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View this email in your browser Tulane Today Friday, March 29, 2019 NEWS Tulane researcher studies ‘dark matter of genomes’ The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation recently awarded Tulane Cancer Center researcher Victoria Belancio, PhD, a three-year, $150,000 grant to support her investigations into rarely studied genetic elements that contribute to cancer. Read More Indigenous sovereignty topic of Center for Gulf South panel On April 2, scholars, artists and activists will present on the topic of sovereignty and Indigenous communities at the Center for the Gulf South’s Second Annual Indigenous Symposium in the Qatar Ballroom in the Lavin-Bernick Center. Read More ANNOUNCEMENTS Tulane alumnus nominated to head US Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Berger, who earned an engineering degree from Tulane in 1981, has been tapped to lead the U.S. Marine Corps. Read more about Berger at the Tulane Naval ROTC Alumni Association website. FEATURED EVENTS N. K. Jemisin: Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence N. K. (Nora) Jemisin graduated from Newcomb College in 1994. She writes speculative fiction, including novels, multi-book series and short stories. In 2016, she became the first African-American writer to win the Best Novel Hugo Award for The Fifth Season. In 2018, she was the first author to win three Hugos in a row for her Broken Earth trilogy. Jemisin will read from her work Monday at 7 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Room in the Lavin-Bernick Center. View All Events EVENTS March 29 Democracy in Retreat? Master Planning in a Warming World Medieval and Early Modern Maps Festival Sean Berkowitz and Bethany McLean: An Enron Discussion April 2 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action Health Sciences Teaching Scholars Education Day My City and Me high school arts exhibition   IN THE NEWS The Hollywood Reporter Kevin Yorn, a Tulane Law School grad, is named one of Hollywood's Top 100 attorneys. WVUE Fox 8 Lt. Gen. David Berger is a career infantry officer and was commissioned in 1981 after graduating from Tulane University in New Orleans. NOLA.com Albert Lepage Center director Rob Lalka writes about the next generation of startups.   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. Submit Your News Submission Guidelines & Form | Archive | Subscribe  2019 | Tulane University Communications & Marketing