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LSU Chancellor Jim Dalton visited LIGO in Livingston, La. to learn how LSU researchers helped detect gravitational waves and confirm Einstein's theory of relativity. Guided by Boyd Professor Gabriela González, he toured one of the world's leading physics facilities.

LSU graduate student Ahmani Brown leads his thesis research examining how black mangrove expansion affects marsh periwinkle snails in Louisiana coastal marshes. Brown works alongside advisor Dr. Morgan Kelly and postdoctoral researchers Katherine Eaton and Isabelle Neylan to collect and study specimens in the field.

A team of LSU researchers has pinpointed a specific type of lung cell that acts as a master switch for the harmful inflammation caused by a dangerous class of air pollutants—a discovery that opens the door to new treatments for asthma and other respiratory diseases.