Allison Emmerson, an assistant professor of classical studies in the School of Liberal Arts, won the Rome Prize offered by the American Academy in Rome and an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship. Emmerson plans to spend the academic year 2018–19 in Rome, finishing her upcoming book, which will analyze how tombs were a central feature of suburbs within the ancient Roman world.

An exhibit, curated by architecture professor Carol McMichael Reese, honors A. Hays Town (A ’26). “Town’s popular—and perhaps abiding—legacy is as a regionalist who sought to create an indelible image of home in Louisiana,” said Reese. The exhibit is at Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana.

University Professor Walter Isaacson has joined CNN’s late-night public affairs show “Amanpour & Company” as a contributor. Isaacson also published an essay, “Shaped by Water: The Mississippi Remains the South’s Most Vital Artery,” in the Aug. 6–13, 2018, issue of TIME magazine.

• Iñaki Alday is the new dean of the School of Architecture.
• Brian Edwards is the new dean of the School of Liberal Arts.
• Thomas LaVeist is the new dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

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The schools of Science and Engineering, Liberal Arts, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Architecture welcome new leaders.

Tulane makes a major commitment to stop sexual violence on campus.

Are the clues to reducing community problems like poverty, bullying and crime held at the tip of a chromosome?

As the regular college football season transitions into bowl season, and then into “Wait till next year!” mode, all the football fan can do is hope his/her team is going to a bowl game — or in desperation satisfy a craving by watching a favorite football movie or game replays.

Among the most important issues in U.S. higher education right now is the lack of diversity in student and faculty populations.