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Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[7] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926, consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, and the main campus historic district occupies a 650-acre (260 ha) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.

"Louisiana State" redirects here. For the U.S. state, see Louisiana.

Former names

Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana (1853–1861)
Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (1874–1877)
University of Louisiana (1913–1921)
Louisiana State University (1860–1913; 1922–1963)

January 2, 1860 (January 2, 1860)[1]

$625.06 million (2022)[2]

Roy Haggerty

1,500[3]

5,000[3]

37,354 (fall 2022)[4]

Midsize City, 4,925 acres (1,993 ha)

Purple and gold[5]
   

Highland Road, Baton Rouge

95 acres (38 ha)

1920s

Theodore C. Link; Wogan & Bernard; Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth; Neild, Somdal & Neild

88001586[6] (original)
100010174 (increase)

September 15, 1988

April 10, 2024

LSU is the flagship university of the state of Louisiana, as well as the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System. In 2021, the university enrolled over 28,000 undergraduate and more than 4,500 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[8] LSU operates some 800 sponsored research projects funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.[9][10] LSU is one of eight universities in the United States with dental, law, veterinary, medical, and Master of Business Administration programs.[11]


LSU's athletics department fields teams in 21 varsity sports (nine men's, 12 women's), and is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the SEC (Southeastern Conference). The university is represented by its mascot, Mike the Tiger.[12]

Undergraduate admissions statistics

70.9

(Neutral decrease âˆ’5.5)

27.2

(Decrease âˆ’12.4)

1130–1300

23–29

279

401–500

801–850

601–800

The university's Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture has been consistently ranked among the best undergraduate and graduate programs by DesignIntelligence for "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools". The journal has ranked the school in the top five since 2004.

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The LSU College of Engineering undergraduate program was ranked 91st by U.S. News & World Report, while the graduate program was ranked 94th.

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The is ranked as the 75th best law school in the nation by the 2010 U.S. News Rankings of Best Law Schools.[85] LSU law graduates have the highest first-time bar passage rate in Louisiana.[11]

Paul M. Hebert Law Center

In 2009, magazine ranked LSU among the top 12 Entrepreneurial Colleges and Universities in the nation.[86]

Entrepreneur

The LSU College of Education graduate program was ranked 86th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

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The LSU French program, comprising the Department of French Studies and the Center for French and Francophone Studies, is recognized by the Cultural Services office of the French Ambassador to the United States as a centre d'excellence, an honor given to only 15 university French programs in the United States, and is ranked as one of the top 20 undergraduate French programs in the nation.[89]

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The LSU graduate program in fine arts is ranked 62nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

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The LSU graduate program in library and information studies is ranked 27th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

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The LSU School of Social Work is ranked 79th in the nation by the 2015 U.S. News & World Report.

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The LSU College of Science is the top producer of African American Ph.D. graduates and women graduates in chemistry in the United States.

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is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books. It publishes approximately 80 titles per year and continues to garner national and international accolades, including four Pulitzer Prizes. John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is among its best-known publications.[115]

LSU Press

is a literary journal published by LSU. It was co-founded in 1935 by three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Penn Warren, who served as U.S. Poet Laureate and wrote the classic novel All the King's Men, and renowned literary critic of the New Criticism school, Cleanth Brooks. It publishes fiction, poetry, and essays, with an emphasis on southern culture and history.[116]

Southern Review

Legacy is a student-run magazine that publishes a variety of feature-length stories. In both 2001 and 2005, it was named the best student magazine in the nation by the .[117]

Society of Professional Journalists

LSU RESEARCH magazine informs readers about university research programs.

Apollo's Lyre is a poetry and fiction magazine published each semester by the Honors College.

LSU Alumni Magazine is a quarterly which focuses on Alumni success and current University news sent out to alumni everywhere.

Gumbo is the university's yearbook, which may be purchased.

LSU Today magazine keeps faculty and staff updated with university news.

is a literary quarterly funded by LSU that publishes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and interviews from new, up-and-coming, and established writers.[118]

New Delta Review

Baseball – (7): 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023

Women's Basketball – (1): 2023

Men's Basketball – (1): 1935 (pre-NCAA; defeated Pittsburgh in an arranged game)

Boxing – (1): 1949

Football – (4): 1958, 2003, 2007, 2019

Men's golf – (5): 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955, 2015

Men's indoor track and field – (2): 2001, 2004

Women's indoor track and field – (11): 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004

Men's outdoor track and field – (5): 1933, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2021

Women's outdoor track and field – (14): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012 (vacated)

Women's gymnastics – (1): 2024

Alex Bregman, two-time All-Star and World Series champion baseball player

Alex Bregman, two-time All-Star and World Series champion baseball player

Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, military aviator and commander of the Flying Tigers during World War II

Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, military aviator and commander of the Flying Tigers during World War II

Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury spacecraft

Don Lemon, Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist

Don Lemon, Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist

Shaquille O'Neal, four-time NBA champion basketball player

Shaquille O'Neal, four-time NBA champion basketball player

LSU athletes have gone on to achieve prominence in their respective sports. "Pistol" Pete Maravich played basketball for LSU and was a three-time consensus first-team All-American and 1970 National 'Player of the Year'. Shaquille O'Neal ("Shaq") also played basketball for LSU and received many honors, including being named twice as a first-team Men's Basketball All-American and twice as the SEC Player Of The Year. Billy Cannon played Halfback for LSU and was the first LSU player to win the Heisman Trophy (in 1959), the second being Joe Burrow (in 2019). Cannon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders quarterback number 1 draft pick of 2007.[134] Professional golfer Johnny Pott, five-time winner on the PGA Tour, was a member of the 1955 NCAA winning golf team. Teammates Alex Bregman and Aaron Nola were both 2018 Major League Baseball All-Stars.


LSU alumni have also been active on both the national and international stage in the fields of politics, academia, and the arts. Such notables include Mike Johnson who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 2023. James Carville, who was the senior political adviser to Bill Clinton, and Donna Brazile, the campaign manager of the 2000 presidential campaign of Vice-president Al Gore both earned bachelor's degrees. Hubert Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States, earned a master's degree in political science before becoming the junior United States senator from Minnesota. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a United States ambassador to the United Nations appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, earned a BA in 1974. Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisiana System (ULS) and former president of Southeastern Louisiana University received his Ed.D. from Louisiana State University in 1980. Academy Award-winning actress Joanne Woodward majored in drama during her enrollment at LSU.[135][136] Author and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto, creator of True Detective, graduated from LSU with a BA English & Philosophy. Another writer that graduated from LSU was Marcelo Ramos Motta, a noted author on the subject of Thelema. The rock band Better Than Ezra also are LSU graduates.


America's early Space Program benefited from the services of two LSU Graduates. NASA Engineer Maxime Faget was a Naval Reserve Officer and the NASA Engineer responsible for the design of the Mercury Capsule, Apollo Command Module, Capsule Escape Tower System, Mach Meter, and the STS Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle and System (STS=Space Transportation System). NASA Pioneer/Founder Walter C. Williams established what is now known as NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, previously known as Muroc Army Station. Williams was directly involved with the Bell X-1 program, "Glamorous Glennis", research flights that led to the first crewed flight exceeding the speed of sound in level flight. Williams was on the Aeronautical Board of NACA and was responsible for hiring many of the "pioneers" of what has now become America's Space Program, NASA. Michael I. Jordan, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley is also an LSU alumnus.[3][137]

Bedsole, V. L.; Richard, Oscar, eds. (1959). Louisiana State University: A Pictorial Record of the First Hundred Years. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press.  19209800.

OCLC

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Official website

LSU Athletics website

. Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.

"Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College" 

. New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

"Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College" 

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