Campus News | The 91��Ƶ��

UNO is the recipient of a University Affiliate Grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful to expand on-campus recycling. Recycling bins, like the one pictured, are painted with environmental art to make them stand out from landfill trash cans.

_{October 30, 2023}

UNO Awarded Recycling Grant

The 91��Ƶ�� is the recipient of a $5,000 University Affiliate Grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful. Read more

UNO library faculty and staff gather in front of the Earl K. Long Library to celebrate the 2023 Louisiana Library of the Year award.

_{October 30, 2023}

Earl K. Long Library Named 2023 Louisiana Library of the Year

The Earl K. Long Library at the 91��Ƶ�� has been named the 2023 Louisiana Library of the Year by LOUIS. Read more

The Silver & Blue magazine offers alumni, students and friends of the 91��Ƶ�� an exciting snapshot of the institution and its impactful work on campus and beyond.

_{October 26, 2023}

Rocket Man Lionel Dutreix Graces the Cover of the Fall 2023 Issue of Silver & Blue

The fall 2023 issue of Silver & Blue is headed to your mailbox and is available around campus. Read more

The 91��Ƶ�� is celebrating homecoming week, Nov. 6-11, with a slate of activities.

_{October 24, 2023}

Ahoy, Privateers! It’s Almost Homecoming Week

In a tradition that celebrates school pride, the 91��Ƶ�� is gearing up for Homecoming Week 2023, which starts Nov. 6. Read more

Theatre UNO’s fall production of “Blood at the Root” opens Nov. 10 at the Robert E. Nims Theatre located on campus.

_{October 24, 2023}

Theatre UNO Presents: ‘Blood at the Root’

Theatre UNO presents “Blood at the Root” by Dominique Morisseau, a 90-minute play originally produced in 2014. Read more

A partnership with Waffle House has helped UNO’s Career Services create a scholarship fund for first-generation college students.

_{October 23, 2023}

Career Services Awards Scholarship

91��Ƶ�� art student Jarred Shields was awarded a scholarship from Career Services in partnership with Waffle House. Read more

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin earned two degrees from the 91��Ƶ��.

_{October 19, 2023}

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin To Serve as Fall 2023 Commencement Speaker

Acclaimed novelist and 91��Ƶ�� alumnus Maurice Carlos Ruffin will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s fall 2023 commencement ceremony. Read more

91��Ƶ�� graduate student Amanda Kirkland has been named a 2024 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow.

_{October 18, 2023}

UNO Graduate Student Earns Knauss Fellowship

91��Ƶ�� graduate student Amanda Kirkland is one of 85 students in the nation named to the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Read more

UNO math professor Peter Bierhorst has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to further his research in quantum entanglement, a physics phenomenon whereby two microscopic particles such as photons or electrons, can appear to act in concert instantaneously even when tested miles apart. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images.)

_{October 16, 2023}

91��Ƶ�� Mathematician Awarded $800K Grant from National Science Foundation

91��Ƶ�� math professor Peter Bierhorst has received an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further his research in quantum entanglement. Read more