Student Life
Silver & Blue Fall 2022: News For and About Our Privateer Nation
The fall 2022 issue of Silver & Blue magazine is headed to your mailbox and locations around campus. Alumnus Albert Allenback, a member of the band Tank and...Read More
The University of New Orleans Announces “Next Is Now,” a $50 Million Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign
The “Next is Now” campaign marks the first comprehensive fundraising campaign in the University’s history.
The University of New Orleans has announced the...Read More
UNO is Tops in the State in Least Debt and Most Ethnic Diversity, According to U.S. News & World Report
The University of New Orleans is the top ranked university in Louisiana for least debt and most ethnic diversity, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The...Read More
Class of 2026 Welcomed at New Student Convocation: ‘Our expectations of you are high,’ President Nicklow
President John Nicklow speaks during the 2022 New Student Convocation held Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the UNO Lakefront Arena.
While Monday marked the start of the...Read More
UNO Student Startup Competition Offers $10K In Prizes and Mentorships
The University of New Orleans’ student startup competition is organized by The Beach at UNO.
StartupUNO, the University of New Orleans’ first-ever student...Read More
Visit from U.S. Ambassador Among Highlights at 45th Session of UNO-Innsbruck Summer Program
The University of New Orleans’ flagship study abroad program in Austria is the University’s largest and oldest study abroad program. UNO-Innsbruck Global...Read More
Boysie Bollinger Pledges $3 Million to UNO’s School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
UNO President John Nicklow (left) and Boysie Bollinger celebrate the naming of the Boysie Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at an...Read More
Trailblazing Professor and Civil Rights Leader Raphael Cassimere Jr. to Serve as Principal Speaker at UNO’s Spring Commencement
History professor Raphael Cassimere Jr. taught at UNO for nearly four decades.
Raphael Cassimere Jr., a trailblazing academic and civil rights leader, will...Read More
New Orleans Geological Society Donates $15,000 to Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
(from left) Martin O’Connell, associate professor of EES; Mark Kulp, chair of EES; and Robert Rooney, New Orleans Geological Society Memorial Foundation...Read More
The University of New Orleans Selected for Student Success Capacity Investment
The University of New Orleans is one of 16 institutions participating in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Powered by Publics initiative...Read More
President Nicklow Sends Message of Gratitude and Optimism During Spring State of the University Address
On the heels of three straight years of enrollment growth for the University of New Orleans, President John Nicklow cited promising indicators for continuing...Read More
President Nicklow Recognized as NCAA Champion of Diversity and Inclusion
University of New Orleans President John Nicklow is one of five individuals recognized as Champions of Diversity and Inclusion by the NCAA Minority...Read More
UNO Expands The Privateer Pledge to Jefferson Parish Students
Starting in the fall 2021 semester, the University of New Orleans will begin offering the Privateer Pledge, a promise that the University will fill the unmet...Read More
Water Institute and University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Water Institute of the Gulf and the University of New Orleans formalized their collaborative relationship today through the signing of a Memorandum of...Read More
Actor Harry Shearer to Deliver Commencent Address at UNO’s Fall 2020 Virtual Ceremony
Actor Harry Shearer will serve as the principal speaker during UNO’s virtual commencement ceremony on Dec. 12.
Actor Harry Shearer will deliver the...Read More
Alumna and Google VP Sabrina Farmer Donates $250K to UNO For Computer Science Scholarship
UNO alumna and Google vice president Sabrina Farmer has donated $250K to her alma mater. In May 2018, she delivered the spring commencement address.
A $250,000...Read More
$250,000 Gift from Tom and Connie Kitchen to Establish Undergraduate Scholarship at UNO
A $250,000 gift from alumni Tom and Connie Kitchen will create an undergraduate scholarship at the University of New Orleans. Tom Kitchen, a former executive...Read More
The University of New Orleans Increases Enrollment for the 3rd Straight Year
The University of New Orleans increased its overall enrollment by nearly 2%, marking the first time in 15 years that the University has grown enrollment in...Read More
$250,000 Gift to Fund Professorships, Scholarship and Facility Improvements in College of Sciences
President John Nicklow, donors Judith Russell and Michael Russell, and College of Sciences Dean Steve Johnson.
A $250,000 gift to the University of New Orleans...Read More
UNO and Nunez Community College Sign ‘Link to Success’ Agreement
Students who are not yet admitted to the University of New Orleans can take Nunez Community College courses taught on UNO’s campus before transferring to UNO...Read More