Deep dive in the jazz archive
October 11, 2018
New Orleans jazz is a living, breathing, evolving force, but its origins in the early 20th century require special preservation. That is the job of the Hogan Jazz Archive.
A different shade of green
October 09, 2018
Pop culture and media are addressed in a modern adaption of a 1932 ballet.
International Education Week celebrates global education
October 08, 2018
The Center for Global Education at Tulane University will host International Education Week from Oct. 15-19. The annual week of events includes a line-up of globally themed workshops, talks and performances.
Performance shows complexity of life in Storyville’s Mahogany Hall
October 01, 2018
Newcomb Art Museum to host the world premiere of Postcards From Over the Edge, a new theatrical work that illustrates the historical struggles related to the sale of sex in Louisiana.
Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization
September 27, 2018
Tulane researchers, documenting the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala, have published their results in Science.
Black Arts Movement author, educator comes to Tulane
September 24, 2018
New Orleans Center for the Gulf South presents the seventh annual Sylvia R. Frey Lecture, featuring activist and author Kalamu ya Salaam.
Tulane Law School conference to feature top media experts
September 21, 2018
Tulane Law School set to host freedom of the press conference.
Granted: Liberal arts program, faculty receive new funding
September 17, 2018
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded grants for collaborative programs to the School of Liberal Arts’ New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and to Michael R. Cohen of the Department of Jewish Studies.
Tulane archaeologist leads team to major Maya find
September 12, 2018
A team of archaeologists co-led by Tulane University professor Marcello A. Canuto has discovered a nearly 1,500-year old carved altar.
Tulane President addresses national media at D.C. Press Club
September 07, 2018
Tulane University President Mike Fitts joined national higher education reporters and leaders from other top universities for a wide-ranging conversation on critical issues facing universities during a special President’s Dinner Thursday night at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Badge of honor
September 07, 2018
Newcomb College Institute’s pinning ceremony welcomes first-year undergraduates to Tulane.
Tulane’s Latin American Library secures William Spratling’s private papers
September 06, 2018
Tulane University’s Latin American Library (LAL) has acquired the personal papers of William Spratling, renowned artist, designer, author, entrepreneur and 1920s Tulane architecture professor. This collection contains original personal and business correspondence, photographs and design drawings from the peak years of Spratling’s artistic and commercial production starting in the 1920s until his death in 1967.
Inside New Orleans’ black carnival
September 05, 2018
Newcomb Art Museum will celebrate the life of filmmaker Royce Osborn with a screening of his acclaimed documentary “All on a Mardi Gras Day,” which gave the world a glimpse inside the world of Mardi Gras Indians and other African-American krewes.
Students get creative with dorm decor
August 30, 2018
Check out this infographic featuring students’ newly decorated dorms.