UL Lafayette Picard Center for Child Development & Lifelong Learning

The UL Lafayette Campus Diversity Office’s upcoming Women’s Leadership Conference is in place to empower women, promote personal and professional success, provide networking opportunities, and recognize longstanding success. This year’s conference will be held on Thursday, March 24, at the Student Union. Learn more, including how to register at: https://bit.ly/3CrotpP

UL Lafayette Picard Center observes Women’s History Month

Celebrating Women in Early Childhood Education This Women’s History Month, we celebrate and honor the women who have transformed early education and continue to pursue this noble work.

The Picard Center's display at UL Lafayette's R1 Celebration!

We are also thrilled by another strong showing in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Recognition Awards!

Professor Paula Zeanah, Research Excellence Award for 2019-20 recognizing her exceptional scholarship in her home College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions

Principal Investigator Kara Farmer-Primeaux, Outstanding Achievement in Externally-Funded Research for 2019-20 and 2020-21 recognizing her award of more than $1 million dollars in externally sponsored projects in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.

Principal Investigator Ray Biggar, Certificate of Achievement in Externally-Funded Research for 2019-20 and 2020-21 recognizing his award of over $500,000 in externally sponsored projects in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.

It was a historic day at UL Lafayette yesterday celebrating our newly achieved R1 Carnegie Classification with faculty, students, staff and friends of the University! The prestigious R1 designation places us among the top 3% of research universities in the United States. Thank you to the faculty, staff and student researchers who helped us achieve this recognition and to those who celebrated with us today, including U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, State Sen. Gerald Boudreaux and UL System President Dr. Jim Henderson.

UL Lafayette celebrates research excellence with faculty recognition.

The University honored faculty from each college for research excellence at the annual Research Recognition Ceremony at the LITE Center on Feb. 11. Congratulations to each of the recognized researchers and to all whose work has helped propel the University to R1 status. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranked UL Lafayette as an R1 top-tier research university, its most prestigious designation, late last year.

See a full list of the honorees at https://bit.ly/3679B3J.
See and download event photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzCzzE.

Together we can make this world a better place by spreading love and celebrating love. Warm wishes on Valentine’s Day to all!

Join UL Lafayette in celebrating Black History Month by attending one (or more) of the panels, virtual talks, and events happening in February!

You can see the full calendar at

2022 Black History Month Campus-Wide Black History Events Download the Calendar at a Glance.

Shop your Lafayette Barnes & Noble store this holiday season, and you'll have the opportunity to purchase a Little Golden Book, which will be donated to a child in our community. Pre-K students from seven Louisiana parishes directly receive your donated books! Give the gift of reading today!