Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Those Who Can... Teach

by Lindsey Hoyt, Admission Counselor


Photos courtesy of Tulane New Wave.

How does creative writing taught by a National Book Award winner sound? Meet Associate Professor Jesmyn Ward.


Louisiana coastline, 2010. Associated Press.

How about computer science from a professor building a $480K web tool to display information gathered by Tulane's Disaster Recovery Leadership Academy about the BP oil spill? Meet Tulane computer science professor Kristen Brent Venable.



Photos courtesy of Tulane New Wave and Warner Brothers.


Would you like to take your freshman bio class from a professor hired by filmmakers as an expert on alien life-forms? Meet Dr. Bruce Fleury.



Left: Tulane New Wave.  Right: Steve McQueen by William Claxton, 1962. "American Cool", The Smithsonian.

How about discussing the meaning of "cool" with the man who built an entire Smithsonian exhibition around the concept? Meet WWOZ jazz DJ and Tulane English professor Joel Dinerstein.




Can you see yourself learning the ins and outs of financial analysis from the former Chief Investment Officer of the State of Louisiana? Meet Professor Peter Ricchiuti.

Only at Tulane. Only in New Orleans.


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