Class of 2020 Newcomb Scholars present digital symposium
May 06, 2020
Upon completing the Newcomb Scholars program, the scholars present their research at the annual Scholars Symposium. This year’s symposium, like so many other end-of-year traditions, has moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newcomb Institute, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library to host Wikipedia edit-a-thon for gender equity
March 05, 2020
In an effort to make Wikipedia more gender inclusive, Newcomb Institute and Howard-Tilton Memorial Library are participating for the fifth year in a row with intersectional non-profit Art+Feminism’s efforts to directly address the information gap about gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet.
Registration open for annual Wave of Green Day of Service
March 04, 2020
Tulane’s 2020 faculty and staff day of service, Wave of Green, will take place Thursday, April 9.
Newcomb Art Museum’s exhibition ‘Per(Sister)’ opens in New York
February 27, 2020
Newcomb Art Museum’s exhibition Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana will be on view at the Ford Foundation Gallery in New York City through May 9.
A Studio in the Woods, Tulane biologists to recycle Mardi Gras beads, raise awareness
February 20, 2020
Artist and printmaker Pippin Frisbie-Calder, scientists from Tulane’s Karubian Lab and community volunteers will be out on the uptown parade route Sunday, Feb. 23, to recycle beads and raise awareness about lead contamination in the city of New Orleans.
Tulane professor of anthropology inducted into Folk DJ Hall of Fame
February 10, 2020
Nick Spitzer, creator and producer of the “American Routes” radio show, was recognized by Folk Alliance International at its January conference.
Tulane to host symposium on the literary history of New Orleans
January 16, 2020
A free, day-long symposium that draws from T.R. Johnson’s New Orleans: A Literary History will be held on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Stibbs conference room of Tulane’s Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life.
Tulane medical students hold head-shaving fundraiser for cancer research
January 16, 2020
Several Tulane University School of Medicine students particpated in the annual St. Baldrick's Day event.
Newcomb Art Museum celebrates new exhibition by BMike Odums with free public reception
January 15, 2020
To celebrate the opening of the brand new exhibition, Brandan “BMike” Odums: NOT Supposed 2-Be Here, Newcomb Art Museum is hosting an exhibition reception on Saturday, Jan. 18 from 4 to 8 p.m. featuring music, catering, kids’ art activities and an interview with the artist – all free and open to the public.
Newcomb Art Museum presents solo exhibition of work by Brandan ‘BMike’ Odums
December 09, 2019
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, NOT Supposed 2-Be Here, the first solo show in a museum setting by artist Brandan “BMike” Odums. The exhibition is set to open Saturday, Jan. 18 and run through May 23, 2020.
Newcomb Art Museum to host free performances, reception for the close of 'Flint is Family' and 'The American Dream Denied'
December 02, 2019
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Newcomb Art Museum will host a variety of performances from artists and collaborators from their current student-organized exhibition The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation to celebrate the run of the impactful exhibition, as well as to mark the final days of the powerful solo show Flint is Family.
Fall Harvest Festival 2019
November 26, 2019
The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of International Students and Scholars held the annual Fall Harvest Festival on Nov. 26 in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life.