Alumna and Board of Tulane member Libby Alexander and her husband, Robert, are donating $12.5 million to advance data science at Tulane. The university’s Data Hub will be renamed the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science.
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The School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) is now accepting applications for three scholarships reserved for employees of the City of New Orleans. The tuition scholarships are funded through a gift from the Murphy Foundation. Read more at the SoPA website.
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The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival officially opens on Friday with Romeo and Juliet. In the war-torn city of Verona, Romeo and Juliet fall desperately in love in spite of their families' ancient grudge. In homage to director Burton Tedesco's own Italian heritage and the play's Verona setting, the production will be set in 1866 just after the Third War for Italian Independence. Romeo and Juliet runs Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 30, in the Lupin Theatre, 150 Dixon Hall Annex on Tulane's uptown campus. Tickets can be purchased from the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival website.
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The New York Times
Extreme heat can be deadly for vulnerable populations such as older people, says Dr. Natalie Christian, an assistant professor of geriatrics at the School of Medicine.
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Fortune
As the Powerball hits $650 million, the ninth largest prize in its history, a paper by earth sciences professor Stephen A. Nelson is cited, comparing chances – one in 1.6 million – of dying from a local meteorite, asteroid, or comet impact.
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Yahoo
Loneliness is worse for heart health than bad diet or smoking, a study of diabetic patients finds. Dr. Lu Qi, one of the study authors and a professor at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine advised against downplaying the importance of loneliness on physical and emotional health.
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The Athletic
Andrew Leber, a political science professor at the School of Liberal Arts and an expert in Saudi politics and media coverage, comments on Saudi Arabia’s new stake in the global economy of professional golf.
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