News at Lamar

The Arts and Sciences Council is proud to recognize students from the College of Arts and Sciences for their academic success.

Mahmoud Salimi, an assistant professor of film at Lamar University, is receiving global accolades for his short film, “Not Me.”

Lamar University has selected 21 students to serve as Lamar Ambassadors.

An exciting, newly-developed material has been developed by a team of researchers led by Prof. Keivan Davami, the director of Nano-Micro-Macro manufacturing group at Lamar University.

Undergraduate researchers had their day. The Research and Creative Activities Expo was April 30, and winners of the event, sponsored by LU’s Office of Undergraduate Research, have been announced.

The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science in Houston (The Health Museum) has extended an exhibit that includes the works of Cherie Acosta, Lamar University assistant professor and costume designer in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Dan F. Smith – former Chief Executive Officer at Lyondell Chemical Company, a graduate of Lamar University, distinguished alumnus and namesake for the Lamar University Department of Chemical Engineering – will deliver the principal address at Lamar University’s commencement ceremonies May 17 and May 18.

Lamar University’s Center for Advances in Port Management is offering an industry workshop on ‘Conflict Resolution and Negotiating Strategies’, Wed. May 22 from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship, Room 113.

Maxine Johnston, former director of the Mary and John Gray Library and tireless advocate for conservation of the Big Thicket, has been chosen as the 2019 Lamar University Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal.

The Chemical Engineering ChemE Car team placed second in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Southwest Regional Conference at Texas Tech this spring.

A South Park Community Garden planter and archway was dedicated to Lamar University’s former First Lady Nancy Evans in a short ceremony, Wed., May 8, at 2:30 p.m.

Lamar University’s Office of Undergraduate Research has named Ashley Dockens, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, the 2019 Faculty Mentor Award.

Lamar University Professor Xuejun Fan, Ph.D., has been awarded the Mary Ann and Lawrence E. Faust Endowed Professorship in Engineering in recognition of his outstanding research in multi-physics and multi-scale modeling and characterization of heterogeneous electronic system.

Southeast Texas leaders continue their legacy of generous support for Lamar University.

Lamar University (LU) received a gift of $147,450 from the ExxonMobil Foundation today as a part of the company’s Educational Matching Gift Program.

Nineteen students were recognized at Toast to Leadership Banquet, held April 12 at the LU Event Center. The Seniors of Significance Award, sponsored by the Division of Student Engagement, recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to Lamar University.

Lamar University’s former First Lady Nancy Evans envisioned a special reading and tutorial space for the students of Pietzsch-MacArthur Elementary School.