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Business with a Higher Purpose

By Sara Bongiorni Lonnie Bickford drills wells, builds orphanages and repairs schools in some of the poorest places on Earth. He built a basketball court and emergency shelter at a […]

Pandemic Prophecies: future of parks

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, […]

Pandemic Resource: @HOME Powered by Pennington

By Sara Bongiorni PBRC @Home #17 – Beat Stress – Social.jpg Expert guidance on improving nutrition, mood, sleep and fitness during the coronavirus pandemic is available through a social-media initiative […]

Pandemic Prophecies: 20-minute neighborhoods

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, […]

How the BR lakes came to be

By Mukul Verma Historically, Louisiana State University and City Park lakes have, together, shaped our city. City Park Lake, circa 1929. At the bottom right, a swamp that was transformed […]

Her beat goes on

By Sara Bongiorni Laurabeth Henderson Hicks, PhD, spent her elementary years inside a segregated, one-room school in Depressionera Las Cruces, New Mexico. The teacher was Laurabeth’s mother, who had moved […]

No 1 in this, too

LSU collaborates with Pennington to change sports science. That teamwork rarely happens elsewhere. By Sara Bongiorni Sports-science research is accelerating inside LSU’s football program and changing injury-prevention strategies on the […]

Foundation Finances 101

To some, The Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s finances can be confounding. To answer some of the questions about our finances, Currents sat down with John Davies, president and CEO, and […]