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Volume 121 · No. 32
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ADMINISTRATION
Stone Cold
Professor invents cooling material patented by University
BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Last week, the Louisiana Board of Regents named the School of the Coast and Environment the University’s newest college. The change comes in recognition of the program’s achievements in research and education, according to a press release from the LSU Media Center. The College of the Coast and Environment has grown steadily since its founding in 2001. The program grew from three undergraduates and 83 graduate students in fall 2008 to 85 undergraduates and 121 graduate students in fall 2015, according to data from the Office of Budget and Planning. Christopher D’Elia, professor and dean of the College of the Coast and Environment, said the transition has been in
BY CAITIE BURKES | @caitie1221
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ith a periodic table recipe and a hefty $30,000 LIFT2 grant, University physics professor Shane Stadler went to the lab and created a cooling material. Joined by a University team of a post-doctorate, a graduate student and three undergraduate students, Stadler offers an eco-friendly alternative to refrigeration techniques. By alloying a compound of nickel, manganese and silicon with one of iron, cobalt and germanium, the elements form a new full compound, which is the material Stadler and his group produced. Magnetic Cool, a local entrepreneurial venture company, was “basically created to develop this [product],” Stadler said. The company plans to eventually develop a device that utilizes the material to advance
see COOL, page 7
School of Coast and Environment undergoes name change
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see NEW COLLEGE, page 7
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate funds media labs, resources for WGS, HSE
BY BETH CARTER @bethie_carter
In an effort to build relationships with departments and colleges on campus, Student Government allocated around $1,400 to create multimedia labs for the College of Human Sciences and Education and the Women’s and Gender Studies department during its Feb. 17 meeting. SGFB Nos. 2 and 3 give $707 to HSE and $719 to WGS to fund the labs, which, when completed, will include 32” Smart HDTVs, web cameras and
Apple TVs that students and faculty can use to prepare presentations and communicate with out-of-state faculty and peers. Senator Jacob Phagan, author of the bills, said the initiative was brought to his attention during a Student Technology Fee Committee meeting. “We had a discretionary fund for about a million dollars we got to use,” Phagan said. “Because they were such small amounts, the committee decided not to fund them ... so we said, ‘Let Student Government
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fund them.’” In addition to housing reading materials and information for the department, the current WGS library, located in Himes Hall, also serves as a meeting place for faculty and students. For some classes, these meeting rooms also serve as classrooms. WGS graduate assistant Ray Siebenkittel said the need for a media lab is evident because the gathering space for the department does not even have the resources for
see RESOURCES, page 7
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Student Government finance bill No. 3 will fund a television, webcam and an Apple TV for the WGS media room in 112 Himes.
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