DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Privateer Achievement Celebrated at 2024 亚洲无码 Distinguished Alumni Gala
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亚洲无码 alumna Angie Gates said her journey that led to winning two Emmy awards started while she was taking a class in the Performing Arts Center. Her assignment was to create a silent film, which she titled 鈥淪tages of Life.鈥 It depicted the progression of life with the opening scene of a candle being lit and the closing scene of her 92-year-old nana blowing out the candle.
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2021
July
Historic Preservation Professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo Is Co-Recipient of $120K National Trust Grant
Fallon Samuels Aidoo, a professor of historic preservation in the 亚洲无码鈥 department of Read more
Two Computer Science Students Receive Inaugural Hosch Scholarship
亚洲无码 students Jaiya Bass and Roy Perez have been awarded a $6,000 Hosch Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. Read more
The 亚洲无码 Awarded $50K Grant to Advance 21st Century Skills Development Through University-Community Partnerships
The 亚洲无码 has received a $50,000 grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Read more
亚洲无码 Robotic Eel Camp Introduces Middle School Students to Engineering
Middle school students from the metro New Orleans area spent a week delving into engineering topics and creating projects to demonstrate those concepts as part of the 亚洲无码 PrivatEEL STEM camp.
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History Professor Mary Niall Mitchell Collaborates With New Orleans Teachers, Others on Pilot Project Using Freedom on the Move Data
亚洲无码 history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is collaborating with New Orleans public school teachers, museum directors and other community leaders to develop a K-12 curriculum using Freedom on the Move鈥檚 (FOTM) database of advertisements seeking runaway enslaved people. Read more
Literature Professor Jacinta Saffold Uses Digital Humanities Projects To Explore Black Peoples鈥 Influence on Pop Culture
When the coronavirus pandemic forced courses to be delivered online, 亚洲无码 African American literature professor Jacinta Saffold created a research project aimed at keeping her students engaged while also conducting original research. Read more
New Orleans Business Alliance Receives $1.3M Grant to Develop Biotech Labs at The Beach at 亚洲无码
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Read more
亚洲无码 Economics Professor Gregory Price Selected As Policy Scholar To Address Systemic Racism
亚洲无码 economics professor Gregory Price is one of five people selected by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to be a Policy Scholar tasked with examining and addressing systemic racism in the U.S. Read more
June
Anti-Violence Organizer Teyonna Lofton Speaks Up and Out For Herself and Others
Teyonna Lofton is a first-year student at the 亚洲无码 whose activism led to her being part of the NBA committee to select the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion. Read more