Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Pooja Talati (LA ’23, SSE ’23) Reproductive Rights and Health Intern Pooja Talati Approaching the two-year anniversary of my time at the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies with their Maternal and Child Health team, I’ve been reflecting on the things I’ve... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Dr. Clare Daniel Conceiving Equity, featuring the 10th annual Roe v. Wade lecture by Loretta Ross and exhibit of poster presentations by Newcomb Institute’s Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health interns On March 6, 2022, Newcomb Institute was fortunate to... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Laura Wolford Brit Bennett speaks at an in-person reading and interview & students ask Bennett to sign their copies of The Vanishing Half Newcomb Institute was thrilled to host Brit Bennett as the 2022 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence this past spring. Born... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Laura Wolford Poet Khadijah Queen Each fall semester, Newcomb Institute invites a woman-identified poet to campus to be the Florie Gale Arons Visiting Poet. The program was established by the daughters of Florie Gale Arons (NC ’50) in 1999 in honor of their... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Laura Wolford Dr. Khiara M. Bridges, professor at UC Berkeley School of Law was keynote lecturer at the 2021 Newcomb Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium On February 5th, Newcomb Institute hosted the 2021 Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium. This day-long symposium... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Laura Wolford While the Institute originally hoped to bring Valeria Luiselli, the 2021 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in Residence, to campus, she wowed the Tulane community during a series of virtual events from March 2-9, 2021. Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Gabe Christian-Solá Girls, women, and other gender minorities are systematically tracked away from science and math throughout their education, limiting their training and options to go into these fields as adults. Women make up only 28% of the workforce in... Noteworthy at Newcomb
By Lauren Wethers (LA ’15, *16) In less challenging years, it is common to see a line of students every Friday waiting to hear from Newcomb’s speaker of the week in between classes. Fridays at Newcomb, a weekly lunch lecture series featuring speakers from across... Noteworthy at Newcomb
Poet Morgan Parker on Black Womanhood in Body and Society I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background: An Elegy After Glenn Ligon after Zora Neale Hurston by Morgan Parker I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp... Noteworthy at Newcomb
Newcomb Archives’ COVID-19 and Gender Digital Scrapbook By Camille Boechler (LA *21) This article was originally published in Tulane Today on April 28, 2020. As this unforgettable semester comes to a close, Newcomb Archives is asking women and trans,... We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkNoPrivacy policy 