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LSU Researcher Discovers Great Things

Each year, LSU's Office of Research & Economic Development honors the exceptional research and scholarship of two LSU faculty as Distinguished Research Masters.

The American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation have honored Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman with the 2025 E.V. McCollum Award – given to a clinical investigator who is perceived as a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition.

A groundbreaking international expedition successfully drilled into the Earth's mantle in the Tyrrhenian Sea, recovering unique rock samples that challenge existing knowledge of the mantle's composition.

The LSU Museum of Art has, again, achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums.

LSU and Battelle Energy Alliance, the company that manages Idaho National Laboratory (INL), have agreed to collaborate in areas of mutual interest, including cybersecurity and advanced nuclear technology, under a memorandum of understanding, or MOU.

Half of all medical students graduating from LSU Health Shreveport and LSU Health New Orleans will remain in Louisiana to complete their residency training, according to the results of the 2025 National Resident Matching Program.