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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 3d

“With the #LSU Cyber Clinic, we built defenses against [our] biggest threat: social engineering attacks.”—Luke Dwinell-Janopaul, Permanent Coatings: cybersecurityclinics.org/blog/growth-...
@lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsucse.bsky.social #ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

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LSU Law Center @lsulawcenter.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to everyone who passed the Louisiana Bar Exam in July!

LSU Law graduates achieved the highest pass rate among all Louisiana law schools on the July 2025 exam for both first-time and all bar exam takers.

#lsulaw #WBTTW #studentsuccess

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 8d

Meet Arushi Ghildiyal who stacked research, service, internship, and leadership opportunities at LSU on top of highly technical courses, graduating at 20 and now at Chevron:
www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/10...
@lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsucse.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow, join us for Science Café to dig into the research on the #LSU Campus Mounds that could radically change how the American Indian history of North America is understood: www.eventbrite.com/e/lsu-scienc...
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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

🧠 The hippocampus gets all the memory credit—but what about the entorhinal cortex? With a new $1.8M NIH grant, LSU neuroscientist Juhee Haam is uncovering hidden brain rhythms that could reshape how we understand memory & Alzheimer’s.
👉 https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/08/haam-nih.php

Professor Juhee Haam giving a demonstration with neuroscience lab equipment.

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 21d

“We evolved from fishes. We do what we do, including breathing through lungs, having nostrils that fill those lungs, having arms and legs, and big brains, all of which came from our aquatic ancestors. So did kidneys, lungs, and being able to pee!”— @prosanta.bsky.social

Do Fish Pee?

Yes, fish pee just like humans. Learn more on how fish regulate their bodily fluids.

www.discovermagazine.com

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats to LSU Boyd Professor Susanne Brenner, awarded the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal by the European Academy of Sciences! She’ll also speak at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians–the 1st LSU faculty invited since 1970.
Read more https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/09/brenner-2025.php

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 17d

In just over a year, the LSU-built professor rating app Professor Index (PI) has grown to reach 20 universities, including @lsu.bsky.social @tulaneu.bsky.social @ullafayette.bsky.social @uncchapelhill.bsky.social www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/09...
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 17d

#LSU VPR Robert Twilley talks about Louisiana's sinking coast and the protection lost by the disappearance of trees, which bring "tremendous extra benefit" in fighting flooding and wind.
On Living Planet: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/m...
#ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW @lsu-cce.bsky.social

Message in a bottle – Saving Louisiana’s sinking coastline

Podcast-Folge · Living Planet · 19.09.2025 · 30 Min.

podcasts.apple.com

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · 22d

#LSU researchers in @lsucoad.bsky.social have partnered with @syngenta.bsky.social and FUEL to develop low-cost digital twins—virtual replicas of physical assets—to improve operations at chemical processing facilities.
www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/09...
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LSU @lsu.bsky.social · Sep 8

September is National Rice Month, and LSU is leading innovation in one of the world’s most important crops.

Through the LSU AgCenter, researchers are creating rice varieties that yield more while using less water, land, and energy.

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Sep 4

#LSU Research Highlights celebrates growing research programs for student success and the discovery of how cysteine can trigger “a calorie-burning furnace”: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-gojktt...
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LSU College of Engineering @lsuengineering.bsky.social · Sep 4

LSU’s Elias Bou-Harb is leading a team that’s winning in cybersecurity.

🔹 $300K NSF grant for iVoyager, a new cyber threat intel platform
🔹 $126K Secret Service grant for IoT device forensics

Protecting our digital future & training tomorrow’s experts.

Read more 👉 www.lsu.edu/eng/news-sto...

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Sep 3

The new #LSU Energy Institute will unify and expand the university’s leadership and resulting impact in energy research, innovation, policy, data, education, and service.
www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/09...
#ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW @lsuenergy.bsky.social @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social @entergy.com

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LSU Vet Med @lsuvetmed.bsky.social · Sep 2

Proud to share #LSUVetMed Assoc Prof Rebecca Christofferson, PhD, is now on the board of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Working to better understand mosquito-borne diseases, her leadership will help shape the future of tropical medicine & global health. #weprotect #wediscover

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LSU @lsu.bsky.social · Aug 28

LSU’s COMET Lab is rethinking weather forecasting with Louisiana in mind.

The lab provides science-backed support to help state leaders and residents make critical decisions. Led by Dr. Paul Miller, the team takes a Gulf-specific approach to forecasting.

Student Hank Dolce in the COMET Lab working at a computer, looking at two monitors.

Three LSU students work at a computer in the COMET Lab. From left to right are Edwin Torres-Moya, Philip Johnson, and Hank Dolce.

Paul Miller, head of LSU’s Coastal Meteorology (COMET) Lab, center in purple shirt, with student lab workers, from left, Philip Johnson, Edwin Torres-Moya, Hank Dolce, Abby Rehagen, and Kayla Thomas.

Student Abby Rehagen works with COMET Lab director Paul Miller at a computer.

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LSU @lsu.bsky.social · Aug 29

On this day 20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Today, we remember and honor the lives lost during one of America's most devastating natural disasters.

The Peggy Martin rose is our symbol of hope. It reminds us that even after the storm, we rise.

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LSU College of Engineering @lsuengineering.bsky.social · Aug 25

LSU Engineering + Architecture faculty, with BASF and LSU’s Institute of Energy Innovation, brought five solar-powered stations to campus.

☀️ Shade to study
🔋 Device charging
💡 Nighttime lighting

A new way to experience campus—and explore the power of solar.

Read more: www.lsu.edu/eng/news-sto...

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LSU College of the Coast & Environment @lsu-cce.bsky.social · Aug 25

Don't miss Dr. Crystal Johnson at tomorrow's LSU Science Cafe! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lsu-scienc...

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cyber Win! #LSU is 1 of only 6 U.S. schools to receive new NSF CyberCorps funding this year. The award, $2.4M, will give dozens of students generous scholarships to launch national security careers: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/08...
#ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsucse.bsky.social

lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Aug 20

Living near a thermal waste treatment facility changes your body, #LSU research shows. Learn more about the work with the community in Colfax, Louisiana, published in Experimental Biology and Medicine: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/08... @lsuscience.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Aug 5

#LSU VPR Robert Twilley speaks to @npr.org about the end of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project after two decades of planning, permitting, and investment following Hurricane Katrina.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Jul 30

Internships can become dream jobs—but it can take 4 days in a Honda Civic with 1 wife, 2 dogs, and 1 bunny to get there.
Meet #LSU @lsucse.bsky.social @lsuengineering.bsky.social alumnus Brennen Calato at Idaho National Lab: lsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
#NationalInternDay #ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Jul 30

#LSU coastal science and chemical engineering team wins National Science Foundation recognition, $1.6M award to bring 10 of the nation’s best research students to Louisiana for energy, environment: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/07...
@lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsu-cce.bsky.social #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Jul 28

Tomorrow night, join us for #LSU Science Café where Garrett Hopper @lsucollegeofag.bsky.social will talk about freshwater mussels, which are imperiled but offer solutions to societal challenges.
www.eventbrite.com/e/lsu-scienc...
@lsuagcenter.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social