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Center for Ethics Public Lecture Featuring Subramanian Rangan
The Pareto Trap: How Fairness Got Sacrificed at the Altar of Efficiency and How We Might Resurrect It The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics will welcome Subramanian Rangan, Professor of Strategy & Management at INSEAD, the global…
NATO, Ukraine, War & Conflict Resolution: Conversation with Slovak Ambassador
An open conversation with Radovan Javorčík, Ambassador Extraordinary of the Slovak Republic to the US.
Radovan Javorčík assumed his duties as the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States of America in January 2021. Prior to his…The Ungovernable Seas: The Rise and Fall (?) of Sea-Piracy in the Modern World, December 6
A lecture by Brandon Prins, Professor and Department Head of Political Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Despite a dramatic decrease in Somalia-based sea-piracy over the past ten years, maritime crime remains a salient…Keeping up with Altmans: Adventures with Jack DeFraites
Since the end of the spring semester in May, Jack DeFraites of the ’24 cohort has had a non-stop multicultural and linguistically immersive summer and fall semester. He bolstered his German language skills working at Concordia Language Villages,…
Keeping up with Altmans: Karlyn Simcox Interns with Tulane Title IX
Content warning: this article discusses sexual violence and its effects in student organizations.
Karlyn Simcox of the 2023 cohort spent the summer as an intern at the Title IX Office here at Tulane. She drew upon her past experiences and…Natalie Díaz - Keynote Speaker, International Education Week, Nov. 16
Natalie Díaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village (California), on the banks of the Colorado River and is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. She identifies herself as Indigenous, Latinx, and Queer.
Natalie is a…The Growing Threat of Religious Nationalism, November 1
Award-winning investigative journalist Katherine Stewart discusses the dangerous rise of religious nationalism and its impacts on politics, business, the family, and our common future.
When: 6:00 pm, Tuesday November 1, 2022
Where: Rogers…Carbon Captured: How Business and Labor Control Global Climate Policymaking, Oct. 25
Matto Mildenberger (UC Santa Barbara) is a leading scholar whose work includes a focus on how business interests (and the labor businesses employ) shape climate policies globally, mediated by national political institutions. His recent book, Carbon…
Keeping up with Altmans: Maria Benavides's Fellowship with Esperanza United
Maria Benavides (left) with other Latina Leadership Fellows in Washington D.C.
Maria Benavides of the 2024 cohort landed a spot in the first cohort of Latina Leadership Fellows with Esperanza United this summer. She says, "I had been…Meeting New Altmans: Maddie Nowack
Maddie Nowack of the ’26 cohort had two unique experiences that allowed her to learn more about the intersectionality of identity.
She was a representative for her high school at the National Association of Independent Schools Student…
