A traveling exhibit by the Newcomb Art Museum examines the parallel evolution of jazz and Newcomb pottery. It is on view this weekend in the Grandstand at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Try your hand at matching past Tulane University Commencement speakers — from Ellen DeGeneres to the Dalai Lama — to a quote from their speeches to Tulane graduates.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University will honor business executive James J. Buquet III (MBA ’90) as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year and former Saints player Steve Gleason (MBA ’11) as Tulane Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Tulane Law School alumnus Ric Stewart is the executive director of the Save the Blues Foundation. The nonprofit plans to build a museum in downtown New Orleans dedicated to preserving the musical genre’s local history.
More than 600 Tulane staffers from the New Orleans, North Shore and Mississippi campuses volunteered across the region to help local nonprofits for the Wave of Green Day of Service.
Emily Madero is the new president and CEO of French Quarter Festivals, Inc. In addition to French Quarter Fest, the nonprofit organization produces the events Satchmo SummerFest and Christmas New Orleans Style.