For months now, individuals have sat at sewing machines for thousands of hours, making masks to protect people from the spread of COVID-19. These sewists joined artists, scientists, medical professionals,…
By Julia Lang and Mehr Manzoor Our Taylor Your Life for Graduate Students workshop was just two weeks into its 5-week series when Tulane University announced campus was closing and…
Written by: Máille Faughnan & Laura Murphy In light of the necessary lock-downs, social distancing, and the escalating public health threat of the global coronavirus pandemic, the world’s leading conference…
On March 20, Dr. Lesely-Ann Noel co-hosted our monthly virtual breakfast with Lisa Cates, the president of the New Orleans Photo Alliance. DT NOW an abbreviation for Design Thinking the…
A core component of Taylor's social venture accelerator, the Changemaker Institute (CI) is inviting key community leaders and social entrepreneurs in New Orleans to lead workshops to help students build…
A message from the Taylor Center's executive director, Kenneth Schwartz Dear Taylor Community, We are following Tulane's COVID-19 policies. For current University policies, visit tulane.edu/emergency. At 5 p.m. on Monday,…
“It’s a metaphor!” I declared to the participants of my design thinking workshop. The gears start turning in their heads. I breathlessly watch them sketch out their visions before me,…
"How might we work together to build a more just, healthy and equitable city?” In Fall 2019, the Crescent City Corps contacted Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, Taylor’s Associate Director of Design…
Each year, a select group of graduate students in Taylor’s social venture accelerator, the Changemaker Institute, work tirelessly in the evenings and on weekends to propel their idea for social change…
The Taylor team will be attending the upcoming Diversity, Equity and Student Success conference here in New Orleans. Four members of the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation will be presenting at…