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Thursday, October 17, 2019
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The 2020 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, a new major literary event for the Crescent City, was announced Wednesday. The three-day event will be held March 19-21 and will showcase national, regional and local authors. To view photos from the launch event,
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Tulane’s Professional Athlete Care Team and the NFL Player Care Foundation will conduct free screenings Oct. 19 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Tulane Medical Center as a part of the NFL’s Healthy Body and Mind Screening program, which is open to all former NFL players. Blood testing will be offered to the wives and significant others of screening participants. For more information,
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The Tulane Altman Program in International Studies and Business and the Tulane Office of the Provost are sponsoring a talk by Ivan Korcok, ambassador of Slovakia to the United States, on Oct. 31 from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Korcok will speak on the 1989 events that resulted in the fall of the totalitarian regime and the re-introduction of democracy in the former country of Czechoslovakia. For more information and to RSVP,
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District Administration
A Tulane University study found that after the introduction of yoga in elementary schools, students’ emotional and psychosocial quality of life increased.
Health Medicine Network
Howard Mielke, PhD, pharmacology professor at Tulane, discusses a new study that suggests lead present in soil impacts the lead levels in children’s blood.
Fox 8
Tulane football head coach Willie Fritz and quarterback Justin McMillan say the team is not focused on their rankings.
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Tulane Today accepts, for consideration, news and event submissions that are of interest to the Tulane community. Items must be 80 words or less and contain contact information and a web link that will be included in the published announcement.
Submission deadline is noon three business days prior to publication date.
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