Famed American filmmaker Ken Burns to visit Tulane
March 19, 2019
Prominent American filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Tulane University on Friday, March 29, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tulane professor of history Walter Isaacson will moderate a dialogue with Burns, which will include clips of Burns’ groundbreaking works and a discussion of the people and events that molded America’s history. A question and answer session will follow the discussion. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Kendall Cram Room on the second floor of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, which is located on Tulane’s uptown campus.
Tulane workshop examines barriers to women in state and local politics
February 20, 2019
A workshop being hosted by Tulane University will take a close look at the challenges women candidates face when running for state and local office. More than 25 scholars from around the country are coming to Tulane for the two-day event sponsored by the Newcomb College Institute and Louisiana State University’s Reilly Center.
Newcomb Art Museum hosts author reading and signing on New Orleans sculptor Angela Gregory
February 14, 2019
Newcomb Art Museum will present an author talk and reading in Freeman Auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m. on A Dream and a Chisel, a powerful new memoir of sculptor Angela Gregory’s years in Paris.
Tulane medical students raise money for pediatric cancer research
February 05, 2019
Off with their hair! Tulane University School of Medicine students braved a shave to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The event raised more than $8,000 for the organization, which supports children with cancer.
Four universities, one day of service for New Orleans
January 14, 2019
Students from Dillard University, Loyola University, University of New Orleans and Tulane University will participate in the annual day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The students will dedicate their efforts to honor of King’s legacy by working with nonprofit groups around New Orleans.
Football Fanfare
December 12, 2018
The Tulane community gathers to cheer on the Green Wave football team.
Tulane Hillel to host Tree of Life vigil tonight
October 29, 2018
Tulane Hillel is hosting the Tulane Vigil for The Tree of Life Synagogue, tonight at 8 p.m. on the Berger Family Lawn (LBC Quad). Please join your fellow Tulanians for this evening of remembrance and unity in opposition to bigotry, prejudice and violence.
Tulane-Aspen Institute hosts Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings author, Annette Gordon-Reed
October 22, 2018
Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, an American historian and legal scholar, will be the featured speaker in the next Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series event on Monday, October 29 from 1-2 p.m. in Rogers Memorial Chapel on the Tulane University campus.
Diversity Convocation to feature ‘The Root’ editor
October 09, 2018
Damon Young, editor of ‘The Root’ and co-founder of Very Smart Brothas, will join the Tulane community on Oct. 15 as the guest speaker for the 2018 Diversity Convocation.
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.
Taking credit where credit is due
September 27, 2018
Katie Orenstein, founder and CEO of The OpEd Project, explained to students this week why it's important to “own your expertise.”
Is New Orleans poised to be the next Silicon Valley?
September 24, 2018
The growing number of technology jobs in the city was part of the discussion at the 39th annual Tulane Business Forum held Friday, Sept. 21.
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.
New speaker series to address the importance of equity
September 19, 2018
The Center for Academic Equity will hold its first Equity Speaker Panel on Sept. 25 titled, “Border Li(n)es: Excluding, Extracting, and Expelling Immigrants in the Southern U.S.”