From Dillard University Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough has informed the university’s Board of Trustees that the 2021-22 school year will be his last as leader of the 152-year-old historically Black institution of higher learning. Entering his 10th year at...
By Daniel Schwalm and Domonique Tolliver Universities in New Orleans are shifting their COVID guidelines as the Delta variant becomes more prevalent. The University of New Orleans is now requiring masks indoors for everyone, vaccinated or not. “This may seem...
Tulane Summer Baseball Camp is gearing up for more fun! Registration for the Tulane Summer Baseball Academy middle school camp and the high school showcase are open for all. The July portion of the exciting and informative youth camps will...
Dillard University and the Louisiana State University Health Shreveport School of Medicine have established a partnership to allow more Dillard students to apply to medical school. The partnership was created through a memorandum of understanding that states that all Dillard...
Tulane University athletics is excited to announce the return of the premier baseball camp of New Orleans. Backed by a deep history of the game, love of the sport, and the spirit and community of sportsmanship, Tulane Baseball Academy has...
New this month is a virtual exhibit that shows how New Orleans has benefited from Black leadership and engagement since the 19th Century. Hancock Whitney and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane have partnered to present this curated collection, entitled...
By Camille Barnett, Gentilly Messenger With spring graduation ceremonies canceled or postponed, many class of 2020 graduates are disappointed that their official graduation day won’t be recognized the way they had anticipated. “That walk across a stage was earned through...
colleges / Featured / recognition
by Tyree Worthy · Published May 6, 2020 · Last modified May 8, 2020
Dillard University alumnus Jericho Brown has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2019 collection entitled “The Tradition.” The Pulitzer board deemed it “a collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation...
Advertiser's Message / colleges / Food and Drink
by Tyree Worthy · Published April 28, 2020 · Last modified May 19, 2020
The smell of sautéed shallots, butter browning, and sugar caramelizing hits your nose the moment you walk down the halls of Nicholls State University’s Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, the only post-secondary institution in Louisiana offering a four-year culinary degree....
City Government / colleges / Featured / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 17, 2020 · Last modified April 28, 2020
Dillard University’s plans for a new dormitory complex moved a step forward this week. The required zoning change for the site received the unanimous approval of the City Planning Commission. The site at 4101 Norman Mayer Ave. previously held the...
Arts, books, and music / colleges / Events / Featured / Food and Drink / things to do
by Tyree Worthy · Published March 6, 2020
Food historian, educator, and author Zella Palmer will present her recently published “Recipes and Remembrances of Fair Dillard, 1869-2019” this Sunday, March 8. Using recipes and research, Palmer’s book documents the African American culinary history of New Orleans through the...
Students and staff members at University of New Orleans came out to their cars on Thursday (Feb. 6) to find their windows had been smashed. Around 1:30 a.m. UNO Police Department officers arrived at a parking lot where break-ins were...
