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Student population is expanding at Southern University Baton Rouge. In particular, for the first time in several years, the University experienced significant growth in important sectors this fall.

The Southern University Baton Rouge Environmental Toxicology department recently received renewal of a Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) grant for 2017-2018.

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Environmental Toxicology research group (left - right) Benathel McLemore, Prathyusha Bagam, Rakeysha Pinkston, Sanjay Batra, Gagandeep Kaur, Dhirendra P. Singh receive grant support from FAMRI for its fifth year.

The Southern University Land-Grant Campus will host a Produce Safety Alliance Grower’s Training from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., September 25, 2017 at the SU Ag Center, 181 B.A. Little Drive, in Baton Rouge.

Southern University Shreveport celebrates "Spirit Week" September 19-22, 2017. Several events and activities are scheduled at the main campus on MLK Drive and at the downtown Shreveport campus at 610 Texas Street.

The SU Law Center, Friday, September 1, 2017, celebrated 70 years of access and opportunity. Events began Thursday, August 31, where significant contributors were invited to a reception with Chancellor Pierre to thank them for their support of the Law Center.

Southern University is expanding its footprint to downtown Baton Rouge through a partnership with Mentorship Academy. Entering into its second year, the partners signed a three-year agreement to share space at the Mentorship Academy which is located in a six-story downtown building and in an adjacent annex where additional student services are offered.

Southern University Shreveport, Thursday, August 17, 2017, cut ribbon on the first new classroom building on the main campus since the 1950s. The recently constructed $7.5 million, 36,000-square-foot learning facility is named in honor of the late State Senator Alphonse Jackson, a long-time legislator, community organizer, and Southern University advocate.

Jocha Gordon, a popular admissions counselor at Southern University Baton Rouge was presented the July

2017 "Above and Beyond" Award during the SU Board of Supervisors regular monthly meeting, July 21, on the Baton Rouge campus.

For the second time in two years, the Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) College of Nursing and Allied Health claimed a HBCU Award for "Best Nursing Program," and Cheryl Taylor, chairperson, Graduate Nursing Programs, and director, Office of Nursing Research won the "Female Faculty Member of the Year," honor, during an awards dinner, July 14, 2017, at the Gallup Building in Washington, D.C.

One African-American woman in STEM who has charted a path to a successful STEM-centered career is California-based GRI Technology Solutions, LLC President and CEO Charlotta Carter.