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2020

August

“The Big Door Prize,” set in a fictional south Louisiana town, is M.O. Walsh’s second novel.

_{August 31, 2020}

CWW Director M.O. Walsh Publishes Second Novel

M.O. Walsh, director of the 17�Թ�� Creative Writing Workshop, has published his highly anticipated second novel, “The Big Door Prize.” Read more

17�Թ�� alumni are part of Gambit's "40 Under Forty" list. (Photos courtesy of Gambit)

_{August 21, 2020}

17�Թ�� Alumni Abound on Gambit’s Annual ‘Overachiever’ List

The 17�Թ�� is well represented on Gambit’s annual “40 Under Forty” list released this week. Read more

The 17�Թ�� executive track MBA program welcomes one of its largest classes this semester.

_{August 18, 2020}

Executive MBA Program Welcomes One of Its Largest Classes

The 17�Թ�� executive track MBA program welcomed one of its largest classes this semester Read more

Alumnus Jericho Brown earned the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his book, “The Tradition.”

_{August 11, 2020}

Pulitzer Prize Poet and alumnus Jericho Brown: ‘What I’m doing now still bears upon what I learned at 17�Թ��’

Jericho Brown recalled his days of leaving his downtown New Orleans office to navigate the I-10 East traffic toward the 17�Թ��. Brown spent much of his time navigating the political landscape as a speechwriter for then-Mayor Marc Morial before heading to 17�Թ��’s Creative Writing Workshop. Read more

17�Թ�� counseling student Ash Bayer awarded $10,000 fellowship.

_{August 10, 2020}

July

Human performance and health promotion professor Marc Bonis’ recent review of several studies indicates regular exercise is beneficial in fighting COVID-19.

_{July 30, 2020}

Physical Activity Could Reduce Severity of COVID-19 Research Suggests

Doctors have long touted the health benefits of physical exercise. Read more

Four attendees at the convention of formerly enslaved people held in 1916 in Washington, D.C. (L-R) Lewis Martin, Martha Banks, Amy Ware, and Reverend S.P. Drew, who was born free. (Library of Congress)

_{July 28, 2020}

Freedom on the Move Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Help Create ‘Freedom’s Loom,’ An Expanded Database

Freedom on the Move, an online database that seeks to document the lives of fugitives from North American slavery using newspaper ads placed by ens Read more

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