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Southern University's Baton Rouge campuses will be closed on Tuesday, July 3 for a planned outage so that electricity provider Entergy can make a repair at the substation that feeds the campus. 

Recently, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston was deemed a historic site by the American Physical Society (APS).

Southern University Athletics received a $300k gift in support of the Tony Clayton Championship Plaza project during the recent SU System Board of Supervisors meeting.

Twenty-three small farmers from 11 states received certificates of completion during a graduation ceremony for Cohort VI of the SU Land-Grant Campus’ Regional Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute.

Southern University received the green light to move forward with its medical marijuana program. The Southern University Board of Supervisors approved a contract with Advanced Biomedics, LLC, with a 12 – 3 vote, during its regularly scheduled meeting on May 25.

“It’s great to be a third generation Jaguar. I am really happy for this opportunity,” exclaimed Elijah Precciely, 11-year-old incoming physics/mechanical engineering student at Southern University.

The Southern University Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) Quiz Bowl team again ranked in the Sweet Sixteen after participating in competitive tournaments in Torrance, California.

Cheryl Taylor, chairperson of Southern University’s graduate nursing programs, was recently named a “trailblazer” by the National Black Nurses Association. Taylor, also an associate professor at Southern, is one of five nurses nationally to be recognized. She is one of two nurses from Louisiana to receive the honor.

Construction crews are expected to break ground this summer on a 147-unit student housing complex and a 15,000-square-foot alumni center at Southern University. The SU Alumni Federation will develop, own and operate both the student housing and alumni center projects.