Michael Fitts, president, Tulane University
Walter Isaacson, bestselling author, professor, Tulane University
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On Good Authority, a podcast featuring Tulane experts discussing news and topics of the day. I m Faith Dawson. Today we have a special episode. Our guest host is noted author and Tulane faculty member, Walter Isaacson. He recently sat down with Tulane President Mike Fitts to discuss his time at Tulane, this unprecedented academic year, and what the future holds for the university. But first, a little bit about our guest host. Walter Isaacson is the Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane. He is the past CEO of the Aspen Institute, where he is now a Distinguished Fellow, and has been the chairman of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. Isaacson has written biographies on Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and most recently, Nobel Prize winner, Jennifer Doudna. He is also the host of “Amanpour and Company” on PBS and
Asian-American and Pacific Islander History & Culture in Orlando
Orlando’s wonders don’t just attract visitors from all over the world we also boast a global mix of citizens, including vibrant Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities that are as richly diverse as the countries they represent. In addition to headlining one of Orlando’s most popular dining and nightlife districts, Mills 50, AAPI influence on local culture and history can be found throughout the destination, including unique restaurants, shops and annual celebrations that you’ll want to experience while you’re here.
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You’ll also be glad to know that our businesses, venues and event organizers are prioritizing guest safety with enhanced health and sanitization measures. As a result, you can explore Orlando’s AAPI culture and other reasons to visit with confidence starting with these highlights!
The Derby, the Sheikh and the Missing Princess (Or: How Human Rights Became the Talk of a Horse Race) Pat Forde
The billionaire ruler of Dubai has spent a fortune pursuing Kentucky glory. In Essential Quality, Saturday’s favorite, he has his best chance but it comes at his ugliest moment.
The select yearling sale at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., is where the world’s big players converge each year to throw staggering sums of money at thoroughbred racing dreams. Much of the most expensive horseflesh on the planet is paraded through a pavilion at the bucolic track in the Bluegrass region, with high rollers from the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East silently signaling bids that can run well into seven figures. And it was at the Keeneland sale some 20 years ago that the world’s most aggressive equine purchaser probed the world’s hottest trainer on the question that was consuming him: “What does it take to win the Kentucky Derby?”
Posted By Ken Storey on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 12:15 PM click to enlarge Image via City of Orlando & Community Redevelopment Agency Some proposals for Future Orlando include bicycles with their own green pathways on which to ride, divided from both traffic and pedestrians. Central Florida remains one of the fastest-growing regions of the nation, and with that growth comes plenty of traffic woes, but Tanya Wilder hopes these problems will soon be a thing of the past. The lifelong Orlando resident has worked for the City of Orlando for eight years, with the last four as a Transportation Policy Advisor. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer selected Wilder to be the director of the city s transportation department earlier this year.
The never-ending media outrage machine is undoubtedly focusing on the next soon-to-be crisis and amplifying anything that could possibly pit one of us against the other. Outrage drives ratings, but it also drives people apart. I ve been focusing instead on causes that bring people together. Since this week we celebrate Earth Day, I want to focus on my love of nature.
For years, I thought my love of nature was due to the time I spent outdoors with my family in elementary school. When I was a child, my father (former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich) was an environmental studies professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton. Our family of four often hiked, canoed and camped in the Okefenokee Swamp as part of my father s college student field trips.