Faculty & Staff

LSU celebrated three faculty members during the Presidential Laurel recognition ceremony. The event recognizes the exceptional academic and research accomplishments of faculty over the past academic year.

The LSU Board of Supervisors has named six faculty members as Boyd Professors, the university’s highest academic honor. This historic cohort—the largest ever—includes four from LSU, one from LSU Shreveport, and one from Pennington Biomedical.

LSU recently honored its employees with 25 years or more of service at the 2025 Faculty & Staff Recognition Jazz Brunch.

Nearly everyone has looked up at the night sky and wondered about the mysteries of the universe. LSU astrophysicist Eric Burns says he and his fellow experts are doing that very thing from a scientific perspective, and they recently struck gold.

The American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation have honored Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman with the 2025 E.V. McCollum Award – given to a clinical investigator who is perceived as a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition.

LSU custodian and Army veteran Brenda Finklstein is a finalist for Cintas’ National Custodian of the Year. Her dedication to LSU’s preschool and its children makes her a true community hero.