Press Releases
Former Saints Standout Turned Entrepreneur Marques Colston Joins UNO Faculty
Former New Orleans Saints star receiver Marques Colston, who has developed several businesses, is teaching an entrepreneurial leadership course this fall at...Read More
CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel
“The Big Door Prize,” set in a fictional south Louisiana town, is M.O. Walsh’s second novel.
M.O. Walsh, director of the University of New Orleans Creative...Read More
University of New Orleans Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List
University of New Orleans alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)
The University of New Orleans is well represented on...Read More
Executive MBA Program Welcomes One of Its Largest Classes
The University of New Orleans executive track MBA program welcomes one of its largest classes this semester.
The University of New Orleans executive track MBA...Read More
Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at UNO’
Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”
Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New...Read More
UNO Counseling Student Ash Bayer Awarded $10,000 Fellowship
University of New Orleans counseling student Ash Bayer has been awarded a $10,000 fellowship.
Ash M. Bayer, a student in the University of New Orleans master’s...Read More
UNO Professor Phoebe Zito Awarded Early-Career Research Fellowship by National Academies' Gulf Research Program
University of New Orleans chemistry professor Phoebe Zito (center) has been awarded an early career research fellowship.
University of New Orleans chemistry...Read More
In Memoriam: Joe King, former UNO dean, interim chancellor
Retired University of New Orleans dean and former acting chancellor Joe King
Joe King, who retired from the University of New Orleans following a 20-year...Read More
Physical Activity Could Reduce Severity of COVID-19 Research Suggests
Human performance and health promotion professor Marc Bonis’ recent review of several studies indicates regular exercise is beneficial in fighting COVID-19....Read More
Freedom on the Move Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Help Create ‘Freedom’s Loom,’ An Expanded Database
Four attendees at the convention of formerly enslaved people held in 1916 in Washington, D.C. (L-R) Lewis Martin, Martha Banks, Amy Ware, and Reverend S.P....Read More
How Can Louisiana Reduce Its Rail Crossings? UNO Transportation Studies Professor Guang Tian’s Research Seeks That Answer
University of New Orleans transportation studies professor Guang Tian is researching ways to reduce the number of railroad crossings in Louisiana. The state...Read More
Mayor Timothy Adams to Receive 2020 UNO Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award
Mayor Tim Adams is the winner of the 2020 Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award and Sheba Turk is the 2020 Homer Hitt Young Alumna of the Year.
Timothy Adams,...Read More
UNO Professor Randy Kearns Works To Improve Pediatric Emergency Care
Healthcare Management professor Randy Kearns is leading a consortium of medical personnel and first responders to create a statewide model for improving...Read More
UNO Students Tutor Virtually As Part of Summer Teaching Course
UNO graduate students are tutoring online as part of their education course on school community relations.
After reading that some elementary school students...Read More
UNO-Innsbruck International Summer School Turns 45
Students, faculty and administrators pose for a picture in 1976 before boarding the airplane for that inaugural summer session in Innsbruck, Austria.
EDITOR’S...Read More
Dr. Brian Boulmay, UNO Alumni and Oncologist: Treating Cancer Patients During a Pandemic
Dr. Brian Boulmay is the director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at LSU Health Sciences Center and an associate professor in the hematology and...Read More
Doctoral Student Eleanor McAuliffe Earns Specialized Counseling Credentials
University of New Orleans doctoral student Eleanor McAuliffe earns specialized counseling credentials.
University of New Orleans doctoral student Eleanor...Read More
UNOTI Researchers to Develop Data Tool to Improve Highway Safety with $400K Federal Grant
The University of New Orleans Transportation Institute, the City of New Orleans and other agencies were awarded a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of...Read More
UNO Professors’ Research Targets Viral Proteins to Stop COVID-19
University of New Orleans professors Steve Rick and Chris Summa are part of a research collaboration studying ways to stop the virus that causes COVID-19....Read More
UNO Professor Steve Mumford Leads GNOF Study on the State of Nonprofits in SE Louisiana During COVID-19
A study led by UNO political science professor Steve Mumford found nonprofits were hard hit by COVID-19, while struggling to continue to provide services.
A...Read More