POV: You walked into the LSU Bookstore and found the best study break ever. 😻☕️ Cats. Coffee. Calm. Big thanks to the LSU Student Health Center, the LSU Bookstore, and Cat Haven of Baton Rouge for bringing the cozy to campus.

Leaders, faculty, staff and students from across LSU's system celebrated LSU Day at the Louisiana State Capitol.$543 million dollars in combined research activity across all campuses is one of many achievements highlighted by student and faculty as they interacted with lawmakers.

Danielle Gipson, an LSU senior honors student majoring in biochemistry, has researched both the medical and social aspects of Louisiana's high breast cancer death rate, helping to shine a light on the issue and bring hope for a multi-faceted approach to solving it.

Whether it’s hurricane-resilient and termite-resistant housing materials, breakthrough cancer treatments and life-saving medical tests, more drought- and weather-tolerant crops, hands-on coastal preservation and restoration, cybersecurity for state ports and small businesses, energy development and expansion, or countless other research and outreach initiatives, the work of LSU innovators benefits people in Louisiana and across the nation every day of the year. Learn more at LSU.edu/accolades.

Professor Jan Hondzinski and graduate student Taylor Gauss work with the Parkinson’s community on ways to lessen symptoms and improve quality of life.