Students address sexual misconduct on campus through Taylor course
Photo: Paula Burch-Celentano. By: Mary Cross. When the results of the climate survey on sexual misconduct were released at a town hall meeting on the uptown campus in January 2018,…
Built for each other: Taylor and PlayBuild NOLA
Photo: PlayBuild NOLA/Facebook Running a nonprofit is not for the faint of heart. Constantly faced with a lack of time, money and resources, immediate needs compete with long-term planning and…
Marianne Desmarais Appointed a 2018 Taylor Faculty Fellow
The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking is pleased to announce Marianne Desmarais as a 2018 Taylor Faculty Fellow. Marianne Desmarais, R.A., is a Professor of…
Meet Taylor’s New SE Professor
The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking is pleased to announce Cordula Roser Gray as the Beers Professorship II in Social Entrepreneurship and Cole Fellow starting…
Taylor appoints new cohort of Taylor Faculty Fellows
The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking is pleased to announce Mallory Monaco Caterine, Dee Fuchs, Vivian Norris, and Dauphne Sloan as 2018 Taylor Faculty Fellows.…
Tulane researchers analyze design thinking in global health
Photo: Paula Burch-Celentano. By: Mary Johns. When a GE designer learned pediatric patients were often frightened by MRI scans, he transformed the experience into an adventure. With a touch of…
SE Professor and a copyright maverick
Photo courtesy of J. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images SE professor, Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, has been working with her Tulane law class on copyright infringement cases. Read the article below to learn…
Tulane prepares students to become agents of social change
Photo: Ryan Rivet. By: Mary Cross. The Changemaker Institute (CI), housed at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, is creating a more streamlined experience for students by offering…
Kimberlé Crenshaw lectures on intersectional approach to problem-solving
Kimberlé Crenshaw is a proponent of difficult conversations. The UCLA School of Law professor and leading critical race theorist visited Tulane on Monday, September 24, bringing her message of dialogue,…
SE Professor update: Stumbling on social innovations in Europe
Social Entrepreneurship (SE) Professor Vicki Mayer is in the Netherlands on sabbatical. An update from her time abroad, originally posted on ViaNolaVie.com, is below. Photo by Kattiel, Wikimedia Commons, 2011.…