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![$9.575 Million Gift Will Further Elevate LSU Initiatives to Create Educational Access, Strengthen Louisiana’s Economy and Support Veterans and ROTC](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/brookshire_rendering.jpeg)
$9.575 Million Gift Will Further Elevate LSU Initiatives to Create Educational Access, Strengthen Louisiana's Economy and Support Veterans and ROTC
A $9.575 million gift from the William A. Brookshire Foundation will establish the William A. Brookshire ROTC Scholarship, support the new LSU Construction & Advanced Manufacturing Building, and strengthen the LSU College of Engineering's S&B Engineers and Constructors Scholarship, LSU's Future Scholars Program and the William A. Brookshire Veterans Law Clinic.
![LSU Invests $1.8M in Transformative Research and the Arts](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Invests $1.8M in Transformative Research and the Arts
The LSU Provost's Fund for Innovation in Research has invested $1.8 million in seed funding for interdisciplinary research and creative works to improve lives in Louisiana and around the world. This is the third year of Provost's Fund investment, an internal grant program that supports the university's fierce commitment to Scholarship First, drive LSU's national prominence as a top research university, and increase the competitiveness of LSU scholars in their pursuit of federal and extramural funding.
![Arne Flaten](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/flaten_arne.jpg)
LSU NAMES ARNE FLATEN DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
LSU has named Arne Flaten the dean of the College of Art & Design, effective July 1, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
![LSU Awarded National Park Service Grant to Preserve 6,000-Year-Old Campus Mounds](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000290274/www.lsu.edu/mounds/images/lsu6376-indian-mounds.jpg)
LSU Awarded National Park Service Grant to Preserve 6,000-Year-Old Campus Mounds
Louisiana State University (LSU) has been awarded a $220,871 grant from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program to conserve and protect the historic LSU Campus Mounds--two ancient, nationally significant archaeological landmarks that date back at least 6,000 years.
![Dr. Lucio Miele](https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/lucio_miele.jpeg)
LSU Health Professor, Dr. Lucio Miele, Appointed as Director of LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center
Dr. Miele to lead LSU to become the State's only National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center.
![LSU Researchers Create Low-Cost Method to Recycle Plastic](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Researchers Create Low-Cost Method to Recycle Plastic
LSU researchers have created a new, low-cost way to break down plastic, a potential breakthrough that could save billions of dollars and eliminate billions of tons of plastic pollution.
![LSU Breaks Record, Awards 2,154 Degrees During Fall Commencement Ceremonies](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
LSU Breaks Record, Awards 2,154 Degrees During Fall Commencement Ceremonies
LSU celebrated a record-breaking commencement, awarding 2,154 degrees during the university's 318th commencement exercises Thursday, Dec. 19.
![ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Part of Fall Commencement Exercises](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000290274/www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/rotc_commencement.jpeg)
ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Part of Fall Commencement Exercises
Four LSU graduates were recognized during LSU's December commissioning ceremony Thursday, Dec. 19, at the LSU Digital Media Center. The keynote speaker was Col. Clifton Lopez, garrison commander of the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, La.
![LSU Names Sean Courtney Associate Vice President for Research Compliance, Integrity and Analytics](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000290274/www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/images/thumbnail_sean_courtney.jpg)
LSU Names Sean Courtney Associate Vice President for Research Compliance, Integrity and Analytics
Louisiana State University has appointed Sean Courtney to the inaugural position of associate vice president for research compliance, integrity, and analytics.
![FUEL Names Four Directors](/_resources_fierce/img/lsu-memorial-tower-morning.jpg)
FUEL Names Four Directors
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL), the LSU-led statewide effort with more than 50 public and private partners, has named directors for key strategic areas