In an excerpt from his new book, Lost in the Game: A Book About Basketball, the author writes about the inexorable, generational pull of a game of hoops.
The first writer after World War II to use Konzentrationslager — “concentration camp” — in German-language literature, Ilse Aichinger was a major voice in the work of memory of the holocaust.
With a U.S. State Department grant, Tulane alumni and students formed a nonprofit organization to provide international affairs career guidance and mentorship to underrepresented students from noncoastal areas of the United States.
On Thursday, June 16, Tulane University held a ribbon cutting for its new Innovation Institute, a transformative university-wide endeavor designed to bring Tulane research as well as the discoveries and breakthroughs of other institutions and individuals from the surrounding community and region to market faster.
Fred Wietfeldt, professor and chair of physics and engineering physics, has been awarded an $8.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation — the largest ever direct NSF award to Tulane.
Jay Uhlman was named head coach of the Tulane baseball team in June, after serving as interim coach. While interim, Uhlman led the team to the American Athletic Conference’s semifinal round.