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On March 21, 2026, Whitney Plantation and The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the 17�Թ�� will open a major new exhibit, .

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February

17�Թ�� marketing student Olivia Monnerjahn earned a Rising Stars Scholarship from the National Retail Federation and attended the national retail student conference held in New York.

_{February 8, 2024}

17�Թ�� Student Olivia Monnerjahn Selected for National Retail Federation Rising Stars Scholarship

17�Թ�� student Olivia Monnerjahn, a junior who is majoring in marketing, recently received a National Retail Federation Rising Stars Scholarship and attended the national conference in New York. Read more

The Krewe of 17�Թ�� rolled through campus on Tuesday, Feb. 6, celebrating its 2024 theme, “Ladies First: Celebrating 17�Թ��’s first woman president and many famous firsts.”

_{February 7, 2024}

Krewe of 17�Թ�� Rolled Under Sunshine, Blue Skies and Ladies First Theme

The Krewe of 17�Թ�� rolled through campus on Tuesday blasting its 2024 theme, “Ladies First: Celebrating 17�Թ��’s first woman president and many famous firsts. Read more

The 17�Թ�� has renewed a partnership with NOLA Public Schools to streamline admissions of its high school graduates.

_{February 7, 2024}

NOLA Public Schools and the 17�Թ�� Renew Partnership to Expand College Access Through Orleans Instant Admit Program

In an effort to empower students from Orleans Parish with enhanced educational opportunities, NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) and the 17�Թ�� (17�Թ��) announced the renewal of the Orleans Instant Admit Program. Read more

The outdoor artistry on the Education Building is at the hands of three guest muralists from Guerrero, Mexico, known collectively as Raiz de la Ceiba or Root of the Ceiba Tree. The trio are working on two murals on 17�Թ��’s campus.

_{February 5, 2024}

Visiting Artists Creating Murals That Mesh Cultures of New Orleans and Mexico

The vivid splashes of yellows, greens and blues immediately capture the attention of passers-by who are bearing witness to the colorful mural emerging from the bricks of the Education Building on the 17�Թ�� campus. Read more

January

Johannah White, (left) information literacy librarian, explains the various creations made with 3D printers in The Innovation Lab at the Earl K. Long Library.

_{January 31, 2024}

17�Թ��’s Innovation Lab Offers Students Technology Workspace

On the third floor of the 17�Թ��’ Earl K. Long Library is a space culled out specifically for dreamers and innovators needing to add a little gypsum, plastic—or even fabric—to help move their ideas into the physical realm. Read more

(from left) Samuel Gladden, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development; Marc Landry, assistant professor of history; President Kathy Johnson; Jean Paul Lagarde, Austria’s Honorary Consul in New Orleans, and Philip D. Lorio II, Austria’s former Honorary Consul in New Orleans, attend the Deutsches’ room dedication ceremony.

_{January 31, 2024}

Center Austria Honors the Legacy of International Education Advocates Rosemary B. and Brunswick G. Deutsch

The 17�Թ��’ Center Austria celebrated the legacy of longtime international education advocates Rosemary B. and Brunswick G. Deutsch by naming a room in the International Center in their honor. Read more

Theatre 17�Թ��’s spring production of “No Exit,” directed by 17�Թ�� theatre professor David Hoover, opens Friday, Feb. 2, at the Robert E. Nims Theatre located on campus.

_{January 29, 2024}

Theatre 17�Թ�� Presents: ‘No Exit’

What does it mean to live in hell? Read more

A 17�Թ�� Press publication is the 2024 book for a New Orleans-wide reading and literacy campaign. A kick-off event will be held at 17�Թ��.

_{January 25, 2024}

17�Թ�� Press Book Selected As 2024 New Orleans Citywide Read

A 17�Թ�� Press publication is the 2024 book for a New Orleans-wide reading and literacy campaign. A kick-off event will be held at 17�Թ��. Read more

17�Թ�� anthropology professor Ryan Gray and a team excavates a site inside St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, the oldest active cathedral in the U.S.

_{January 22, 2024}

17�Թ�� Professor Ryan Gray Excavates In St. Louis Cathedral: ‘It really is a one-of-a-kind project’

While a brass band played to the delight of tourists who clapped and swayed to the spirited beats that filled the air in Jackson Square one breezy January afternoon, a short distance away, 17�Թ�� students stood sifting—literally—through the soils of time at St. Louis Cathedral. Read more

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On Wednesday, June 18, Martin O'Connell, professor and director of the Nekton Research Laboratory, was interviewed on WWL 870 AM about the positive and negatives of invasive tilapia resurgence in Louisiana. Interview starts at 2:02.

— WWL 870 AM, Jun 18, 2025

17�Թ��’s Dr. Ryan Gray led an archaeological dig at a French Quarter site, uncovering artifacts at 915–917 St. Ann Street.

— French Quarter Journal, Jun 18, 2025

On Monday, June 16, Research Associate Meg O'Connell and Martin O'Connell, professor and director of the Nekton Research Laboratory, were featured in the Times-Picayune story, "An invasive fish in Louisiana waters was thought wiped out."

— The Times-Picayune, Jun 16, 2025