New Yorker, New York Times contributor and creative writing professor Thomas Beller reflects on arriving to teach at Tulane 10 years ago and making New Orleans his home.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University a $2.3 million grant to study whether maintaining vacant lots and fixing up blighted propertiesin high-crime areas can also reduce incidents of youth and family violence within those neighborhoods.

BB’s Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum presents Dames at Sea, a spoof of 1930s movie musicals featuring the talents of several Tulanians. The production runs through Nov. 11.

A $500,000 gift from the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation will fund completion of the chapel in the Fr. Val McInnes, OP, Center for Catholic Life. The chapel, located on Tulane University’s uptown campus, will be named The Chapel of St. Martin de Porres, donated by Gayle and Tom Benson.

Ellis Marsalis performs his annual concert at Dixon Hall.

A walk through City Park’s Old Grove is an ethereal journey.

Todd Wackerman, a 2018 A. B. Freeman School of Business graduate, directs the STEM Library Lab, a new nonprofit that gives New Orleans public and charter school teachers the tools they need to teach hands-on, inquiry-based science.