Topic: New Orleans
![Bud Brimberg Bud Brimberg in front of Jazz Fest merchandise tent](/sites/default/files/styles/listings/public/2024-07/Brimberg-TH_0.jpg?itok=-q3mTJaR)
Impression: Bud Brimberg
When Bud Brimberg (L ’75), a Brooklyn native, was in his last year at Tulane Law School in 1975, he ventured over to the business school to sit in on a finance class.
![Robin S. Smith Robin S. Smith in front of light green New Orleans double style house](/sites/default/files/styles/listings/public/2024-03/Castle-Family-TH_0.jpg?itok=E-EA_fem)
Memorializing a civil rights activist’s home
Through a Tulane student’s efforts, a civil rights activist’s home has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Composer and Pianist Courtney Bryan Receives ‘Genius Grant’
Courtney Bryan, music professor in the School of Liberal Arts, has been named a 2023 “genius grant” recipient by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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The ‘Dream Job’
Angus Lind writes about memories of the Tulane pool hall/bowling alley/ping-pong facility, where he had a student job — a dream job.
![skyline of downtown New Orleans the skyline of downtown New Orleans at sunrise, as seen from the uptown campus](/sites/default/files/styles/listings/public/2024-01/city-TH.jpg?itok=ieWaGr87)
Tulane’s Identity
Hurricane Katrina did not change Tulane’s identity — it reinforced and affirmed it.
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We Are the Champions
Heralded as champions by President Michael A. Fitts during his address, the Class of 2023 gathered under the lights of Yulman Stadium to celebrate their academic achievements during the Unified Commencement Ceremony held on May 20.
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BOOK FEST 2023 CELEBRATES WRITERS AND READERS
The second annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, held March 9-11, attracted over 12,000 book lovers of all ages to the uptown campus.
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GET ME TO THE COTTON BOWL ON TIME!
Eternal optimists and lifelong Tulane fans like Richard Roussel never gave up on Green Wave football — and they were rewarded with the epic Goodyear Classic Cotton Bowl win in January.
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Impression: Michelle Gibson
Since leaving New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Michelle Gibson has taken the city’s culture to the world through her own New Orleans second-line aesthetic, a unique blend of dance styles ranging from Afro-funk to jazz.