Mardi Gras Project Selected for International Design Award
Masood Koochaki’s Mardi Gras-inspired studio project, “The Spine: A Celebration of Mardi Gras and Collective Presence,” received an International Design Awards (IDA) 2025 Silver Award in Commercial Architecture – Cultural/Educational Architecture, with Louisiana State University recognized…
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LSU School of Art will present Twofold, featuring collaborative work by Addoley Dzegede and Visiting Artist Lyndon Barrois Jr. January 21–February 28, 2026.
LSU School of Art will present the exhibition Twofold by Addoley Dzegede and visiting artist Lyndon Barrois Jr. A joint exhibition as their collaborative entity LAB-D, Twofold explores the artists’ individual responses to the…
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Watch Commencement Livestream
The fall 2025 LSU College of Art & Design commencement ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. in the LSU Student Union Theater. Watch ceremony recording. About the Commencement Speaker Traci Birch is an…
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Meet Max Conrad: 60 Years at LSU
LSU’s second-longest-serving professor, Max Z. Conrad, is retiring, after 60 years of teaching landscape architecture to LSU students. He has left an incredible legacy at the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. He shared…
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Annual Report 2024-2025
The College of Art & Design Annual Report 2024-2025 is live! Check out the digital publication with videos & links to stories from the year. Read report.
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Designing Her Dreams: How LSU Alumna Olivia Westbrooks Is Helping Others Find Home and Joy
Olivia Westbrooks, interior designer and LSU alumna is the co-host of “Home is Where the Heart Is,” the new home design show streaming now on Hallmark+. She stars alongside Hallmark actor and woodworker…
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XR Studio: Horror Production Course
LSU Horror Film Production Course Takes Filmmaking to a New Level with Louisiana’s First LED Volume Wall Read more.
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Alumni Spotlight: TIEK BYDAY Led by LSU Design Grads
LSU alumni-led team TIEK BYDAY are transforming spaces in South Louisiana and beyond. Their approach is decidedly interdisciplinary: as a collaborative team of architects and interior designers, they work together to create designs that…
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Professors Max Conrad and Charles Fryling Awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards
Professors of landscape architecture Max Conrad and Charles Fryling were awarded lifetime achievement awards for their many years of service to the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA). The awards were presented…
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LSU Researchers Envision the Future of Coastal Resilience With and For Louisiana Communities
James Spencer, a professor of architecture from LSU’s College of Art & Design is collaborating with experts in flood modeling, community adaptation, environmental laws and policies, civic advocacy, and community fundraising, many of whom…
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Fabio Capra-Ribeiro Selected for NASEM Early Career Research Fellowship
Dr. Fabio Capra-Ribeiro, assistant professor of architecture, has been selected for the new Early Career Research Fellowship of the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He is…
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Katharina Wang: Innovating with Glass
Katharina Wang’s creative scholarship and research explores the intersection of art, design and technology. “I’m exploring the question: how can digital fabrication support traditional glass forming techniques?” she said. With support from the Stouffer…
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Malcolm McClay’s Performance “Unwinding the Universe” Explores Neurodiversity
The HopKins Black Box theatre at Louisiana State University, in collaboration with artists and scholars from LSU and the New Orleans arts community, presents Unwinding the Universe, a new performance that explores the lived…
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LSU art historian Darius Spieth decorated as Chevalier of France’s Ordre des Palmes académiques
The Consulate General of France in New Orleans has decorated LSU art historian Darius A. Spieth as Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, a historic distinction recognizing exemplary service to education and culture. The Sept. 9 ceremony at the Résidence de France included remarks and official photos.
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LSU Digital Art Faculty Partner to Create Digital Twins for Chemical Processing Facilities
LSU, FUEL, Syngenta Partner to Develop Low-cost Digital Twins for Chemical Processing Facilities Syngenta, a science-based agriculture company with a key production site in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, has partnered with LSU and FUEL to…
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LSU Engineering & Architecture Faculty Bring Solar Stations to Campus
LSU architecture assistant professor Soo Jeong Jo is collaborating with Engineering faculty to figure out how to deploy solar infrastructure into an urban environment. Read more: LSU Engineering, Architecture Faculty Bring Solar Stations…
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LSU Architecture Team’s Post-Katrina Project Revived Community; Inspired Future Response Efforts
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August 2005, a team of LSU School of Architecture students and New Orleans residents began building new homes in the Lower Ninth Ward, working together to start…
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Shaped by Katrina, LSU’s Traci Birch Is Now Helping Plan for a Stronger Louisiana
Traci Birch was a Ph.D. student and practicing urban planner when she was forced to evacuate from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She thought she’d be back home in a few days….
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Tracy Evans Named the New Executive Director of Development for the LSU College of Art & Design
Tracy Evans, Executive Director of Development at the LSU Foundation, has been named the new development lead for the LSU College of Art & Design. “We are excited to welcome Tracy to the LSU…
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Allison Young Named SAAM Research Fellow
Dr. Allison Young, assistant professor of art history, has been named a 2025-26 Smithsonian American Art Museum research fellow. As a Patricia and Phillip Frost Senior Fellow, Dr. Young will devote her fellowship to…
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