Idle time December 01, 2017 12:00 PM | Paula Burch-Celentano pburch@tulane.edu View PDF A towboat is docked on the Mississippi riverbank at The Fly in uptown New Orleans as a flock of black-bellied whistling ducks passes overhead. Other Related Articles Tulane Commencement celebrates the resilience and ambition of the Class of 2024 Center for College Access keeping its promise to prepare Louisiana high schoolers for college Tulane to expand downtown campus with research-focused renovation President Biden announces up to nearly $23 million for Tulane to develop revolutionary cancer ‘moonshot’ project Class of 2028 kicks off Tulane journey with Hullabaloo Hello