Join us for a panel discussion featuring Liz Ogbu, Taylor’s Expert-in-residence, to explore this topic, share our experiences, and discuss hopeful directions to guide the use of design thinking to tackle wicked social problems. Design thinking offers a useful set of tools…
What does it mean to engage internationally? What are the benefits of global learning? Hear what these programs offer to foster community engagement, personal growth, and the acquisition of knowledge beyond the classroom. This session will be held in LBC…
Years of Living Dangerously is an American documentary television series focusing on global warming. Free and open to Tulane community. Screening hosted by SE Professor Thomas Sherry.
The Taylor Center’s 2 hour “crash course” introduces participants to human-centered design (HCD) as a process to generate new ideas to solve problems, while keeping people (“humans”) front and center. Through a fast-paced, hands-on activity, participants will learn some basic…
As part of Intern Tulane, Taylor will host a career development workshops for undergraduate students. Heart + Head = Hustle teaches participants how to identify work that aligns their heart (addressing the social and environmental issues that most move them) and…
TEDxTU celebrates and cultivates social innovation in New Orleans. Our city is stewing a satisfying gumbo brimming with passion, creativity, and ingenuity. TEDxTU inspires and informs social innovation, makes social change a priority, and connects changemakers within New Orleans. This…
The Tulane School of Architecture Design Symposium is a case-study based analysis and discussion centered on the impact of global climate change on coastal communities. Through interdisciplinary lectures, break-out sessions and workshops, participants will collaboratively learn about the history and…
Join our two-hour “crash course” to get a taste of human-centered design (HCD) --a process to generate new ideas to solve problems, while keeping people (“humans”) front and center. We run a fast-paced, hands-on activity, participants will learn some basic…
This presentation will offer a sneak preview to Dr. Schneider's forthcoming book based on work conducted during his time in New Orleans and after. The book explores how politics and the local economy have reorganized over the last decade. Who…
NEWDAY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Dorothy Stoneman is the founder and former CEO of YouthBuild USA, Inc. a program that helps low-income unemployed 16 to 24 year olds work toward their high school diploma or its equivalent while building…