays on the big-screen TV on one wall. An American flag hangs on another. Read more |
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Beverly Schalon, a 1964 LSU graduate, was surprised when a newspaper story about LSU President William Tate said her alma mater had its first Black undergraduate student in 1953. Read more |
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ST. LOUIS — When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to the nation's flood insurance program will prompt more people to sign up for coverage… Read more |
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Louisianans know what it looks like when a homeowner is at the mercy of their insurance company: the blue-topped roofs, the drywall mounded on the curb. Read more |
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| Anti-abortion groups on Louisiana college campuses may see their efforts shift this year, in light of the U.S. Supreme … Read more |
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| Four LSU assistant professors have been awarded the most prestigious grant offered by the National Science Foundation f… Read more |
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| Emptying out the notebook — and the mind — from a hectic week in Atlanta for Southeastern Conference media days … Read more |
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