Southern University at New Orleans News

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It has been decades since the city of New Orleans provided money to pay for the LSU AgCenter 's local operations.

Claiming that her husband's death was brought on by "severe emotional stress and mental anguish" after being fired from his administrative job at Southern University at New Orleans, a woman has sued SUNO officials and the Southern University System.

A basketball player for Southern University at New Orleans has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at his apartment.

Tulane was one of four local universities that drew the wrath of the American Association of University Professors in 2007 because, the organization said, they disregarded regulations for firing faculty members, including those with tenure, in the months after Katrina slammed New Orleans in August 2005.

Timolynn Sims, who graduated in 1998 from Southern University at New Orleans and who is executive director of the Neighborhood Partnership Network, will deliver the keynote address today at her alma mater's homecoming celebration.

An outreach program sponsored by the Jeremiah Group for prospective first-time homebuyers interested in a new mortgage subsidy will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Southern University at New Orleans.

Southern University at New Orleans has received $1.75 million from the National Science Foundation for the next five years for its Enhancement, Enrichment and Excellence in Mathematics and Science grant.

Romona Latrice Lazard and Kenneth Wayne Lamb, both of Opleousas, will exchange wedding vows on October 3, 2009, during a 2 p.m. ceremony at Community Chapel Church of God in Christ in Opelousas.

African Cultural Connections Southern University at New Orleans' Center for African and African-American Studies and the New Orleans African-American Museum of Art, Culture and History have teamed to produce "African Cultural Connections, " an exhibit that will "focus on African contributions to New Orleans, Louisiana and the nation." The show, ...

Repairs to brick pathways, entry buildings and other structures in the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park have started.. The garden, which will be closed while the $2.6 million project is under way, is slated to reopen in January.

An exhibit of African art, including about 20 pieces from Southern University at New Orleans that were restored after festering in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, will open Friday at 6 p.m. at the New Orleans African-American Museum of Art, Culture and History at 1418 Gov.

Southern University at New Orleans will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its opening at BASH IV on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Hilton Riverside from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom.

Last week, both Xavier University and Southern University at New Orleans were in celebratory moods since each university's fall enrollment is at post-Hurricane Katrina highs.

Audubon Park, the live-oak-shaded enclave stretching from St. Charles Avenue to the Mississippi River that was the site of a world's fair in 1884, will be the topic of a free lecture Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Cabildo on Jackson Square.

Delgado Community College had to turn about 1,500 students away this semester because its campuses are still not repaired, according to the school's Chancellor, Ron Wright.

TEXT SIZE The Associated Press As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Southern University at New Orleans, which has clawed its way back to 85 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina enrollment, will get $32 million in additional grants to rebuild four academic buildings on its original campus, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday in front of a receptive faculty conclave.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Monday that FEMA will be paying $32 million to replace four Southern University at New Orleans buildings destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will visit Southern University at New Orleans today at 10:30 a.m. to deliver remarks about the Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts, including specifics regarding hurricane damaged buildings at SUNO, located at 6400 Press Drive .