News - Donata Henry

New Role at Tulane’s Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching

October 16, 2018 Donata Henry

As of Summer 2018, Dr. Donata Henry is the Associate Director of the Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching at Tulane University. “CELT is committed to fulfill its mission: Through collaboration with other university entities and serving as a nexus of information, CELT provides services and programs for faculty to encourage engagement in the Tulane community through exploration of pedagogy, participation in interdisciplinary dialogues, and formation of support networks. In addition, CELT assists faculty in providing students with opportunities to…

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“Lousiana Bird Calls” – Donata R. Henry in Tulane Magazine (Dec. 2016)

January 3, 2017 Donata Henry

“Sustained by a habitat flowing with water, diverse species of birds thrive in the state, where biology professors Tom Sherry and Donata Henry (G ’05) observe and conserve them.”

Donata R. Henry and Michelle Sanchez presented with the Barbara E. Moely Service Learning Teaching Award!

November 24, 2016 Donata Henry

“The Barbara E. Moely Service Learning Teaching Award will be presented annually to a professor who embraces Dr. Moely’s exceptional dedication to bringing classrooms to life though engaged partnerships. This award is a reflection of Dr. Moely’s decades-long devotion of bridging the university-community divide by training students across disciplines to become compassionate and culturally competent leaders…” “Every year we at the Center for Public Service recognize faculty who have been exceptionally dedicated to community-engaged scholarship and teaching in their careers…

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“Tulane study says female role models help get girls interested in science…”

November 24, 2016 Donata Henry

“Studies have long shown that girls are less likely than boys to be interested in math and science, but new research by Tulane University researchers published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that matching girls with female role models could ‘dramatically’ reverse that trend. The study is titled ‘Improving Girls’ Sense of Fit in Science: Increasing the Impact of Role Models.’ Led by Laurie O’Brien, an associate professor of psychology at Tulane, it was conducted during a…

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Donata R. Henry: Levy Professor for Integrated Discovery and Community Engagement!

September 20, 2016 Donata Henry

Levy Professors for Integrated Discovery and Community Engagement at the Tulane School of Science and Engineering: Through the generosity of Edward (A&S 78) and Jami Levy, this program has been initiated to provide more opportunities for science and engineering students to interact with, learn from, inform, and further influence the public sector through engagement with the New Orleans community. Mr. Levy attended Tulane University on scholarship after growing up in a small town in upstate New York. He studied Psychology…

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The Louisiana Ornithological Society Recognizes Donata R. Henry!

April 22, 2016 Donata Henry

“The Louisiana Ornithological Society recognizes and honors Donata R. Henry on this 23rd day of April 2016 for her strong contributions to Louisiana nesting bird research and conservation. Donata established the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (MAPS) station in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area in which she involves local residents and students in banding migrant and resident birds to study bird populations and habitat selection patterns of Swainson’s Warbler within the Pearl River WMA. Because this site on the…

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