LSU Interior Designers Enhance Louisiana Schools, Welcome Students to Campus
Designing for Donaldsonville LSU interior design faculty and students recently enhanced common spaces in several Ascension Parish public schools, gaining work experience in real-life settings and bringing design strategies to educational environments. The initiative…
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Melinda Jacob: Breathing Life into the Digital Canvas
Originally from Mandeville, Melinda Jacob has been guided by one constant—her lifelong passion for visual art. A recent Bachelor of Arts grad, Jacob has found a way to merge her love for traditional artistry…
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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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LSU Students Won 2025 ASLA Georgia Student Honor Award
LSU landscape architecture students won the 2025 ASLA Georgia Student Honor Award, presented by the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in August 2025. The winning project titled, “Eco Collective:…
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Piper Hall Creates Logo Honoring 20th Anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
Piper Hall, BFA candidate/graphic design concentration, worked with the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) to produce a logo commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “Her team’s work…
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Chris Baos Receives LAF Research Award
MLA candidate Chris Baos is the winner of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)’s 2025 Kenneth R. Brooks MLA Research Scholarship. Originally from Greece, Chris is pursuing a Master of Landscape Architecture at the…
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LSU Faculty and Student Researchers Develop Engineering and Design Solutions Aimed to Advance Coastal Resilience
Ecosystem restoration is defined as “the action of repairing sites in nature to their former function or condition.” Climate impacts negatively affect coastal ecosystem functionality, communities, and infrastructures. Consequently, restoration efforts are increasingly focused…
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Angelina Nguyen Selected for 2025 Metropolis Future100
Angelina Nguyen, an undergraduate architecture student, was selected for the 2025 METROPOLIS Future100. Each year, METROPOLIS magazine recognizes the top graduating architecture and interior design students across the United States and Canada through its prestigious…
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Meet Safiyeh Niknami, MFA 2025
Designer of the World Safiyeh Niknami is an artist and designer born and nurtured in the rich cultural heritage of Iran. She graduates with an MFA in graphic design at LSU in 2025, and…
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Art & Design Students Attend LSU Disney Leadership Experience
Designers Experience the Magic of Disney This spring break, Aubrey Sorrells Landaiche, Bachelor of Art & Design junior, and Kylee Obermeyer, Bachelor of Interior Design senior, were among the LSU students who traveled to the…
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Landscape Architecture Students Propose Mini Farms for Baton Rouge Urban Agriculture
Urban farming plays a crucial role in fostering sustainable, resilient communities by reconnecting people to the land, promoting local food production, and reducing the environmental impact of industrial agriculture. As cities grow, innovative solutions…
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Meet Katharina Wang: MArch Student & Interior Design Instructor
Katharina Beliveau Wang, NCIDQ, has experienced LSU many ways: as an undergraduate student (she received her Bachelor of Interior Design degree in 2018,) as an alumna, and now as a graduate student pursuing her…
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LSU School of Art Spring 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibitions begin at Glassell Gallery March 12
Each year, LSU School of Art Master of Fine Arts candidates prepare a thesis exhibition to share the culmination of the three-years of study and practice at LSU School of Art. This year, Glassell…
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration on a Service-Learning Project in Savannah: LSU and UGA Students Forge Connections Through Design
Landscape architecture students in the LA 3001 Site Planning and Design course led by Yao Wang, assistant professor of landscape architecture in the LSU College of Art & Design, and the PLAN 6520 Urban…
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Meet Ashten White: B.A. 2024 & LSU Legacy
Ashten White is a soon-to-be LSU graduate, who’s following the legacy of a trailblazing creative family. Her grandfather, Julian T. White, was an architect – the second Black licensed architect in the state…
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LSU NOMAS Named Chapter of the Year
The LSU National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMAS) chapter was named the 2024 national “Chapter of the Year” at the annual national NOMA Conference and Exposition in Baltimore October 23–27, 2024. LSU NOMAS President…
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Meet Meredyth Yorek: DDes Candidate, DMAE Alum Designing for the Future
“My research is at the intersection of digital twins and game design technologies, with a specialized focus on digital preservation,” Meredyth Yorek said. When she was an undergraduate student first applying to LSU,…
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Landscape Architecture Students Map Trees for Baton Rouge Community
Trees create oxygen, cast shade, and also play a role in reducing air pollution, especially in major cities. Trees have ecological benefits including contributing to storm water management, and other pressing issues for Louisiana….
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PAVE Student Design Competition 2024 at LSU
LSU is partnering with Our Lady of the Lake Health to operate the Primary Care and Specialty Care Clinics and Mental Health Service. Together they are committed to providing comprehensive health resources and education…
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Joelle Nagy in Ogden Museum’s Louisiana Contemporary 2024
Joelle Nagy, MFA August 2024 graduate of the LSU School of Art, was selected to be included in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Louisiana Contemporary 2024 exhibition. The works are on view August…
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