Photos/Video: Inside LSU Day at the Capitol, Showcasing Excellence and Access
April 24, 2026
LSU brought its eight, soon to be nine, campuses together to the Louisiana State Capitol to showcase impact across Louisiana, from research and healthcare to workforce development, highlighting how the LSU System delivers results, expands opportunity, and drives the state forward.
In addition to interactive displays and engagement with legislators, policymakers, and influencers, House members unanimously adopted a resolution proclaiming April 22, 2026, as LSU Day at the Capitol. Voice of the Tigers and State Rep. Dixon McMakin shared the many accomplishments of the LSU System, including:
- LSU Flagship Campus in Baton Rouge is seeing record enrollment and graduation numbers and opening new educational and research facilities. LSU Research is expanding the frontier of knowledge while working to bring new insights that create critical solutions to Louisiana’s challenges, such as improving health outcomes, saving the coast, and expanding energy production.
- The LSU AgCenter ranks 12th in the nation for research expenditures among academic agricultural enterprises, ensuring that commodities such as sugarcane, rice, and sweet potatoes remain the lifeblood of Louisiana agriculture, and educating our state’s future leaders through programs such as 4-H.
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- LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans is educating the next generation of Louisiana’s medical professionals, providing outstanding patient care, and working diligently to combat the state’s high rate of cancer deaths through groundbreaking research.
- LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport is bringing critical medical care to north Louisiana, educating doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who will serve the region for generations, and growing its research portfolio to make critical discoveries.
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center is working to find health solutions for the future, including addressing Louisiana’s nearly 40% obesity rate through the development of new diets and medications.
- LSU Alexandria is experiencing record enrollment and creating Louisiana’s first accelerated bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields to meet critical workforce needs and put students into careers faster.
- LSU Shreveport has become Louisiana’s fastest-growing university over the past decade and is graduating more students than any other university in the state, with the exception of LSU’s Flagship Campus in Baton Rouge.
- LSU Eunice is experiencing record enrollment and leading Louisiana’s two-year institutions in the number of students who transfer to bachelor’s degree programs and earn degrees.
- LSU New Orleans is joining the LSU family officially in July 2026.