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Tulane associate professor, author Jesmyn Ward has been selected as a one of the 2017 MacArthur Fellows, or recipient of the so-called “genius grant”. (Photo by Guillermo Cabrera-Rojo)

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MacArthur ‘genius grant’ awarded to Tulane professor, author Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward, an associate professor of English at Tulane University, has been selected as one of the 2017 MacArthur Fellows, or recipient of the so-called “genius grant,” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ward is a 2011 National Book Award winner for her novel Salvage the...

Green Wave cornerback Parry Nickerson was in the right place at the right time vs. Florida International University.

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Researchers hunt for Lassa Fever cure

Construction continues on the A. B. Freeman School of Business expansion.

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Hilton helps grow Cowen Institute’s career training program

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Senior cornerback Parry Nickerson grabs his 13th career interception for the Green Wave football team during the first quarter of the tilt with Florida International University in Miami on Saturday. Up next: The Wave invites fans pack the stands for Yulman Fest, a full-blown festival on the uptown...

MacArthur ‘genius grant’ awarded to Tulane professor, author Jesmyn Ward

Film festival to feature student documentary

School of Social Work offers street-level health care

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Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists

Aug 24, 2017 to Dec 23, 2017

Hailing from across the United States, the artists in this exhibition explore new ways of abstraction based on experimental, process-oriented methods. Intended to defamiliarize common imagery, their practices preclude figurative recognition or...