Don (A&S ’81) and Lora Peters (center) have donated $3.3 million in support of training and sports medicine for Tulane’s student-athletes. The couple, seen with their children Creaghan and Kevin at the 2021 dedication of the Don and Lora Peters Academic Center, are longtime supporters of Tulane Athletics.
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As part of Tulane Homecoming, Reunion and Family Weekend, Tulane President Michael A. Fitts (right) led a lively conversation with best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson (right), the Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival. Isaacson, prompted by questions from Fitts, related fascinating, little-known anecdotes from the lives he has chronicled through his books. Read more on the Tulane news site.
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Wave Weekend ’22 brought alumni, parents, current students, faculty and staff members to the uptown campus for Homecoming, class reunions and Family Weekend. Check out photos from the weekend on the Tulane news site.
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The Murphy Institute will host the Fall 2022 Yates Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, Room 213, of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. The lecture titled “Children and the U.S. Social Safety Net: Rethinking Policies using an Investment Lens” will be presented by Hilary Hoynes, professor of public policy and economics and Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities at the University of California, Berkeley. Hoynes will discuss the emerging research that examines how public programs that deliver aid to the poor affect children’s life trajectories. The lecture is open to the public. For more information, visit the Murphy Institute website.
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Insider
Ann Lipton, Tulane Law professor, says unless there is a “new, intervening event” that prevents Elon Musk from closing the deal with Twitter by the judge’s deadline, “he’ll probably have exhausted the court’s supply of goodwill.”
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Technology.org
Professors James Donahue, Alex McSkimming and Russell Schmehl of the School of Science and Engineering will use a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a process for producing clean hydrogen from water and renewable energy.
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Forbes
Citing research that Black and Latinx communities experience a disproportionate impact during and after a natural disaster, Monica Sanders, senior fellow at the Tulane Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, provides tips on how communities can prepare.
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