The Tulane University Biocontainment Institute, offered in partnership with the Tulane National Primate Research Center, will provide full-scale training and instruction for biosafety professionals seeking to develop specialized research programs for pathogens requiring high levels of biocontainment, helping to develop and ready a workforce for the next public health emergency.
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At the 2023 Unified Commencement ceremony, four Tulane faculty members will receive the Suzanne and Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellows Awards and the Tulane President’s Awards for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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The A. B. Freeman School of Business has launched its first fully online Master of Business Administration program, which is a 46-credit-hour program comprising 20 courses that can be completed in two to four years. Applications are currently being accepted for fall 2023 admission. Read more on the Freeman website.
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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is here, and the online exhibit, “Music is the Scene: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979,” is available for exploration through Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC). The exhibit, which was on view in person last spring in the TUSC gallery, features archival materials and audio recordings related to the first 10 years of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. View a video about the exhibit here. Access the online exhibit here.
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Tulane employees, staff and graduates will be among the many performers and artists at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which begins today at the Fair Grounds Race Course. See a list of Tulanians who will be onstage or in the crafts marketplaces at this year’s fest. View the entire music schedule at the New Orleans Jazz Fest website.
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The School of Architecture will host an inaugural Design Showcase and Fashion Show on Thursday, May 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. The event is a pop-up exhibit and celebration of the Design Program’s work completed during the spring 2023 semester. It will feature projects from eight Design courses and work from over 100 students. The fashion show will start at 6 p.m. Visit the School of Architecture website for more information.
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The Washington Post
David Smilde, the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at the School of Liberal Arts, comments on the abrupt arrival of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Miami after he was not permitted to attend an international summit in Colombia to discuss Venezuela’s current government issues.
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The Atlantic
Dr. Shauna Levy, medical director of Tulane’s Bariatric and Weight Loss Center, says although there is current popularity around weight-loss drugs, there will likely be a long-term increase in bariatric surgery.
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SHRM
Jesse Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate at the School of Architecture, says the number of residents displaced from natural disasters could likely increase in the future, and population shifts could have major impacts on the labor force.
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