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• Legal fight over Tulane University, Newcomb College merger not over

  - 2008-10-01

  Although two women opposed to the post-Hurricane Katrina merger of Newcomb College and Tulane University's six other undergraduate colleges have withdrawn their lawsuit, a separate lawsuit continues to challenge the merger. Tulane received notice Sept. 24 that Parma Howard, of Columbia, S.C., and Jane Matthis Smith, of Greenville,...

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• Babies boost La.-based Crown Crafts in tight economy

  - 2008-06-16

  For infant product manufacturer Crown Crafts Inc., 2007 developed into a seesaw year bearing the high of a new $12.4-million acquisition and lows associated with the troubled Asian toy industry. Crown Crafts Inc., the nation's largest producer of infant and toddler bedding, bibs and...

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• Higher ed associations back Tulane merger

  - 2008-05-12

  Tulane University today said it has won the support of "the most prestigious higher education associations in the country" for its plan to merge its seven undergraduate schools and colleges, including Newcomb College, into a single undergraduate unit known as Newcomb-Tulane College. Eight governing...

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• Tulane University hires chief investment officer

  - 2008-01-10

  Tulane University has hired one of its graduates as chief investment officer. Jeremy Crigler, 43, previously worked as senior investment officer for Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He is a 1988 graduate of Tulane's A.B. Freeman School of Business, where he earned an undergraduate degree...

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• Alumnus' $4.4M donation is among biggest in Tulane history

  - 2007-10-16

  A Tulane University School of Medicine alumnus has donated $4.4 million to the school, one of the largest donations ever made to the school by an alumnus, Tulane said today. The funds are from stock neurosurgeon Jim Doty donated to Tulane in 2000 - but Doty would later...

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• Turnout strong at Tulane's annual Burkenroad Reports investment

  - 2007-04-27

  Betty Patureau has lots of options when it comes buying stock. But the Belle Chasse resident chooses to invest in the small, regional companies studied by Tulane University students in the Burkenroad Reports program. Attending the 11th annual Burkenroad Reports investment conference at the Ritz-Carlton Friday,...

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• Tulane alumnus to share expertise on private equity deals

  - 2007-03-13

  Larry Schloss, an expert on private equity deals and Tulane University alumnus who has climbed Mt. Everest, will speak 5:15 p.m. Thursday at Tulane on how private equity deals work. Schloss will speak in the Seinsheimer Lecture Theater in Goldring/ Woldenberg Hall II. Tulane officials...

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• ILX Resorts Announces Appointment of Executive Vice President of Development

  - 2007-03-01

  PHOENIX -- ILX RESORTS INCORPORATED (AMEX: ILX) announced today the appointment of Philip E. Baxter as Executive Vice President of Development. Mr. Baxter brings more than 20 years of hospitality experience to this position, as well as an undergraduate degree from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and a...

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• Tulane reopens ER,

  - 2006-02-15

  Tulane University Hospital, which sustained more than $90 million in damage from Hurricane Katrina, reopened its emergency room, several operating rooms and some beds Tuesday. More than 100 nurses and physicians performed the wave in celebration, prompting Mayor Ray Nagin to ask them what was in their coffee. I dont...

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• Commentary: Idea Village gets rebuild input from Tulane

  - 2006-01-27

  The Idea Village, a nonprofit New Orleans economic development corporation, and Tulane University are partnering to connect MBA students with entrepreneurs who are rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.Students enrolled in Professor John Elstrott's Rebuild New Orleans entrepreneurship course, which teaches students how to recover from a widespread urban disaster, will provide...

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