Jill Roshto, an LSU graduate and student in the Flores MBA Program’s Professional Track, has been hired as director of development for the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute. [MORE]

University of Chicago Assistant Professor Emily Oster, a member of the faculty of the university’s Department of Economics, will host a forum at the E. J. Ourso College of Business on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. in Patrick F. Taylor Hall Room 1111. [MORE]

LSU has been made a major partner of the Center for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure, and Emergency Management. Designated as just one of 13 Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, the center is being led by the University of North Carolina. [MORE]

LSU’s Executive Development Program is now enrolling participants for its new four-week Executive Development Program. The first two-week session will be held September 29, 2008 through October 10, 2008, with the second two-week session will be held May 4, 2009 through May 15, 2009.  [MORE]