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David Gallo, CEO of Gallo Mechanical, a New Orleans-based mechanical construction firm, will receive the 2021 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Additionally, Lacey Merrick Conway, president and CEO of Latter & Blum, has been named the 2021 Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Both will be celebrated at a gala at the National WWII Museum on November 4, 2021. “David truly embodies the spirit of the Distinguished Alumni Award,” said UNO President John Nicklow. “He generously and humbly gives of his time, abilities and resources to im...

The University of New Orleans is accepting applications and nominations for UNO25, an initiative designed to identify, recognize and celebrate 25 high-impact businesses or organizations that are owned or led by UNO alumni. The 2022 class of honorees will be the third in the history of the initiative, which was launched in 2017 under the leadership of President John Nicklow.  “UNO25 capitalizes on something that is well known throughout the region—UNO graduates are virtually everywhere,” Nicklow said. “Our alumni help shape the economic, educational and cultural landscape of greater N...

Illuminator The University of New Orleans hired a professor in 2017 who had previously been arrested for a sex crime. He ended being accused of sexual harassment less than a year later. In the spring of 2018, a student at the University of New Orleans told administrators biology professor Shawn Vincent asked her for sex in exchange for an A in his class. UNO administrators suspended Vincent immediately, and days later, when the student turned over to university officials text messages and an audio recording of Vincent, UNO President John Nicklow fired him within hours. (New Orleans Public R...

Professor, civil rights leader to speak at UNO graduation April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Raphael Cassimere Jr., an academic and civil rights activist who was the first Black instructor hired at the University of New Orleans, will speak at the university's spring graduation ceremony, the university announced. Cassimere was hired in 1969 when the university was known as Louisiana State University in New Orleans and taught for nearly four decades, UNO said in a news release announcing his role in the spring commencement ceremony. He was also active in the NAACP where he...

Raphael Cassimere Jr., a trailblazing academic and civil rights leader, will serve as the principal speaker at the University of New Orleans’ spring 2021 commencement ceremonies. Cassimere, an emeritus professor of history, taught at UNO for nearly four decades and helped lead boycotts as president of the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council during the civil rights movement. The University will also award him an honorary doctoral degree. “Dr. Raphael Cassimere is quite simply one of the most influential people in the history of our institution,” said President John Nicklow. “During his rem...