Friday, June 2, 2023
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 students to “do what you say you are, not what you are going to do” at the final Brain Food lecture […]
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 school year. PODUS, which stands for the President’s Organization of Dillard’s Up-and-Coming Superstars, was established to help freshmen develop […]
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 Page said working with the three young doctors to write “The Pact” emphasized the need to be authentic when you have […]
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 his lecture series, “Brain Food.” In the meantime, in commemoration of the university’s 150th anniversary, the speakers will be […]
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 appearance. Owens, 29, is director of communications for the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, described as a youth […]
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 on Oct. 18. NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 2, 2018) – Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/actress Lena Waithe encouraged students to find something you’d do for free and […]
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 Food lecture Sept. 18 to a crowd in Georges Auditorium. The Boston journalist has written “The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided […]
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) – #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke encouraged women who have been the object of sexual abuse and assault to remember that […]
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 audience.
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 to believe in and love themselves during a Brain Food appearance March 19 in Georges Auditorium. Palmer was one of the many […]