Press Releases
UNO Chemistry Professors Work With New Orleans Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizers
New Orleans distilleries, including Porchjam, are getting scientific help from UNO researchers as distilleries pivot to producing hand sanitizers. Pictured are...Read More
UNO Professor Randy Kearns Named Incident Commander for New Orleans ‘Field Hospital’
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has been converted into a coronavirus medical facility. Two other facilities are in the planning stage....Read More
Social Distancing is Effective, but States with Heavy African American Populations Are Vulnerable to COVID-19 Spread, UNO Researchers Say
University of New Orleans researchers study COVID-19 spread.
As the U.S. grapples with the continued spread of the novel coronavirus, two University of New...Read More
In Memoriam: Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Musical Patriarch and University of New Orleans Emeritus Music Professor
Ellis Marsalis plays at Jazz at the Sandbar at The Cove on UNO’s campus on Oct. 2, 2019. Marsalis established the music series in 1990.
Ellis Marsalis Jr., a...Read More
UNO’S Faculty Take on the Challenges and Triumphs of Online Teaching
UNO engineering professor Gianna Cothren (upper right corner in blue) teaches an online hydrology seminar using Zoom video conferencing.
In January, as she has...Read More
Midlo Center Collaborating to Create Historical Record of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Café Du Monde, usually bustling with customers, sits empty after Louisiana lawmakers prohibited sit-down dining at all restaurants in an attempt to slow the...Read More
The University of New Orleans Will Not Hold Commencement in May 2020
The University of New Orleans announced that it will not hold spring commencement as previously scheduled on May 15, 2020 due to the outbreak of the novel...Read More
The University of New Orleans Awards Over $330,000 for Research and Scholarly Endeavors
President John Nicklow (far left) stands with award winners Allan Millett, Wendy Schluchter and Matt Tarr, vice president for research and economic...Read More
Beginning Monday, the University of New Orleans Will Transition to Remote Instruction, Cancel Large Gatherings
Beginning on Monday, March 16, the University of New Orleans will transition all in-person classes to remote instruction until further notice. The University...Read More
Gift from Local Foundation Helps Create the New Orleans Scholars Program at UNO
A gift from a New Orleans nonprofit foundation will create the New Orleans Scholars program at the University of New Orleans. The program, which will launch...Read More
State of the University Address Highlights Momentum In Enrollment, Academic Programming, Research and Fundraising
President Nicklow speaks during his biannual State of the University address before University of New Orleans faculty and staff.
The University of New Orleans...Read More
The University of New Orleans Signs Agreement with New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
NOCCA President and CEO Kyle Wedberg (left) and UNO President John Nicklow sign a new articulation agreement at a ceremony held on UNO’s campus in February....Read More
The University of New Orleans Announces Jazz at the Sandbar Spring 2020 Lineup
The spring 2020 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off March 11 with singer Rene Marie at The Cove on UNO’s campus.
The spring 2020 Jazz at the Sandbar...Read More
The University of New Orleans Named a Military Friendly School
UNO President John Nicklow, student Miguel Olivero and Col. Joey Strickland, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, participate in a...Read More
The Krewe of UNO Rolls Through Campus With Annual Mardi Gras Parade
The Krewe of UNO rolled through campus on Tuesday celebrating its 2020 theme, “2 Infinity and Bey0nd!”
Not many college students can boast that their impending...Read More
UNO’s National Engineer’s Day Draws Nearly 2,000 Middle and High School Students
The University of New Orleans celebrated the value of engineering studies Wednesday, Feb. 19, with a daylong event for area middle and high school students....Read More
Midlo Center Receives Donation to Create New Oral History Project ‘The Family Business’
The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies is creating a new oral history project focusing on family businesses in New Orleans. A New Orleans street corner is...Read More
Civil Rights Activist and UNO Historian Raphael Cassimere Jr. ‘I Was Able to Change Minds’
Raphael Cassimere Jr., University of New Orleans professor emeritus of history, (right) talks about his experiences in the civil rights movement.
Raphael...Read More
Chris Belser Awarded Fellowship for Excellence in Counseling Leadership and Scholarship
Chris Belser, an assistant professor in the University of New Orleans counselor education program, is the 2020-2021 recipient of Chi Sigma Iota’s Edwin L. Herr...Read More
Computer Science S-STEM Students Visit GE
University of New Orleans computer science students visit GE. Pictured, left to right, are computer science professor Chris Summa, students Edward Barranco,...Read More