The grant will support the launch of the School of Professional Advancement’s (SoPA) Master of Teaching degree. SoPA will also expand undergraduate teacher training for New Orleans Public Schools and the region.
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President Michael Fitts has added longtime university administrator Michael Cunningham to his Cabinet to ensure that the needs, opportunities and contributions of post-graduate students are represented at the highest level of university leadership. Read more about this appointment on the Tulane news site.
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Sites of Memory: Bulbancha & Mi'kma'ki, which will run Oct. 11-16, centers on preservation of community and memorialization of historic sites imperiled by climate change-driven land loss in maritime Canada and southeastern Louisiana. Jill Francis (left) and Janie Verret Luster (right) will be in conversation during the events. Read more on the Tulane news site.
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In the first-floor lobby of Walter E. Blessey Hall, home of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is a display case filled with a rock collection donated by Vertrees Young. Young willed his collection to Tulane, Sewanee (one of his alma maters) and the University of New Orleans. See the photo.
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The Film Studies and Digital Media Practices programs at the School of Liberal Arts will host a screening of the post-Katrina documentary film Getting Back to Abnormal by Paul Stekler. The screening will take place Monday, Oct. 10, from 6-8 p.m. in Stone Auditorium (Room 210) in the Woldenberg Art Center. A discussion with Stekler will take place following the screening. Visit the Wavesync event page for more information.
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In celebration of Indigenous People’s Day on Monday, Oct. 10, a screening of My Louisiana Love by filmmaker Monica Verdin of the United Houma Nation will take place from 7:30 – 9 p.m. in Auditorium 205 of the Woldenberg Art Center. The film details Verdin’s return to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma family and the struggles she must overcome as she realizes that the community and her people’s traditional way of life are threatened by decades of environmental degradation. The filmmaker will attend the screening and lead a discussion afterwards. Sign-up sheets will be available for attendees interested in participating in other Indigenous community activities throughout the year. The event is sponsored by the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group, Indigenous Student Group, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Center for Public Service, Newcomb Institute and the School of Social Work. The event is free and open to the public. Visit the event page on Wavesync to find out more about the screening or visit this page to RSVP.
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U.S. News and World Report
Following Elon Musk’s renewed proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, Ann Lipton, Tulane Law professor, says if the deal goes through Musk could be in control of the social media platform in a matter of days.
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Nola.com Margaret Mary Downey of the School of Social Work says consistent coordination between cardiovascular experts and OB-GYN teams have helped reduce maternal mortality rates in Louisiana.
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The Associated Press
“This is a Hurricane Katrina-scale event, where you’re having to rebuild everything, including the infrastructure,” says Jesse Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate at the School of Architecture, of Hurricane Ian’s destruction to Florida.
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