Tulane University will name spaces in F. Edward Hebert Hall in honor of several civil rights pioneers after a persistent push to rename the building as a whole failed last year.
A task...
Tulane University is accepting nominations for the renaming of “spaces” within Hebert Hall. The school recently said the Uptown building would retain its name after a years-long debate over the...
Ellie Cowen, Contributing Writer
• October 28, 2022
After decades of student and faculty efforts to rename F. Edward Hebert Hall, President Mike Fitts released a university-wide email on Sept. 27 concluding that the administration was unable to reach...
Tulane University will not rename Hebert Hall, the focus of a yearslong debate centered on its namesake F. Edward Hébert’s segregationist views. Tulane is instead opting to prominently display facts...
Ori Tsameret, Intersections Editor
• November 12, 2020
In 2017, three then-members of Undergraduate Student Government, Shahamat Uddin, Sonali Chadha and Juharah Worku created legislation to rename Hebert Hall on the academic quadrangle. Inspired by Student...
Haley Soares, Senior Staff Reporter
• June 22, 2020
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