CC&E Today | February 21, 2020
a man wearing mardi gras beads stands in front of a New Orleans streetcar
LSU alumnus Kevin Fitzwilliam is relentless in the pursuit of a “greener” Mardi Gras. While Fat Tuesday has always been associated with excess—and excess trash—this environmental sciences graduate has built a business around eliminating plastic waste from this time-honored celebration.
LSU Admissions Counselor Alexis Johnson is a former LSU EnvironMentors student who credits the program with helping her to realize her college dreams. Therefore, every year since she graduated from LSU, she returns to EnvironMentors to discuss the college admissions process and help others like herself plan for their futures. 
CC&E NEWS & ACCOLADES
LSU’s College of the Coast & Environment, or CC&E, LSU’s College of Science, and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation have created the Harmful Algal Bloom, or HAB, Taskforce, to share the latest research on harmful algal blooms in Lake Pontchartrain and other Louisiana ecosystems and to prepare stakeholders for future HAB occurrences. Harmful algal blooms can severely affect human health and aquatic ecosystems and can create or exacerbate low oxygen zones, or dead zones, such as the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. 
a woman and a man talk animatedly on the Gulf shore
Photo collage of a woman posing with a t shirt and a woman posing with her arms crossed and a woman posing with equipment on a boat
On January 17, LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Program announced their Spring 2020 Research Grant recipients. Three of the 15 winners are undergraduates from LSU’s College of the Coast & Environment: Kendall Brome, Denise Poveda, and Callie Snow.
LSU Earth Day Festivities
LSU will be hosting a series of free events that will be open to the public throughout the spring in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Please check out the LSU Earth Day site for the most up-to-date information on those activities!

LSU @State of the Coast
Tuesday, May 26-Thursday, May 28
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Also, a select number of students will have the opportunity to earn a State of the Coast registration fee waiver, thanks to a sponsorship from Louisiana Sea Grant .
COASTAL NEWS AROUND CAMPUS
College of the Coast & Environment
Energy, Coast, & Environment Building
93 South Quad Drive, Suite 1002
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Email:  kfalls1@lsu.edu .


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