THE MAGAZINE MAGAZINE OF OF TULANE TULANE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY / DECEMBER/ MARCH 2019 2018

Insights Innovation UNDERSTANDING & EXPLORATION Building land, extending life, understanding our complex world. In this Tulanian, we will see where the drive and curiosity of Tulane scholars and researchers are taking them — and us.

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3 Letters 4 In Brief 16 MAIN FEATURE UP FIRST 8 By the Numbers 9 Tulanians’ Impact, LIFE AND Innovation in SURVIVAL ON Orbit 10 Athletics THE GULF 11 Scholarship, COAST How Tweet It Is Community ecologists are focused on understanding how the living 12 New Orleans world works, in all its complexity How does a food critic maintain a and diversity, as they nd ways that healthy lifestyle in a species might thrive and land can food-rich city? be restored. 13 (Per)Sister Newcomb Art Museum's  current exhibit brings to light incarcerated ADDING LIFE PURE MATH women in Louisiana. TO YEARS Lisa Fauci is a pioneer Tulane researchers are in math modeling, an 14 Opinion uncovering the science award-winning scholar Eugene M. Ogozalek, A ’74, talks about his behind aging and learning and a mentor to graduate experience as a Vietnam how to add life to students working at War veteran and his additional years. the interface of math, education at Tulane. scientic computing and basic biology.

WAVEMAKERS 36 Audacious Giving 

CHALLENGE QUOTED TULANIANS ACCEPTED 39 Class Notes With a focus on “Knowing someone’s biological 40 Ampersand enhancing the age allows you to tailor therapies undergraduate experience, 43 Impression Tulane encourages and interventions that promote 45 Farewell students to challenge healthy aging.” themselves. S. MICHAL JAZWINSKI 46 Tribute PAGE 

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2 ulanian agazine  2019 ABOUT THE COVER Endophytes grow in the Sunshine Van Bael Lab. Photo by Paula Yeah, You Write Burch-Celentano. Art direction by Marian Herbert-Bruno. From the Editor

EDITOR Mary Ann Travis Stories of discovery, insights and innovation — with a focus on scholarship and CREATIVE DIRECTOR research — are what this Tulanian is all about. Biologists tell us about their work Melinda Whatley Viles exploring the ecology of living organisms on the Gulf Coast — lizards, grasses, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Faith Dawson trees, fungi and bacteria. With the study of aging a major initiative of the university, CONTRIBUTORS we present an overview of research in this area in which the goal is more about Marianna Barry Keith Brannon adding life to years than merely extending years to life. Professor Lisa Fauci is a star Barri Bronston in the world of mathematics, and we’re happy to bring attention to this pioneer in Carolyn Scofield Naomi King Englar math modeling of organismal locomotion and reproductive ¡uid dynamics. ¥en Alicia Duplessis Jasmin Angus Lind there are the undergraduate researchers, future stars in the realm of discovery in all Mike Strecker kinds of elds. Be sure to check out our new website — tulanian.tulane.edu — for Miriam Taylor additional content. SENIOR UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER Paula Burch-Celentano To the Editor entire edition without crying and adding SENIOR PRODUCTION COORDINATOR [Email letters to [email protected]] to my list of books I want to read. Sharon Freeman Connie Brooks, Mom of recent grad who GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Appreciation doesn’t want to report his new address :) Marian Herbert-Bruno Kindly permit me to add belated compli- Norwalk, Iowa Kim Rainey ments on the new format of our excellent Healthy Friendships PRESIDENT OF magazine and especially for bringing TULANE UNIVERSITY Michael A. Fitts back the Tulanian title. Like other alums, People su€er from external assaults, like I felt something was missing when it Hurricane Katrina, and from internal SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND disappeared for a while. psychological assaults, like anxiety and INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Your pictorial layout about “New depression. … One positive, forward- Richard Matasar Spaces, New Places” [December ‰Š‹Œ] moving response to both of these assaults VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY with the neatly placed bios of each facil- is the work of Aaron Frumin, reported COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Libby Eckhardt ity was a huge eye-opener to someone on p. †‡ of the December ‰Š‹Œ Tulanian who trekked the TU campus as a student magazine. As he works alongside young Tulanian ISSN   is published quarterly by the Tulane University Office of Communications in the mid ‹“œŠs when none of these students, teaching them how to build and MarketingŠ  McAlister DriveŠ Drawer Š New magnicent buildings existed. Tulane’s houses, Aaron Frumin is giving them a OrleansŠ La Ž‘’ “ Business and Editorial Offices–  BroadwayŠ ste Š New OrleansŠ La spread throughout New Orleans and purpose in their lives and a context for Ž‘’ “ Send editorial and subscription correspondence to Tulane University Office of even to the North Shore was likewise building healthy friendships. Communications and MarketingŠ  McAlister most impressive. NC DriveŠ Drawer Š New OrleansŠ La Ž‘’ “ or Louise Cole Carter, ’
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3 In Brief

LAW LAW CLINICS CELEBRATE YEARS Legal clinics for skills-based training began at Tulane Law School in 1978. They are now a hallmark of Tulane’s legal education program. Forty years ago, Tulane was one of the few law schools to venture into using live-client experience through clinics and practice simulations, rather than a case book, to teach advocacy skills. The clinics now include Civil Rights & Federal Practices, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Environmental Law, Juvenile Law, and Legislative & Administrative Advocacy. Over the years, clinic graduates have gone on to hold public office, serve as members of the judiciary, manage law firms and lead public interest organizations.

ON CAMPUS tulane.it/law-clinics-celebrate-40-years TIM COOK ANNOUNCED AS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Students celebrate the news at No. 2 Audubon Place that Tim Cook, Apple CEO, will deliver ACADEMICS the keynote address at Tulane’s 2019 Commencement. Graduating students were invited to the event on Feb. 7, which generated excitement all over campus. The graduation TOP ONLINE PROGRAMS ceremony wil take place at 9 a.m., May 18, in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. “Tim Cook The HOMELAND SECURITY program offered represents the kind of success we hope all of our graduates can attain — not only because online by the School of Professional he is the CEO of the most innovative company in the world, but because he leads with Advancement and the online SOCIAL WORK dignity and uses his role to make a positive difference in the world,” said Tulane President MASTER’S PROGRAM in the School of Social Mike Fitts. Work have been named top master’s Visit tulaniantulaneedu for additional content programs by OnlineMasters.com. tulane.it/online-homeland-security tulane.it/online-social-work

BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE STEWART CENTER CBD FACULTY MEMBER QUOTED In January, the A. B. Freeman School HONORED “ What we found was of Business began offering classes in Marianne Desmarais, School of downtown New Orleans at the Stewart Architecture professor of practice and that women who Center CBD, located at the corner of director of undergraduate architecture fell in love Howard Avenue and Carondelet Street. programs, has been named an Artist- had The 21,000-square-foot space houses in-Residence for 2019 at the Joan increased activity the Stewart Center for Executive Mitchell Center in the historic Treme Education, which includes Freeman’s neighborhood in New Orleans. A of genes involved in executive MBA program and custom, residency, Desmarais said, changes antiviral defenses.” non-degree programs for professionals, not only an artist’s work but the artist the Goldring Institute for International themselves. “The experience of an art DAMIAN MURRAY, assistant professor Business and a newly launched program residency feels simultaneously like time of psychology, on his study analyzing the immune system of women in love. in Entrepreneurial Hospitality. sped up and time slowed down.” /female-immune-system-study tulane.it/Stewart-center-cbd tulane.it

4 ulanian agazine  2019 IN THE NEWS TULANE STUDENT SEAS RISING In a CNN report on the $48 million federal project to WINS OSCAR move families from Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, where the Gulf of Mexico is inundating Avery Siegel, a Tulane student majoring in homes, Torbjörn Törnqvist, professor and chair of earth and environmental science, communication with a minor in public health, said that one day it won’t be villages thinking of relocation, it will be cities. can add the title “Oscar winner” to her resume. “The reality is that there are other, even Siegel, a second-year student in the School of Liberal Arts, is a co-executive producer of the larger cities that may actually be even more vulnerable, like Miami, for example.” documentary Period. End of Sentence, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short on Feb. . e lm follows girls and women in Hapur, India, telling the story of tulane.edu/seas-rising the stigma of menstruation, and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village. Siegel and her fellow co-producers began the project in high school in Los Angeles when they learned about the lack of access to a‚ordable and hygienic menstrual products around the world, which leads many girls to drop out of school. “We knew we wanted to do something to raise awareness of this issue but did not know exactly what we wanted to do,” Siegel said. “We soon learned about Arunachalam Muruganantham’s low-cost sanitary pad machine that was revolutionizing the way in which menstruation was discussed in India.” Siegel said she wants to continue making documentaries when she graduates from Tulane. Period. End of Sentence is available on Net‹ix. tulane.it/period-end-of-sentence

ART BY HANNA BARCZYK, COURTESY NETFLIX

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY THE WONDER OF BIRDS Bruce Fleury, a professor in Tulane’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has plenty to say about birds — so much so that he’s developed a 12-part lecture series that even the most novice bird- watcher will find both insightful and entertaining. tulane.it/wonder-of-birds

QUOTED “ They come to me because they have been lost to history.” JESMYN WARD, creative writing professor, in The New York Times, talking about her characters in her award-winning novels — like Esch in Salvage the Bones (2011) and Jojo in Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017). tulane.it/Jesmyn-Ward-nyt

5 IN BRIEF

RESEARCH CULTURE BEARERS TRACKING PEPTIDES IN THE COURT AND ALCOHOL CELL SOUP “I liked beer. I still like beer.” William C. Wimley, professor of Long before Judge Brett biochemistry in the School of Medicine, Kavanaugh uttered these is making soup, but not the kind you’d infamous words during probably like to sip. In his lab, in a cell confirmation hearings soup, he’s synthesizing peptides in order for his appointment to to create ones with therapeutic potential, the U.S. Supreme Court particularly as smart-delivery systems to in September, alcoholic deliver drugs that have shown promise beverages were a part of the against microbes known as “superbugs.” life and work of the justices Wimley’s work is supported by the of the Supreme Court. In her new book, National Institutes of Health and was Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court recognized in the NIH Director’s Blog. and Alcohol, Nancy Maveety, professor tulane.it/peptides-in-cell-soup and chair of political science, discusses how the justices have participated in both the enjoyment and the restriction

PUBLIC HEALTH of beverage alcohol throughout our PLANETARY HEALTH DIET country’s history. After analyzing the diets of 16,000 tulane.it/the-court-and-alcohol Americans, researchers led by Diego Rose, professor of public health, found that preparing meals with a small carbon ATHLETICS footprint is as simple as using less animal VOLLEYBALL protein. “People whose diets had a lower The Tulane volleyball team is carbon footprint were eating less red THROWBACK in the middle of its spring 2019 meat and dairy — which contribute to a season. On the heels of one of the larger share of greenhouse gas emissions COMMENCEMENT most successful years in program and are high in saturated fat — and history, defined by a 29-win season consuming more healthful foods like and a postseason championship poultry, whole grains and plant-based When President George H.W. Bush died on appearance, the Green Wave looks proteins,” he said. Nov. ‘’, ’“”, among all the accolades and for continued growth over the next tulane.it/planetary-health-diet tributes, a special memory of his connection few months. to Tulane stood out. Bush and President Bill Clinton were the commencement speakers at MEDICINE GOT CHAPPED LIPS? University Commencement in May ’’— — As reported in Live Science, lip balms for and they graced the cover of the summer ’’— dry, chapped lips provide only temporary Tulanian (above). comfort, and some types can make scaly It was the rst commencement after Katrina lips even drier. That’s because, in part, rolled across New Orleans the previous August. when the thin film of moisture from the lip balm evaporates, it dehydrates your As Tulanian reported, “In his remarks, lips even more. “It starts a vicious cycle,” Bush praised the courage and tenacity of said Dr. Leah Jacob, an assistant professor Tulane’s students, faculty and sta‚ in the face of dermatology in the School of Medicine. of unimaginable adversity. ‘e ‹oodwaters tulane.it/got-chapped-lips may have breached the levees that surround this city and may have destroyed home after ALUMNI NEWS home, block after block,’ he said. ‘But today we NEW TAA PRESIDENT also know they couldn’t break the spirit of the Erica Washington (PHTM ’09), a public health epidemiologist, begins her term people who call this remarkable, improbable as president of the Tulane Alumni city home.’” Association on July 1 when Tobias Smith (TC ’98) completes his time in office.

6 ulanian agazine  2019 COMMUNITY MINDED “I think any system that removes SKATE PARK PROJECT The national Association of Collegiate egregious human error from the Schools of Architecture named the School of Architecture’s Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design one game could work.” of only four recipients of its Collaborative GABE FELDMAN, sports law professor, talking about the potential need for more video replays during Practice Award for 2018–19. NFL games after the infamous no call for pass interference in the Saints vs. Rams NFC Championship. The award highlights the Small Center’s tulane.it/Gabe-Feldman-wwltv 13 years of design-build projects and engagement programs, in particular the Parasite Skatepark project, a New Orleans park that officially opened in 2015 following years of efforts by local skaters

PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER to establish a recreation space. RICIN TREATMENT tulane.it/skatepark-project A new study at the Tulane National Primate Research Center showed for the first time that an experimental drug can save ON CAMPUS nonhuman primates exposed to deadly CHINESE STUDENTS VISIT ricin toxin, a potential bioterrorism agent. Twenty-five Chinese students from tulane.it/ricin-treatment Xiangtan University in Hunan Province visited Tulane Law School in January as part of a faculty and student exchange.

MEDICINE The visit was a result of a collaboration REDUCING CERVICAL between Xiangtan and Tulane that CANCER RATES established the Tulane-Yongxiong Center for International Credit Law last fall. Dr. Jessica Shank, associate professor of gynecologic oncology at the School tulane.it/chinese-students-visit of Medicine, is on a mission to raise awareness that cervical cancer is preventable. “This is a cancer that can ALUMNI NEWS be prevented with regular Pap smear ALUMNI FACULTY AWARD screening and the human papillomavirus Peter Ricchiuti, a longtime A. B. Freeman (HPV) vaccine,” she said. ON CAMPUS School of Business professor, is the first tulane.it/reducing-cervical-cancer-rates VALUES IN AMERICA recipient of the Tulane Alumni Association Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright chats with award that recognizes a distinguished University Professor of History Walter Isaacson before faculty member who continually engages IN THE NEWS Albright’s appearance at the Tulane-Aspen Institute alumni with the university. EXCAVATION IN PERU Values in America Speaker Series on Feb. 12 in Dixon tulane.it/alumni-faculty-award-Ricchiuti Professor of Hall. Isaacson moderated the discussion, centered on Anthropology nationalism, populism and Albright’s new book, John Verano’s Fascism: A Warning. excavation of the site of a 500-year-old Visit tulaniantulaneedu mass child sacrifice that took place on the northern coast of Peru is featured in the for additional content For more stories February National Geographic magazine. The article, “An Unthinkable Sacrifice,” about Tulane, QUOTED provides details about the findings, including how some of the children were “The addiction takes over.” subscribe to killed, how they were buried and the growing number of skeletons recovered PATRICIA KISSINGER, quoted in the Los Angeles Tulane Today, from ongoing excavations. Verano and Times article, “Two crises in one: As drug use rises, so Gabriel Prieto of the Universidad Nacional does syphilis.” Kissinger is a professor of epidemiology our daily de Trujillo along with a team of students and infectious disease at the School of Public Health from their respective universities have and Tropical Medicine. e-newsletter. been working at the Huanchaquito site tulane.it/Patricia-Kissinger-latimes since 2011 when children playing in the tulane.it/tulane-today sand dunes found human bones scattered over the surface. tulane.it/excavation-in-peru

7 BY THE NUMBERS Up First

M $ FUNDING FOR SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS Tulane received1 $137 million in 37 in fiscal year 2018 from the National Institutes of Health and other external agencies.

963 $109 m

There were 963 Funding Federal Funding increased by 5 Awards to 305 Principal percent from the previous year. Investigators. Research Funding by Agency Types

Federal 80% State 7% Other 13% 1,165 Proposal Submissions from 411 Principal Investigators. 1,165increased by 9 percent Proposal submissions from the previous year.

8 Tulanian Magazine march 2019 TRICENTENNIAL BREAKING INNOVATION IN ORBIT

BY KEITH BRANNON

hen Elaine Horn-Ranney (SSE ’, ’) and Parastoo Khoshakhlagh (SSE ’, ’”) Wwere pursuing their doc- torates in biomedical engineering, they came up with an idea for a gel-based patch — Perf-Fix — to help physicians repair damaged eardrums without surgery. ˆey were determined to take the technology as far as they could go. They never imagined that would include a trip ­„ miles above Earth to the International Space Station. In December, NASA launched their innovation into space, and Horn-Ranney and Khoshakhlagh were there, watching the launch at the Kennedy Space Center. “We were just standing there watch- ing it, and I couldn’t believe that we had TULANIANS’ IMPACT actually done it. We sent something into space,” Horn-Ranney said. BY MARY ANN TRAVIS Horn-Ranney and Khoshakhlagh, along with Horn-Ranney’s husband, Dr. e Advocate and e Times-Picayune celebrated the tricentennial of New Orleans with Jesse Ranney (SSE ’), launched their bio- series focused on events and people, including many Tulanians — from artists and tech startup Tympanogen in ­„, with help writers to civic leaders, politicians and business people — who have made their mark. from Tulane’s O¦ce of Technology Trans- In “ Tricentennial Moments, –­,” e Advocate presents a timeline of sig- fer and Intellectual Property Development. niƒcant events, including the establishment in „ of the Medical College of Louisiana, On the SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship, which would later become Tulane University. ˆere’s also the invention by A. Baldwin Tympanogen’s wound-healing technology Wood, an ŽŽ School of Engineering graduate, of his famous screw pump to prevent is being run through experiments to see street “ooding. Other events include the ƒrst Sugar Bowl held at Tulane Stadium in how the gel patch works in microgravity. Ž” and much more. ˆe space agency hopes the technology In e Times-Picayune “ for ” series,  people, including more than „ can be expanded to one day deliver ther- Tulanians, who impacted New Orleans history are recognized with individual vignettes apeutics to astronauts and help prevent and portraits. soldiers injured in combat from developing Father and son Arthur Q. Davis and Quint Davis are among those honored. ˆe elder deadly sepsis infections. Davis was a Ž„ School of Architecture graduate and architect of the Superdome and The company is still developing its other iconic ediƒces. ˆe younger Davis, from the class of Ž, QUINT DAVIS is “the original product for eardrum repair and has produced the Jazz and Heritage Festival for nearly ” years. mastermind behind hopes to test it in clinical trials within the Other honorees range from Paul Tulane, the philanthropist the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, next two years. for whom the university is named, to current-day philanthropist an annual extravaganza Phyllis Taylor, a Žœœ Law School graduate. Women of the that draws hundreds of “The ultimate goal is Storm co-founder Anne Milling, a Žœ­ Newcomb College thousands to the city each spring and which to develop a space- graduate, and her husband, King Milling, a Žœ” Law School has an annual economic graduate and coastal restoration advocate, are included. Clari- impact estimated at $300 filling wound dressing netist and composer Michael G. White, who earned a doctorate million.” Portrait by Sean that can deliver drugs Randall of Where Y’Art, in Spanish literature in Ž, is recognized, as is Staci Rosenberg, as commissioned by directly to the wound an early ’s Newcomb, Law and Business graduate and the NOLA.com | The Times- site as opposed to a founder of the Krewe of Muses, a “high-rolling, shoe-tossing Picayune. success since its debut in ­.” patient getting a lot of systemic antibiotics.” ELAINE HORN-RANNEY, SSE ’08, ’13

9 UP FIRST ATHLETICS

Stockton has proven herself over and She began her career as a volunteer 500 (AND over again, boasting a resumé that includes assistant at the University of North Caro- ƒve conference tournament championships, lina, and at ­, became the head coach at COUNTING) four conference regular-season champi- Division III Greensboro College. She onships, six All-Americans, «« NCAA remained in her hometown for three years GAMES WON Tournament berths, seven WNIT appear- before leaving to become an assistant ances and more than ” wins at Tulane. coach at Georgia Tech. BY BARRI BRONSTON Five former Green Wave standouts have Four years later, Tulane’s then-Athletics gone on to play in the WNBA. Director Kevin White snatched her up. hen Lisa Stockton took In ­œ, the Ben Weiner Director of “We think Lisa has success written all over as head coach of the Athletics Troy Dannen announced another over her,” White said in an article in the Tulane University women’s contract extension for Stockton, keeping Greensboro News Record. basketball team back in her at Tulane through the ­­–­ season. Stockton has proven White’s words W “ˆe secret to our success is getting the true. And though far from satisƒed, she is ŽŽ„, it was never with the idea that she would become a true New Orleanian. right individuals who can come to Tulane optimistic about the future. “You don’t go somewhere thinking and contribute athletically and academi- “We’ve got some talented young play- you’re going to be there for ­” years,” said cally,” said Stockton. “Otherwise, it can be ers, which is a basis for success over the Stockton, a native of North Carolina. a challenging place.” next few years,” she said. “Our league But New Orleans, with its captivating Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, continues to get stronger, our recruiting culture of food, music and art, got into her Stockton recalls the fervor and excitement has gone really well. I think we can con- blood, as did Tulane’s reputation for pro- of growing up in such a basketball-rich sistently be one of the best teams in the viding student-athletes with outstanding state. She was a standout point guard at league and beyond.” Wake Forest University, and although academics. Despite many opportunities Lisa Stockton, head coach of women’s basketball, to leave, the ”-win coach, who recently drafted by the Charlotte franchise of the anticipates more success ahead for the program that she’s led to five conference tournament celebrated her ­”th anniversary at Tulane, Women’s Basketball League (WBL), she yearned to coach. championships and other achievements during the wasn’t interested. past 25 years. As far as she was concerned, New Orleans was home. Visit tulaniantulaneedu for additional content “I love New Orleans,” she said. “ˆe city has such great culture. And I love coaching the kind of athletes that we attract at Tulane. We’ve built a culture of success that we can keep going for many years to come.”

10 ulanian agazine  2019 SCHOLARSHIP HOW TWEET IT IS

; The Twitterverse reacts to happenings and news about Tulane.

“Beautifully done! Congratulations! Makes me feel good about the future of Tulane! Way to Geaux!” @bkeller504, on the December 2018 Tulanian with the #TUfuture theme

“Building things ” @shalacarlene

“ˆe Spring 2019 semester has no shortage of lectures, view. We emphasized a big plaza under symposia, & events!” DESIGN FOR one space, the corazon [heart].” #TulaneArch #Tulane #TUfuture ˆe proposal is for multiuse spaces for CHANGE parks, public transportation, social cohe- sion and civic buildings for learning and “Fitts & Riptide. BY NAOMI KING ENGLAR culture as well as self-contained drainage Now that’s the title and irrigation systems. Associate Professor of Jover joined the Tulane School of of a hit show.” Architecture Margarita Jover Architecture in August, alongside her @ACraiginParis partner, Iñaki Alday, who serves as dean recently won an international of the school. design competition in Buenos “Schools have the responsibility to Aires, Argentina, for her teach that architecture can do more than “Looking for your next beautiful objects,” Jover said. “How to good read? How about the proposal, “Vertebrando,” a work with communities in a larger sense reimagining of the space and Tulanian! Learn all about is important.” #TUfuture” use of a 1.3-mile section of At Tulane, Jover is focused on coastal elevated highway, which has urbanism and river areas, on issues — Tweeted by Tulane School of Public Health beyond defensive measures — related to & Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) bisected a historically poor inhabiting watersheds and deltas. She’s and underserved community also interested in collective housing. for decades. “Designers can be dreamers, catalysts “For the ƒrst time at of political action,” she said. Tulane (and maybe A new highway, which diverts tra¦c away from the neighborhood around the old anywhere), the university highway, is currently under construction. “Schools have the has four new deans! TU is As part of the design process, Jover trav- responsibility to teach celebrating #TUFUTURE eled to Buenos Aires to meet with neigh- that architecture can borhood residents who expressed a need to with interviews of each ... become a part of the city. do more than beautiful including our own Dean “Our proposal is about the connections objects.” Thomas LaVeist!” across the highway on either side,” said MARGARITA JOVER, associate Tweeted by Jover. “ˆe highway is quite high so there’s professor of architecture SPHTM plenty of space underneath with light and

IMAGE COURTESY MARGARITA JOVER/ ALDAYJOVER ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE 11 UP FIRST NEW ORLEANS

DINING WITH HEALTHY GUSTO

BY ANGUS LIND, A&S ’66

With Mardi Gras in the rearview mirror and Lent — generally appreciated even by non-Catholics — upon us in this very Catholic city, into my head popped a quirky question: What do people who eat for a living do during Lent? A shrimp po’boy, French fries and cole slaw make a yummy seafood meal.

Angus Lind asks a restaurant critic how he f I had my own agenda like I’m not eating But health and exercise are always on his mind. “I lives a healthy lifestyle in meat or whatever, you know not everyone’s eat lunch out every day, and dinner probably four or ƒve New Orleans, a city with a pursuing that, so no, I don’t change much nights a week. So we’re talkin’ nine or  restaurant meals plethora of dining options. “Iup for Lent,” said Ian McNulty, restaurant a week. ˆat’s a lot of chow. But you don’t have to ƒnish reviewer and food writer for e New Orleans Advocate. everything. ˆere’s a lot of trying and sampling.” ˆe ideal “I probably do subconsciously back o¼ of some things restaurant outing for him is “four people who are curious because it’s post–Mardi Gras and I feel like everybody and not too protective of their own individual order and else. And I do eat more seafood because that’s what’s on pass things around and share.” the table.” On weekends, he and his wife, Antonia Keller, a New No doubt. Crawƒsh pots are boiling, oysters are still Orleans native, shop at farmers’ markets and cook and eat good, there’s always shrimp, crabmeat and ƒsh. Not exactly light, healthy restorative meals. ˆen there’s his personal an abstinence. trainer: Admiral Nelson, a ”-pound yellow Labrador who Dieting in food-crazed New Orleans is as di¦cult has unbounded energy and drags McNulty around City as keeping mosquitoes out of a swamp. Tulane Athletics Park. “He can be a real pain if he doesn’t get some of that Director Troy Dannen conƒded to me that he had gone energy out.” McNulty also plays for a local rugby club. up one waist size and was getting tight in the new one “It’s possible to stay healthy doing this, I just don’t think since he moved here from Northern Iowa more than three it’s possible to stay skinny. years ago. Tulane President Mike Fitts, who moved here “Eating and drinking is a big part of how this town does from Pennsylvania in ­„, has checked o¼ all the top- business, how it socializes, how it celebrates living in New rated restaurants in the city but will tell you his weakness Orleans. It’s our identity. If you’re not pursuing that with is Popeyes fried chicken. Need more be said? Temptation gusto, you’re missing a big part of what makes the city of lurks everywhere. New Orleans. ˆe challenge is pursuing a healthy lifestyle McNulty moved here from Rhode Island when he was while living the lifestyle of New Orleans.” ­”. Now he’s „„. “I was never skinny, never slim. Always I agree. Pass the French bread and butter, please. kinda beefy,” he said. “And yes, my waist has deƒnitely expanded. But when people say I have a beer belly, I say no, it’s credibility. Nobody would trust a rail-thin restaurant or food writer, nor should they.”

12 ulanian agazine  2019 PHOTO BY OMBRA ESTUDI/SHUTTERSTOCK THE ARTS

MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE

BY MIRIAM TAYLOR

A song with simple yet powerful lyrics Stories of loss, hope, despair, survival, themes of the exhibition — the root causes plays over the speakers in the galleries of triumph and persistence are shared in a of female incarceration, the impact of incar- the Newcomb Art Museum: You can’t keep variety of mediums from voice recordings cerating mothers, the physical and behav- a ray of light from creeping in your room and photographs to sculptures, paintings, ioral toll of incarceration, and the challenges / you can’t x a lie from shining down the illustrations, performances and even a and opportunities for reentry — and have truth / I’m not invisible anymore. Musician custom Mardi Gras Indian suit. provided a multitude of access points to Lynn Drury’s words sum up the essence “Using art as a vehicle of communicat- learn about the issues facing the PerSisters.” of Newcomb Art Museum’s new exhibi- ing these stories, the museum is providing A companion digital component of the tion in that one prevailing line — I’m not the Tulane community an opportunity to exhibition is a website where interviews, invisible anymore. educate themselves on one of the most images, videos and more from the show’s Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of critical issues currently facing our state,” run are archived and upcoming events are Louisiana is a groundbreaking show with said museum director Monica Ramirez- publicized. It can be found at persister.info. one straightforward goal: to make the Montagut. “We worked closely with the Per(Sister) is on display through July œ. invisible visible. community to identify the four main ˆe statistics surrounding incarceration A shrimp po’boy, French fries and cole slaw make a yummy seafood meal. in Louisiana (and America) are stark but Visit tulaniantulaneedu for additional content known; the state holds the second-highest incarceration rate in the nation, and up until ­ Louisiana was known as the “Prison Capital of the World.” What’s just as stark, but little known, are the numbers concerning incarcerated women. Accord- ing to the Prison Policy Initiative, within the past „ years women’s state prison populations have grown „ percent and Louisiana holds the Žth-highest rate of incarcerated women in the world. ˆe vast majority (­ percent) of women are in jail The Life Quilt (2018), sewn for nonviolent o¼enses, and, of that popu- together by Louise Mouton lation, œ percent have experienced sexual Johnson, features the names of 107 women serving life violence, nearly  percent are mothers, sentences. The names were and œ percent were unemployed at the compiled by Selina Anderson time of their encounter with the justice of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Drama system. Per(Sister) goes further than high- Club and hand-beaded by lighting data, though; it puts names, faces, members of Black Masking voices and stories to these statistics. Indian gangs. The center portrait is of lifer Mary Created in partnership with two Turner by Brandan formerly incarcerated women, Syrita Steib- “BMike” Odums. Martin and Dolƒnette Martin, and with the aid of such organizations as Operation Restoration and Women With a Vision, the exhibition showcases the intimate experiences of  formerly incarcerated women as translated into brand-new works of art and music created by more than  artists from across America (including New Orleans’ own Lynn Drury, MaPo Kinnord, Lee Diegaard, L. Kasimu Harris, Devin Reynolds, Carl Joe Williams, Keith Duncan and Cherice Harrison-Nelson).

IMAGE COURTESY NEWCOMB ART MUSEUM 13 UP FIRST

THE VIETNAM CONFLICT AND MY PATH TO A TULANE EDUCATION

BY EUGENE M. OGOZALEK, A ’74

y experience at Tulane Guardsmen in Ohio. When asked my was amazingly unique, opinion by my roommates in Phelps as I saw both sides of the House, I responded that since no National MVietnam War coin. I had Guardsmen were wounded, it was a fail- been wounded in combat alongside tough, ure of the o¦cers’ command and control courageous Marines. Twenty months later, and was manslaughter by the government. I was at Tulane among America’s elite and Nationally, as an immediate result of Kent privileged youth, witnessing the weekly State, many universities shut down for the protests against the war. Looking back, semester, including Tulane. ˆat occurred each experience was equally invaluable one week before ƒnals. I was sure that if I toward my maturity. had taken the ƒnals, I would have dropped As a freshman at Tulane in fall ŽœŽ, out of Tulane. I survived to return for the I was “a ƒsh out of water” both academi- fall Ž and became more successful cally and socially. ˆe years ŽœŽ– were academically. In my ƒrst semester of the the height of the Vietnam War protests. fourth year, I had a .” GPA. In my ƒnal Among the other roommates in Phelps year, I won the ˆomas J. Lupo award for House room , I was a social aberration my architectural thesis. as a combat-wounded Marine. I had been I lived in the dorms for all of my ƒve nearly killed on Jan. ­”, Žœ, as an -year- years, and was a senior adviser in Sharp, old U.S. Marine infantryman in Vietnam. and then Monroe halls. I made many won- Academically, I did not know how to derful friends. I witnessed the burning study in a university setting, as my inner- of the ROTC barracks on Freret Street, city high school in Jersey City, New Jersey, and the streaking craze in Ž­. My wife, did not focus on preparing students for the Emilia, and I were at the ƒrst football win rigors of a major university curriculum. over LSU in ­” years in Ž ... a momen- Ironically, the protests against the Viet- tous event! We had many dorm-sponsored nam War during the spring of Ž saved ”-cent banana split parties in Sharp on me from being academically dismissed. the third-“oor lobby that all participants In my ƒrst semester, the only “B” that I remember, including the football players. received in my ƒve courses of Calculus, My combat Marine unit of approx- German, Physics and English was in imately ,­ men, India Company, rd Architecture, a ƒve-credit course. In the Marine Division, the rd Battalion / „th second semester, I dropped German, so I Marines, sustained  percent casualties managed to do a bit better. during the ­ months of Žœ:  killed ˆen, when all looked very bleak, on and  wounded. That percentage was May „, Ž, the Kent State massacre typical of Marine infantry battalions in occurred wherein unarmed students pro- Žœ, as we were in constant combat for the testing the war were killed by National entire year. Panel ” East on the Vietnam

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Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, Tulane Stadium were on Willow Street. D.C., lists ­ of my fellow Marines who One sports announcer at the time called were killed in the same four-day battle in the Tulane football team “The Willow which I was wounded. Street Boys.” For ƒve years, most of my architectural Willow has designed expansions on classmates had no idea that I had been VA hospitals across the country, includ- wounded in combat. Early in my freshman ing those in Oregon, Montana, Alabama, year in Phelps House, about six fellow Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, New students questioned me about my Vietnam York and Pennsylvania. Most recently, experience. I described how one manages Willow was one of ­” consultants on the to get wounded, with dates, places and brand-new, ¿­ billion New Orleans VA presentation of scars, but quickly real- hospital on Canal Street, and on the ¿ bil- ized that they seemed to be dismissive to lion new headquarters for the Department the physical and psychological trauma of of Homeland Security in Washington, combat in Vietnam. One student asked D.C. I currently have architectural design why I would go to Vietnam when I was work at the Charleston, South Carolina, smart enough to be accepted at Tulane. VA Medical Center. ˆe conversation left me to feel a fool for Belatedly, I wish to express my appre- joining the Marines. At that moment, I ciation and sincere gratitude to Tulane decided that there will be no more discus- (especially the acceptance committee of sions about Vietnam. Topics of heroism, Žœ in the School of Architecture) for tak- patriotism and sacriƒce for your country ing a chance on me. My Vietnam combat were anathema at Tulane in Ž. I would experience taught me to persevere under now focus on architecture and get on with extreme circumstances. ˆat was a lifelong my life. I never watched a single evening lesson that served me well at Tulane. news broadcast about Vietnam during my ˆe best ƒve years of my life were at years at Tulane. Tulane. I am a very lucky person. ˆis year, ­Ž, I will be an emeritus member of the American Institute of Eugene M. Ogozalek (American Institute Architects, having been a member for of Architects, National Council of Architec- „ years. My company is named Willow tural Registration Boards) lives in Scranton, Design Inc., as both Phelps House and Pennsylvania.

“I was wounded in combat alongside tough, courageous Marines. Twenty months later, I was at Tulane among America’s elite and privileged youth, witnessing the weekly protests against the war. Looking back, each experience was equally invaluable toward my maturity.” EUGENE M. OGOZALEK, A ’74

PHOTO GRAPHIC COURTESY EUGENE M. OGOZALEK 15 LIFE AND SURVIVAL ON THE GULF COAST

16 ulanian agazine  2019 During this era of rapid climate change and other environmental stresses, community ecologists are focused on understanding how the living world works, in all its complexity and diversity, as they find ways that species might thrive and land can be restored. BY MARY ANN TRAVIS

Satellite image shows the Mississippi River "bird's foot" Delta in Louisiana on Nov. 14, 2018.

PHOTO BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, LANDSTAT PROGRAM 17 izards and Spartina grasses. Bald cypress trees Humans have a little bit of physiolog- “We call them anoles [pronounced and Roseau cane. Cyperus sedges and Beach ical plasticity. When we move to warm or -nō-lē],” said Gunderson. One, the green Morning Glory. ese living organisms are cool conditions, our physiology changes anole, is native to Louisiana. e other, among the subjects of attention and scrutiny somewhat to better tolerate rising and the brown anole, is non-native and was Lby scientists in the Tulane Department of falling temperatures. introduced from Cuba. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. ese species are not Gunderson said that it has been pro- The Cuban anole is considered an explored in isolation, however. ey are studied for their posed that animals, such as lizards, might be invasive species. It arrived in Louisiana connections within complex ecosystems. Four biologists able to use plastic responses to temperature about ›Ž years ago. “Its populations are share their research below: to buŠer themselves from climate change. going way up since it’s been introduced,” But there is a limit to this plasticity, said Gunderson. said Gunderson. “What our research has With the green anole population PLASTICITY IN RESPONSE TO shown is that plastic response is not very diminishing, and the brown anole on CHANGING TEMPERATURES powerful. In some cases, it’s likely to help, the rise, Gunderson and a team of his but it’s not going to be a silver bullet that graduate and undergraduate students are species are going to be able to plastically starting to investigate why the invasive Alex Gunderson adjust to whatever is happening, and species is œourishing. “I study lizards,” said Alex Gunderson, an assistant pro- they’re going to be fine. Their plastic “One of the hypotheses is that invasive fessor of ecology and evolutionary biology, “but one of response is limited.” species that are successful are more plastic. the things I’m trying to do is to use lizards as a model to Before he came to Tulane this year, ey can adjust to whatever they †nd and understand what’s going to happen generally to organisms.” Gunderson studied lizards in Puerto Rico that helps them tolerate it better and then Among the principles that he’s studying is the plas- and Florida, where he found that their they can sort of take over,” said Gunderson. ticity for which lizards are known and, speci†cally, physi- tolerance for heat increases only about ŒŽ “But we don’t have the answer to that ological plasticity or “an ability of an individual to change percent. “Plasticity can’t compensate for yet. What we’re trying to do is understand their physiology in response to a change in temperature. the changes that are happening.” what it is about how species interact with So, if it gets warmer, they might be able to adjust their A consequence of climate change is their environments that allows them to physiology to better tolerate warmer conditions.” that some populations are decreasing, and persist or causes them to perish.” species may vanish, said Gunderson. “For lizards, in particular, some of the estimates are, by the end of the century, up to ’Ž per- cent of lizard populations will go extinct.” Gunderson is now turning his attention to two species of lizards in the genus Anolis that are found in New Orleans. The brown Anole lizard (below) is from Cuba, introduced to Louisiana about 20 years ago. Its population is steadily increasing, while the population of the green Anole lizard, a Louisiana native, is diminishing. Right: Roseau cane thrives in the “bird’s foot” delta in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

The Cuban brown anole is considered an invasive species to Louisiana.

“One of the hypotheses is that invasive species that are successful are more plastic.”

ALEX GUNDERSON, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology

18 ulanian agazine  2019 PHOTO BY DANNY S. COURTESY WIKIPEDIA COMMONS While technically not native to Louisiana, Roseau cane is not seen negatively by locals.

“ This huge invasive species producing all this biomass could help build up the soil and reverse some of the land loss.”

EMILY FARRER, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology

NOT ALL INVADERS ARE BAD

Emily Farrer “The climate is warming, sea levels are rising, storm Roseau cane, which has been coexisting intensities and frequencies are increasing, especially here with native vegetation for a long time, in the Gulf Coast,” said Emily Farrer, assistant professor stands up well to storm events and does of ecology and evolutionary biology. well in deep water. “It might actually be “My research is about how climate change aŠects one of our last defenses against the land ecosystems and how these eŠects might emerge in unex- loss,” said Farrer. “is huge invasive spe- pected ways — mainly because species are all interacting cies producing all this biomass could help with one another.” build up the soil and reverse some of the When climate change “perturbs” a system, said Farrer, land loss.” there can be chain reactions. In a recent greenhouse experiment led In her third year at Tulane (Farrer has also done by Farrer, preliminary results show that research on California grasslands, Great Lakes marshes “microbes from saline areas increase the and Alpine tundra), she is interested in “how climate growth of the Phragmites but suppress change might impact microbial communities and how native plants.” this might then impact plant communities.” “is suggests that as saltwater intru- Many microbes are “mutualists” that promote plant sion increases in the future due to climate growth, others are pathogens that cause disease. If certain change, it may modify microbes in a way microbes increase or decrease with a changing climate, that favors invasive plants,” Farrer said. that will have implications for plants. She’s committed to studying more of As saltwater is moving inland and intruding on fresh- the unknown connections of how climate water habitats, there can be an acute eŠect on organisms. change can impact ecosystems and to “Salinity impacts their physiology, their water uptake “understanding how climate change is and stress levels,” said Farrer. aŠecting the system and how we can use Also, like lizards, plants are categorized as either native this to predict what the system might do or invasive. is distinction adds another layer of complex- in the future.” ity to the ecosystem. “I think these unknown connections e invasive species that Farrer is currently studying is are eye-opening. That’s why ecology is known as Roseau cane in Louisiana — although its genus important.” is Phragmites, the name by which it’s called in states north In the future, Farrer would like to of the Gulf Coast. expand her work to local, on-the-ground While technically not native to Louisiana, Roseau groups involved in restoration planting. cane is not seen negatively by locals. In fact, they like it. “I’d like to incorporate some science — Farrer said that when she’s been at †eld sites on the what we know about the system — into Louisiana “bird’s foot” delta in Plaquemines Parish, south the plantings and have it inform the man- of Venice, she’ll ask people about Phragmites. ey say agement of our coasts.” to her, “Oh, that’s been there forever. It’s not invasive. It hasn’t gotten any bigger over the past couple of years.” Hearing this diŠerent perspective on Phragmites — or Roseau cane — is interesting to Farrer. “It’s not all bad.”

PHOTO COURTESY EMILY FARRER LAB 19 PROTECTION FOR STRESSED-OUT PLANTS

Sunshine Van Bael Sunshine Van Bael, associate professor of ecology and evo- Another target of Van Bael’s investiga- “We hope to identify extremophiles lutionary biology, is exploring how endophytes — bacteria tions is the bald cypress tree. She’s looking [organisms that thrive in physically or geo- and fungi — may be used to help plants become more at bald cypress microbial communities chemically extreme conditions] and focus resilient to stressors in their environment, like climate among trees growing in increasingly salty on how we can apply them to bald cypress change or oil spills. marsh waters. e tree — native to Lou- trees to make seedlings more resilient.” In her Louisiana research, Van Bael has focused mainly isiana and an important buŠer along the Van Bael is also beginning to work with on the coastal plants Spartina grasses and bald cypress coast — thrives in freshwater. But with the black mangrove tree to understand its trees, although lately she’s started branching out into black changing climate conditions, saltwater tolerance to salinity. Often associated with mangrove trees. has inundated freshwater, and the trees the Florida Everglades, a species of man- “In our lab, we do microbial ecology,” said Van Bael. have suŠered. grove — the black mangrove — “is creep- In her greenhouse, Van Bael has added oil to buckets e bald cypress tree can survive in ing up out of Florida and into Mississippi, in which Spartina grass is growing. is oil is similar to oil two parts per thousand of saltwater, said Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.” released in the ›ŽŒŽ BP oil spill. Not surprisingly, the oiled Van Bael. “en it starts to get pretty sick.” e black mangrove tree “was probably grasses are not doing well. But Van Bael is also looking Far out on the Louisiana coast, water here a long time ago,” said Van Bael. “So, we deeper into the endophytes that interact with the grasses. is £¤ parts of salt per thousand, according don’t necessarily think of it as an invasion.” “We’re studying the bacteria and fungi that interact to Van Bael. For her future research, Van Bael plans with Spartina,” she said. “For the lab work, we have to do is is a serious problem for the health to stick with “studying coastal plants and genetic analysis of the DNA to help us understand the of the tree, which is inextricably tied to trying to understand how bacteria and diversity of fungi and bacteria inside the plant or in the coastal protection from land loss and storms. fungi can help them increase their growth root zone.” A major component of the ›ŽŒ¥ Coastal and increase their stress resilience.” Master Plan of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is the restoration of forests devastated by sea-level rise and storm surge. Below: Samples of endophytes — fungi and bacteria — grow in Sunshine Van Bael’s lab. Right: Spanish moss drapes bald cypress Van Bael is looking for bacteria and trees along Lake Martin in Louisiana. fungi that are saltwater-tolerant and could be used to inoculate the trees from salt- water stress in the future.

The bald cypress tree is inextricably tied to coastal protection from land loss and storms.

“We hope to identify extremophiles and focus on how we can apply them to bald cypress trees to make seedlings more resilient.”

SUNSHINE VAN BAEL, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology

20 ulanian agazine  2019 PHOTOS BY PAULA BURCH-CELENTANO “It’s all kind of theoretical in the Midwest. But here, it’s the real deal. These are actual threats, and people are being impacted.”

KEITH CLAY, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology “I think life is resilient.”

ADAPTABILITY TO RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Keith Clay Increased salinity is the observable result of the rising sea along the Gulf Coast. is rising sea level and subsidence (sinking land) are evident in the erosion of the coast. “e question is,” said Keith Clay, professor and chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department, “whether the vegetation can move in concert with these environmental changes or whether it’ll be overwhelmed and suddenly plants and plant communities that used to be miles back are suddenly right on the shoreline.” Like Farrar and Van Bael, Clay is interested in plant microbial interactions. He’s studied coastal plain and marsh vegetation, including several species of Cyperus sedges and the Beach Morning Glory. (His other area of research is arthropod vectors of disease, primarily ticks, and also mosquitoes.) He’s interested in “microbial symbioses that help plants in terms of their ability to compete with other plant species, to tolerate stresses, and defend themselves against pests and pathogens.” He sees potential for manipulating microbiome and plant interactions — or †nding better partnerships — “to generate more robust and resilient plant communities that will be facing a lot of stresses in the not too distant future.” Everyone in Tulane’s ecology and evo- e processes that take place between Microbiomes are “microorganisms associated with lutionary biology department has a lab organisms and their abiotic — that is, coastal protection from land loss and storms. larger organism, typically inside the larger organism.” aspect to their work. “But it’s combined physical — environment are “the core Clay, like Van Bael and Farrer, is a community ecolo- or intimately connected to field-based focus of this department,” he said. gist. He joined Tulane after £› years at Indiana University. research. We’re actually out in nature either While he’s concerned about the eŠects “In Indiana, they’re worried about agricultural impacts collecting data, doing manipulations of of global warming or climate change on of global warming, greater storm severity, biological environmental conditions or collecting ecosystems, Clay said that as a biologist invasions, and more tropical and subtropical diseases that samples. Nobody that I can think of is and ecologist, “I think life is resilient.” might be slowly working their way farther northwards by strictly a lab-based scientist.” Some predicted scenarios are dire, “but mosquito-borne pathogens. e department’s mission is to “under- there will be organisms that survive and “It’s all kind of theoretical in the Midwest. But here, stand how the world works — or at least thrive,” said Clay. “It’s always been that it’s the real deal. ese are actual threats, and people are how the living world works.” way. Even after mass-extinction events, being impacted.” The researchers’ work is becoming things survive.” Earlier in his career in the Œ¨©Žs, Clay was at Louisiana “more relevant all the time,” said Clay. State University, and he’s revisiting some of his old study e living world “is constrained or dic- sites in Cameron Parish, now that he’s back in Louisiana. tated in part by the non-living world — the geology, climatology, hydrology, which are not directly biological processes.”

PHOTO BY IRINA K./SHUTTERSTOCK 21 ADDING LIFE TO YEARS Tulane researchers are uncovering the science behind aging and learning how to add life to additional years. BY CAROLYN SCOFIELD

n , people over the age of  accounted for percent of the U.S. population. By , that number is expected to nearly double to  percent as more Americans live longer. Lifestyle changes, including a reduction in smoking, paired with signi‚cant med- ical advances, have led to an increase in life expec- tancy. According to AARP, people over  are the fastest-growing age group in the country and people over  the second fastest. Some demographers even speculate the ‚rst person to live to be  may already be alive. With Ithis booming population comes the need for new medical advances.

Emma Louise Brandt Elston of Buras, Louisiana, is 16 years old in 1925 (right). The photo (left) was taken on her 100th birthday, Jan. 26, 2009. She died one month later. By all accounts, she lived a happy, productive life.

22 ulanian agazine  2019 Baker’s Yeast during cell division, allowing one of them and Genetics to remain young. ‡e same process occurs in stem cells with older, less functional ‡e oldest known person, Jeanne Calment mitochondria. When this asymmetric of France, died in ‹ at the age of . segregation is disrupted, the stem cells Researchers compared her medical history lose their stemness properties, leading to with other people who’d lived to be more stem cell exhaustion and eventual loss of than  years old. ‡ey found the small tissue function. group shared a few characteristics: most Jazwinski’s lab is also studying human were female, they rarely or never smoked, aging. He is part of the Georgia Centenar- and they had never been obese. But sci- ian Study, an ongoing study started in , entists still have a lot to learn about these which in its current phase examines factors supercentenarians. that contribute to retention of cognitive S. Michal Jazwinski, the John W. and physical function past the age of . Deming, MD, Regents Chair in Aging Jazwinski also directs the Louisiana and professor of medicine and biochem- Healthy Aging Study, which brings istry at Tulane School of Medicine, has together researchers from Tulane, Lou- studied the aging process for more than isiana State University Health Science  years. He also directs the Tulane Center Center in New Orleans, Louisiana State for Aging, a collaboration of Tulane University in Baton Rouge, Pennington experts in everything from endocrinology Biomedical Research Center in Baton to economics. Jazwinski is also the pres- Rouge and the University of Alabama at ident of the Gerontological Society of Birmingham. ‡e researchers have iden- America (GSA). GSA is the nation’s oldest ti‚ed an interaction of three genes that and largest interdisciplinary organization promotes longevity and healthy aging. devoted to research, education and practice “One of the things we’ve been able to in the ‚eld of aging. do is establish a measure of biological age,” Jazwinski’s own research centers around Jazwinski said. Calendar age, or how old the genetics of aging and the molecular a person is according to their birthdate, and cell biology of getting older. He pio- isn’t a good predictor of how long they’ll neered using baker’s yeast, the same kind live because of dižerences in genes, the used to make bread, as a model for his environment, lifestyle and more. own research. “As individuals age, they begin to The yeast ages much in the same become more and more different from way human stem cells do, which allows each other; the older they are chronologi- researchers to easily identify genes and cally, the more they dižer from each other focus on the molecular processes that are in terms of their functional ability and involved in aging. This work points to other manifestations of aging, even how the critical role that mitochondria, the they look,” he said. “Knowing someone’s energy factories of the cell, play in aging. biological age allows you to tailor therapies Cells compensate for the dysfunction of and interventions that promote healthy mitochondria that accumulates during aging, as well as treat various disease aging, up to a point. In addition, less and trauma based on the biological age of functional mitochondria are segregated the person, bringing us into the realm of asymmetrically between daughter cells precision medicine.”

PHOTOS COURTESY PAULA BURCH-CELENTANO 23 Strikingly, increased biological age in Soft Tissues older people takes its toll in an increase Kristin Miller, an assistant professor of in the energy required for maintenance of biomedical engineering in the School of basic body functions. ‡e way this plays Science and Engineering, studies how soft out dižers between men and women, but tissues grow and remodel. in both, dižerent aspects of mitochondrial “I approach things from a mechani- function appear to be involved. cal engineering perspective of looking at what enables biological tissues to perform Tulane Center for Aging their necessary function within your body,” she said. Tulane established the Center for Aging Miller’s research focuses on tendons. in ‹ to enhance the quality of life of She identi‚ed a collagen that’s key to how an aging population through research, a tendon works and recovers from injury education and innovative approaches to “ Knowing someone’s biological age and developed math models to describe healthcare and community planning and changes that happen to the collagen that design. Led by Jazwinski, the center brings allows you to tailor therapies and might be responsible for the loss of tendon together multidisciplinary resources at interventions that promote healthy function that comes with age. both the uptown and downtown campuses aging, as well as treat various disease “I think one of the coolest things along with the Tulane National Primate about having the COBRE grant is it Research Center. It also ožers an interdis- and trauma based on the biological brings together people from all dižerent ciplinary PhD program in aging studies. age of the person, bringing us into backgrounds and expertise,” Miller said. ‡e center’s research focuses on cog- “My expertise is in math models that nitive aging, neurodegenerative disorders the realm of precision medicine.” link proteins to functions but there are and dementia, including Alzheimer’s S. MICHAL JAZWINSKI, professor of medicine and bio- people on the grant whose expertise is disease. Among the initiatives is a broad chemistry, the John W. Deming, MD, Regents Chair in more of understanding some of the speci‚c attack on the age-related aspects of cancer Aging at the School of Medicine and director of the aspects of the biology of collagen and the and cardiovascular disease, as well as mus- Center for Aging molecules that control its production culoskeletal aging including osteoarthritis and removal, so it’s important for me to and osteoporosis. interact and learn from them.” “‡e population is living longer,” said Jazwinski. “In a few years, there are going to be some  million retired baby boom- Strong Bones ers and they expect to be high functioning. Mimi Sammarco, an assistant professor of ‡ose who aren’t will need help and this is surgery at Tulane School of Medicine, is going to pose a certain economic burden studying bone and soft tissue regeneration on society. under the COBRE grant. “What I’d personally like to do is to “‡e older you are, your bone turnover add life to years rather than years to life.” and bone density become lower, so it’s much harder to do things like heal fractures COBRE Grant well or have strong bones,” Sammarco said. “ I approach things from a mechanical Using a mouse model, Sammarco has Five junior investigators at the Center for engineering perspective of looking learned the soft tissue surrounding the Aging are working on projects funded by bone changes with age. She’s now trying a federal Centers of Biomedical Research at what enables biological tissues to determine if that environment around Excellence (COBRE) grant in “Aging to perform their necessary function the bone is linked to regeneration. and Regenerative Medicine.” Currently in Sammarco believes her research can Phase II of the -year grant, the projects within your body.” address a large population of people. target central nervous system and vascular KRISTIN MILLER, assistant professor of biomedical “It’s not just about living longer, it’s aging, immune system aging, degenerative engineering at the School of Science and Engineering about aging well,” she said. “Having strong disorders of the brain and musculoskel- bones is an integral part of mobility.” etal system, as well as the larger issues surrounding cell senescence and chronic in¥ammation. Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroscientist Jay Rappaport became director and chief academic o¦cer of the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) in June. He wants to expand the portfolio of the TNPRC by doing more

24 ulanian agazine  2019 research on diseases like Alzheimer’s. An Long and Useful Lives estimated .‹ million Americans have the Underpinning the research on longevity irreversible brain disease, and the Centers at Tulane is a recognition that having a for Disease Control predicts that number productive, satisfying and mobile life in will climb to § million by . one’s later years is as important as adding “This is going to put an enormous years to one’s life. As the population ages, strain on the healthcare system, on the Tulane is prepared to play a leading role in economy and on families,” said Rappaport. ‚nding ways to make that happen. “If you look at the drugs that have been developed for Alzheimer’s disease, their track record: between  and  , there were §§ drugs tested in clinical trials. Only one was approved and it was only for symptoms; it didn’t stop the progression “ It’s not just about living longer, it’s of the disease. ‡at’s a . percent failure about aging well. Having strong rate, which is unheard of.” The Aging Brain The majority of these lead com - bones is an integral part of mobility.” With work on aging a university priority, pounds have come from mouse studies. MIMI SAMMARCO, assistant professor of surgery at the Tulane Brain Institute research groups Rappaport said the National Institutes School of Medicine are focused on what happens in older of Health have recently been ramping brains. “We envision that discoveries up funding for research into Alzheimer’s. being made today in the labs of Tulane It will be important for the understand- neuroscientists will ultimately lead to ing of the disease and the development new treatments for diseases associated of ežective therapies to have models of with brain aging,” said Jill Daniel, the Alzheimer’s disease that better replicate Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain the human disease. Science, professor of psychology and The TNPRC is adding close to  director of the Brain Institute. African green monkeys,  of which are The Memory and Cognition research more than  years old, to its colony of group examines how memories are rhesus macaques. ‡e center already has a made and stored in the brain and how number of aging macaques, and Rappaport these processes change during normal said there is some evidence they have and pathological aging. Scientists have some of the features of Alzheimer’s dis- found that aged brains are not able to ease as they age. It takes more than  “ If you look at the drugs that have maintain strong connections between years for those signs to appear though, been developed for Alzheimer’s brain cells within neural circuits for as while African green monkeys show signs long as younger brains can, impairing of Alzheimer’s disease somewhat earlier. disease, their track record: between the formation and endurance of new ‡e center recently received a PET/CT 2002 and 2012, there were 244 memories. Other research has iden- Scanner from the Bill & Melinda Gates tified brain mechanisms by which the Foundation for its work on developing drugs tested in clinical trials. Only loss of estrogens at menopause impact tuberculosis vaccines. ‡e scanner pro- one was approved and it was only cognitive aging in females. vides noninvasive imaging of live animals for symptoms; it didn’t stop the The Neurodegenerative Disease, and is speci‚cally designed for monkeys. Neural Injury and Repair research While the primary use will be for Tulane’s progression of the disease. „at’s a group examines mechanisms underlying tuberculosis research with the Gates 99.6 percent failure rate, which is age-related dementias. Scientists are Foundation, Rappaport said it can also be exploring how toxic brain proteins used to study aging and will enhance the unheard of.” associated with Alzheimer’s are taken center’s HIV vaccine studies. JAY RAPPAPORT, director and chief academic officer of up by brain cells and transferred to Rappaport’s research, and that of the Tulane National Primate Research Center neighboring cells, ultimately spreading other investigators within the Primate from one brain area to another. They Center, focuses on HIV infection, HIV/ are also exploring the brain’s role in AIDS–related disorders of the nervous diabetes and mechanisms by which system and the development of therapies diabetes increases a person’s risk for for treating AIDS. His recent studies show Alzheimer’s disease. the simian version of HIV accelerated inflammation and markers of aging in infected monkeys, but Rappaport also is testing a nutritional supplement that appears to reduce in¥ammation and may slow the pace of biological aging.

25 Lisa Fauci, professor of mathematics

26 Tulanian Magazine march 2019 Pure Math

Legendary math professor Lisa Fauci is a pioneer in math modeling, an award-winning scholar and a mentor to graduate students working at the interface of math, scientific computing and basic biology. BY BARRI BRONSTON

isa Fauci is passionate about mathematics, and the signs were there from an early age. Now the Pendergraft Nola Lee Haynes Professor of Mathematics at Tulane University, Fauci recalls an older cousin Lgiving her math problems to solve as a form of entertainment. She was in kindergarten at the time. e Brooklyn, New York, native loved numbers so much that whenever anyone asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, it was always “math teacher.” In fact, Fauci still has a notebook from sixth grade proclaim- ing her intentions to teach math. Fauci exceeded even her own lofty expectations, thanks to one of her advisers at Pace University in New York. Fauci was considering accounting when her adviser, Michael Bernkopf, steered her back towards math. “He looked at my record from high school and he said, ‘Young lady, you should be a math major.’ In my junior year, he said, ‘I think you should go for your PhD.’ ” She did just that, becoming a university professor specializing in numer- ical analysis, scienti‰c computing, Šuid dynamics and mathematical biology. She has risen through the ranks at Tulane, starting as an assistant professor in ‹ŒŽ‘ to being honored with an endowed professorship in ’““Ž. Her husband of ”” years, Victor Moll, works just one Šoor above her at Gibson Hall. He, too, is a mathematics professor, specializing in classical analysis, symbolic computation, special functions and number theory. ey joined the Tulane faculty together following doctoral studies at New York University and Moll’s one-year postdoc at Temple University.

27 “He got to NYU a year before I did, and special place where research, education and on applications and experiments and mathe- did a postdoc at Temple while I finished community intersect.” matics students on theory and computation. my degree,” Fauci said. “Then we got job Robin Forman, Tulane’s senior vice The focus of their work was on the o˜ers in a bunch of places. We didn’t realize president for academic a˜airs and provost, behavior of biological Šuid systems and on how hard it was to get just one faculty job, who has taught mathematics at Harvard, developing mathematical models for bio- much less two. But we were hot prospects MIT, Emory and other universities around logical systems ranging from the motion of at the time.” the country and world, concurred. single-celled organisms to the functioning Tulane won the couple over, as did the “Lisa Fauci is universally recognized of airways in human lungs. Crescent City. “We really liked the culture as a leader in her ‰eld. I ‰rst met Lisa and A co-founder of the Tulane Center for in New Orleans and thought it would be fun learned of her research shortly after she Computational Science, Fauci and other to be here for a year or two.” arrived at Tulane, and I have been follow- scientists at Tulane teamed up with the at year or two turned into ””. During ing her progress for decades. Knowing University of Maryland to develop a com- that time, they had two sons, Alexander she was on the faculty was one of many putational model of a swimming ‰sh that Moll, now a postdoc in mathematics at exciting elements that drew me to Tulane was the ‰rst to address the interaction of Northeastern University, and Stefan Moll, a few years ago. Having professors of her both internal and external forces on loco- a jazz pianist who received his undergradu- caliber on our faculty — scholars who are motion. The interdisciplinary research ate degree in music from Tulane School of making transformative contributions to team simulated how the ‰sh’s Šexible body Liberal Arts in ’“‹¦. their disciplines, their professional com- bends, depending on both the forces from As young parents with no support system munities and their campus — energizes the fluid moving around it as well as the in New Orleans, Fauci credits the Newcomb the entire Tulane community and fuels muscles inside. Child Care Center on Tulane’s uptown the Tulane model of pioneering research “It makes life that much more interesting campus with providing them with the peace aligned with deeply engaging, innovative to hear from other people, to hear di˜erent of mind to become successful scholars. teaching,” Forman said. perspectives and to understand what the Knowing their sons were in good hands Fauci said she can’t think of a better, burning questions are,” Fauci said. coupled with their love of New Orle- more stimulating environment than Tulane. Fauci teaches all levels of mathematics ans made it easier for them to commit to “We are a small enough institution and Šex- but it is her graduate students and postdoc Tulane long past two years. Fauci — and ible enough that even junior faculty can have students who have made her proudest. Tulane — could not be more pleased with an impact on curriculum, on initiatives and While some are now in academia, many that decision. on interdisciplinary projects,” she said. went to work in pharmaceutics, government With collaborators Ricardo Cortez in labs or banking. ey include Fauci’s ‰rst math and Don Gaver in biomedical engi- PhD student, Dean Bottino, who works Star Scholar neering, Fauci launched one of those projects for Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, “Professor Lisa Fauci is one of the stars of in ’“‹‹, courtesy of a Ÿ‹.¡ million grant from Massachusetts. He received his doctorate SSE (School of Science and Engineering),” the National Science Foundation. e mul- from Tulane in ‹ŒŒ‘. said SSE Dean Kimberly Foster. “Not tiyear project placed undergraduate, graduate “He’s in the trenches using applied only is she an accomplished and decorated and postdoctoral students as well as faculty mathematics to help develop cancer drugs,” applied mathematician, but she is a devoted from mathematics and biomedical engineer- Fauci said. mentor for students and colleagues. Faculty ing together in interdisciplinary research Had it not been for Fauci, Bottino might like Lisa are what make Tulane a vibrant and groups, with engineering students focused have given up on mathematics. “I started Tulane intending to become an algebraic topologist,” Bottino said. “But after com- pleting my written qualifiers, I began to wonder if a PhD in pure mathematics was “It makes life that much more really my path.” He confided his doubts to his friend interesting to hear from other and karate mentor Kyriakos Papadapoulos, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Tulane, telling him that he people, to hear different was considering leaving the math depart- ment for biology, his other passion. perspectives and to understand “He advised me instead to reach out to a ‘rising star’ in the math department who what the burning questions are.” was working in mathematical biology: Lisa Fauci. I did so the next day, and the rest, Lisa Fauci, professor of mathematics as they say, is history. I was immediately fascinated with the work she was doing

28 ulanian agazine  2019 “Lisa Fauci is universally recognized as a leader in her field. I first met Lisa and learned of her research shortly after she arrived at Tulane, and I have been following her progress for decades. Knowing she was on the faculty was one of many exciting elements that drew me to Tulane a few years ago.”

Robin Forman, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost

Lisa Fauci, with a geometric torus in the background. at the interface of mathematics, scienti‰c Mathematics (SIAM) to deliver the Kova- ey include summers working with collab- computing and basic biology.” levsky Lecture at the group’s annual meeting orators in Vancouver, British Columbia, and in Boston. e lecture is named for Sonia Auckland, New Zealand. Kovalevsky, the most widely known Russian “As a student, Lisa is the professor that Multiplying Honors mathematician of the ‹Œth century. you always hope you’ll get but seldom do,” Fauci’s work has led to one honor after For the past three decades, Fauci’s Maggio said. “Her ability to convey the another, from the Tulane School of Science research has been funded by a string of physical meaning behind seemingly abstract and Engineering’s seventh annual Out- grants from the National Science Founda- concepts is uncanny. For many years after standing Researcher Award in ’“‹” to her tion, the U.S. Department of Energy, the graduating, I would consult my notes from recent election as a fellow of the prestigious National Institutes of Health, the Army Lisa’s classes when struggling to explain American Physical Society — and one of Research Office and the Gulf of Mexico complicated ideas to students.” only eight in the Division of Fluid Dynam- Research Initiative. Fauci recently began a But there is more to Fauci than her ics (APS). She was cited for her “pioneering two-year term as president of the SIAM, brilliance as a teacher and researcher, work in using modeling and simulation to the international society that promotes Maggio added. understand the basic biophysics of organ- research in applied mathematics and com- “What truly sets Lisa apart from other ismal locomotion and reproductive fluid putational science. world-class mathematicians is her kindness, dynamics, and for her emphasis on the Nick Maggio, who studied under Fauci generosity and the fact that she is hugely fun integrated study of stroke, form and Šow.” and is now director of Research Advanced to be around,” he said. “You couldn’t ask for In ’“‹‘, she was chosen by the Asso- Computing Services at the University of a better mentor than Lisa.” ciation for Women in Mathematics and Oregon, said Fauci created opportunities the Society for Industrial and Applied and experiences that he will cherish forever.

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With a focus on enhancing the undergraduate experience, Tulane encourages students to challenge themselves.

BY FAITH DAWSON PHOTOS BY PAULA BURCH-CELENTANO

esearch opportunities for undergraduates abound at Tulane — and are what set the university apart.Tulanian interviewed ve students, among the many, who are pursuing research projects. ey sometimes embarked on R their projects without knowing what to expect or whether their eorts would lead to actual identiable results. ey reported that their ndings often surpassed the boundaries of their investigations: increased condence in their own abilities and a love of hard work.

30 ulanian agazine  2019 31 Analyzing Beauty Standards Raven Ancar When Raven Ancar, a rst-year student in the School of Liberal Arts, whose hometown is New Orleans, attended a summertime youth leader- ship conference in Uganda last year, she noticed that the topic of beauty repeatedly came up among the young women she met, many of whom were from Uganda and Rwanda. But it wasn’t small talk about hair and makeup — it was about how a standard of beauty can contribute to a woman’s sense of self-worth, aect her agency in life and in•uence the opportunities that could come her way. e problem was, the beauty standard seemed to re•ect a European ideal rather than an African one, promoting hair straightening and skin bleaching among women of color, in order to approximate whiteness. “ey would tell me how it’s hard moving through the ranks just because of your skin tone,” Ancar said, adding that she had heard African-Amer- ican women echo the same concerns — missed opportunities because of subtle racism. “I never thought it would be the same in Africa, but it is.” Curious, Ancar, who is majoring in psychology, sociology and Africana studies, conducted a content analysis of models in mainstream magazines from the United States as compared to Uganda. With guidance from Paula Booke, associate director of the Center for Academic Equity, Ancar rated models for skin tone and hair texture — and found that the American magazines tended to be more inclusive than African magazines. Ancar hopes to publish her research or speak about it at other univer- sities, starting a dialogue about beauty standards worldwide.

Connecting Chinese/Jamaican Culture Juliet Chin Juliet Chin, from South Pasadena, California, had heard her father, who is a descendant of Hakka Chinese immigrants to Jamaica, discuss his childhood on the island and immigrating to the United States at age ‚ƒ. Now, she is making a documentary about his experiences. A Chinese community has lived in Jamaica since around the ‚†th century, Chin learned. Many of those individuals arrived as servants for the British who colonized the island. Chin, who is a senior majoring in digital media production and anthro- Raven Ancar is studying standards of beauty worldwide. pology in the School of Liberal Arts, had never met any of her Caribbean relatives, nor had she ever visited Jamaica. But exploring her Jamaican roots appealed to the Newcomb Scholar, who developed the documentary as her senior thesis. Allison Truitt, associate professor of anthropology and SLA’s undergraduate studies coordinator, served as Chin’s adviser, and Chin received additional help from Sabia McCoy-Torres, assistant professor of anthropology and Africana studies. “When I took anthropology classes and dierent lm classes, the idea for the documentary came up as a way to merge my two majors,” she said. It also was a way to explore a side of her family that she did not know much about.

32 ulanian agazine  2019 Exploring Otherness Sophia Kalashnikova Horowitz A translation project for Yigit Akin, associate professor of history, led history major Sophia Kalashnikova Horowitz to her research project. In the process of translating a Russian-language book, Horowitz, who speaks Russian •uently, became curious about the lives of Russian scholars under Josef Stalin. A School of Liberal Arts student, whose hometown is New Orleans, Horowitz is now writing an honors thesis on Turkology — also known among Russian scholars as Orientalism, the study of the modern history and culture of Turkey and the Turkic peoples. Last year, with support from the Jean Danielson Scholarship Fund, she traveled to St. Petersburg to review valuable manuscripts at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Horowitz’s goal, she said, is “to examine the questions: ‘How did communism exacerbate Orientalism or Orientalist perspectives, or to the contrary, did it help scholars see the East in a dierent way? How did the relationship between academic Turkology and the Soviet state develop?’ My research into the documents has helped me formulate some answers.” She added, “I am interested in ideas about ‘otherness’ and ‘foreignness,’” including issues of nationality, ethnicity and the rights associated with them, which are still being discussed today much as they were in the early Ÿ¡th century. Horowitz said she benets from the mentorship of Department of History professors, including Akin, her thesis adviser, and Associate Professors James Boyden and Samuel Ramer; other professors also have worked with her individually. “ere are a lot of people I’m grateful to,” she said. Horowitz is now a Fulbright seminalist. She graduates in May and has been accepted to ve fully funded PhD programs so far, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford universities, as well as the universities of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Juliet Chin Is making a documentary about the Chinese community in Jamaica.

Chin said the documentary evolved as she worked on it. “It was looking at the history, and that’s what it originally started with, but then it became more about why people left, national identity vs. ethnic identity, and culturally merging dierent groups and what that looked like to dierent people.” Chin traveled to Jamaica with several relatives, including her sister, many of whom helped her with lming. “I had a lot of help, which I was thankful for,” she said. “It became a family project.”

Sophia Kalashnikova Horowitz is writing a senior honors thesis on the history of Turkology during the Soviet era in Russia.

33 Imaging Pain Pathways Mostafa Meselhe A junior majoring in neuroscience and biomedical engineering, Mostafa Meselhe, from Lafayette, Louisiana, has been involved in multiple research projects. He currently works in the lab of Associate Professor Michael J. Moore in the School of Science and Engineering. “What sold me on research was that itch of curiosity, seeing the results of an experiment and moving forward from there,” Meselhe said. “I enjoy putting in the work to get those results.” At a summer internship at Duke University, Meselhe worked to nd ideal thickness of electrodes for recording electrical impulses in the brain. He presented that research at a conference in October, for which he received a Newcomb-Tulane College Dean’s Grant. In Moore’s lab, Meselhe has his own project that falls under the umbrella of his professor’s research: developing ƒD neuroanatomical in vitro models of the pain pathway and methods to quantify neuronal activity and synaptic transmission. “We were discussing developing a project for me to take on for my thesis and master’s thesis,” Meselhe said. He and Moore settled on using imaging techniques to identify pain pathways in neurons. Now that project is more than a third done, and the results so far support similar studies. “We’ve never done this type of imaging work at Tulane,” Meselhe added. “Now the next step forward is to take what has been done and experiment with applying it to multidimensional models.”

Mostafa Meselhe Is is developing imaging techniques to identify pain pathways in neurons.

34 ulanian agazine  2019 Finding Something You Never Knew Hailey Mozzachio When School of Liberal Arts junior Hailey Mozzachio received a grant from the Center of Academic Equity (CAE) that would enable her to look at issues of sexual violence, her research was only as far away as her remote control. Mozzachio is majoring in theatre and digital media production with a minor in psychology. Her hometown is Westmont, New Jersey. Working with Paula Booke, associate director of CAE, Mozzachio conducted a content analysis of popular TV shows with lesbian or bisexual women characters who died, and determined that those characters experi- enced disproportionate amounts of violence as compared to straight women characters. Sometimes they died in bizarre ways, even by TV standards. at’s entertainment, right? Mozzachio thought otherwise, considering that lesbian and bisexual women make up only ‚ percent of characters but up to ‚¡ percent of TV deaths, regardless of the type of show. Entertainment critics term the trope “bury your gays,” indicating that LGBT characters are more expendable than straight characters. “I was initially looking at how media aects people’s perceptions of queer people and how that increases or decreases violence perpetuated against queer people,” she said, but “I decided before that I rst wanted to look at what is represented in the media.” Mozzachio gained support from being part of a six-person CAE research cohort, where each person, all rst-time student researchers, worked on individual topics. “Being able to work with the same people every day and being in the same space we were kind of going through this process together. It was a great experience, because it taught us you have to be patient, you have to be prepared to go through a lot of dierent resources, and you have to be prepared if you nd something that you never knew about.”

Impressive Work

At Tulane, research adds depth to the undergraduate experience. Inside a classroom, students have engaging and thought-provoking learning experiences, but independent research aords them additional oppor- tunity to approach, mold and stretch their topics in multiple ways and to benet from direct faculty mentorship. ese students’ impressive work, sometimes prompted by a single question or simple observation, will lay the groundwork for broad opportunities throughout their college careers and into the future.

Hailey Mozzachio has conducted a content analysis of depictions of LGBT characters in TV shows.

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ulane’s A. B. Freeman School one thing remains constant — the need for of Business and the School of exceptional scholars and educators,” said Campaign Liberal Arts are the benecia- Ira Solomon, Freeman School dean. “With Progress Tries of a new $3.5 million gift this generous gift from Ken and Carole from Carole B. (NC ’) and Kenneth J. Boudreaux, the Freeman School can sup- Boudreaux (B ’‚). port the research and teaching activities of ƒe gift includes $2 million to create a an outstanding professor in nance as well ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS scholarship fund for Freeman School grad- as provide nancial support to enable the TOTAL COMMITMENTS uate students and to establish the Kenneth best and brightest students to attend our TO DATE J. Boudreaux (MBA ’‚) Professorship in graduate programs.” Finance. Another $1.5 million will estab- “ƒe Carole Barnette Boudreaux Cre-  lish the Carole Barnette Boudreaux (NC ative Writing Fund allows us to bring CAMPAIGN GOAL ’) Creative Writing Endowed Fund, some of the most exciting writers of our  MILLION  which will bring established and emerging times to the Tulane campus, and to con- writers to campus. nect students, faculty and members of Kenneth J. Boudreaux served as a pro- the community with literary artists at the FACULTY EXCELLENCE fessor of nance and economics at Tulane height of their art,” said Brian Edwards, before his retirement in ‘’“’. dean of the School of Liberal Arts and  “ƒe university’s consistent integrity, professor of English. “ƒe brilliance and ENDOWED intellectual rigor, success and generous generosity of the Boudreauxs’ gift is that FACULTY POSITIONS spirit continually impress us. We are it allows us both to host literary superstars TO DATE delighted to be able to contribute this and younger novelists and poets whose CAMPAIGN GOAL way,” the Boudreauxs said. work is admired by other writers, but not  “University business education is yet internationally famous.” undergoing a period of rapid change, but RESEARCH TOTAL RESEARCH COMMITMENTS TO DATE  OF  PRESIDENTIAL CHAIRS FUNDED TO DATE

ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT  ENGAGED ALUMNI TO DATE Liberal arts students at the Woldenberg CAMPAIGN GOAL Art Center (left) and business majors at  Goldring/Woldenberg II (right) will both benefit from the Boudreauxs’ generosity.

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FOGELMANS successful life after playing basketball at RODRIGUEZ Tulane. We owe them no less,” said Avron ESTABLISH Fogelman, whose name is synonymous HONORED AS with Tulane men’s basketball. His donation PROGRAM established the Avron B. Fogelman Arena INAUGURAL in the Devlin Fieldhouse. FOR MEN’S Tulane is committed to career prepara- PHILLIPS tion for every student, and the Fogelman BASKETBALL gift will address the unique situation of ORTHOPAEDICS men’s basketball players. For example, PLAYERS the Fogelman program will help players PROFESSOR get internships, a goal that is made dif- ficult during the team’s high-intensity r. Raoul P. Rodriguez (M ’’), a foot and ankle athletic schedule. specialist who has been with the Department Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Troy vron B. Fogelman (A&S ’‘) of Orthopaedics since “©, was invested as Dannen said, “Avron’s providing us the and Wendy Mimeles Fogelman the inaugural holder of the Pierrette and John winning edge. What we’re doing is going D (NC ’œ), previous contributors G. Phillips Professorship in Orthopaedics at the School to be very unique.” A to men’s basketball, have given of Medicine in November. He noted that the Fogelman Life another ž“ million to support the program. ƒe fund that created the professorship was established Preparation Program is appealing to both ƒe gift, which reŸects the Fogelmans’ in ‘’“‚, in accordance with the wishes of the late John G. players and their families — providing commitment to student-athlete success on Phillips and his widow, Pierrette “Petie” Phillips, both Tulane with an added recruiting incentive. and o¡ the court, establishes the Fogelman former patients of Rodriguez. John Phillips was a long- “Tulane has meant so much to me,” Life Preparation Program, which will teach time chief executive o«cer of the Louisiana Land and Fogelman added. “I am very appreciative life skills, nancial training, career coach- Exploration Co. He also was a staunch friend of Tulane for the educational and social opportu- ing and student success to men’s basketball University, joining the Board of Tulane in “©‚‚ and serv- nities a¡orded to me while a student at players, and also supports an altitude cham- ing as chair from “©‚¬ to “©¬œ. His leadership skills and Tulane. Over the years, I have felt it very ber, a room that replicates altitude settings accounting expertise were instrumental in rejuvenating appropriate to thank Tulane for what it and enhances team training. Tulane’s scal health and endowment. did and return a small measure of what I “I want to do all I can to see the Tulane “I don’t know what John and I would have done with- received to the school.” basketball players enjoy a productive and out Dr. Rodriguez because he just took care of everything,” Mrs. Phillips said at the investiture, recalling the quality of care she and her late husband received. “Dr. Rodriguez, you have such a great, kind heart, and you deserve this more than anyone I know.” “It’s critical to have endowed positions in the depart- ment to continue to have a stable, outstanding faculty that can provide excellent education and delivery of health care,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez has a family legacy of orthopaedics excel- lence. His father was director of the National Institute of Orthopaedics in Cuba, while two of Rodriguez’s sons are orthopaedists, including Dr. Ramon Rodriguez (B ’©“), an assistant professor at the School of Medicine.

Tulane’s men’s basketball players will benefit from a new life preparation program Pierrette “Petie” Phillips and Dr. Raoul P. Rodriguez at the Phillips investiture that resulted from a gift from Avron B. and Wendy Mimeles Fogelman.

37 WAVEMAKERS Board member Phyllis M. Taylor donates $5 million for Presidential Chair

he Patrick F. Taylor Founda- “Phyllis Taylor’s support is absolutely tion has committed ž million central to Tulane’s goal of bringing the for the funding of a Presi- best minds from multiple elds together to T dential Chair. Foundation solve the world’s most pressing challenges,” chairman and president Phyllis M. Taylor Tulane President Mike Fitts said. “Her (L ’) is a member of the Board of Tulane funding of the Phyllis M. Taylor Presiden- and a graduate of Tulane Law School. tial Chair Endowed Fund is the latest in Tulane will establish the Phyllis M. her longstanding and unwavering commit- Taylor Presidential Chair Endowed Fund ment to making the world a better place.” to support a chair in an interdisciplinary ƒe purpose of the Presidential Chairs area of academic study. ƒe grant will fund is to attract some of the world’s most the salary and other expenses directly asso- renowned faculty members in areas such ciated with the professor’s academic work. as biomedicine, coastal restoration, global “Tulane University continues to build health and elds not yet explored. ƒese on its reputation of providing state-of- faculty members will embark on a pursuit the-art educational opportunities for its of teaching and research that crosses mul- students,” Taylor said. “Having nationally tiple disciplines and transforms the world. and internationally recognized faculty is Fitts plans to establish many such vital in continuing that challenge. A Pres- professorships and has designated this as idential Chair will allow for one more such a campaign priority. These preeminent person to share his or her knowledge with faculty will be hired as universitywide the student body.” professors with joint appointments Taylor and the Patrick F. Taylor Foun- between schools to research and teach at dation contributed ž“ million for the the intersection of di¡erent subjects. creation of the Phyllis M. Taylor Center Taylor’s late husband, Patrick, was for Social Innovation and Design ƒinking a member of the Tulane College Dean’s in ‘’“® and funded the ž“ million prize to Advisory Council. Taylor succeeded the winning team of the Tulane Univer- her husband as chairman and chief sity Nitrogen Reduction Grand Challenge executive officer of Taylor Energy Co. in ‘’“‚. LLC, a privately owned independent Taylor is currently a co-chair of the energy company. Board of Tulane member and alumna Phyllis M. Taylor committed Only the Audacious campaign. She is a past $5 million toward an interdisciplinary Presidential Chair. member of the President’s Council and has also served on the Tulane University Health and Sciences Center Board of Governors, “Tulane University continues to build on the Tulane Medical Center Hospital/Clinic Board of Directors, the Center for Bioen- its reputation of providing state-of-the-art vironmental Research Advisory Council, the Key to the Cure Committee, and the educational opportunities for its students.” Newcomb Dance Advisory Board. In addi- PHYLLIS M. TAYLOR (L ’66), Board of Tulane Member tion, she is the ‘’““ recipient of the Dermot McGlinchey Award.

38 ulanian agazine  2019 Submit your news to alumni.tulane.edu/news and follow @tulanealumni on Facebook to Tulanians share your memories and join the conversation. Which professor inuenced you the most during your time as a student?

Professor Victoria Bricker was my dissertation director and mentor. She taught me to really listen to my students and value what they bring to the table. Amy George, NC ’95, G ’04

Dr. Terry Christenson, freshman year. I signed up for [Intro to HOUSTON SECONDLINE Psychology] to ll a distribution Attendees of the Houston chapter of the Tulane Alumni requirement, but it quickly Association lead a second-line through their annual Mardi Gras brunch on Feb. 10, 2019. became my favorite class. He made the material interesting and exciting! I went on to graduate PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNE MARIE D’ARCY with a psychology major, earn 2 further degrees, and make a 1960 songs and dances for the folkloric troupe as his second hometown and has estab- career in psychology. Wendy Whitman-Orlin, NC ’86 1969 Renaissance Cadienne. lished with his wife, Katy, the Randall E. Marcus, MD, Professorship in Ortho- DR ROBERT CATANZARO A&S ’ is still paedic Surgery at Case Western Reserve. practicing orthopedic surgery in Fort MAY GWIN WAGGONER N ’ G ’ Lauderdale, Florida, and has no plans for MARLENE ESKIND MOSES NC ’ SW ’, co-edited the denitive anthology of early retirement. He has three daughters an internationally recognized family law Louisiana literature written in French. and four grandchildren and celebrated expert and founding manager of MTR Anthologie de la littérature louisianaise his ‹„th anniversary with his wife and Family Law, PLLC, has been selected d’expression française de  à nos jours high school sweetheart. He visits New for inclusion in the ƒ„ † edition of Mid- (éditée par Mathé Allain, Barry Jean Orleans often. South Super Lawyers. Each year, no more Reggie Parquet in the School of Ancelet, Tamara Lindner, et May Rush than ‹ percent of lawyers in each state are Social Work. Amazing mentor and Gwin Waggoner) was published by the 1970 selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers. professor, even better person! One University of Louisiana Press in the fall 1979 PEGGY MOSS NC ’ of the most in¦uential people I’ve of ƒ„ †. It is her eighth book, including became president of Hadassah New York in January. Over met in my entire life! juried scholarly works, creative works Daniel Harris, SW ’19 and critical editions. She has published DR RANDALL E MARCUS A&S ’ the past —ƒ years, Moss has been a vol- joined unteer with the New York City Ballet numerous articles about Louisiana the Case Western Reserve University dance, folklore and folk music, and is and a docent at the Bronx Zoo (Wildlife School of Medicine in ”•‹ for an intern- Conservation Society), where she has also a published poet who has won ‹ ship and subsequent residency in ortho- literary awards in France, Belgium and volunteered every other Sunday for —ƒ pedic surgery. Almost Œ— years later, the years and is the Bronx Zoo represen- the United States and has arranged Œ‹ Louisiana native has adopted Cleveland tative for AZADV (Association of Zoo Continued on page 41

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FROM BOATS TO BANKS The events of Sept. 11, 2001, prompted Brian Distance (L ’91), who was then working on Wall Street as a financial attorney, to pursue his dream career: actor. Today Distance, who lives in New York City, is still working as a financial attorney for an investment bank on Wall Street. But he’s building his TV- and film-act- mechanical and civil engineering, and was ing resume role by role — and his latest in search of a better fit for his personality. is as a nefarious Macon, Georgia, police He wanted “a career where I needed to officer in the 2018 Oscar-winning film BRIAN DISTANCE be able to think outside the box, something Green Book. that I’m not going to be doing the same Distance originally attended Tulane thing each and every day,” he said. ATTORNEY University Law School because he wanted Law seemed not only well-suited for to pursue maritime law. He’d already tried the outgoing Distance, but developing the a couple of careers by then, including ACTOR ability to read contracts seemed practical & as well. He worked in maritime law for a while in New Orleans, and eventually went into structured finance law. Having two careers, Distance said, gives him another reason to “wake up in the morning.” He balances both careers by working remotely and using vacation time to manage his acting jobs. And even though he gets recognized more as an “actor who has a side gig as a Wall Street lawyer,” he may have already earned the admiration of his fellow attorneys. “They get a big kick out of it,” he said. In fact, Distance recognizes a common ground between the two careers: Both attorneys and actors “have to persuade the audience” — be it judge, jury or viewers — “that what we’re doing is true, and it’s real.”

EXTRA EFFORTS Even as a child, Distance felt the thrill of being onstage; he still remembers the first words he said in a school play: “Goodness gracious, sake’s alive, I can’t believe it, but it must be the Christmas fairy.” It would be decades, though, before Sept. 11 would convince Distance that life was too short not to pursue long-held dreams. After Distance enrolled at the prestigious William Esper drama school, he started to act in commercials, movies and TV shows. Along with the movies Tower Heist, Law Abiding Citizen and How Do You Know, Green Book is his high- est-profile movie so far. (Distance attended the Academy Awards ceremony in Febru- ary when the movie won Best Picture.) But he has also had a recurring role in TV’s “NCIS New Orleans,” and co-star roles in

40 Tulanian Magazine march 2019 PHOTO COURTESY BRIAN DISTANCE Continued from page 39 and Aquarium Docents and Volunteers). Which professor For the past years Moss has been the morning minyan gabbai at Congrega- inuenced you the most tion B’nai Jeshurun. Moss gave up the during your time as corporate world years ago and started a student? her own tness business, ToningUp, and pursued being a personal organizer. DR STEVEN J YEVICH COL RET/US ARMY A&S ’ G ’ M ’ “House of Cards,” “Billions,” “Blindspot,” was featured “Daredevil” and others. in the historical series MAC-V-SOG – Team History of a Clandestine Army, Vol. One constant is that Distance always as a member of Recon Team (RT) Moc- seems to play a security guard or a police casin in the Top Secret Special Forces unit I am where I am in my career due officer. He’s played them so often that known as Command and Control North/ to Dr. Cedric Walker, professor on-set, other actors frequently mistake Task Force Advisory Element (CCN/ emeritus and former chair of him for the real thing, as opposed to one TF AE), operational from ”©‹– ”•ƒ, biomedical engineering. At of their own. during the war in Vietnam. «e series, Tulane I knew him as a creative Being typecast has a benet, though. authored by Jason M. Hardy, documents and passionate educator who Every TV or movie script seems to have a the members of the reconnaissance teams taught me to strive for excellence. police o¯cer role. from this unit during the war. Yevich lives Now I know him as a supportive and plays internationally. “I want to give a face to law enforce- and encouraging mentor. ment,” Distance added, noting that TV Nicki Hairrell Urban, E ’96 shows often only show police arresting someone. “A lot of time you see a badge and a uniform. You don’t see the human- ity within that particular profession. You don’t see the struggle. I just want to show that there are many sides to being a law- enforcement o¯cer.” «e engineer teaching in Once, after lming but while still in architecture school: Bill Mouton. LUCKY 13 uniform, Distance wielded his on-screen He accepted me with my Author authority in a Halloween prank with some JAMIE AIELLO BECK probably very-mental-state at (B ’88) will publish her 13th mischievous bar patrons. A group of peo- book since 2014, The Promise the time (very nurturing, which ple set up their unsuspecting friend for of Us (Book 2 in her Sanctuary is what students NEED), and he “questioning” with “O¯cer Distance” — Sound Series), in April (Montlake also became a friend/buddy. all in fun, of course. Romance). Beck has sold over 2 Rest in peace. Is impersonating an actual officer million copies of “smart fiction SG Da, A ’92 with heart” and is planning the only for prank purposes legal, especially third book in the series for next if it did not facilitate a crime or in¦uence year. The page-turning release anyone’s behavior? follows a woman named Claire as Distance paused. “It’s ... not really ille- she overcomes loss, navigates a broken friendship and explores gal,” he said, laughing. “Which is why I like a budding romance with an old the law, because you can always argue.” flame. Beck lives in Connecticut. Professor WT Godbey taught a very interesting class and, based Attorney M KATHLEEN MILLER NC ’ on my enthusiasm, gave me L ’ of Mobile, Alabama, managing the opportunity to assist in his partner of Armbrecht, Jackson LLP, is research. I was always treated as the recipient of the Alabama State Bar’s a peer and given real advising ƒ„ † Susan Bevill Livingston Leader- when exploring a new experiment. ship Award, which was presented in Hands down, a fantastic professor. November. «e award is given annually Alex Ortiz, TC ’06 to a female attorney who demonstrates a continual commitment to those around her as a mentor, a sustained level of lead- ership throughout her career and a com- mitment to the community in which she practices.

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STEVEN M Holland & Knight partner Marine Corps awarded him a Certicate Which professor counsel and chief compliance o¯cer to ELROD A&S ’ took o¯ce for a one- of Commendation for volunteer work. Sierra Pacic Mortgage Co., one of the year term as president of the Chicago inuenced you the most nation’s top ƒ„ mortgage lenders. Business attorney WADE WEBSTER L Bar Association. Elrod is one of Chica- ’ has joined Cha´e McCall’s New during your time as LARRY WEISS A&S ’ has been named go’s most prominent land-use and local Orleans o¯ce as a partner in the rm’s a student? vice president and general counsel of government attorneys. He serves as chair business practice. Webster has over three Analog Devices, a global semiconductor of Holland & Knight’s national land-use decades of experience in corporate law, company based in Boston. He currently and government practice and executive litigation, taxation, business planning lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with his partner of the rm’s Chicago o¯ce. and successions. wife, Charly (NC ’” ), and their sons Tan- Judge MORRIS SILBERMAN A&S ’ ner and Hunter, and will be relocating to PAUL FORBES G ’ was appointed to of Florida’s Second District Court of the Boston area this summer. serve as a special projects/program coor- Appeal was recently elected secretary/ dinator with the College of Science and treasurer of the Council of Chief Judges Dr. Dennis Kehoe in the Technology at Southeastern Louisiana of the State Courts of Appeal, where he classical studies department. University in Hammond, Louisiana. «e also serves as chairman of the Finance «e guidance he gave me on workforce-ready program is a partner- Committee and the Strategic Planning simplifying and streamlining ship among Southeastern, the Louisiana and Evaluation Committee and as a Department of Economic Development my writing/argument somehow member of the American Law Institute, and leaders in the information technol- got stuck in my head. Now I’m serving on the Members Consultative ogy industry. «e program is designed to a communications specialist for Groups for Principles of the Law, Polic- align academic programming with the art museums. He probably has ing, and for Student Sexual Misconduct: industry’s needs, including internships no idea his teaching had such Procedural Frameworks for Colleges and job placement. MEDICAL MEMORIES and Universities. Silberman is also on an e´ect on me, but to this day DR. HEDLEY NORMAN the University of Florida Law Center JAMES DILLARD E ’ ’ was appointed when I write I think, “What would Kehoe do? How would MENDEZ III (A&S ’66) wrote a Association Board of Trustees. executive vice president and chief scien- memoir called Life in the Balance; tic o¯cer of Perrigo Co. in Ireland. In he phrase this?” Lessons Learned in the ER. He is 1980 this new role, Dillard will be responsi- Meg Floryan, NC ’08 retired and living in Wilmington,

1989 ble for providing global oversight and North Carolina. coordination of Perrigo’s research and development, quality, regulatory and «e University of San Diego School of innovation e´orts. JOHN R KNUT JOHNSON A&S Stites & Harbison attorney Law presented WINGO A&S ’ L ’ of Nashville, ’ with the Distinguished Alumni 1990 Tennessee, was recognized in the ƒ„ † Award, which is given to those who 1999 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers. have excelled either in the legal eld or Professor Peter Ricchiuti’s RUSSELL YAFFEE E ’ their chosen profession. He presently investments class, before In ƒ„„† and his JEFFREY W KIBBEY UC ’ L ’ serves as the chair to the Practitioners recently Burkenroad. His class business partner opened Peters and Yaf- fee, a tra¯c- and transportation-engi- Advisory Group to the U.S. Sentencing joined the Zillow Group as vice president was one of the most Commission. Since law school, Johnson of compliance. Zillow.com is the world’s neering rm in Jacksonville, Florida. «e practical, yet enjoyable has been named to the top „ attorneys largest online real estate and rental mar- rm, which employs © people, recently in San Diego by Super Lawyers and was ketplace, with over „ million unique classes that taught me to celebrated its „th anniversary. named “Lawyer of the Year” for San listings. Kibbey and his wife, Patsy, will love investments. I still MARY WALKER NC ’ remember his shtick with is the acting Diego White Collar Criminal Defense be relocating to Seattle from Califor- administrator for the Southeast Region blue crabs, showing us by Best Lawyers in America. «e U.S. nia, where he was most recently general (Region Œ) of the Environmental Protec- the best use for the WSJ tion Agency in Atlanta. In this capacity, marketing section! she leads EPA’s e´orts to protect human Jason Lindauer, A&S ’93 DINO DOODLE health and the environment in eight MARIA LANE-GOMEZ (NC ’99) of Falls Church, Virginia, and southeastern states. Google users worldwide played with the Google-doodle dinosaurs JESSICA ABEND NC ’ received a cer- created by Maria’s daughter, 7-year-old Sarah Gomez-Lane. Sarah tied volunteer administrator credential won the 2018 Doodle for Google contest with her “Dino Doodle,” from the Council for Certication in which Google’s Doodle Team animated based on her ideas for Volunteer Administration. She lives in the dinosaurs’ favorite foods, instruments and other activities. the Greater New York City area. As the Doodle for Google national winner, Sarah won a $30,000 DR ALPEN PATEL A&S ’ is presi- college scholarship, and her school received $50,000 of Google dent-elect of the American Academy technology. Lane-Gomez, husband Enrique Gomez Aceff, and of Otolaryngic Allergy. He practices in other family members traveled with Sarah to Google headquarters the Baltimore area. in Colorado for a day of creativity with the Google Doodle team. The comments above answer a question posted RODNEY O’NEIL WILLIAMS L ’ was on Facebook by the Tulane University Alumni elected as judge of the ƒ©†th District Association. Connect with TUAA at facebook.com/ tulanealumni. Court in Texas.

42 ulanian agazine  2019 LARISSA MONTROSE NAHARI NC ’ and her husband, Ami, formed «e River Wine in ƒ„ to import and distribute wines from Israel. Now they produce a California label called “Twin Suns” in honor of their newly born twin boys, Ivri and Eitan. Twin Suns is now on its fourth vintage, with Cabernet and Chardonnay from Lodi, a Paso Robles Syrah, and a Reserve line including Zinfandel. Nahari lives in New York.

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FRANK RELLE TC ’ has been awarded the Michael P. Smith Award for Docu- mentary Photography as part of the Lou- isiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) ƒ„ ” Humanities Awards. Each year, the LEH presents awards to approx- imately a dozen individuals and projects that have made signicant contributions to the discipline throughout the state. He lives in New Orleans. BENJAMINDAVID LEGRAND TC ’ UC IMPRESSION During her tenure at the CDC, Houry ’ completed a doctorate in Educa- oversaw the release of “Guidelines for Pre- tional Leadership at Xavier University DEBRA scribing Opioids for Chronic Pain,” which of Louisiana with his published dis- gives providers the best available evidence for sertation, “Early-childhood comput- HOURY managing patient opioid prescriptions. er-based testing: E´ects of a digital Portions of the guide have since been literacy intervention on student con- any doctors train to become adopted widely by many states and insur- fidence and performance.” Legrand ance companies. Many medical societies have said his undergraduate experience and emergency room physicians, extended their endorsement. post-baccalaureate teaching certica- hoping to save lives. But serving tion at Tulane guided him as a teacher Min this role for Debra Houry (M “We have seen high-risk prescribing pat- and leader. He teaches science and ’”†, PHTM ’”†) wasn’t enough. She wanted terns for overdose, such as prescribing high social studies at George Cox Elemen- to help stop injuries before they ever happen. morphine milligram equivalents, and cases of tary School in Greater New Orleans From car crashes, falls and assaults to multiple prescribers going down,” said Houry. and annually returns to the Tulane suicide attempts and overdoses, Houry “«is will save lives.” campus to introduce his students to the said she’s treated them all while practicing Last fall, Houry visited Tulane for a dis- college experience. cussion on the role of providers and those who AMY LAMARCA LYON SW ’ emergency medicine. was “I saw both the impact that these injuries serve on the frontlines. recently appointed as associate direc- had on my patients when I was treating them “It is our responsibility to talk with patients tor of the Social Work Department of in the ER, but I also saw the long-term conse- about opioid-use disorder and to provide or the University of Texas MD Anderson quences of these injuries,” said Houry. “Many refer them for treatment when necessary,” Cancer Center. said Houry. CLAIBORNE SCHMIDT B ’ of these injuries were preventable, and with the has a New medical and public health education I received While much has been done to study the Orleans–based company called Dat- at Tulane, I wanted a career where I could focus opioid epidemic, Houry said there’s still much MamboShirt that designs and sells to do. men’s casual shirts in a style modeled on the prevention of these events.” Today, Houry serves as director of the Among those next steps, she said, are after the Latin American guayabera and improving the link to care for patients who embroidered with popular symbols of National Center for Injury Prevention and have overdosed, increasing access to naloxone New Orleans. Control at the Centers for Disease Control. for those who are at risk of overdosing, and DAVID WUNDERLICH TC ’ In this capacity, she focuses her work on was a expanding guidance on the safe prescribing speaker at the American Bar Association combating the opioid overdose epidemic, among other critical issues such as suicide and of opioids for procedures such as dental pain International Law Section conference and surgeries. in Mexico City, Mexico, on the topic child maltreatment. of “Aligning Regulation of Cannabis

PHOTO COURTESY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 43 Markets With International Realities and Legal Obligations.” Wunderlich practices law in Colorado and represents hemp and marijuana businesses. MATT COLEMAN UC ’ is the new regional communications director for the U.S. Small Business Administration Atlantic Region. Coleman leads public a´airs, strategic communications and media relations, marketing, digital and social engagement in New York and New Jersey as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. His portfolio also includes issues manage- ment and speechwriting, and he serves as o¯cial spokesperson for Region II.

Libby and Kendall Glazer, founders and owners of Stoney Clover Lane

IMPRESSION «e Glazers also operate a new store in Palm Beach, Florida, and a pop-up in Los Angeles. KENDALL & «e company name is a shout-out to the street BIG DUCK they grew up on in Rochester, New York. SUSAN VAN SCOY, PHD, (NC LIBBY GLAZER Early fans of the line included Taylor Swift, ’02) a professor of art history at Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, who were St. Joseph’s College in New York, spotted wearing Stoney Clover Lane bracelets completed her first book, The Big hobby shared by sisters Kendall Glazer Duck and Eastern Long Island’s (SLA ’ —) and Libby Glazer (SLA ’ ‹), when the line was new. But the line still pays Duck Farming History (Arcadia: A which began in a Tulane residence homage to New Orleans, with Tulane-specic March 2019), which traces the hall, has grown into a lucrative business that products and Mardi Gras promotions. history of the landmark Big Duck building in Eastern Long Island combines fashion with messages of positivity. Philanthropy has been an important part of the story as well. Kendall said the brand works that helped coin the architectural Together, the Glazer sisters co-founded and term “duck” architecture. developed Stoney Clover Lane, a customizable with organizations that ght cancer and child- line of bags, pouches and other small acces- hood adversity, among others. In the past they commemorated Hurricane Katrina. sories that has inltrated the celebrity market LUCAS HERRINGSHAW A ’ was pro- and caught the eye of major retailers such as «e Glazers developed skills and relation- moted to associate at RODE Architects Nordstrom, Target and Shopbop. ships while at Tulane — sometimes beading in Boston. Herringshaw has been an The Stoney Clover Lane entrepreneur- bracelets with friends on the ¦oor of Sharp Hall integral part of the rm’s success with his ial experience has been a crash course in — that gave them valuable insights into how attention to detail, focus on design inte- business for the two non-business majors. they wanted to run their company. gration, technical expertise and project. (Kendall majored in sociology, and Libby in It’s an even partnership, although Kend- EMILY K ROBERSON NC ’ PHTM ’ Jewish studies.) all said she likes the business side and social is an assistant professor of public health “In the beginning, it wasn’t about projected media a little more, while her sister, Libby, at Hawaii Pacic University. Roberson sales and other analytics. It was, and still is, all handles more of the creative tasks and the joined the university in ƒ„ © and has played an instrumental role in develop- about the customer,” said Kendall Glazer. “We retail location. ing undergraduate and graduate public didn’t go into it with a business plan; I think if “When it comes down to it, there’s not anything that either one of us would not do,” health programs there. we had, we might have never done it because GREG PIZZINO TC ’ it might have been overwhelming at the time,” Kendall said. contributed the Glazer said. If they know one thing, it’s how to keep title story of the anthology Queen of their customers coming back. Clocks and Other Steampunk Tales and Now they have merged their customer-cen- has recently been invited to debut his rst tered approach with the skills they have learned “My sister and I create for our target audi- ence — and we happen to be that audience,” stage musical, “Benestopheles: «e Last over their decade in business. «e company has Days of Ghoulita Graves,” as a workshop added Libby Glazer. “«is makes it easier to ƒ„ team members. More than half of its sales production in April ƒ„ƒ„ with Ypsilanti, are driven by online, customizable products. know what our customers want.” Michigan’s NTG theater company.

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JOSHUA WIESMAN E ’ G ’ launched Farewell Samuel A Shannon Jr A&S ’ Francis L Todd A&S ’ Smilo, a Boston-based direct-to-con- Jack W Thomson Jr L ’ Wilbert L Argus Jr A ’ sumer baby-and-child brand, with his business partner. Smilo sells paciers We say goodbye to Tulanians whose Weldon A Behrend A&S ’ Joanne Wolf Cohen NC ’ deaths were reported to us during the with a shape that reduces the risk of bite Reynolds Jones Davant NC ’ Robert L Levin A&S ’ misalignment in young children. Wies- past quarter Edwin E Buckner M ’ Patrick Priest A&S ’ man is also a professor of the practice at Marjorie Kister Miller NC ’ M ’ Tufts University School of Engineering. PHTM ’ Hughes J De La Vergne II A&S ’ L ’ Gerald L Varland A&S ’ ROSS WILLIAMS TC ’ made D Mag- Gerald S Berenson A&S ’ M ’ Charles M Fife Jr B ’ George A Aldridge M ’ azine’s ƒ„ ” “Best Lawyers Under Œ„ in Dallas” list. Dixie Vernon Choyce SW ’ Harold R Gaule Sr UC ’ John J Garitty Jr UC ’ After graduating with a degree in inter- Lawrence B Eustis A&S ’ John E Kerrigan Jr E ’ Donald J Hart UC ’ MALACHI GARFF national development, Marjorie Lewis Fremaux NC ’ George B Garfinkel A&S ’ M Frances Hebert G ’ SLA ’ launched New York–based Magda Made with a friend she met bar- Eleanor Gates Barry NC ’ ’ John F Quackenbush A&S ’ Toxey M Morris M ’ tending “at good old F&Ms” — and with Margaret Baker Courtin G ’ James C Liner III A&S ’ Margaret Murphy SW ’ whom she went on to travel through Southeast Asia and Latin America. «eir Robert S Andersen E ’ Barbara Fleischman Pielet NC ’ Richard W Gillespie PHTM ’ mutual love for well-crafted items led to Robert A Pierpont Jr E ’ Joseph H Wright M ’ Dale W Gott Jr A&S ’ Magda Made, a platform for artisans in Colombia to showcase handmade bas- Leona Bersadsky NC ’ G ’ M ’ Elissa Genet Young UC ’ Ann Wisdom Stolley NC ’ kets, ceramics and textiles. Magda Made Cecile Orenstein Kass A&S ’ Nofie D Alfonso Jr A ’ Catherine Marshall Clark NC ’ abides by fair trade standards and strives to be fully transparent in its process. H P Simon L ’ John W Connolle B ’ Susan Elliott Hammon NC ’ David L Stephens A&S ’ M ’ Travis E Lunceford M ’ David C Howell G ’ ’ 2010 Alice Butman Bellows NC ’ Roy M Stoll A&S ’ Eugene P Shafton M ’ 2018 Frank H Hagaman B ’ John R Fielding E ’ Stephen I Katz M ’ Marjorie Hanson Bean UC ’ G ’ Julian M Toups SW ’ JOHN HOLSCHUH SLA ’ has joined Carol Gondolf Jensen B ’ the law rm of Santen & Hughes in David R Normann A&S ’ L ’ James A Cunyus M ’ Irvin A Wilhite A&S ’ Cincinnati as an associate attorney. Hol- John M Klopf Jr B ’ Samuel Zemurray III A&S ’ schuh will practice in the areas of general R R Richmond Jr A&S ’ litigation, including personal injury and Emile J Brinkmann Jr E ’ Hugh Lamensdorf A&S ’ M ’ H E Ellzey Jr L ’ medical malpractice, and business law. He Andrew G Moore II B ’ L ’ Robert W Marks A&S ’ previously worked as a litigation attorney Edmond L Deramee Jr L ’ with the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Leonard L Dreyfus B ’ L ’ A ’ William I Parrish A&S ’ John M Callander III A&S ’ Ohio, where he represented clients in real Donald J Peacock A&S ’ Ervin A Hinds Jr M ’ estate and civil rights matters. Betty Cornman Manis NC ’ Marie Campagnolle Romano NC ’ Thomas H Barrows A&S ’ Loyola University New Orleans College Rosalie Cocchiara Poole NC ’ GABRIELLA MOURIZ G ’ of Law announced Dorothy Katzer Rappeport NC ’ Arnold A Broussard A&S ’ SLA ’ as a member of the ƒ„ † class Peter R D’Alena M ’ Arlene Hechter Lakin NC ’ G ’ of Ignatian Law Scholar Awardees, the Myron H Rappeport B ’ John L Eckholdt B ’ College of Law’s highest honor for new James M Sharp E ’ Allan H Lambert E ’ G ’ law students. «e Ignatian Law Scholar Ronald L Peaker B ’ Helen Blackshear Stevenson NC ’ Award recognizes particularly promising George P Bywater E ’ Eugene T Byrne Jr B ’ G ’ members of the entering law school class, Mary Jackson Carlisle NC ’ Faye Cook Webb SW ’ whose record re¦ects the Jesuit values of Louis J Engolia A&S ’ Wiley J Beevers L ’ commitment to academic excellence and Sol I Courtman M ’ M B Maxian A&S ’ service to others. Fred E Kleyle E ’ Paul Claflin PHTM ’ Gayle Porte McCoy NC ’ Lucy Barret Normann NC ’ Ellen Hanckel NC ’ Yvette Loury Rosen G ’ Morton H Rachelson M ’ J H Henderson III L ’ Donald D Smith A&S ’ Jane Parkhouse Sharp NC ’ Harry D Joynton Jr SW ’ Sandra Moyers Bourbon NC ’ John A Stewart A&S ’ Peter M Kahle Sr UC ’ Forrest Forsythe A&S ’ G ’ Clotaire D Delery Jr A&S ’ Victoria Broussard Allen NC ’ John P Riley Jr A&S ’ G ’ ’ Frances Wehrenberg Hinrichs B ’ Eara Merritt E ’ Leroy J Runey Jr B ’ Ellen Tishman Rosenthal NC ’ Frederick G Boynton L ’

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Louise Baehr Martin G ’ Patricia Wright NC ’ Christie Durbin Mena UC ’ Howat A Peters Jr L ’ Randal J Ferrara A&S ’ Lori Glover Prapas NC ’ KEY TO SCHOOLS SLA (School of Liberal Arts) Wayne D Wands A&S ’ James R Sutterfield L ’ April Hartman SSE ’ PHTM ’ SSE (School of Science and Engineering) William M Witter A&S ’ Leona Wright UC ’ Jennifer Werther SCS ’ A (School of Architecture) B (A. B. Freeman School of Business) Ernest G Drake Jr L ’ Patricia Head Minaldi L ’ Jeffrey J Notarianni L ’ L (Law School) M (School of Medicine) Michael J Markey E ’ Marilouise Michel G ’ William P Hupp B ’ SW (School of Social Work) Bettie Kahn NC ’ Mona MullinsWilliams UC ’ PHTM (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine) SoPA (School of Professional Advancement) Patrick F Lee A&S ’ Steven S Porter B ’

Zetta Bryant Hearin G ’ Jeanette Fritzky B ’ A&S (College of Arts and Sciences, the men’s liberal arts and sciences college that existed until 1994) Stephanie Mouton Reed NC ’ M ’ Bryan A Pfleeger A&S ’ TC (Tulane College, the men’s liberal arts and William H Boustead L ’ William A Bischoff IV SW ’ sciences college that existed from 1994 until 2006) NC (Newcomb College, the women’s liberal arts and Richard T Metcalf E ’ Randy A McKevitt L ’ sciences college that existed until 2006) E (School of Engineering) John B Trumbo A&S ’ Neil A Russakoff M ’ G (Graduate School) UC (University College, the school for part-time adult Keith D Wells UC ’ Stephen F Hansen PHTM ’ learners. The college’s name was changed to the School of Continuing Studies in 2006.) Lucy Durr Hackney L ’ Oscar del Rio M ’ SCS (School of Continuing Studies, which changed its name to the School of Professional Advancement in 2017.) Edna Moss SW ’ Tamara Ewing SW ’

TRIBUTE experience, negotiated the sometimes treacherous cur- rents as gracefully as Stew. Rather than look for faults, STEWART he seemed to look for the “line of good” in a project and, in general, in his dealings with others. FAR NET His friendliness toward his fellow professionals also stands out. His nearly courtly manner and his rchitect Stewart Farnet (A ’‹‹) died on Dec. ƒ©, genuine enthusiasm in greeting and communicating A ƒ„ †, in Mandeville, Louisiana. with his colleagues were endearing qualities. I speak Stewart’s architectural practice was involved in a from personal experience here, having never crossed wide range of high-prole commissions: the Sheraton paths with Stew without coming away with a feeling Hotel on Canal Street, the Reily Center at Tulane and of somehow having been a¯rmed by the experience. Harrah’s Casino, and his leadership in the civic world «is is not so easily done and cannot be done without was far reaching. He was the chair of the board of the a deep personal and genuine respect for others. New Orleans Museum of Art during and after Hur- Stew’s leadership will be missed and will not easily ricane Katrina in ƒ„„‹, and he was a guiding force on replaced, but we might all think of his example as we the board of the Azby Foundation, which has provided carry on as best we can. «e adventure of architecture essential support to countless projects. In addition to and of living in general is, or can be, a joyous one, and this body of work, his personal traits and his manner we can hardly do better than to think of the example as an architect and member of that community of pub- of Stewart Farnet as a guide and inspiration. lic-minded designers are what strike me as an equally —Errol Barron, FAIA, is a professor of architecture important part of his legacy, the subtle in¦uence of his at the Tulane School of Architecture. personality on me and many others he knew. Stew’s kind treatment of his clients and colleagues is memorable. Architecture and the world of con- struction can be fairly rough and tumble. A lot of money is at stake and, as time is precious, tempers can wear thin. «e pressures of professional life are daunting and potentially expensive, and few, in my

46 ulanian agazine  2019 2019 ALUMNI AWARDS Tulane University Alumni Association presents its annual alumni awards to 10 outstanding graduates in a ceremony at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on April 6.

Dermot McGlinchey Distinguished Alumni Award Lifetime Achievement Award Lisa Perez Jackson (E ’83) Darryl D. Berger (L ’72) Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Darryl Berger received his JD in ”•ƒ from Tulane Law Policy and Social Initiatives. A New Orleans native, Jackson School, where he served as a member of Moot Court and graduated from Tulane University with a degree in chemical received the ”• New Orleans Notaries Association Award engineering. She also served as the administrator of the for Excellence in Real Estate Transactions. Berger served on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from ƒ„„” to ƒ„ —. the Board of Tulane University ƒ„„Œ–ƒ„ † and as chair of the Jackson is on the Board of Tulane as well as the Board of Board of Tulane from ƒ„ —–ƒ„ •. He is also a past chairman Advisors for the School of Science and Engineering. of the Tulane President’s Council. In ƒ„„Œ, he received the Tulane University Distinguished Alumnus Award. Berger is International Award president of «e Berger Company, which he founded in ”•ƒ. for Exceptional Achievement The Honorable Ian S. Forrester (L ’69) Professional Achievement Award Linda S. Wilson, PhD (NC ’57) Judge Ian Forrester has been an academic teacher, author and practitioner. He has lectured on European Commission Linda Wilson received a bachelor’s degree from Newcomb legal and policy topics in many countries and published College. She has served as a member of the Newcomb extensively. He sits in the «ird Chamber of the General Dean’s Advisory Council. Wilson served as president of Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and Radcli´e College from ”†”–”” and is president emerita his interests in competition include intellectual property of Radcli´e. Previously, she was vice president for research rights, dominance and due process. He earned a Master of at the University of Michigan and served in the senior Civil Law from Tulane in ”©”. administrations of the University of Illinois and Washington University, St. Louis, and was a research faculty member of Robert V. Tessaro Young Alumni the University of Maryland. Wilson is an emeritus member Volunteer Award of the Board of Tulane. Whitney R. Silverman (NC ’08, SLA ’08) Whitney Silverman is a graduate of Newcomb College Bobby Boudreau Spirit Award and the School of Liberal Arts with a Bachelor of Arts Carol Downes Cudd (NC ’59) and Robert C. Cudd in history and political science and a Master of Arts in (A&S ’58, L ’60) history. After law school, Silverman moved to Washington, Carol Downes Cudd and Robert “Bob” Cudd are among the D.C., where she began her involvement with the Tulane most generous supporters of the Newcomb Art Museum, Alumni Association and the Washington, D.C., Tulane Tulane Athletics and Tulane University. A lifelong member Alumni Club. In addition to her volunteer work with the of the Green Wave Club (now Green Wave Athletic alumni club, Silverman puts her legal skills to use as the Association), Bob was a member of the Steering Committee sta´ attorney for the National Association of Independent and Capital Subcommittee of the ”†© Campaign for Schools. In this role, she works with general counsel to Tulane Athletics. Carol has been exceptionally active in address the internal legal needs of the association. also supporting Athletics and the Newcomb Art Museum Scott Cowen Service Award and is the namesake of the Carol Downes Cudd Award for The Honorable Thomas C. Wicker Jr. (B ’44, academic achievement and service to the university. L ’49, ’69) Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Judge «omas Wicker graduated from Tulane in ”ŒŒ with a Outstanding Alumni Award BBA. After returning home from the Navy, Wicker entered Charles N. Kahn III (PHTM ’80) Tulane Law School in ”Œ© and graduated in ”Œ”. In ”•ƒ, Wicker was elected district judge for the ƒŒth Judicial Charles Kahn holds a master’s of public health degree from District, state of Louisiana, and in ”†‹, he was elected to the Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Court of Appeal, ‹th Circuit, state of Louisiana, where he Medicine, which in ƒ„„ bestowed upon him its prestigious served until he retired in ””†. Champion of Public Health award. He currently serves as president and CEO of the Federation of American Tulane Medical Alumni Association Hospitals. Kahn has taught health policy at Johns Hopkins, Outstanding Alumni Award George Washington and Tulane universities. Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD (M ’82) Clyde Yancy is chief of cardiology at Northwestern University–Feinberg School of Medicine, and associate director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He holds the Magerstadt Endowed Professor of Medicine Chair and Professor of Medical Social Sciences. He concurrently serves as vice dean of diversity and inclusion at Feinberg. He is an Alpha Phi Omega honors graduate of Tulane School of Medicine.

47 VIEWPOINT WE’RE ON IT

BY MIKE FITTS, President

f there is an ecosystem that is threatened, a population in peril, a subject matter unexplored, a discovery yet to be made, a cure to be found — somebody at Tulane is working on it. Iat’s just what we do. Tulane students learn this early and often. No sooner do they arrive on campus than they encounter opportunities that will Parastoo Khoshakhlagh and Elaine Horn-Ranney at the Kennedy Space Center at the launch of the NASA SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship in December. help them become the leaders of tomorrow by eecting real change today. Two perfect examples of this are bio- Tulane’s research and scholarship span tomorrow’s breakthroughs and on the medical engineering graduates Elaine the globe and enter the heavens while also front row of human history as it unfolds Horn-Ranney (SSE ’€‚, ’ƒ„) and Parastoo incorporating (and often combining) mul- and advances. Our academic leaders are Khoshakhlagh (SSE ’ƒ„, ’ƒˆ), who both tiple disciplines in science, engineering, creating an amazing synergy across dis- earned PhDs from Tulane. Research they business, poetry, politics, medicine, law, ciplines that makes the Tulane student began as Tulane students resulted in Perf- architecture and more. Our studies and experience one of the most unique and Fix, a gel-based patch that can repair dam- essays “ll the pages of the nation’s leading innovative anywhere. aged eardrums without surgery. Now the research, academic and literary journals. Understanding what triggers an im- eorts of these two young scientists and The commentary of Tulane faculty can mune response, prompts a behavior, fuels entrepreneurs have gone out of this world. be found in national media coverage and an addiction or places human need at the eir gel patch was on board the recent trending on social media. Our authors are center of design are all central to our mis- launch of the SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship. best-sellers, our faculty are world-renowned, sion of teaching, learning, discovering and NASA scientists ran experiments on the and our discoveries are life-changing. changing. We are concerned with justice, gel in the hope that this Tulane-born tech- We are also attracting an increasing with creating new economic opportunities, nology might help both astronauts in ‘ight share of the world’s best students, those with preserving the past through study and and wounded soldiers back here on Earth. who want to be on the ground ‘oor of securing the future through sustainability. Tulane research and scholarship play a central role in the new New Orleans — a tech hub that is showing the promise of becoming the country’s next Silicon Valley. By attracting the world’s top faculty Tulane’s research and scholarship span and students, Tulane is creating a critical mass of brain power and energy. We are the globe and enter the heavens while educating the next generation of lead- ers, entrepreneurs, designers, creators and also incorporating (and often combining) innovators who are as enthralled by New Orleans’ culture as they are inspired by its multiple disciplines in science, engineer- potential. Our eorts will give talented young people the opportunity to pursue ing, business, poetry, politics, medicine, their careers and build their lives among law, architecture and more. generations of old and new New Orleanians. Together, they will continue to make sure — somebody is on it.

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