Newcomb Art Museum will host a two-part, carnival-theme workshop on Jan. 25 and Feb. 1, during which participants will decorate shoes in the style of the Krewe of Muses’ signature throw.

The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South has partnered with Prospect New Orleans to offer “Dark Matter: An Evening with Cauleen Smith and Courtney Bryan,” a conversation between colleagues who create boundary-pushing art; and “Heart and Land: An Evening with Monique Verdin,” during which the artist will discuss the trajectory of her work.

Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease by 2010 School of Liberal Arts graduate Carolyn Day chronicles curious connections between tuberculosis and women’s fashion during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe.

Chia-Chee Chiu fosters the growth of students as a middle school principal and cultivates Asian-American writers as a board member for the nonprofit organization Kundiman.

Yuchen Zhang, assistant professor of management at the Freeman School of Business, found that the amount of tech jargon featured in a Kickstarter project’s description could affect its financing.

Among the Louisiana Research Collection’s 2017 acquisitions, particularly notable are the papers of prominent Louisiana gay activists Stewart Butler, Rich Magill, Alan Robinson and Skip Ward. Acquiring significant LGBTQ-related documents — letters, diaries, flyers and other materials — is one of the Louisiana Research Collection’s special focuses.