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Thomas Jefferson High School in Gretna announces valedictorian, salutatorian, graduates
Peter Nguyen of Harvey is valedictorian of Thomas Jefferson High School in Gretna.
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Archbishop Shaw High School announces valedictorians, salutatorians, graduates
Archbishop Shaw High held its annual Baccalaureate Mass May 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Marrero.
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Ursuline Academy announces West Bank graduates
Olivia Stricklin, a resident of Belle Chasse, is the daughter of Gregory and Celeste Stricklin.
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Academy of Our Lady announces valedictorian, salutatorian, graduates
Kathy Q. Le, daughter of Ket and Hang Le of Marrero, is valedictorian of the Academy of Our Lady Class of 2013.
Dalai Lama grooved to the music on stage at Tulane University. The actress Kerry Washington spoke at commencement exercises for George Washington University.
Dalai Lama talks globally, boogies locally at Tulane commencement
Like the 2,800 Tulane University graduates massed before him Saturday morning in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Dalai Lama was clearly ready to party.
Tulane University graduation day 2013
The Dalai Lama and Tulane University President Scott Cowen stand underneath a second line umbrella as Dr.
Rhode Island native named new president of Stonehill College
The Rev. John Denning, a native Rhode Islander and the current vice-president for student affairs at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., has been named the college's 10th president, it was announced Friday.
Bleeding-Edge Musical Innovation, Live from CCRMA; Full Report, Monolake + Tarik Barri Live
Make no mistake. The slightly-impossible-to-pronounce acronym CCRMA, standing for the not-terribly-sexy "Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics," is one of the world's hotbeds for innovation in electronic music.
ASU professors research in New Orleans
Albany State University professors conducted research in New Orleans at the Williams Research Center and Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive, Manuscript Department, and Amistad Research Center on May 8 - 10.
The Dalai Lama visits New Orleans, plus festivals, theater and more Friday
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will deliver an address on 'Strength Through Compassion' at Morial Convention Center Friday, May 17, 2013.
Enhanced Angiotensin Receptor-Associated Protein in Renal Tubule...
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Indy woman champions women engineers
Lisa Jeff thought New Orleans would be home forever, but when Hurricane Katrina blew through in 2005, her plans changed.
Historian to receive honorary degree from D&E
John C. Allen Jr., an architectural historian in Jefferson County, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from Davis & Elkins College during Saturday's commencement ceremonies.
Cranbrook Director Reed Kroloff Moves to Part-Time Role
Reed Kroloff, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, will leave his full-time role for a part-time position in the 2013-14 academic year.
The Dalai Lama will bring messages of peace and reconciliation to a shaken New Orleans
The Dalai Lama arrives in New Orleans on Thursday to speak at Tulane University's commencement and a conference on resilience.
A virtual evening with Dan Brown, plus more Wednesday in New Orleans
Dan Brown's only U.S. appearance to promote his new novel, 'Inferno,' will be live streamed at the Algiers Branch Library on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.
On April 20, while Mayor Mitch Landrieu was a few miles away launching his NOLA for Life nonviolence event in Algiers, the French Market filled with colorful Tibetan prayer flags - symbols of peace and compassion - to mark Prayer Flag Day in New Orleans.
International School of Louisiana in Jefferson appoints new principal
The International School of Louisiana in Jefferson has appointed a new principal, after Norbert Estrella resigned just four months into the school's inaugural semester.
Tulane criminologist: 'They don't care who gets in the way'
Tulane University's Dr. Peter Scharf, a nationally-recognized leader in criminal justice, technology and education, spoke to Sally-Ann Roberts and Eric Paulsen about the Mother's Day shooting .