River rising
March 09, 2018
Melting snow and heavy rain from the north cause the Mississippi to rise.
Performing at Jazz Fest? Let us know!
February 28, 2018
As New Orleans gears up for spring festival season, we’re looking for individuals who will play a role during the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Submissions may be featured in New Wave.
Pop-up exhibit celebrates Newcomb College history
February 28, 2018
Newcomb Art Museum is hosting a pop-up exhibition titled “The Most Natural Expression of Locality: Jazz, Newcomb Pottery and the Creative Impulse in Turn-of-the-Century New Orleans” on the fifth floor of Howard Tilton Memorial Library.
Symposium to show how New Orleans became ‘home’ to many
February 26, 2018
Tulane University will co-sponsor a series of lectures, panels and roundtable discussions themed “Making New Orleans Home: A Tricentennial Symposium” that will feature events throughout the city from March 8-11.
Slave ownership makes for complicated familial histories
February 23, 2018
On March 6, author Edward Ball will lead a talk titled, “Life of a Klansman,” exploring the life of Ball’s great-grandfather, who violently opposed racial democracy in Louisiana between 1865 and 1877.
Busted
February 22, 2018
Pioneering surgeon and distinguished professor is immortalized in library display.
Tulane Summer Enrichment Institute inspires future STEM careers
February 21, 2018
The new Tulane Summer Enrichment Institute, designed to encourage students to pursue STEM careers, will offer non-credit courses to middle school and high school students on campus.
‘Ma Francophonie’ inspires stories about French New Orleans
February 19, 2018
The French Graduate Student Association of Tulane University has a new project called Ma Francophonie NOLA, an initiative that will explore the ways that the city’s French heritage influences life today.
Class of 2022 features world’s best and brightest
February 16, 2018
Due to a 37.5 percent increase in Early Decision applications for fall 2018, Tulane’s acceptance rate for the Class of 2022 was curbed to 17 percent, resulting in the most selective class in the university’s history.
Change of pace
February 15, 2018
The end of Mardi Gras marks the beginning of Lent for many in the Tulane community.
Love notes
February 09, 2018
The Louisiana Research Collection documents the social and business life of New Orleans from the 1850s through the 1930s.
Tulane MakerSpace an inspiration to New Orleans schools
February 08, 2018
Tulane University is adding an outreach component to its already successful MakerSpace program.
Networking opportunities on tap at Career Wave 2018
February 07, 2018
Students will receive invaluable career advice from more than 40 speakers during the 2018 Career Wave taking place on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. on the uptown campus.
Centuries-old rules dictate modern Mardi Gras experiences
February 06, 2018
Sally Brown Richardson, the Charles E. Lugenbuhl Associate Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School, explains common Carnival experiences in terms of property law.