Also In This Issue
High-Tech Convenience With a Digital Smile
Kiwibots roll onto the uptown campus, delivering high-tech convenience with a digital smile. Continue Reading
READING IN THE TIME OF COVID
In the course Writing About the Plague, English professor Thomas Albrecht leads students in a literary exploration of pandemic experiences. Continue Reading
TALES OF CURIOSITY AND DISCOVERY
As part of Tulane Homecoming, Reunion and Family Weekend, Tulane President Michael A. Fitts led a lively conversation with best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson, the Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival. Continue Reading
IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
Joining academic medicine’s latest treatments and technology with the personalized care of community medicine. Bringing Tulane innovation to the world. Transforming New Orleans into a destination for the most advanced and comprehensive health care. Continue Reading
TRAILBLAZERS
A portrait by Terrance Osborne, internationally renowned artist and New Orleans native, of three Tulane Trailblazers — Gloria Bryant Banks (SW ’64), Pearlie Hardin Elloie (SW ’65) and Marilyn S. Piper (SW ’64) — was unveiled at the School of Social Work building in downtown New Orleans on Nov. 11, 2022. Continue Reading
ADMISSION LEADER
Shawn Abbott, Tulane’s new vice president for enrollment management and dean of admission, takes the helm as the university has become one of the most sought-after schools in America. Continue Reading
THE ‘IT’ FACTOR
In describing then-freshman guard Sion James to a reporter last year, Green Wave basketball coach Ron Hunter called him a winner — someone with that enviable quality known as the “it” factor. Continue Reading
SAGA OF THE BROWN PELICAN
The brown pelican is, as many people may know, a symbol of Louisiana. Continue Reading
LOUISIANA MUSIC PARTY
Name your favorite New Orleans and Louisiana tune could be a parlor game. Continue Reading
BRAIN HEALTH
Today’s kids are very likely to live past 100 years old. Advances in health care and healthier lifestyles mean the life expectancy of Americans is on the rise. Even so, dementia is also on the rise in this country and worldwide. Continue Reading
Research, Scholarship & Artistic Achievement Second Annual Awards
Tulane’s Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards were presented for the second year on Nov. 4, 2022. Continue Reading
Impression: Nina King
Growing up in Tampa, Florida, Nina King (L ’05), vice president and director of athletics at Duke University and adjunct professor of business, didn’t play sports, but was a dancer and was always a sports fan. Continue Reading
Impression: Ali Vitali
Ali Vitali [SLA ’12], Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News, loved writing and knew she was interested in government and politics when she headed to college, and she learned to fuse those passions — along with her love of talking to and meeting new people — at Tulane. Continue Reading
Ampersand: William Rawlings & Bill Smith
A true crime story connects William Rawlings (M ’73, PHTM ’73) and Bill Smith (L ’66): But neither is the criminal or the victim. Continue Reading
GRATEFUL PATIENT CREDITS CARDIAC CENTER WITH LIFE-SAVING WORK
In gratitude for the Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia Discovery Center’s work in saving his life, an anonymous patient has donated almost $4 million to the center, which is directed by Dr. Nassir Marrouche, professor of medicine. Continue Reading
Inspired by the Past, Giving for the Future
Entrepreneur and longtime Tulane professor John Elstrott and his wife, Patty, have established the Elstrott Charitable Remainder Unitrust to honor their family’s Tulane legacy and to provide for the university’s strong future. Continue Reading
WAVE WEEKEND SPIRIT
Under bright blue skies, and with plenty of Tulane spirit in the air, Wave Weekend ’22 brought alumni, parents, current students, and faculty and staff members to the uptown campus for Homecoming, class reunions and Family Weekend Oct. 21-23. See photos of the fun gatherings throughout the weekend. Continue Reading
