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LSU students are using spring break to build leadership skills and serve communities through SLICE programs in Campus Life. Initiatives like Geaux Big Baton Rouge and the Disney Leadership Experience help students gain real-world leadership and career readiness skills.

With help from the LSU Second Book Institute, Associate Professor of History Leslie Tuttle is finalizing her second monograph, which is about the changing ideas people had about sleep and dreams in Early Modern France, and how those changes enabled the creation of a new, democratic nation-state.

As warming winters allow black mangroves to expand into Louisiana’s wetlands, researchers have discovered an unexpected benefit: their deep roots can reduce marsh-edge erosion. With time to establish, mangroves could become a powerful natural tool for protecting coastlines.