Tulane neuroscientist among women honored in Smithsonian’s If/Then exhibit
March 17, 2022
This March the Smithsonian is adding to the excitement of Women’s History Month with the opening of “#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit”, a collection of 120 life size 3D-printed statues honoring groundbreaking women in STEM. Elizabeth “Liz” Engler-Chiurazzi, Tulane assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center at the School of Medicine, was chosen as one of the 120 If/Then ambassadors.This March the Smithsonian is adding to the excitement of Women’s History Month with the opening of “#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit”, a collection of 120 life size 3D-printed statues honoring groundbreaking women in STEM. Elizabeth “Liz” Engler-Chiurazzi, Tulane assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center at the School of Medicine, was chosen as one of the 120 If/Then ambassadors.
New Orleans Center for the Gulf South presents annual Indigenous Studies Symposium
March 11, 2022
The 4th annual Tulane Gulf South Indigenous Studies Symposium, titled “Sassafras, Stickball and Stories: Indigenous Cultures of the Gulf South,” and will be held March 18-19 in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall in the Lavin Bernick-Center for University Life.
Tulane wins $2.27 million grant to combat burnout among health care workers
March 04, 2022
The Tulane School of Social Work has been awarded a $2.27 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to develop and implement a plan to address retention, burnout and overall wellbeing and resiliency of the health care workforce.
Newcomb Art Museum awarded $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
March 03, 2022
New fellowships aim to make museum and arts-related careers more accessible for everyone.
Preserving the legacy of New Orleans’ first Black radio DJ
February 24, 2022
Using a grant from the GRAMMY Museum, Tulane University has digitized the recordings of radio pioneer Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow, New Orleans’ first Black DJ.
Newcomb Art Museum presents ‘Core Memory’ with exhibitions on weaving, basketry and systems-based textiles
February 21, 2022
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University will host its upcoming exhibition season Core Memory, with two exhibitions Louisiana Native American Basketry and Encoded, that draw from the creative legacy of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College and its prescient synthesis of art, craft and design to understand weaving technologies.
URBANbuild and Bethlehem Lutheran Church partner to build affordable housing for New Orleans
February 03, 2022
The School of Architecture’s URBANbuild program and Bethlehem Lutheran Church share a common goal in finding solutions to the lack of affordable housing in New Orleans. To pursue that goal, they formed a partnership on a four-year project that will build four ADA-accessible housing units in Central City.
Irma Thomas gets animated about the importance of clinical trials
February 02, 2022
The Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas, is spreading the word about clinical trials in a new animated short co-produced by a Tulane community engagement initiative.
Anxiety and alcohol misuse among pandemic-related mental health challenges Americans face
February 02, 2022
Mental health issues continue to be a crucial concern as the pandemic enters a recovery phase, according to a Tulane study.
Sawyer Seminars launch second symposium, ‘From River Road to Copenhagen: Revising our Remembrance of the Past’
February 01, 2022
From River Road to Copenhagen: Revising our Remembrance of the Past, is a multi-part symposium running Feb. 10-15 that explores innovative approaches to publicly addressing the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade in the Americas.
Archaeologist offers a new look at ancient Rome
January 24, 2022
Allison Emmerson, archaeologist and associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the School of Liberal Arts, has published an award-winning new book, Life and Death in the Roman Suburb, which challenges the idea presented by past scholarship that the Romans were uncomfortable with the dead and as a result kept the dead outside the city, away from the living within the city walls.
Connecting the past, present, self and community through the humanities and service learning
January 18, 2022
Mallory Monaco Caterine, senior professor of practice in the Department of Classical Studies at the School of Liberal Arts, and Greenberg Family Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, views the study of ancient Mediterranean civilizations and languages as not only an opportunity to gain knowledge of history, but also as a guide to understanding human behavior that assists in informing our decisions today.
Tulane professor receives national and international appointments on climate change
December 16, 2021
Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in the Tulane School of Architecture, has received several domestic and international climate appointments.
Sawyer Seminars launch first events
December 06, 2021
Tulane has launched the Mellon Foundation-sponsored Sawyer Seminar, Sites of Memory: New Orleans and Place-based Histories in the Americas. Its inaugural programs begin Dec. 7.