Members of Tulane’s diverse community, who have had substantial and lasting impact on the university, will receive campus-wide recognition beginning next fall with the naming of a student residential hall, a center, a professorship and a lectureship in their honor.

Now in its 10th year, the Newcomb Scholars Program fosters a unique learning experience dedicated to undergraduate knowledge and research.

Nominate a graduating student from any Tulane school or at any degree level to be profiled in Tulane Today. Tulane’s University Commencement Ceremony takes place Saturday, May 18.

The first “Globalization and Culture in Israel” conference takes place April 4–5 in Tulane University’s Jewish Studies Building at 7031 Freret Street on the uptown campus, with a documentary screening and a panel of international speakers.

On Friday, March 22, at 6 p.m., six New Orleans musicians will take the stage in Freeman Auditorium to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime concert: Per(Sister) in Song. The concert is free and open to the public.

Tuesday's second annual Give Green: A Day for the Audacious, a university-wide 24-hour giving effort, began at 12 a.m. on March 19 and ends tonight at 11:59 p.m.

Tulane Climate Action Week, March 18–23, will give Tulanians a chance to take up the question of climate change at a variety of events, including lectures, a career panel, a poetry reading, film screenings, a campus and community organization fair, and an environmental research poster session and reception. The week will culminate with the 24th Annual Environmental Law and Policy Summit, organized by Tulane's Environment and Energy Law Society, on March 22–23.