Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective August 23.
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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, on Friday, June 18, at 3 p.m. The event location has been moved to the Richardson Building (Building No. 5), room 117, due to expected inclement weather. A reception will follow the event in the Center for Intercultural Life's mulitpurpose room, which is across the hall. The event will feature remarks by Carolyn Barber-Pierre, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and Intercultural Life, the singing of the Black National Anthem, presentations by Mia L. 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 at the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, and musical performances by the Casa Samba Afro-Brazilian cultural arts performance group. For more information, click here.
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The Tulane Center for Brain Health’s veteran support program Operation Bootstrap will host a four-day virtual screening of the award-winning documentary “Battlefield: Home — Breaking the Silence,” from Friday, June 25, through Monday, June 28. The documentary exposes the urgency of serving returning veterans, the toll that war takes on their loved ones and the possibilities of what the nation could be when help is provided to veterans and their families. A virtual panel discussion will be held on June 28 at 6 p.m. Panelists include Dr. Gregory Stewart, Center for Brain Health Medical Director, Anita Holsapple, “Battlefield” documentary filmmaker, and Sean Gavitt, U.S. veteran. Gabe Feldman, Center for Sport co-founder, will moderate. The virtual screening and panel discussion are free for registrants. For more information, click here.
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Scientific American Torbjörn Törnqvist, Vokes Geology Professor at the School of Science and Engineering, says predictions indicate that sea levels will continue to rise and how much they will rise depends on human actions.
The Economist Valerie Paz-Soldan, associate professor at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and director of Tulane Health Offices for Latin America, discusses why Peru has been affected the most from COVID-19 among the countries of Latin America.
Weather.com Jesse Keenan, associate professor of real estate at the School of Architecture, discusses his research on how climate change impacts Boston’s commuter train system.
AdPro Lesley-Ann Noel, associate director for design thinking for social impact and professor of practice at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, discusses the importance of diversity in the design profession.
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