Topic: humanities
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Gathering Moss
New Yorker, New York Times contributor and creative writing professor Thomas Beller reflects on arriving to teach at Tulane 10 years ago and making New Orleans his home.
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Screens vs. Books: the Book Always Wins, Professor Says
Is book culture old-fashioned in a society that’s overrun by screens?
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Empire Exhibit
If one could enter a door that leads inside a mind full of historic memories, that experience might feel the same as walking through the EMPIRE exhibit at the Newcomb Art Museum.
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New Deans, New Directions
The schools of Science and Engineering, Liberal Arts, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Architecture welcome new leaders.