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Poet featured speaker for final Brain Food

Poet featured speaker for final Brain Food

John Lawson II November 1, 2019

Cheryl Daniel/Courtbouillon Poet Jericho Brown shares his work Sept. 25 in Georges Auditorium. NEW ORLEANS (October 31, 2019) – Award-winning author and poet Jericho Brown (Class of 1995) charged...

PODUS revived with new duties

Kennedy Williams November 1, 2019

NEW ORLEANS (October 31, 2019) – Dr. Walter Kimbrough, university president, has revamped his PODUS group despite the demise of his Brain Food lecture series, selecting 32 freshmen for the 2019-20...

Being authentic key to good storytelling, Page advises

Being authentic key to good storytelling, Page advises

Christina Woodard March 29, 2019

Austin Aubert/Courtbouillon Lisa Frazier Page, Class of 1984, takes questions from the audience during Brain Food.  NEW ORLEANS (March 29, 2019) – DU alumna and best-selling author Lisa Frazier...

Will Brain Food end with alumni?

Taj Odem February 15, 2019

NEW ORLEANS (February 15, 2019) – After five years of bringing a variety of speakers to campus from celebrities to activists to journalists, Dillard President Walter Kimbrough said he is re-evaluating...

Hostility greets liberal-turned-conservative Owens

Hostility greets liberal-turned-conservative Owens

November 2, 2018

NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 2, 2018) – Conservative commentator Candace Owens met with a hostile reaction Oct. 8 when she tried to explain about her “coming out conservative” during a Brain Food...

Lena Waithe: Figure out what youd do for free

Lena Waithe: Figure out what you’d do for free

Glenn Rebert II November 2, 2018

Glenn Rebert II/Courtbouillon Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/actress Lena Waithe discusses how her successful career trajectory and offers advise at the fourth Brain Food lecture in Georges Auditorium...

Journalist Howard Bryant emphasizes education over sports

Journalist Howard Bryant emphasizes education over sports

Christina Woodard September 28, 2018

NEW ORLEANS (Sept 27, 2018) – Sports journalist and author Howard Bryant emphasized education over sports, but said black athletes have always been prominent and political figures in a Brain...

#MeToo activist Tarana Burke: Someone cares

#MeToo activist Tarana Burke: ‘Someone cares’

India Walton August 24, 2018

India Walton/Courtbouillon Activist and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks to a member of the audience after her Brain Food speech Tuesday at Dillard University. NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 24, 2018) –...

Actress Keke Palmer at DU

Actress Keke Palmer at DU

April 13, 2018

J. Quenton Cooper/Courtbouillon Actress and singer/songwriter Keke Palmer laughs during her appearance as a featured Brain food speaker March 19 in Georges Auditorium while answering questions from the...

Be persistent, disciplined in everything, Palmer says

Be persistent, disciplined in everything, Palmer says

Jessica Lodge April 13, 2018

J. Quenton Cooper/Courtbouillon Keke Palmer NEW ORLEANS (April 13, 2018) – Actress and singer/songwriter Keke Palmer advised students to be persistent and disciplined in everything they do and...

Women in entertainment offer advice

Women in entertainment offer advice

Christina Woodard April 13, 2018

J. Quenton Cooper/Courtbouillon Remy Ma J. Quenton Cooper/Courtbouillon Mia X NEW ORLEANS (April 13, 2018) – Three entertainment professionals – rappers Mia X and Remy Ma and radio personality...

Aspiring sports journalists must be all in, ESPNs Jemele Hill tells students

Aspiring sports journalists must be ‘all in,’ ESPN’s Jemele Hill tells students

Jamia Collins April 13, 2018

J. Quenton Cooper/Courtbouillon Jemele Hill NEW ORLEANS (April 13, 2018) – Journalism is a career that you must be fully committed to, Jemele Hill told Dillard University students April 7. “Journalism,...

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