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Tulane University will host a community meeting for University Area neighbors on Aug. 8, before students arrive for the 2023-24 academic year. Tulane officials will provide updates and information on key initiatives concerning the university and the surrounding community, according to Tulane Neighbor News, a monthly newsletter from the university’s Community Relations Department. A Q&A […]

The following is a calendar of community events happening in the Baton Rouge area from Friday-Thursday, June 22.

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In January, Tulane conducted a survey, asking members of its community to share the principles, both current and aspirational, that they believe embody the spirit of the university as it

Students in Tulane Law Schools Reading Room take advantage of quiet time with a masked statue of Nathan Hale looking on. Students have followed safety guidelines since they returned to campus after the COVID-19 pandemic began. (Photo by Sally Asher)   From frontline doctors to first-year students, Tulanians across campuses are reflecting on the year of COVID-19 and the changes, challenges and breakthroughs it has brought. “Tulanians came together in a time of great uncertainty to offer suppo...

Through an agreement with the Tulane University Libraries, newly published articles by Tulane researchers appearing in any of nearly 500 academic journals from Cambridge University Press and the American Chemical Society will be freely available to all readers under an Open Access model. (Photo by Sally Asher)   The Tulane University Libraries have signed two Publish and Read agreements with two major scholarly journal publishers. Under these recent agreements, newly published articles by ...

  Maybe personal wellness is one of your goals for 2021. A good part of that plan is to advocate for yourself, especially in the doctor’s office. Jacey Jones, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Tulane School of Medicine, offers some suggestions to improving your doctors’ visits, regardless of your health status. Find a primary care doctor to help guide your health care. If you don’t have a physician, ask friends and family for recommendations. Even if you feel great, you sti...

New Orleans might be the only place where a pair of giraffes, a velociraptor and Dr. John can co-exist peacefully. The Krewe of House Floats, started by a casual suggestion on the internet to decorate one’s house as a Mardi Gras float, quickly sprang into a full-blown movement. Within a short time, 2,600 homes across New Orleans — as well as homes around the country and as far away as Australia, Europe, and Asia — displayed the creativity, pageantry and joie de vivre of Mardi Gras. Mega...

It’s Mardi Gras season in Louisiana in a year like none other. The coronavirus pandemic brought an abrupt halt to annual balls and parades, and "donning a