2020: A year in photos
December 17, 2020
2020 was an unprecedented year, from the COVID-19 pandemic, to a national reckoning regarding systemic racism and inequality, to several severe weather events and hurricanes to, finally, hope as the first batches of vaccines arrived. Here is a look back at Tulane’s year in photos.
Blocks and blocks of fun
December 17, 2020
Tulane architecture students turn leftover wood into a public service project to benefit local school children.
Tulane expert on race honored for book on Ferguson uprising
December 16, 2020
Tulane sociologist Andrea Boyles, an expert in Black citizen-police interaction, has been awarded a 2020 Media for a Just Society Award for her book “You Can’t Stop the Revolution."
Tulane boasts second consecutive Marshall Scholarship winner
December 08, 2020
Kendall Gardner, a 2020 graduate of Tulane University, is Tulane's second consecutive Marshall Scholar.
Tulane professor’s book on Hurricane Katrina wins prestigious honor
December 04, 2020
Andy Horowitz's book on Hurricane Katrina wins Humanities Book of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Newcomb Art Museum reopens to the public, releases virtual programming for final weeks of Bmike Odums’ exhibition
November 30, 2020
With the close of the fall semester at Tulane, Newcomb Art Museum is pleased to reopen to the public for a limited time.
Tulane University names renowned economist Gary Hoover as director of The Murphy Institute
November 19, 2020
Gary “Hoov” Hoover, a nationally renowned economist in the study of economic policy, has been appointed the new director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and full professor in economics.
Newcomb Art Museum hosts digital family day
November 19, 2020
In conjunction with Newcomb Art Museum’s current exhibition, NOT Supposed 2-Be Here by New Orleanian Brandan “Bmike” Odums, the museum will host a free digital family day on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Public health a crucial component of social work research, new Tulane research leader says
November 16, 2020
Public health expert Susan Davies joins the Tulane School of Social Work as the new associate dean of research.
Newcomb Art Museum to hold last open hours to Tulane community before semester ends
November 11, 2020
Newcomb Art Museum invites Tulane students, staff and faculty to explore the exhibition Bmike Odums: NOT Supposed 2-BE Here during the museum's final open hours Saturday, Nov. 14, before Thanksgiving and the end of the fall semester.
School of Liberal Arts awarded prestigious grant from Mellon Foundation for Sawyer Seminars
November 09, 2020
The School of Liberal Arts was awarded a $225,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene a year-long site-specific inquiry exploring changing historical narratives in New Orleans and the greater Gulf South region.
New Orleans Center for the Gulf South explores “Knowing Together” in the Anthropocene
November 06, 2020
In an event titled “Knowing Together,” New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University (NOCGS) directors Rebecca Snedeker and Denise Frazier, PhD, presented Braid and Flow, an online practice they co-developed over the past seven months with fellow core organizers Aron Chang, Jelagat Cheruiyot, PhD, and Shana M. Griffin, along with all who participated.
Learning in real time, law students study election as it unfolds
November 05, 2020
Stephen Griffin's Law of Democracy class has given Tulane School of Law students an up-close look at the issues surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
