Altman Program News
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Altman Engages
Each year, Altman Scholars attend various events on campus and reflect, drawing connections between these scholarly presentations and the Altman curriculum. Altman Senior, Nate Benjamin, recently attended Dr. Ilan Tojerow's talk, "Reading, Writing,…
Altman Career Development
The Altman Program hosted Tulane's Career Specialists Ed Pittman, Byron Kantrow and Julie Hauber, on the Uptown Campus on Wednesday, October 21st as part of Altman's Career Development Series for Altman Scholars. One of the major goals of the Altman…
Altman in the News: FailUp
Taking advice from Thomas A. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, Altman senior Ethan Levy is finding promise in failure. As Edison said, "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Levy, a member of the Altman inaugural…
Altman in the News: Altmans are Finalists in Price Waterhouse Cooper's Case Competition
Congratulations are in order to two Altman's, Sara Scott and Andrew Landsiedel, whose team is advancing to the National Competition in Price Waterhouse Cooper's 2015 Challenge Case Competition! According to PWC, the purpose of the challenge is "to…Altman Innovation: Daniel Goldbaum and BragOn
Walking around Tulane University, one would be hard-pressed to find a student who doesn't have a smartphone with more than a few mobile applications, better known simply as "apps," that they consider to be vital! Altman Senior Daniel Goldbaum is…Altman Co-Presents: "Digital Humanitarianism and the Corrosion of the Compassion Protocol"
On Friday, January 15, Dr. Jonathan Ong visited Tulane to give a talk entitled, "Digital Humanitarianism and the Corrosion of the Compassion Protocol: Obstacles to Voice, Listening and Healing in Post-Disaster Philippines." Dr. Ong is Lecturer of…Altman Co-Presents: Europe, Neoliberalism and the Refugee Crisis: Notes from Germany
The Altman Program is happy to co-present a talk by German Councilman Florian Kubsch from the state of Augsburg on Monday, February 1 at 4 PM in the Qatar Ballroom. This talk, "Europe, Neoliberalism and the Refugee Crisis: Notes from Germany," co-…Keeping up with Altmans: Congratulations to Sara Scott & Andrew Landsiedel
Altman Sophomores Sara Scott & Andrew Landsiedel, along with their teammates from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, were mightily disappointed when the PriceWaterhouseCooper Case Challenge was cancelled last month due to Snowzilla, the…Altman Co-Presents: Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics
Please join the Altman Program and the Tulane University Department of Political Science for the following talk by Joseph Sassoon, "Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics." Dr. Sassoon is the Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah Chair at the…
The Altman Program and Tulane's Stone Center hosts Dr. Edward Fischer
Dr. Edward Fischer will be visiting Tulane March 31-April 1 and will give a number of talks around campus. Dr. Fischer is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies (and the Institute for Coffee Studies) at…
