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The communications specialist for the LSU College of the Coast & Environment can assist you with finding information for a story, finding a faculty member who can provide an expert opinion, arranging interviews and finding possible story ideas and photo opportunities. The college also sends out media advisories, press releases and news and feature articles to the media, which you can find below.

Contact Bobbi Parry via email or at (225) 578-6534.

Latest News from CCE

What does the future hold for Louisiana's coastal wetlands? An LSU Team Investigates

Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Associate Professors Tracy Quirk and Matt Hiatt are part of a team of researchers trying to paint a complete picture of how coastal wetlands create land.

Preparing Communities for the Future of Energy

The Southeast Community Energy Futures Academy is a Department of Energy funded program designed to help communities better understand emerging energy transition technologies, also known as EETTs.

There's a New Way to Test for Synthetic Opioids. A DES Faculty Member Developed It.

Environmental Sciences' Bikram Subedi has developed the first method to test for synthetic opioids in wastewater.

Latest Research from CCE

March 2, 2026

What does the future hold for Louisiana's coastal wetlands? An LSU Team Investigates: Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Associate Professors Tracy Quirk and Matt Hiatt are part of a team of researchers trying to paint a complete picture of how coastal wetlands create land.

February 12, 2026

There's a New Way to Test for Synthetic Opioids. A DES Faculty Member Developed It.: Environmental Sciences' Bikram Subedi has developed the first method to test for synthetic opioids in wastewater.

January 21, 2026

Why do marshes fail during a hurricane? CC&E scientists may have found the answer.: Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Associate Professors Giulio Mariotti and Tracy Quirk have discovered that 82 percent of marsh destroyed by Hurricane Ida was one type: intermediate marsh, dominated by the plant S. pumilus.

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