Rising: A Conversation on the Future of the American Shoreline with Author Elizabeth Rush

Elizabeth Rush, author of the new book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore will visit Tulane for the inaugural event in the ByWater Institute's speaker series Future Cities // Future Coasts. The public event will be held on November 7th at the Tulane River and Coastal Center overlooking the Mississippi River. This event is in collaboration with the Resilience Lab, a partnership between Tulane and the Water Institute of the Gulf, and undertaken with support from the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Rush's appearance is the inaugural event in the ByWater Institute's speaker series “Future Cities // Future Coasts” -- an exploration of change and transformation in coastal cities.

A shuttle from Tulane’s uptown campus will be available, departing from the Reily Center at 5:30pm and returning to campus after the event.