Elena FitzPatrick Sifford Presents Research on the First Images of Africans in the Americas
This summer, Elena Fitzpatrick Sifford, assistant professor of art history at LSU, traveled to Florence, Venice, and Padua to conduct research for her Italian Renaissance courses, and she presented a paper at the Sixteenth Century Studies…
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A Monarch Motorway
In some cases, highways can work for rather than against wildlife, especially when a thoroughfare extends along an endangered pollinator’s migratory route. In 2015, President Obama established the Pollinator Health Task Force to address…
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Art History Professor Darius A. Spieth To Publish Two Books on Art Markets
This summer, LSU Art History Professor Darius A. Spieth had the rare pleasure of signing, within a few days, two separate book contracts with renowned international academic presses. Brill, located in Leiden, The Netherlands,…
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Sustainable Development Pioneer Emmanuel Stefanakis Named Special Advisor to the Dean for International Initiatives
Emmanuel Stefanakis, principal of Sustainable Strategies International, is serving as special advisor to the dean for international initiatives at the LSU College of Art & Design through June 2016. Stefanakis is working with LSU…
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Architecture Student Christopher James Receives LSU Discover Scholar Award
Christopher James, a third-year LSU School of Architecture student from Clearwater, Florida, has been named a 2016 LSU Discover Scholar award winner. The LSU Discover Scholar award recognizes students who exemplify the potential for…
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Spring 2016 Nadine Carter Russell Chair to Lecture and Lead Seminars on Louisiana Landscape Lexicon
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, ASLA, AIA, has been named the spring 2016 Nadine Carter Russell Chair, a rotating residency shared among the four disciplines in the LSU College of Art & Design—this year’s residency is…
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Article by Professor Ursula Emery McClure Published in International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment
A. Hays Town Professor Ursula Emery McClure recently published an article, “A Conditional Preservation of Ephemeral Sites,” in the University of Pennsylvania Press journal, Change Over Time, an international journal of conservation and the…
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Exploring the Global Context of Brazilian “Tropical Surrealism”
What brings a student from Brazil to the art history program at LSU? According to Glauco Adorno, outstanding faculty and a graduate assistantship he could not refuse. After majoring in graphic design, Glauco worked…
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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Design
Lynne Baggett, LSU School of Art graphic design professor, and undergraduate students in the Graphic Design Student Office (GDSO) attended and presented at the 2015 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, September 20–22….
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Radiation and Pottery?
LSU MFA candidate Mike Stumbras has teamed up with health physics PhD candidate Charlie Wilson and health physics graduate student Amin Hamideh to develop a ceramic glaze that can be predictably colored with…
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Scholarship by Art Historian Darius A. Spieth featured in Official Journal of the Louvre Museum
LSU Art History Professor Darius A. Spieth was invited to contribute an article in French to the current issue of La Grande Galerie, the official journal of the Louvre Museum. The invitation was extended…
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Art History Professor Susan Elizabeth Ryan Presents at ISEA 2015
Susan Elizabeth Ryan, art history professor at LSU and author of Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age (MIT Press, 2014), presented her paper, “Hyperdressing: Wearable Technology in the Time of Global…
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Landscape Architecture Senior Erin Percevault Selected to Tiger Twelve Class of 2015!
Senior landscape architecture student Erin Percevault has been selected to the Tiger Twelve Class of 2015. Students selected to the Tiger Twelve hold themselves to the “highest standards of academic, personal, and social integrity;…
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Maria Muñoz Named Winner of 2015 Olmsted Scholars Program
The Landscape Architecture Foundation has announced that fourth-year LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) student Maria Muñoz was selected as the undergraduate winner of the 2015 Olmsted Scholars Program, the premier national…
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Marsha Cuddeback Presents Research at Sustainability Conference in Denmark and IDEC Conferences
Marsha Cuddeback, Ruth Z. McCoy Professor of Interior Design, presented her paper, “Sustainable Design Education in the Twenty-First Century: Reconceptualizing Course Content and Pedagogy,” at the Eleventh International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and…
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LSU Interior Design Faculty Present Research at National IDEC Conference
Four LSU School of Interior Design faculty members will present at the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2015 Annual Conference | Catalyst for Innovation. The mission of the IDEC is the advancement of interior…
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Sabbaticals Strengthen Interior Design Program and Enhance Learning at LSU
LSU School of Interior Design Chair Jim Sullivan plans for sabbaticals to become the norm as the program continues to evolve and expand. Sabbaticals provide opportunities for faculty to set aside teaching and service responsibilities…
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Art History Faculty Present Research at College Art Association Conference in NYC
LSU art history faculty members Susan Elizabeth Ryan and Elena FitzPatrick Sifford will be presenting at the 2015 College Art Association Meeting at the Hilton New York in New York City on February 12….
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Digital Art MFA Student Jamie Kutner Leads Workshop at ATypI in Barcelona
Type designers, type publishers, educators, calligraphers, and software writers—anyone and everyone who matters in the type world—gathered in Barcelona in September to discuss and explore typography at ATypI Barcelona 2014. And LSU School of…
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MIT Press Publishes New Book by Art History Professor Susan Elizabeth Ryan
Susan Elizabeth Ryan’s book, Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age, was published by MIT Press in June 2014. Ryan is a professor of contemporary and new media art history and theory…
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