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Film producer Christine Vachon delivers inaugural Bobby Yan Lectureship

Red Tremmel (left), Tulane professor of practice, moderated a talk with Christine Vachon (right), renowned film producer and co-founder of Killer Films, for the inaugural Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media and Social Change. The lecture is named after Emmy award-winning filmmaker, video producer and Tulane graduate Bobby Yan, and is a part of the Tulane Trailblazers initiative.

Veterans Day at Tulane

Tulane, which is ranked No. 18 on U.S. News and World Report’s latest list of Best Colleges for Veterans, offers a supportive academic environment to veterans and active service members with educational benefits, federal loans, and financial aid options.

Cuban Musician Robertico Carcassés

Tulane’s Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute is hosting a live interview with Cuban musician Robertico Carcassés today at 5:30 p.m. in Stone Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center. Daniel Sharp, Tulane professor and chair in the Department of Music, will interview Carcassés about his music career and ongoing projects. Carcassés is the bandleader of the Cuban musical project Interactivo. For more information, click here.

A Reading by Rachel Kushner

The Newcomb Institute at Tulane is hosting a reading by author Rachel Kushner on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in Freeman Auditorium at the Woldenberg Art Center. Her latest novel is The Mars Room, which debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. Her other works include, The Flamethrowers, The Strange Case of Rachel K and Telex from Cuba. The event is free and co-sponsored by the Newcomb Art Museum. For more information, click here, and to view the event flyer, click here.

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Events

November 11

Older Adults in Emergencies: Outbreaks and Natural Disasters

Anthropocene River Screenings

November 12

Tulane Idea Symposium

Tulane Tuesday | Creole Creamery

Ethics in AI Lecture with Professor Nicholas Mattei

Faculty Recital - Promenade Musicale en France

November 13

An International Poetry Reading

Friends of Music – Lisette Oropesa

In The News

Forbes
Tonya Hansel, PhD, director of the Doctorate of Social Work program at Tulane, says automated techniques to remove harmful content on the internet can help reduce the emotional abuse and trauma it causes youth.

Renal & Urology News
Sixto G. Giusti, MD, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, says data suggests the use of proton pump inhibitors may adversely affect chronic kidney disease.

Targeted Oncology
A. Oliver Sartor, MD, medical director of Tulane Cancer Center and C. E. and Bernadine Laborde Professor of Cancer Research, discusses a discrepancy found between conventional imaging and PSMA PET/CT scanning for prostate cancer.

KSHB-TV
Robert Allen, adjunct professor at the School of Professional Advancement, says taxpayers are paying for rebuilding in vulnerable natural disaster areas when insurance companies pull back from covering some areas.

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