Can machines think? Proposed by British computer scientist Alan Turing, it is arguably the most famous opening line of an academic paper and a question that continues to be debated 70 years after it...

Authors Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis will visit Tulane University on Wednesday to discuss their new books on two of the most controversial technology leaders of the modern era.  Isaacson, who...

Tulane professor Walter Isaacson was awarded a National Humanities Medal “for chronicling the history and genius of America” through his bestselling biographies, the White House said in a ceremony...

On Saturday, a roster of prominent authors, Oscar nominees, diplomats and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists transformed Tulane University's campus into a literary extravaganza for the third and final...

Thursday marked the opening day for the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, culminating in the highly anticipated appearance of the festival’s headliner, Bill Gates.    Conversing...

Students packed the class and dared the computer to compose a poem.    “Write a limerick,” they typed.    Easy.   “Write a sonnet,” they typed next.    Fourteen...

For three days, Tulane University will host the New Orleans Book Festival, beginning March 10 and running through March 12.    The festival will feature over 100 national, regional and...

Tulane’s annual fundraising concert, The Tipping Point, will be virtual this year amidst the ongoing social distancing guidelines in place to keep the community safe. Produced by UpperWest Music...

Tulane officially announced that it will host the 2020 New Orleans Book Festival March 19-21. At a press conference Wednesday, Tulane President Mike Fitts spoke along with festival co-chairs Walter Isaacson...

In an interview moderated by Tulane University’s acclaimed professor of history Walter Isaacson, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shared her thoughts on fascism, nationalism and populism...

Sophomore Henry Walther was sitting in a meeting with distinguished journalist and acclaimed businessman Walter Isaacson – Professor Isaacson, to Walther – discussing his assignment. “Maybe...

New Orleans native Walter Isaacson, current president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. and Tulane board member, will join Tulane's Department of History next spring. Isaacson, who...