2024 Gulf Coast Connections

Tulane University's New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, Environmental Studies program, and Center for Public Service, in collaboration with Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies, are proud to announce the third annual Gulf Coast Connections. On March 1st and 2nd, scholars, non-profit leaders, artists, and architects from across the Gulf Coast will gather on Tulane's campus to learn from each other and foster new collaborations. Throughout will be conversations around pedagogy, arts engagement, architecture and design, and building a better future for the Gulf Coast together along with regular opportunities to connect and network with each other. This event is free and open to the public. Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided for attendees both days of the conference. 

For more information, contact Regina Cairns at 504-314-2854 or rcairns@tulane.edu.

Friday March 1 2024

12:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Soft Infrastructure, Hard Transitions

3:30-3:45 Coffee Break 

3:45-5:15 Thinking Climate Change Across Disciplines

5:30-6:30 Reception

Saturday March 2 2024 

10:00-11:30 Site Visit: Abolitionist Gardens & Abolitionist Apothecary (only open to GCC panelists)

12:00-1:30 Lunch, in Kendall Cram

1:45-3:15 Environmental Media/Storytelling 

3:15-3:30 Coffee Break 

3:30-5:00 Graduate Student Roundtable Presentations

5:00-5:15 Coffee Break 

5:15-6:15 Speculations: Investing in Futures

Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC)

Room #213, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall 

29 McAlister Place

Friday, March 1, 12-6:30pm

Saturday, March 2, 12-6:15pm 

Free and Open to the Public. Registration not required.