Veteran journalist Ed Cullen and December 2015 mass communication graduate Rebecca Doctor team up to take a look at the state of Religion on Campus. Despite surveys that show organized religion continuing to lose ground on U.S. college campuses, chaplains and leaders of other religious organizations at LSU say religion, in its many forms, is healthy on the Baton Rouge campus and the presence of religion at LSU is about what is found around the Southeastern Conference.
Twenty-four individuals recognized this year at the Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony received awards underwritten by the LSU Alumni Association, including ten recipients of the new Rising Faculty Research Award. Meet these Rising Stars, who represent seven different colleges in disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, and sciences.