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Nancy Biggio, associate vice president for the 17�Թ�� Graduate School, has 20 years of higher education experience and has spent the last decade working in academic affairs.

_{August 11, 2021}

Nancy Biggio is New Associate VP For the Graduate School

Nancy Biggio, the new associate vice president for the 17�Թ�� Graduate School, Read more

17�Թ�� alumnus Jim McCormick is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling songwriter who has had No. 1 songs on the Billboard Country Charts.

_{August 9, 2021}

Alumnus Jim McCormick’s Songwriting Tops the Charts

At age 15, 17�Թ�� alumnus and Grammy-nominated songwriter Jim McCormick was playing a regular Tuesday night gig at a New Orleans bar called Jed’s on Oak Street. Read more

17�Թ�� professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo is an urban planning scholar and practitioner with an expertise in historic preservation.

_{July 30, 2021}

Historic Preservation Professor Fallon Samuels Aidoo Is Co-Recipient of $120K National Trust Grant

Fallon Samuels Aidoo, a professor of historic preservation in the 17�Թ��’ department of Read more

_{July 27, 2021}

The 17�Թ�� Awarded $50K Grant to Advance 21st Century Skills Development Through University-Community Partnerships

The 17�Թ�� has received a $50,000 grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Read more

17�Թ�� history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is a lead historian for the digital database Freedom on the Move and director of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Study at 17�Թ��.

_{July 13, 2021}

History Professor Mary Niall Mitchell Collaborates With New Orleans Teachers, Others on Pilot Project Using Freedom on the Move Data

17�Թ�� history professor Mary Niall Mitchell is collaborating with New Orleans public school teachers, museum directors and other community leaders to develop a K-12 curriculum using Freedom on the Move’s (FOTM) database of advertisements seeking runaway enslaved people. Read more

17�Թ�� professor Jacinta Saffold is a scholar of African American literature and hip hop studies.

_{July 9, 2021}

Literature Professor Jacinta Saffold Uses Digital Humanities Projects To Explore Black Peoples’ Influence on Pop Culture

When the coronavirus pandemic forced courses to be delivered online, 17�Թ�� African American literature professor Jacinta Saffold created a research project aimed at keeping her students engaged while also conducting original research. Read more

A New Orleans advocacy group, One Book One New Orleans, wants your help in selecting the next book for its citywide reading initiative.

_{June 14, 2021}

The Three Finalists for 2022 New Orleans Citywide Read Have 17�Թ�� Connections

A New Orleans advocacy organization for literacy improvement wants the public’s help in selecting the next book for its citywide reading initiative Read more

The 17�Թ�� Transportation Institute has received a grant to extend its maritime transportation research.

_{June 10, 2021}

17�Թ��TI Receives Grant Extension For Maritime Transportation Research

Researchers at the 17�Թ�� Transportation Institute received a $277,500 federal grant to continue its maritime and multimodal transportation research and education conducted through the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). Read more

Theatre 17�Թ��’s production of “Single Black Female” earned a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award.

_{June 8, 2021}

17�Թ�� Theatre Production ‘Single Black Female’ Wins Kennedy Center Award

The 17�Թ�� Theatre’s fall production of “Single Black Female” earned a Citizen Artists Award at the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held virtually on May 22. Read more