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Southern University and A&M College student scholars Kristofer McKinney and Michael Agbor made presentations at the Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC) conference in Orlando, Florida, March 31 through April 2, 2016. The theme for the conference was “The Magic of Honors.”

John Warner Smith, an adjunct professor in the Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) Department of English, will release his second book-length collection of poetry, Soul Be A Witness: Songs to Boys of Color.

Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes Honors College freshman Jonalyn Fair and Joyner Deamer were recently each awarded an academic scholarship founded and funded by the Par 3 Golf Association Dallas Metroplex Chapter.

Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) student Don Green, won the “Photo Shoot-out” competition in the “Best of Show” contest to earn a David L. Adams Apple Award at the national College Media Association’s (CMA) convention held in New York City, March 12-15, 2016.

Two undergraduate students and five faculty members from the Southern University Baton Rouge Department of Political Science will attend the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) in Jackson, Mississippi, March 16 -20, 2016.

Four Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge (SUBR) students in the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP) attended the LS-LAMP Research Symposium in National Harbor, Maryland, February 22-24, 2016.

Former astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison will pay tribute to former SU students who helped integrate NASA. Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR), March 9, 2016, will host its 136th Founders’ Day with a series of activities commemorating its history and honoring former STEM trailblazers.

Stephen C. McGuire, Southern University Baton Rouge professor of physics, is a co-author on the publication reporting the first direct detection of gravitational waves.