Renowned shoe and fashion designer Steve Madden will address Tulane students on the art of wearing many hats – and shoes – while building his business and fashion empire. The conversation, which will be moderated by Her Campus co-founder, Windsor Hanger Western, will begin at 6 p.m. on April 25 in the Kendall Cram Lecture Room on the second floor of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. 

Tulane University’s first-ever 24-hour giving day kicks off today, challenging the global Tulane community to “Give Green.” The excitement began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, and ends at midnight.

For the full 24 hours of Wednesday, April 18, Tulane supporters can be a part of Give Green: A Day for the Audacious, during which participants are asked to make a gift to the Tulane Fund in support of scholarships, academics and research at the university.

During the Newcomb-Tulane College Crossroads Colloquium on Monday, April 16, Nina Tandon, CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, the world's first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction, will discuss how we can create smarter technologies by making cells, nature's elemental building blocks.

Nine student finalists in the Tulane Novel Tech Challenge will address a panel of judges with their ideas for improving the environment, human health, education and urban infrastructure through technology on Friday, April 13, from 2-5 p.m. on the uptown campus.

Newcomb Art Museum will present EMPIRE, an immersive art installation by Los Angeles-based artists Fallen Fruit, from April 13 to July 7 on Tulane University’s uptown campus.

Accomplished composers will offer their musical responses to the question: “What Is the Sound of Freedom?” during a concert of the same name Saturday at 8 p.m. in Dixon Hall on the uptown campus.