LSU Graduate School

09/03/2026

A month later and we are still celebrating our Summer 2026 graduates! 🎓🎉

We’re proud to share that there were 988 graduate students who earned their degrees and certificates during summer commencement — with 753 master’s degrees, 114 doctoral degrees, and 121 graduate certificates awarded through the LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School. 🤩

Congratulations again to every graduate who reached this milestone! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance brought you across the finish line, and we’re excited to celebrate all that you’ve accomplished.

Geaux Grad Tigers!!! 💜✨

09/01/2026

Fall semester is now in full swing, so we want to make sure that our graduate students stay up to date with what’s happening in September! 💛

Make sure to save this post and keep these important dates and deadlines on your radar throughout this month 🗓️

08/28/2026

Wondering about joining a graduate student cohort? Our students would recommend applying for the Graduate Student Leadership Initiative!

The Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School offers the Graduate Student Leadership Initiative (GSLI), which is a program to help graduate students build confidence, strengthen their leadership skills and grow both professionally and academically. 🎓📚

Swipe to read our student testimonials about how GSLI positively affected their graduate experience and how the program helped them become better students, stronger leaders and more confident people. 🙌

Interested in joining the next cohort? Use the link in our bio to apply. But don’t wait because the deadline is Sept. 6! ⏰

08/28/2026

Tengwen Fan and her PhD Advisors, Eileen Haebig and Julie Schneider, celebrate Tengwen’s completion of her PhD studies. Congratulations Dr. Fan!

08/26/2026

Looking for ways to make the most of your graduate school experience? Check out these upcoming events designed to support your writing, research, leadership, and career development 📚

⭐️Starting on on Aug. 31, The Write On! Cohort will begin. This is a 12-week commitment for graduate students to come together to stay accountable and make consistent progress on this semester’s writing assignment. In-person meetings will be held in Hatcher Hall 226.

⭐️ On Sept. 1 & 3, come out and learn how to develop strong research and personal statements for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Both workshops will be held in the ECE Dalton J. Woods Auditorium.

⭐️ On Sept. 8, join us in the Oliver Career Center Classroom to learn practical skills to help you navigate your job search and prepare for your next career opportunity.

⭐️ Apply to be a part of the GSLI Fall 2026 Cohort! This is an opportunity for you to build your leadership skills, better understand your strengths, and develop tools you can use in academic & professional settings. The deadline to apply is Sept. 6.

You can find all the links in our bio to register & apply. No matter what you’re looking for, there’s something for everyone so don’t miss out! 😉

08/25/2026

Meet Naresh Suwal, a summer 2026 graduate who received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and had a part of his PhD dissertation published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research.

Naresh’s article, “Modeling and forecasting oyster norovirus outbreaks of long-range dependence on antecedent marine environmental conditions,” explored new ways to forecast oyster-associated norovirus outbreaks and examines how marine environmental data and machine learning can help improve early warning and forecasting of waterborne disease risks.

His research has potential applications in public health and coastal water-resource management, demonstrating how graduate research can help address complex environmental challenge

Congratulations, Naresh, on this exciting publication and your graduation! 🎓🎉

LSU College of Engineering

08/24/2026

Graduate students, we are so excited to welcome you to a new academic year at LSU! 🎓💛

Vice Provost & Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School, Sibel Bargu Ates, welcomes all new and returning graduate students to campus for the Fall 2026 semester, sharing words of encouragement and key advice to being successful and making the most out of your time here.

08/21/2026

Thats a wrap on the Fall 2026 New Graduate Student Orientation! 🎉

We hosted over 250 students, providing them with the support, resources, and tools to successfully transition into a LSU graduate student. We are so thankful to our sponsors and campus partners who attended and helped us put on this successful event!

We hope you all enjoyed yourselves and hoping everyone has a great semester 💜

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08/19/2026

08/19/2026