Tulane University News

During this encouraging commencement speech, Ellen DeGeneres addresses the graduation glass of Tulane University.

Jerry Springer sees similarities between the guests on his talk show and contestants in game shows.

The 2013 Birdfoot Festival staged a grand performance of Steve Reich's "Different Trains" at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro on Thursday, May 23.

Kristen Leigh Hillburn of Metairie is the 2013 valedictorian of Archbishop Chapelle High School.

The California State University Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that it has appointed Joseph F. Sheley as the permanent president of California State University, Stanislaus.

Peter Nguyen of Harvey is valedictorian of Thomas Jefferson High School in Gretna.

Archbishop Shaw High held its annual Baccalaureate Mass May 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Marrero.

Olivia Stricklin, a resident of Belle Chasse, is the daughter of Gregory and Celeste Stricklin.

Kathy Q. Le, daughter of Ket and Hang Le of Marrero, is valedictorian of the Academy of Our Lady Class of 2013.

Dalai Lama grooved to the music on stage at Tulane University. The actress Kerry Washington spoke at commencement exercises for George Washington University.

Like the 2,800 Tulane University graduates massed before him Saturday morning in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Dalai Lama was clearly ready to party.

The Dalai Lama and Tulane University President Scott Cowen stand underneath a second line umbrella as Dr.

The Rev. John Denning, a native Rhode Islander and the current vice-president for student affairs at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., has been named the college's 10th president, it was announced Friday.

Make no mistake. The slightly-impossible-to-pronounce acronym CCRMA, standing for the not-terribly-sexy "Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics," is one of the world's hotbeds for innovation in electronic music.

Albany State University professors conducted research in New Orleans at the Williams Research Center and Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive, Manuscript Department, and Amistad Research Center on May 8 - 10.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will deliver an address on 'Strength Through Compassion' at Morial Convention Center Friday, May 17, 2013.

From the Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan ; Department of Nephrology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan ; ... (more)

Lisa Jeff thought New Orleans would be home forever, but when Hurricane Katrina blew through in 2005, her plans changed.

John C. Allen Jr., an architectural historian in Jefferson County, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from Davis & Elkins College during Saturday's commencement ceremonies.

Reed Kroloff, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, will leave his full-time role for a part-time position in the 2013-14 academic year.