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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is now offering a graduate nursing concentration in psychiatric mental health, starting in fall 2022.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is now offering a...

Spirit of Acadiana: UL Lafayette takes care of its own Spirit of Acadiana: UL takes care of its own and last updated 2021-03-03 20:24:01-05 LAFAYETTE, La. — On the campus of the University of Louisiana, back in February, something pretty neat happened. One of the custodians, a man named Phillip Narcisse, whose employer ABM provides janitorial services in a number of buildings on the UL campus. Mr. Narcisse’s wife was battling a number of health issues, and the medical bills were mount...

Owls nesting in Moore park; babies are growing and last updated 2021-03-02 11:54:41-05 The Ragin Cajuns baseball team has some new fans, and theyre so devoted they actually live at the field. A family of owls is nesting at Tigue Moore Field, a spokesman said. The owls moved in a few months ago, and their babies have hatched and are growing, UL spokesman Eric Maron says. "Weve have been communicating with the office of Wildlife and Fisheries, but simply put, there is nothing that will distur...

New fire station could be built near Blackham Coliseum if land swap approved KATC and last updated 2021-02-23 18:30:28-05 Lafayette and the UL Lafayette are working on a land swap that will provide space for a new fire station along Cajundome Boulevard. Fire Chief Robert Benoit says that the university is willing to make the swap. It is something the City of Lafayette and UL Lafayette have been working on for the past 4 years. "The university board has agreed that theyre willing to make that sw...

Voting Rights Program May Still Have Life   University spokesman Eric Maron provided KPEL with the following statement when asked about the grant: Free expression of ideas is the cornerstone of the UL Lafayette environment of intellectual inquiry. Open and balanced dialogue is fundamental to the universitys academic mission of advancing the public interest through discourse about vital political and social issues. Maron says a decision from LEH could come in the next couple of weeks. Participa...

Animal activist group raises concerns after monkeys die at ULs New Iberia site Ashley White, Lafayette Daily Advertiser An animal rights group is raising concerns after three monkeys apparently died from heatstroke at the University of Louisiana at Lafayettes New Iberia Research Center. Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, said in a news release it filed the complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture after obtaining a report outlining the monkeys deaths that was ...