Taylor Research Team Presents in Glasgow
What happens when philosophers, social scientists, designers, and social entrepreneurs start talking? New ideas for change, I hope. In early September 2019, I traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the…
Taylor offers free material for teaching students about social impact careers
By: Barri Bronston The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University has developed an online library with materials such as instructor guides, videos, worksheets…
Taylor Your Life for Graduate Students Fall 2019 Report
Taylor Your Life for Graduate Students (TYL4G) is a 4-week changemaking career development lab for graduate students. Fall 2019 was the first session of this course, and we are excited…
Stephanie Barksdale Honored as 2019 Social Entrepreneur
Tulane University honored skin care innovators Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields with its Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year Award and social entrepreneurs Stephanie and David Barksdale (TC ’00)…
Changemakers Share their Social Ventures at Taylor Student Showcase
Photo by Gigsy. By Dustin Robertson. How can Tulane students create social impact through social ventures? Alaa Mohammad, a biostatician and epidemiologist, walks up to a microphone, raises her eyes…
Design Thinking in Action: From the Classroom to Duncan Plaza
Photo Courtesy: Cordula Roser Gray. By: Alexandra Greengrass. "I always have seen the relationship between architecture and design thinking as an intricately connected one…”, said SE Professor Cordula Roser Gray.…
To Serve Those Who Have Never Been Served
Photo: Gigsy. By Alexandra Greengrass. Michael Sorrell is currently president of Paul Quinn College, a historically black, christian university in Dallas, Texas, and has been for the past eleven years.…
Social Innovation Attracts Interdisciplinary Work
By Abigail Bean and Alexandra Greengrass. Christopher Oliver, PhD, never expected to work with an academic center focused on social innovation. "I was a little taken aback because when I…
Fresh Food for New Orleanians, by design: The Liberty’s Kitchen + Top Box Foods Design Krewe
Photo: Anjali Prasertong Video: Jennifer Scarnato Miller Check out this video to learn more about a collaboration. The Design Krewe was a project with Liberty’s Kitchen (LK) and Top Box…