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LSU Students Selected for Nationally Acclaimed 2025 Astronaut Scholarship
This year, ASF selected 74 scholars from 51 universities across the United States. The highly competitive scholarship recognizes top students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who demonstrate academic excellence, ingenuity, and a deep commitment to research with the potential to positively impact their fields.
From LASAL to Law School: Alira Thomas’s Path to Environmental Advocacy
LASAL Alum and Duke Law Graduate Alira Thomas Reflects on Discovering Her Passion at the Ogden Honors College.
Josh Neufeld’s A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge is 2025 Shared Read
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a non-fiction graphic novel by cartoonist Josh Neufeld. Originally published as a webcomic, A.D. tells the stories of a handful of real-life New Orleans residents and their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
LSU Ogden Honors College: Keeping the best and brightest in Louisiana
Louisiana’s top students have long reported finding better opportunities for higher education and employment outside the state, creating a “brain drain” that threatens the state’s talent pool and future work force. But a new curriculum designed by LSU’s Ogden Honors College aims to reverse this trend and encourage the best and brightest to stay in Louisiana for school and whatever comes after.
Ogden Honors, biological engineering junior named 2025 Goldwater Scholar
The Goldwater Scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding students who demonstrate exceptional potential for careers in scientific research.
LSU Ogden Honors College transformed by new honors degree to shape the leaders of tomorrow
A new Bachelor of Arts degree program at LSU will enhance not only the university’s reputation, but the knowledge, expertise and career opportunities of its students. It’s the Honors TRACTS (Traditions in Critical Thought and Scholarship) BA, an innovative curriculum of LSU’s Ogden Honors College.
Advocacy in Action: Layla Harmon and the Fight for Emergency Contraceptive Awareness at LSU
LSU senior Layla Harmon has dedicated her college career to advocacy, from leading student organizations to expanding access to emergency contraception. This story highlights Harmon’s journey, her impact on campus, and the role of the Honors College in fostering student-led change.
Darius Spieth Named Ogden Honors College 2024-25 Sternberg Professor
The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College at LSU has selected Dr. Darius Spieth of the College of Art and Design as the 2024-25 Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors Professor. Established by Lea Sternberg in 1996, the professorship is the highest award conferred to faculty by the Ogden Honors College.
Ogden Honors College Student Selected for Prestigious Rangel Summer Enrichment Program
The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program designed to provide undergraduate students with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international affairs, and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers.
LSU Ogden Honors College Students Named Astronaut Scholars by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Presented by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF), the scholarship provides up to $15,000 to promising scholars while commemorating the legacy of America’s Mercury 7 astronauts—each of whom sponsored and fundraised to establish the current scholarship program. This year ASF awarded 71 scholarships to students from 48 different universities across the nation.
Recent Ogden Honors College Graduate Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Work in Spain
The English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Programs place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to the local English teachers. ETAs help teach English language while serving as cultural ambassadors for the U.S.
Ogden Honors College Junior Named 2024 Udall Scholar
The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship honors the legacies of Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall, whose careers had a significant impact on Native American self-governance, health care, and the stewardship of public lands and natural resources.
Five LSU Ogden Honors College Students Selected as 2024 Public Policy & International Affairs Program (PPIA) Fellows
The PPIA Junior Summer Institute is a rigorous six-week program offered at one of their six esteemed campus partners. This intensive program is designed to equip participants with the essential skills and knowledge required for advanced schooling and careers in public service and leadership, both domestically and globally.
Ogden Honors College Shared Read Announced for 2024
Each year, the LSU Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College selects a shared reading to introduce incoming students to the academic and intellectual culture of the Ogden Honors College through a common reading experience. Students then discuss the book in HNRS 2000 — an introductory honors seminar with a focus on critical thinking.
Two LSU Ogden Honors College Students Named Truman Scholarship Finalists
The Truman Foundation’s Finalist Selection Committee selected 193 students from 136 institutions to interview with the Foundation’s Regional Review Panels between March 1st and April 3rd. In 2024, the Foundation received 709 applications from 285 institutions.