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The second installment of the Presidential Speaker Series will be held Wednesday, July 22, at 5 p.m. CT via Zoom and will feature a discussion with civil rights activist Ruby Bridges and Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans. The event is free, but registration is required.
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A university-wide message from President Michael Fitts, Senior Vice President and Provost Robin Forman, and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Norton detailed steps the university has taken to protect the health of the Tulane community, while maintaining and enhancing the quality of the university’s educational experience.
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This week, Anneliese Singh has begun her role as the university’s inaugural chief diversity officer, sharing best practices in building diversity across campus and bolstering efforts to recruit, support and retain a diverse faculty.
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Physics professor Ryan Glasser and researchers Onur Danaci and Sanjaya Lohani are working with the U.S. Army Research Office on a machine learning project that could pave the way for small, mobile quantum networks and may lead to unbreakable, secure communication systems, quantum computers and enhanced radar.
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School of Social Work Dean Patrick Bordnick, Tonya Hansel, the school’s doctorate program director, and professor Leia Saltzman authored a publication in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, which explores the potential impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on loneliness and well-being.
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The Deming Department of Medicine will host a Grand Rounds on Wednesday, July 22, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom and Facebook. It will feature School of Medicine’s David Mushatt, MD, and Dahlene Fusco, MD, who will provide updates on COVID-19. For more information, click here.
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The Disaster and Collective Trauma certificate program will present a webinar titled “Lifting the Veil for Social Work” on Thursday, July 23, at 2:45 p.m. CT via Zoom. The webinar will feature social workers Curtis Davis, Tulane PhD graduate, and Samantha Francois, the university’s Sonja Bilger Romanowski Early Career Professor, discussing racism-based trauma and action steps that may be helpful in practice and the classroom. For more information and to register, click here.
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American School & University
The university is constructing 13 temporary classrooms on-campus to support in-person teaching and dining.
Market Place
Thomas LaVeist, dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, discusses how racism is a public health emergency.
The Washington Post
Greg Stewart, MD, university team physician, says determining what constitutes a high-risk exposure to COVID-19 during a football game will be a judgment call for medical staff.
The Seattle Times
Catherine McKinley, professor at the School of Social Work, comments on how dehumanizing images of the Native American community can negatively affect mental health.
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