Newcomb Institute Events
October 18, 2024
Deon Haywood is an activist, human rights advocate, mother and grandmother, and communityleader from New Orleans. For more than 30 years, she has advocated for the rights of Blackwomen and girls, poor and working class folks, sex workers, substance…
October 21, 2024
An examination of love, sex, power, and consent at Tulane. A group of college students confronts rampant sexual violence on their campus, creating a play out of their lived experiences. An urgent coming of age story, ROLEPLAY follows these young…
October 25, 2024
Jay Silverman, PhD, is an Usdin Family Professor of Community Health at the Tulane University School ofPublic Health and Tropical Medicine. He is a leading global health researcher on understanding andpreventing gender-based violence again…
October 29, 2024
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was established by Josephine Louise Monnier Newcomb (“Jo”) as she was called, 1816 to 1901) as a memorial to her daughter Sophie who died at the age of 15. At a time when women were discouraged from education, an…
October 30, 2024
This annual event connects students and alums to gain insight or mentorship and share their invaluable experiences at a virtual networking night. Current students, recent grads, career changers, and seasoned professionals will be able to mingle and…
November 01, 2024
LaTonya J. Trotter is an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities within the University ofWashington’s (UW) School of Medicine and is an affiliate investigator at the UW Center for HealthWorkforce Studies. As a sociologist and bioethicist,…
November 04, 2024
Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. She…
