With an emphasis on music therapy, the Priddy Family Brain Health Fund will support treatment for veterans suffering from the ‘invisible wounds’ of war, including traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health issues. The Priddy Family Foundation is led by Kikie and Robert Priddy.
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Two Tulane undergraduate students, two graduate students, and one alumna have been named Fulbright U.S. Student Program finalists for 2021-2022. Each grantee will receive funds from the Fulbright Student Program to study abroad, conduct an individually designed research project, or participate in an English Teaching Assistant Program outside the United States. Newcomb-Tulane College students Ryan Braun (left) and Alexander Quianzon (right), will work as English Teaching Assistants in Europe. Read More
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The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the A. B. Freeman School of Business has announced six projects that will receive grants as part of its Count the Costs research initiative. The grants will support projects that investigate barriers Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) experience in society, the economic costs of those barriers and viable approaches to addressing them. Read More
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The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane returns to the Lupin Theatre for the live performance of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. The play is about twin brothers who were separated at birth and, years later, unknowingly visit the same city. Set in the 1980s, the comedy follows the brothers’ way back to reuniting with one another. The show will run from Friday, July 23, through Saturday, Aug. 7. The opening night performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. and a reception will follow. A preview performance will take place on Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, click here.
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The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host an event observing Juneteenth, or June 19, the commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. The event will be held on Friday, June 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Admissions tent on the uptown campus behind Gibson Hall. The event will feature opening remarks by Carolyn Barber-Pierre, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and Intercultural Life, the singing of the Black National Anthem, presentations by Mia Bagneris, director of the Africana Studies Program at the School of Liberal Arts, and Jinaki Flint, staff psychologist at Campus Health’s Counseling Center. The event will also feature spoken word by Ra Malika Imhotep, Global South Research fellow, and music by Casa Samba. For more information, click here.
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NBC News Dr. Joshua Denson, pulmonary medicine and critical care physician at the School of Medicine, says he has not seen patients who are fully vaccinated become critically ill from COVID-19.
Inside Climate News Reggie Ferreira, Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy director and associate professor at the School of Social Work, discusses ways that climate change is affecting individuals’ mental health.
Reuters The Tulane National Primate Research Center’s COVID-19-related studies and research is profiled.
The Science Times Kathy Jack, professor and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the Department of Anthropology at the School of Liberal Arts, comments on how to distinguish the alpha male in a group of Capuchin monkeys.
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