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Angelle Bourgeois, a 2009 and 2012 UNO graduate, was named the 2021 Louisiana State Elementary Teacher of the Year through the Louisiana Department of Education.

_{September 8, 2020}

UNO Alumna Angelle Bourgeois Named 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year

91ֱ�� alumna Angelle Bourgeois has been named the 2021 Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year. Read more

“The Big Door Prize,” set in a fictional south Louisiana town, is M.O. Walsh’s second novel.

_{August 31, 2020}

CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel

M.O. Walsh, director of the 91ֱ�� Creative Writing Workshop, has published his highly anticipated second novel, “The Big Door Prize.” Read more

91ֱ�� alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)

_{August 21, 2020}

91ֱ�� Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List

The 91ֱ�� is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”

_{August 11, 2020}

Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at 91ֱ��’

Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New Orleans office to navigate the I-10 East traffic toward the 91ֱ��. Brown spent much of his time navigating the political landscape as a speechwriter for then-Mayor Marc Morial before heading to UNO’s Creative Writing Workshop. Read more

91ֱ�� counseling student Ash Bayer awarded $10,000 fellowship.

_{August 10, 2020}

UNO Counseling Student Ash Bayer Awarded $10,000 Fellowship

Ash M. Bayer, a student in the 91ֱ�� master’s counseling program, has been awarded a $10,000 fellowship by the NBCC Foundation. Read more

Human performance and health promotion professor Marc Bonis’ recent review of several studies indicates regular exercise is beneficial in fighting COVID-19.

_{July 30, 2020}

Physical Activity Could Reduce Severity of COVID-19 Research Suggests

Doctors have long touted the health benefits of physical exercise. Read more

Four attendees at the convention of formerly enslaved people held in 1916 in Washington, D.C. (L-R) Lewis Martin, Martha Banks, Amy Ware, and Reverend S.P. Drew, who was born free. (Library of Congress)

_{July 28, 2020}

Freedom on the Move Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Help Create ‘Freedom’s Loom,’ An Expanded Database

Freedom on the Move, an online database that seeks to document the lives of fugitives from North American slavery using newspaper ads placed by ens Read more

91ֱ�� transportation studies professor Guang Tian is researching ways to reduce the number of railroad crossings in Louisiana. The state has one of the highest number of grade crossing collisions in the nation.(Getty Image)

_{July 24, 2020}

How Can Louisiana Reduce Its Rail Crossings? UNO Transportation Studies Professor Guang Tian’s Research Seeks That Answer

There are more than 3,000 at-grade crossings of public and private roads with railroads in Louisiana, which researchers say contribute to the state Read more

Mayor Tim Adams is the winner of the 2020 Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award and Sheba Turk is the 2020 Homer Hitt Young Alumna of the Year.

_{July 23, 2020}

Mayor Timothy Adams to Receive 2020 UNO Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award

Timothy Adams, a business executive and the mayor of Bowie, Maryland, will receive the 2020 91ֱ�� Homer L. Read more