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Leanne Redman, associate executive director for scientific education at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has received the top national honor for obesity research.

The heroes and zeroes of the last week or so.

From Loyola University’s College of Media and Music The world’s largest organization dedicated to broadcast and digital  journalism honored Loyola University’s student newspaper, The Maroon, on Monday (Oct. 9) with a prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for its environmental podcast, “Engulfed.” The Radio Television Digital News Association singled out the first episode of the  podcast, “St. […]

“Engulfed,” The Maroon’s environmental podcast focused on the impacts of the petrochemical industry in Southeast Louisiana, was awarded a National Edward R. Murrow Award in podcast excellency for its episode “St. John’s Fight: From Battling Cancer to Covid.” The episode investigates the St. John parish community fight against a petrochemical company polluting predominantly Black neighborhoods...