2020
Professor Dan Shahar Wins 2020 Environmental Philosophy Award
University of New Orleans philosophy professor Dan Shahar is the winner of the 2020 Holmes Rolston III Early Career Essay Prize in Environmental Philosophy....Read More
The University of New Orleans Hosts Marketing Week Oct. 19-22
The University of New Orleans is hosting Marketing Week 2020.
Sheba Turk, co-anchor of WWL-TV’s Eyewitness Morning News and recipient of UNO's 2020...Read More
Alumna Sabrina Farmer, Google VP: ‘I want (UNO) to be there for others’
Alumna Sabrina Farmer is a vice president at Google.
Sabrina Farmer never planned or even dreamed of attending college, until happenstance brought her to 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
President Nicklow Touts Enrollment and Research Gains, Diversity Work in Virtual State of the University Address
President John Nicklow gives his state of the University address for fall 2020.
University of New Orleans President John Nicklow highlighted increased...Read More
University of New Orleans Announces Jazz at the Sandbar Fall 2020 Lineup
Ellis Marsalis plays at Jazz at the Sandbar at The Cove on UNO’s campus on Oct. 2, 2019. Marsalis, who died in April, opened the series for 16 years.
The fall...Read More
UNO Press Publishes ‘I Am New Orleans,’ a Poetic Compendium
Louisiana writer and former UNO historian Marcus Christian.
The University of New Orleans Press has published “I Am New Orleans,” a poetic compendium of what...Read More
University of New Orleans Press Releases Columnist Jarvis DeBerry’s ‘I Feel To Believe’
Columnist Jarvis DeBerry chronicles the city of New Orleans in his new book, “I Feel To Believe,” released Thursday by the UNO Press.
For 20 years, New...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
New Midlo Center Partnership Will Help Educators Teach About Slavery and Colonialism
A spring 2020 Zoom webinar, sponsored by the Midlo Center, with educators, the Hard History Project and Freedom on the Move.
Educators around the world will...Read More
Pianist Jake Gold Receives ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
University of New Orleans graduate student Jake Gold has received the 2020 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Louis Armstrong...Read More
Restaurateur Scot Craig’s No Quit Attitude Helps Propel His Success
University of New Orleans alumnus Scot Craig owns the beloved Mid-City eatery Katie’s Restaurant. (Photo courtesy of NOLA.com)
Scot Craig can talk about life’s...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
UNO Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year
Angelle Bourgeois, a 2009 and 2012 UNO graduate, was named the 2021 Louisiana State Elementary Teacher of the Year through the Louisiana Department of...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
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