Education

LSU, Tech create industry co-op research center

LSU and Louisiana Tech University announced in a July 28 press release the creation of the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA), the...

‘The industry is back’: Lafayette’s Moncla revives a 14-year-old training tool to get workers...

As the oil industry returns in Lafayette, Moncla Energy Company has revived a training tool that hasn't been used since 2007. As KLFY reports, the...

LNG Center of Excellence planned for Lake Charles

The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to McNeese State University Foundation to build a...

Louisiana launching scholarships for adult career training

Adults who want to attend a community or technical college to learn skills needed for construction, logistics, manufacturing or other high-demand fields might soon...

Are ‘robocontractors’ the future of Louisiana industrial construction?

A pair of LSU professors hopes that their current research could one day turn robotic exoskeletons into reality in the construction space. In the...

BASF, LASM launch virtual STEM learning program

BASF and the Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) recently launched their first-ever virtual Kids’ Lab program, according to a BASF press release. The...

BASF donates $5,500 to St. Amant High STEM program

BASF recently donated $5,500 to St. Amant High School’s Navy Junior ROTC for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. The donation funds...

CITGO donation funds SOWELA program

Officials from SOWELA Technical Community College in Lake Charles announced March 25 that a donation from CITGO will fund cloud-based Simtronics software for students...

Partnership launches marine diesel training program in Lockport

A partnership between Fletcher Technical Community College and Lafourche Parish schools officially launched its Marine Diesel Engine Technician Program during a March 12 ribbon-cutting...

2 Louisiana historically black colleges join oil and gas diversity initiative

Two new Louisiana historically black colleges have joined the American Petroleum Institute Minority Serving Institution initiative, designed to promote diversity in the oil and...

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