The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university

University

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 located on the New Orleans Lakefront

Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks, New Orleans

Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the city's Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lake Pontchartrain to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, Leon C. Simon Drive, Elysian Fields Avenue, New...

 within New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, United States

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. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13

Urban 13

The Urban 13 is a research-sharing association between thirteen public urban universities in major metropolitan areas of the U.S. These are:*University of Alabama at Birmingham*University of Missouri-St...

 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor after the forced resignation of former chancellor Timothy P. Ryan. Joe King is current acting chancellor as well as provost.