NEWS
2025
July
花椒直播 to Honor Entergy Executive Kimberly Cook-Nelson, Acclaimed Chef Edgar Chase IV at 2025 Alumni Gala
The 花椒直播 has announced the recipients of its top alumni honors for 2025. Kimberly Cook-Nelson, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Entergy, will receive the Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Chef and entrepreneur Edgar 鈥淒ook鈥 Chase IV will be recognized with the Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Both will be honored at the 2025 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Gala on Thursday, Nov. 6, at The National WWII Museum鈥檚 Boeing Freedom Pavilion. Read more
花椒直播 Awarded Grant to Launch Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project
The 花椒直播 has received a grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation to pilot a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing food waste through composting and community gardening. The award will support a project titled "Lowering Food Waste Through Gardening" and will run from May 1 through October 31, 2025. Read more
May
花椒直播 Press Publishes Photography Book Chronicling Pre-Katrina New Orleans
The 花椒直播 Press has published Neutral Ground: New Orleans 1990鈥2005, a new photography monograph by artist and 花椒直播 alumnus William Greiner. The book presents a visual record of New Orleans during the years prior to Hurricane Katrina, focusing on the city鈥檚 built environment, public spaces and everyday scenes. Read more
From Pandemic to Purpose: Julie Stokes and President Kathy Johnson Send Off 花椒直播鈥檚 Class of 2025
On Friday, May 9th, along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, approximately 700 花椒直播 students were celebrated by cheering famili Read more
March
花椒直播 Alumna, Business Owner and Civic Leader Julie Stokes to Serve as Spring 2025 Commencement Speaker
Stokes is a past winner of 花椒直播鈥檚 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award, a former state legislator and a current member of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Read more
New Book Edited by Education Professor Addresses Family and Community Engagement in Charter Schools
Published by Information Age Publishing, 鈥淔amily and Community Engagement in Charter Schools鈥 examines an emerging field of study authored by both established and emerging scholars. Read more
Experts to Discuss New Orleans' Economic and Real Estate Outlook at Annual Forecast Seminar on April 1
The 2025 Dr. Ivan Miestchovich Economic Outlook & Real Estate Forecast Seminar for metropolitan New Orleans will take place on in the Senator Ted Hickey Ballroom in the University Center. Read more
花椒直播 Students to Participate in the World鈥檚 Richest Business Plan Competition
Forty-two teams from five countries will compete in Houston next month for more than $1 million in cash, investments and prizes. Read more
February
花椒直播 Ranks in Top 10 Percent Nationwide on Social Mobility Index
The 2024 Social Mobility Index measures how successful institutions are in elevating low-income students into the middle class by five years after graduation. Read more