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Recent food safety issues and recalls have heightened consumers’ concerns about protecting themselves from foodborne illnesses. In this Q&A, Shannon Coleman, associate professor in the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences with the LSU AgCenter, offers her insight.

As the Gulf of Mexico braces for a rare late-season tropical cyclone, LSU geography and anthropology professor Jill Trepanier sheds light on what makes this storm unique, how it's expected to behave, and what this could mean for Louisiana and beyond.

LSU researchers are helping to address food preservation issues such as spoilage and contamination by bacteria through their work with chitosan, a natural substance created from the shells of crustaceans.