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UL Lafayette Students Win Top Poster Awards

UL Lafayette Students Win Top Poster Awards

Two University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduate students took first and second place in a graduate research poster competition at an international statistics and combinatorics conference.


Space

Live Poll

Should the U.S. prioritize funding research to sustain plant life in space environments?

Space

Lafayette Professor Studies Water Flow in Lunar Gravity

University of Louisiana-Lafayette researcher Karl Hasenstein tests how fluids behave in one-sixth of Earth gravity.

Lafayette Professor Studies Water Flow in Lunar Gravity

Geology

Live Poll

Should landowners be encouraged to report fossil finds to local universities?

Geology

Landowner Uncovers Mammoth Fossils in Lafayette

Curt Matte found mammoth remains, including jaws, teeth and likely tusks, and contacted a UL Lafayette museum director to document the find.

Landowner Uncovers Mammoth Fossils in Lafayette

Geography

Live Poll

Should scientific research achievements receive more public recognition and visibility in the media?

Geography

Geological Society Named Brian Schubert to 50 Under 50

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor earned recognition for his pioneering research on tree rings.

Geological Society Named Brian Schubert to 50 Under 50

Environmental

Live Poll

Should local institutions prioritize relocating wild hives rather than disposing of them?

Environmental

Beekeeper Removed Large Hive From UL Lafayette Campus

A colony of approximately 65,000 honeybees was relocated from a campus tree to a new site in Judice.

Beekeeper Removed Large Hive From UL Lafayette Campus