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Earning an advanced math degree can help you make a real difference in our everyday lives. Because math is the basis for all other scientific endeavors—along with its applications in other fields—we see and use it everywhere. How, you ask? Just look around you! We owe a lot to advanced mathematics...

As a new or returning grad student, you may be feeling any number of emotions as the start of the semester draws closer. Whether you are brimming with excitement to start your research and classes, or are feeling nervous about adjusting to a new schedule (or, most likely, feel somewhere in between!)...

The calendar’s marked, lunch reservations are made, and you now know exactly how much coffee you can consume before you start to sympathize with those reality television shows focused on people battling with addiction. You've made it to graduation. But as you wrap up classes with a well-deserved...

When you’re operating on a grad student budget, reigning in expenses is critical. After rent, food probably takes the second largest chunk of your monthly income. And when your time is just as scarce as your pennies, you may end up eating fast food more than you, your wallet, or your stomach would...

Meet Dr. J. Bruce Fuller, who graduated from the English doctoral program at �鶹AV in 2015 and is now a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University in California. Why did you pursue your English degree with a concentration in creative writing, and why did you choose �鶹AV's English...

Meet Dr. Brian Schubert, assistant professor in the �鶹AV School of Geosciences since January 2013. He is one of two geology master’s program graduate coordinators and heads the stable isotope geochemistry lab (Schubert Lab), where master’s in geology students study how plants respond to...

Patricia Cottonham is the Vice President for Student Affairs at the �鶹AV — and she is earning an EdD in Educational Leadership in her spare time. It should come as no surprise that she’s pursuing the Higher Education leadership concentration. To say her job is...

When you talk to Matthew Teutsch about his plans as a Fulbright Scholar teaching at the University of Bergen in Norway, the last thing you’d think he would be excited about is the crawfish. But, Matthew is a man with a ravenous appetite not just for the delicious delicacies of South Louisiana, but...

Meet Dr. Michael Totaro, the graduate coordinator for the master’s in informatics program and associate professor in the School of Computing & Informatics. He’s been recognized for his commitment to the field and to his students. He’s now leading the state’s first master’s program in informatics at...

The �鶹AV Louisiana Accelerator Center brings together faculty members, researchers, graduate students and industry professionals to “tackle problems which are relevant to society,” says center director Dr. Harry J. Whitlow. And that research affects everything from our teeth to our waterways...