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Tulane scientist resigns, accuses GOP governor and university of racial disparities censorship
The College Fix
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July 2, 2025
An environmental research scientist at Tulane University recently resigned, accusing the state’s top GOP lawmaker and her school’s administrators of censoring her research on racial disparities. Kimberly Terrell, former director of community...
Fate of the weather gods? How a door at University of Delaware led Jay Grymes to Baton Rouge
Nola - Louisiana
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Looking back now, Jay Grymes realizes his fate was subject to forces beyond his control. Maybe it was the weather gods, who obviously didn't care that weather wasn't his particular interest — a strange fact about someone who would eventually be...
Louisiana-Based Foundation Working On Slave Trade Reparations
Black Enterprise
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June 30, 2025
The Jesuits’ ties to chattel slavery in the U.S. and beyond have gained more attention recently. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation is carrying out its mission by providing post-secondary scholarships to...
New Orleans City Council Considers Ordinance To Adopt Real-Time Facial Recognition Technology
Reason Magazine
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June 27, 2025
The New Orleans City Council is considering an ordinance that would allow the city's police department, in the name of fighting crime, to use real-time facial recognition technology to find and track people as they move about the city. As The...
Okaloosa County expands fish aggregating device network to boost local fisheries
WEAR - Florida
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OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- More than half a million dollars in technology is making a splash off the coast of Destin. This week, county commissioners unanimously voted to add eight new fish aggregating devices in the Gulf. The county started this...
H5N1 outbreak: Cambodia reports 12th case this year; early symptoms to watch for
The Times of India
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July 5, 2025
Cambodia’s health ministry just reported another human case of H5N1 bird flu this year—this time, it’s a 5-year-old boy from Kampot province, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota said citing a...
Letters: La. senators must oppose cuts to science that would devastate our universities
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 2, 2025
The budget negotiations for FY2026 are ongoing in Washington. The cuts proposed in the president’s budget would devastate Louisiana’s universities, stifle our innovation pipeline and stall the technical workforce training our economy relies on....
Baton Rouge Schools Put Cameras on Buses to Curb Misbehavior
Government Technology
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June 27, 2025
(TNS) — After going nine years without them, East Baton Rouge Parish public schools are busy installing modern camera systems on almost the entire bus fleet, in time for the Aug. 7 start of school. The cameras will give school officials an...
Baton Rouge's high-profile consulting firm CSRS is being acquired by a national company
The Advocate - Louisiana
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Westwood Professional Services, a Texas-based engineering and consulting firm with offices across the U.S., plans to acquire Baton Rouge-based CSRS. Tim Barfield, CSRS president, confirmed the firm was exploring a strategic transaction that would...
Amistad Research Center seeks donations amid funding cuts
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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July 2, 2025
ADVISED. WE ALL KNOW THAT FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS IMPACT MANY SERVICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, ONE LOCAL NONPROFIT SAYS ALMOST HALF OF ITS FUNDING IS GONE. WDSU’S BRITTNEY VERNER LIVE OUTSIDE THE AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER UPTOWN, EXPLAINING THE...
From wine to space technology: Gulf South Angels diversifies its reach
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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July 1, 2025
Gulf South Angels, the region’s largest angel investor group, has invested $3.5 million in a dozen entities during the first half of 2025, the company announced on Tuesday, with investments spanning industries from health care to consumer goods to...
Your Perfect Travel Itinerary To Bangkok: The City Where The Stomach Never Sleeps
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) After more than a decade since my last trip to Bangkok, the city felt different. Yes, tuk-tuks still darted around the streets and food carts appeared at every turn, but it felt like Bangkok had grown up in the culinary...
Letters: Veterans driving Louisiana’s energy future
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 2, 2025
Energy security is national security. In an era of global volatility, reliable and affordable domestic energy is critical to protecting American interests and strengthening community resilience. Veterans are helping lead the charge. They make up...
Everything You Missed At Day 1 Of Hollywood House At ESSENCE Festival of Culture
Essence
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July 4, 2025
The first day of Hollywood House at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture opened with two powerful conversations that bridged the future of filmmaking with the of Black storytelling. Held inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, the...
National Marine Educators Association explores Louisiana's coastal culture at UL Lafayette conference
KATC 3 ABC - Louisiana
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July 1, 2025
LAFAYETTE PARISH — The National Marine Educators Association has brought its annual conference to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, drawing hundreds of educators who teach about marine and coastal environments. The five-day event features...
Inauthentic shrimp served at over half of tested restaurants in Alexandria
KALB - Louisiana
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July 4, 2025
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Louisiana’s shrimpers and fishermen have been in the headlights of state lawmakers as representatives look for new ways to protect the ‘industry in crisis,’ but that crisis is now rippling beyond the Gulf coastline,...
Aturo Rodriguez named Dean of ULM’s College of Business and Social Sciences
KNOE - Arkansas
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July 1, 2025
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The University of Louisiana Monroe announced that a new dean of its College of Business and Social Sciences has been chosen. The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors confirmed Dr. Aturor Rodriquez as ULM’s new...
Two Louisiana Men Convicted in Shooting Trial
99.9 KTDY - Louisiana
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July 1, 2025
(KPEL News) - Two Louisiana men were convicted in a jury trial of First-Degree Murder and Attempted First-Degree Murder after the shooting death of 20-year-old Wade Vaughn-Smith and the attempted murder of his brother, 22-year-old James Preston...
Sections of New Orleans floodwalls are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, study finds
Nola - Louisiana
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Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements taken from satellites, new research published Friday from...
New Orleans-based One Touch Heartworm Treatment Study Launches with Maddie’s Fund Grant
Pet Age - New Jersey
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June 26, 2025
The Inner Pup, a New Orleans-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and well-being of dogs in underserved communities, is part of a team that has been awarded a $567,000 grant from Maddie’s Fund, a national family foundation established...