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Six Louisiana State University (LSU) graduate students are 2026 recipients of the Dr. Jack and Annagreta Hojhdal Van Lopik Superior Graduate Student Research Scholarship. Jack Van Lopik, the first and […]

Louisiana Sea Grant welcomes Tyne Bankester as the new education coordinator. She is originally from Cecilia but put down root in Baton Rouge after attending Louisiana State University. She earned […]

Wood Oglesby has started a new position with Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG), filling the Marine Extension agent vacancy for St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. Oglesby joined LSG in 2019 as […]

Annalise Velazquez has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as the newest AmeriCorps Education and Outreach Volunteer. She is originally from Kennett Square, Penn., and attended Bucknell University where she graduated […]

New Orleans native Andrew Romano has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as a research associate for the LSG Oyster Research Laboratory and the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery. Romano graduated […]

Octavia Sims has moved into a new position with Louisiana Sea Grant as the Education office’s AmeriCorps/Serve Louisiana Volunteer for Husbandry and Stewardship Affiliate. Sims will assist with aquaculture and […]

A Louisiana Sea Grant/Louisiana Space Grant (LSG/LaSPACE) collaboration will fund another undergraduate research project this fall. The joint program, called Louisiana Space and Sea Grant Opportunity (LaSSO), is modeled after […]

Video recordings of the sessions from the Louisiana’s Pearl: Visioning Our Future workshop are now available online for viewing. The workshop was held June 17, 2026, at the LSU AgCenter’s […]