Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business released results of the 2019 Greater New Orleans Startup Report. Freeman’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation surveyed more than 200 local startup-stage companies.
The SMART-REU is a 10-week summer program that brings in undergraduate students from across the country and pairs them with Tulane faculty in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry or physics/engineering physics.
A free exhibition tour of “The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation” will be led by Marilyn Amar, Gordon Plaza resident, on Sept. 21 from noon-1 p.m. at the Newcomb Art Museum. The exhibition showcases the impact of living among life-threatening pollution with limited access to resources. For more information, c
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Time
Walter Isaacson, professor of history at Tulane, authors a piece about Cokie Roberts’ love for American politics.
Los Angeles Times
Martin J. Davies, maritime law professor at Tulane, says an 1851 law may shield owners involved in the California boat fire that occurred earlier this month.
New Food Economy
Mark Davis, director of Tulane’s ByWater Institute, says he thinks it’s too early to know how far the Commercial Fishing and Aquaculture Protection Act of 2019 bill will progress.
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