Ashoka Changemaker Summit Helps Weave Our Future
The following is a blog post by Dr. Laura Murphy: Changemakers are already (re)making the future. Check out the 2021 Ashoka Changemaker Summit, “a global milestone to share cutting-edge ideas…
Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion into social innovation education: a case study of critical service-learning
New Taylor Center publication! Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion into social innovation education: a case study of critical service-learning In an article for the Social Enterprise Journal, Professors Rebecca Otten…
Taylor Team Presenting at the March 2020 AAC&U Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference
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…
Taylor Research Team Presents in Glasgow
What happens when philosophers, social scientists, designers, and social entrepreneurs start talking? New ideas for change, I hope. In early September 2019, I traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the…
Taylor offers free material for teaching students about social impact careers
By: Barri Bronston The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University has developed an online library with materials such as instructor guides, videos, worksheets…
Stephanie Barksdale Honored as 2019 Social Entrepreneur
Tulane University honored skin care innovators Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields with its Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year Award and social entrepreneurs Stephanie and David Barksdale (TC ’00)…
Design Thinking in Action: From the Classroom to Duncan Plaza
Photo Courtesy: Cordula Roser Gray. By: Alexandra Greengrass. "I always have seen the relationship between architecture and design thinking as an intricately connected one…”, said SE Professor Cordula Roser Gray.…
Architecture dean leaves legacy of social change
Photo: Sally Asher. By: Faith Dawson. When Kenneth Schwartz arrived at Tulane University in 2008, the School of Architecture was re-energizing after Hurricane Katrina and showing “a lot of momentum, and a lot of…
School-based yoga can help children better manage stress and anxiety
Photo: ThinkStock. By: Keith Brannon. Participating in yoga and mindfulness activities at school helps third-graders exhibiting anxiety improve their well-being and emotional health, according to a new Tulane University study published in the journal Psychology Research and…
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,…