Latin lights
October 04, 2022
Tulane architecture professor Javier Marcano lights candles on an altar dedicated to Latin American resistance fighters during the Latine Arts Fest on Saturday, Oct 1. Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the free event featured live music, art, food, drinks and performances.
Newcomb Art Museum to celebrate two new exhibitions
September 02, 2022
Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane is set to celebrate its newest exhibits with a day of talks, tours and family activities
Elves, dwarves and hobbits among us — linguistic anthropologist explores the languages of Middle-earth
August 24, 2022
Linguist Marc Zender, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, provides a fascinating look into the deeply linguistic and anthropological nature of Tolkien’s writing in the Tulane Interdisciplinary Experience Seminar (TIDES) course, Tolkien as Translator: Language, Culture and Society in Middle-earth.
Newest Tulanians welcomed at Convocation and encouraged to keep minds ‘open’
August 19, 2022
Excitement, a little rain and a lot of Tulane spirit greeted the Class of 2026 at this year’s President’s Convocation for New Students. The event is the annual ceremonial welcome for the newest Tulanians and marks the beginning of their academic journey.
Convocation unites the Class of 2026
August 19, 2022
The President's Convocation for New Students, held in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse on the uptown campus on Thursday, Aug. 18, featured some of the best of Tulane traditions: inspiring remarks from university leaders, crowd-hyping performances from the Tulane University Marching Band, second-lines and a proud Tulane community welcoming the new class.
New Student Orientation welcomes the Class of 2026 with cherished traditions and new innovations
August 11, 2022
This year’s New Student Orientation, put on by the Office of First-Year Experience, has been designed to create a cohesive and improved experience for new students and their families as they navigate the Tulane campus for the first time.
School of Medicine welcomes Class of 2026 with White Coat Ceremony
August 02, 2022
The Tulane School of Medicine held the annual White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, July 31, marking the beginning of their medical careers.
Celebrate Juneteenth with training by Academics for Black Lives
June 16, 2022
In honor of Juneteenth, Tulane’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is participating in a training program offered by Academics for Black Lives or A4BL.
Psychologist explores history of anti-API racism and advocates for a united community
May 03, 2022
In time for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion invited Sherry Wang, an associate professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University, a licensed psychologist, researcher and anti-racist educator, to present her research on anti-Asian violence and racism in the lecture “Asian American/Pacific Islander Mental Health Amidst the Twin Pandemics: Lessons Beyond COVID-19.”
2022 NCAA Men's Final Four offers more than just basketball games for fans
March 24, 2022
Tulane University is a host institution for the upcoming 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. The Final Four will take place in New Orleans April 1-4, and the weekend offers more than championship basketball. Events such as the Men’s Final Four Fan Fest Presented by Capital One, the March Madness Music Festival, the NCAA Dribble presented by Buick and the Reese’s Men’s Final Four Friday are great opportunities for families to attend together.
Dumpstaphunk to headline Crawfest’s return to campus in April
March 21, 2022
On Saturday, April 23, Crawfest returns to the Berger Family Lawn on Tulane’s uptown campus. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will feature live music, including Dumpstaphunk, art vendors and lots of crawfish!
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 library hosts new exhibit celebrating Jazz Fest's first decade
March 04, 2022
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) to present “Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979, featuring archival materials and audio recordings related to the first 10 years of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.