Xavier University

Israel's war in Gaza is still front and center on New Orleans' college campuses, where students continue to advocate for a ceasefire even as the semester ends.

Xavier University of Louisiana canceled Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech Wednesday, following pushback over the U.S. ambassador’s voting record on a ceasefire in Gaza.

Augustine Greenwood, 80, had just watched her youngest grandson graduate from high school when shots rang out outside Xavier University’s convocation center late Tuesday morning.

One person was killed and another two were injured in the parking lot of Xavier University’s convocation center Tuesday following a New Orleans high school graduation ceremony, according to police.

More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats early this week prompting campus lockdowns and investigations on at least two Louisiana school campuses.

Most colleges and universities have released tentative plans for in-person learning this fall. But there’s a catch: Many require Louisiana to be in Phase…

This week on All Things New Orleans we'll speak with Xavier University of Louisiana's Keller Endowed Chair in the Humanities and professor of African…

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Xavier University in New Orleans has a new president. C. ReynoldVerret took the position last summer, but the formal inauguration is this week. Verret was…

Xavier university is looking to triple the number of their minority alumni who go on to receive PhDs in the life sciences in the next decade, with help...