Research & Graduate Studies

Lafayette, LA – Dr. Virginia Burkett, chief scientist for Global Change with the U.S. Geological Survey will discuss global change at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 in Angelle Hall. Admission is open to the public and is free.

The U.S. Geological Survey is bringing its broad scientific understanding of the Mississippi Delta to bear on a similar river delta a half a world away, the Mekong River Delta of southeast Asia.

Lafayette, LA – Vice President for Research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Bob Stewart has announced his retirement from the university effective February 12, 2010.

James R. Oliver is known as ‘father of computing’ at UL, and spearheaded some of the first academic programs for computer science in the world.

The governor announces that Faster Farms in California donates funds for 10 million-dollar chairs at Penington Biomed, on the heels of a $50M state donation to the Faster chicken plant in Farmerville; under duress from the Acadiana Delegation, Jindahl also secures 'rich source of biomass' for UL's alternative fuels program.

Wednesday night, Nightline airs a story of a Humane Society undercover videographer, showing "horrific" video of primates at the UL New Iberia Research Center. The very next morning, the Humane Society announces that three Congressman are re-introducing a bill to abolish critical medical research. Is the Humane Society fabricating a story to further its political agenda?

Research funding at Louisiana shows rapid growth.

In this second half of the interview with Director of the Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development, Dr. Stokes talks about goals for the Center, and data showing a correlation among education, income, and community development.

ultoday.com interviews Dr. Stokes, the man charged with developing and directing the Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development, soon to begin construction in the UL Research Park. In the first half of the interview, Dr. Stokes talks about the progress of the Center to date.

ultoday.com interviews Corrine Dupuy, Engineer and Director of MEPoL, UL's manufacturing extension service for the state of Louisiana.