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Grand, Anna Maria. "University of New Orleans [Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/106.

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From mid-May 2009 to mid-August 2009, I served as an intern in the Marketing department of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As an intern at this museum, I examined its daily operations, organizational structure, and program planning through the lens of a graduate student in the program of Arts Administration at the University New Orleans. Based on my internship at the Guggenheim, I have written a comprehensive report outlining my experiences and observations at the internationally renowned arts organization. The following report includes a brief history of the organization and description of its mission and organizational structure; details of the projects and tasks I was assigned as an intern; an analysis of the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; best practices for the industry and competitor analysis; and a description of my contribution to the Museum.
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Gilbert, Christine M. "The Ogden Museum of Southern Art University of New Orleans development internship." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2002. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/24.

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This detailed report of a development internship at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, includes an organization profile, a description of the activities performed during the internship, an analysis of an organizational management challenge, a proposed resolution to the management challenge, and a discussion of the short and long range effects of the internship. The roles and responsibilities of a board of directors, and the qualities sought in board members, are important aspects of the analysis and resolution of the management challenge.
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Lorenz, Robert. "Catholic Student Protest and Campus Change at Loyola University in New Orleans, 1964-1971." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1000.

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This study analyzes the development of the student protest movement at Loyola University New Orleans from1964 to 1971. It focuses on student protests against racial discrimination and the Vietnam War, student agitation for greater freedom on campus, and battles that Loyola's faculty had with the university administration. This study argues that Loyola's student protesters were acting as Catholics against situations they believed were immoral and unjust. In this sense, they were ahead of the Jesuit clergy at Loyola, who took action only after student protest on those issues. Indeed, student protest filled a void of moral leadership that the Jesuit administration at Loyola failed to provide. Moreover, in the areas of student participation in university governance, changes in curriculum and university restrictions, and student rights and freedoms, the student protesters joined with Catholic commentators who advocated for major changes at the country's Catholic universities.
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Cassara, Nicholas. "The Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena: An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/190.

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This report discusses my internship with the Lakefront Arena at the University of New Orleans. Included in this report is a breakdown of the Arena’s management and facilities, internship overview, organization analysis based upon my observations, best practices comparing similar venues, and recommendations to the Lakefront Arena. The internship concluded with a job offer as the interim Campus Booking Coordinator, to which I accepted.
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Dunbar, Jerod F. A. "The Effects of Automated Grading on Computer Science Courses at the University of New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2689.

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This is a study of the impacts of the incorporation, into certain points of the Computer Science degree program at the University of New Orleans, of Course Management software with an Autograding component. The software in question, developed at Carnegie Mellon University, is called “Autolab.” We begin by dissecting Autolab in order to gain an understanding of its inner workings. We can then take out understanding of its functionality and apply that to an examination of fundamental changes to courses in the time since they incorporated the software. With that, we then compare Drop, Failure, Withdrawal rate data from before and after the introduction of Autolab. With this collection of data, we can conclude, to a certain extent, that Autolab has had a negligible impact on course outcomes, but a measurable impact on course structure and pedagogy as well as improved quality of life for students and professors, alike.
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Yu, Caleb Kuo-hsiung. "Internship report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 1989. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/68.

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This internship report by Caleb Yu is to complete the program of the Arts Administration at UNO. The intern describes the nature of his work and suggests the possible future development of the UNO Fine Arts Gallery.
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Stevens, Sarah. "Contemporary Arts Center: An Internship Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/167.

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The following internship report is an overview of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). As a requirement of the Arts Administration Graduate Program at the University of New Orleans, I completed a 480-hour internship spanning three months in the center’s development and membership department. This report combines observational research with the knowledge gained from my studies and subjective research to provide an analysis of the CAC’s current position, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and provides recommendations on how the center can address specific issues with operations and financial management in order to grow as an organization in the future.
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Darbonne, August J. "A Space of Their Own Color: Black Greek Letter Organizations at the University of New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2602.

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Every semester across the United States, countless students join Greek letter organizations. While some may recognize the Greek letters, many Americans do not know the racial divide within the Greek life system, and the difference of purpose those organizations hold. This study focuses on eight historically Black fraternities and sororities and more specifically, their chapters at the University of New Orleans, a university that throughout its history has had a predominantly White student body, and often fostered an environment overtly and subtly hostile to African-American students. Using oral histories, university yearbooks, and university newspapers this study demonstrates how Black fraternities and sororities at UNO promoted and supported the academic success of African-American students by emphasizing community service work, communal bonds, and connections to campus activities. These organizations provided emotional and academic support for African-American students and actively resisted the racial divisiveness present on their university campus.
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Garrett, Ashley. "Reassessment of a Community Mitigation Plan Post-Disaster: A Case Study of the University of New Orleans Disaster Resistant University Project." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/363.

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The following is a case study of the University of New Orleans Disaster Resistant University project. The Disaster Resistant University project involved the creation, adoption, and implementation of an all-hazards campus mitigation plan. On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the City of New Orleans. This disaster caused the need for a reassessment of the original campus mitigation plan. Both the original plan, and its reassessment, are the subject of this case study.
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Smith, Melissa Lee. "Merging Identities: A Glimpse into the World of Albert Wicker, An African American Leader in New Orleans, 1893-1928." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/606.

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The life and career of Albert Wicker, Jr. (1869-1928), reflects the growth of the new urban African-American middle class in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early years of the twentieth century. He spent his career working for advances in education while using memberships in churches, Masonic groups, insurance companies, benevolent societies, and educational leagues to achieve his personal and professional goals. The networks created by him and others along the way illustrate not only complexity of black life in New Orleans but also the growing tendency of differing ethnic groups to work together to achieve common economic, political, social objectives.
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Deal, Joyce. "Maintaining Physical and Mental Stamina in Creating the Role of Miss Margarida in Miss Margarida's Way." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/938.

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This thesis serves as documentation of my personal, intellectual, and physical process as an actor in creating the role of Miss Margarida in Miss Margarida's Way by Roberto Athayde. This document includes research, script analysis, character analysis, rehearsal journal, and an assessment of my performance. The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communications Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana produced Miss Margarida's Way during the Fall 2008 season. Miss Margarida's Way was performed in the Lab Theater of the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm December 3 at 6 with a matinee at 2:30pm on Sunday December 7th 2008.
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Bratcher, Beau. "Much Ado About Process: One Director's Approach to Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1144.

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The following thesis is a brief view of production of UNO's Spring 2009 production of Shakespeare's classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. This thesis will include analysis, research, production book, documentation from the production, and an evaluation of the process of bringing the production to life. The play was performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Robert E. Nims Theatre on April 23, 24, 25, and 30 as well as May 1, 2, and 3.
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Billot, Jennifer l. "Paternity Test: Finding a Director’s Voice for Father." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1848.

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The following thesis is a brief view of the production process of Theatre UNO’s Spring 2014 production of the Tennessee William’s New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act play competition 2013 winner, Father. This thesis will include analysis, production book, documentation from the production, and an evaluation of the process of putting this production on stage. The play was performed in New Orleans, Louisiana at the University of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center Robert E Nims Lab Theatre on February 11th- 16th, 2014.
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Picone, Lisa. "Fighting the Lethargy: Creating the Role of Masha in Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/638.

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This thesis serves as documentation of my efforts to define accurately my creative process as an actor in creating the role of Masha in The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. This includes research, character analysis, rehearsal journal and an evaluation of my performance. The Three Sisters was produced by the University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play was performed in the Thrust Theatre of the Performing Arts Center at 8:00 pm on the evenings of April 19 through 21 and April 26 through 28, with one matinee at 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2007.
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Balu, Blake. "Realizing the Mentally Challenged Character of Oscar in My Friend, Oscar." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/935.

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This thesis serves to document and define my creative process and efforts to perform the role of Oscar in My Friend, Oscar which was written by me and Brian Kaz. It contains my research, how I put my research into use in the role, my production journal, and my project evaluation. My Friend, Oscar was produced by Reyo-San Pictures whose members are Brian Kaz, Charlie Farve Hayes and me. The film was shot from early November of 2008 until April of 2009. After post-production, the film is projected to be ready for screening in September of 2009.
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Swan, Rachel. "An Academic Assessment of the National Performance Network and Visual Artists Network: An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/181.

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This academic report was composed at the conclusion of a 480 hour internship with the National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN), summarized in Chapter Two. This report includes NPN/VAN’s mission, history, and organizational structure within Chapter One. Chapter Three is a SWOT analysis, and Chapter Four includes a summary of best practices, highlighting NPN/VAN’s intermediary and network structure. In conclusion, a series of suggestions are offered for further consideration.
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Payne, Patrick. "Finding the Man, Husband, Physician & Father: Creating the Role of Doc Gibbs in Thornton Wilder's Our Town." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1256.

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This thesis serves as documentation of my efforts to define accurately my creative process as an actor in creating the role of Doc Gibbs in Our Town by Thornton Wilder. This includes research, rehearsal journal, character analysis and evaluation of my performance. Our Town was produced by the University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play was performed in the Robert E. Nims Theatre of the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm on the evenings of April 22 through April 24, 2010 and April 29 through May 1, 2010 as well as one matinee at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
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Garrett, Christen A. "Mirth Matters: Creating the role of Beatrice In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1191.

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This thesis serves as documentation of my efforts to explore and define my creative process as an actor in creating the role of Beatrice in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. This includes research, character analysis, rehearsal journal and an evaluation of my performance. Much Ado About Nothing was produced by the University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts. The play was performed in the Robert E. Nims Thrust Theatre of the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm on the evenings of April 23 through 25 and April 30 through May 2. There was a student matinee the morning of Friday, May 1 at 9:30 am as well as one public matinee at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 3, 2009.
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Moore, Donald Scott. "The Concerto for Bass Trombone by Thom Ritter George and the Beginning of Modern Bass Trombone Solo Performance." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258476563.

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Pinkney, Adrell Lawrence. "Broken and deferred...But I'm here an exploration of resilence and student involvement of nontraditional students at a historically Black university /." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04272007-164806.

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Loyacano, Shelby N. "Her People and Her History: How Camille Lucie Nickerson Inspired the Preservation of Creole Folk Music and Culture, 1888-1982." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2624.

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Over the twentieth century, Camille Lucie Nickerson excelled in her multi-faceted career as an educator, musician, and interpreter for the advancement of musical education for generations of black students in New Orleans and at Howard University in Washington D.C. Nickerson devoted herself to furthering her musical education through private instruction with her father, Professor William J. Nickerson. She then graduated with a diploma from Southern University and with a B.A. and M.A. in music from Oberlin College. Nickerson’s leadership in musical associations on a local and national level enhanced her ability to reach audiences of all ages through her performances. She dedicated her life to musical education and the sharing Creole folk music, both personal attributes passed down from her father. While Nickerson was determined to preserve Creole folk music through her lecture-recitals, her wider purpose argued for a distinct recognition for Creole culture, thus, acknowledgment of her culture.
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Falk, Leon. "à la New Orleans." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för jazz, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-3053.

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In this bachelor project, Leon Falk has examined the interplay and collective improvisation in New Orleans jazz and related genres - in particular the interplay among the wind instrumentalists in New Orleans jazz and brass bands. The main goal has been to develop as a trombone player and ensemble musician.This reflective thesis includes a description of the process of the project and the exam concert, a historical reflection about the New Orleans jazz and brass band tradition and an analysis of 9 interviews with contemporary musicians playing traditional jazz: Jens "Jesse" Lindgren, Björn Ingelstam, Ulf Johansson Werre, Joakim Falk, Claes Ringqvist, Klas Lindqvist, Hans Ingelstam, Niklas Carlsson and Örjan Kjellin. The thesis ends with a conclusive reflection about the project as a whole and Leon Falk's own play style in ensemble with other wind instruments.<br><p><strong>Repertoar examenskonsert: </strong>St James Infirmiry (trad), Room Rent Blues (Irving Newton), At the Georgia Camp Meeting (Kerry Mills), Should I Reveal (Nacio H Brown / Arthur Freed), Savoy Blues (Edward Kid Ory), While We Danced At the Mardi Gras (Alfred M Opler / John H Mercer), Cash is King (Leon Falk), Girl Of My Dreams (Sunny Clapp).<strong>Musiker examenskonert: </strong>Leon Falk (trombon/sång), Adam Falk (klarinett/tenorsaxofon), Erik Tengholm (trumpet/kornett), Jocke Falk (trumpet/kornett), Uno Dvärby (kontrabas/banjo), Sara Karkkonen (piano), Jonathan Leidecker (trummor).</p>
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Dennis, Mary Elizabeth. "New Orleans Opera Association." ScholarWorks@UNO, 1996. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/47.

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This report is based on a three month internship at the New Orleans Opera Association during the summer of 1996. In this report, the intern has attempted to present the Opera's past practices while comparing them to its current ideologies and projecting where the company is headed in the future. She has highlighted the Opera's strengths and objectively analyzed the areas of concern. At the same time she has emphasized the fact that the New Orleans Opera Association is and will remain an extremely successful opera company with loyal and generous supporters. The Association shows every promise of continuing to provide New Orleans and the Gulf South region with first class opera performances by hiring some of the finest voices in the opera world and staging theatrical extravaganzas that will entertain and delight audiences well into the 21st century.
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Workman, Megan. "New Orleans Ballet Association." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/98.

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The following report documents the internship performed by Megan Workman at the New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) in New Orleans, Louisiana from January 5, 2009 to May 31, 2009. Since 1970, NOBA has existed as a non-profit organization devoted to the presentation of dance and related services to the surrounding Central Gulf region. NOBA currently operates from its offices in the Patrick Taylor Building at One Lee Circle. During this time with NOBA, I worked closely with the Development department and was responsible for the creation and completion of many grant requests, as well as several final reports for funders and additional development research as needed. This report includes information regarding NOBA's history and organizational structure. It catalogues the duties I performed and the extent of my contribution. It discusses NOBA's strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats. Finally, it examines current best practices in the nonprofit field, and makes recommendations for NOBA based on this research.
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Guiraud, Florence Nathalie. "Energy flows : empowering New Orleans." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72633.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121).<br>This thesis claims to develop alternative energy-harvesting systems by looking at their implementation at the residential scale in order to facilitate the economical autonomy of a community and thus improve its living conditions. It can be said that the evolution of the farming tools brought an opportunity of emancipation to farmers -- greater production yields than what was necessary to subsist were sold on markets thus increasing the economical power of the farmer and conceptually stretching the domestic space to the field owned. Taking the hurricane-devastated, slow-recovering New Orleans as a site for intervention, the thesis will challenge existing building materials for their flood resistance and reaction to an inundated environment while developing tools to harvest energy from the multiple environmental conditions present at this location. Ultimately, the thesis will try to demonstrate how these tools will influence geography and the concept of property. Six years after the devastation of hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still struggling to gain economical growth solely depending on tourism and oil-related businesses. Louisiana's offshore oil industry benefits from an exemption of state taxation, creating an unbalanced economical and ecological situation. Louisiana's oil is being drilled without Louisiana receiving any monetary compensation, and the bayou's biodiversity is being devastated from reoccurring oil spills along with the dredging of the sediments at the bottom of the Mississippi river to facilitate the movement of tankers and protect settlements along the river's edge. New Orleans' population currently relies on the Army Corps of Engineers' infrastructure and a colonized oil industry to survive, while it could insure its own protection against natural disasters by regaining stewardship over land and water, and by competing with the oil industry through the creation of an alternate energy market. Through the investigation of newly developed materials and energy systems created for industrial uses, and by understanding their potential in the domestic realm, this thesis will seek to create new techniques of harvesting energy which will respond to the different climatic and topographical conditions present in New Orleans; the strong winds, the variations in tides, the current velocity of the Mississippi River and the potential of the bayou's biodiversity. Moreover, it hopes to generate new methods of residential constructions and typology, adapted to different disaster threat level conditions particular to the area, and potentially reorganize the domestic realm according to its new added functions. Recognizing the possibility of another flood in New Orleans and understanding the effect of the Army Corps of Engineer's flood prevention devices on the bayou's ecosystem, the thesis's methodology will require a thorough analysis of existing hydrological methods of flood protection and water based harvest, hydro-morphological and geomorphological patterns, creating a catalog of tools from which one may start speculating in the design phase. An analysis of selected urban and architectural precedents will be useful to assess the potential of each tool and its particular repercussions on the landscape and the organization of the greater urban form. Further analysis will be devoted to energy producing and harvesting devices, procuring the thesis with insights of their impact on existing infrastructure and their potential at the residential scale for both energy performance and architectural adaptation. The content of this research will be continuously tested. Other important implementation strategies, land organization and transformation will be investigated through different scales of physical models, constantly informing the specificity of the design to its physical and ecological environment.<br>by Florence Nathalie Guiraud.<br>M.Arch.
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Cho, Jinman. "The New Orleans Opera Association." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2005. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/10.

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This detailed report of a registration internship at the New Orleans Opera Association includes an organizational profile, a description of the activities performed during the internship, an analysis of an organization, recommendations for improvement, and a discussion of the short and long term effects of the internship.
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Barrios, Brooke Alicia. "The New Orleans Ballet Association." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/147.

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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the central issues and management structure of the New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA), apply them to industry best practices, and make recommendations for improvement. The initial investigation occurred during a 480-hour internship in the Education Department from January-April 2013, under NOBA’s Executive Director and Education Coordinators. The thesis is enhanced through a prior 240-hour practicum in the Development department and position as Site Monitor for the Pre-Professional Program, which provided hands-on experience. The thesis will show a working knowledge of the organization, reflection on its practices, and a look towards the future.
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Tafur, Suzanne P. "Japanese Culture in New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2484.

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Myint-Inthivong, Linda. "New Orleans efter orkankatastrofen 2005 : Påverkan av naturförutsättningarna på socioekonomiska strukturen i regionen New Orleans." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1096.

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<p>The aim and purpose with this essay is to identify the natural conditions of the New Orleans City region, and to establish an understanding of the disastrous event of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Who lived in this area and how did this event affect the outcome of the disaster?</p><p>The theory is based on two Swedish human geographers Torsten Hägerstrand and Thomas Lundén, and their theories on regional geography and political geography, also regarded as “geopolitics”. Regional and Political Geography are explained as the relation between state and territory, power over the territory and the variables that affect the relations on different levels such as; economy, culture, technology, demography and communication.</p><p>The author decided to use the quantitative method in the process of research, the essay underwent an overall analyzes of the media settings, articles, written literature and documentaries. The author has been very critical to the material and data that was presented by the American authorities, media and non governmental organisations.</p><p>New Orleans City’s topography is unique in the matter that the city is constructed on a delta area, the Mississippi River, Missouri and Ohio River systems are all connected in New Orleans. That makes the land fragile, other contributing factors are the “Bowl-effect”, the city is placed under sea level between Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf coast, in a so called “bowl”.</p><p>New Orleans was first founded in 1718 by the French and remained a French colony till 1768 when Spain took over and was later returned to the USA in 1803. The area is very attractive on a trade perspective as well as for tourism. During the years the state have tried to manage the environment and build canals, levees and establish pumps to avoid storm surge and floods. Regarding the trade and commerce issue, New Orleans are a pathway between the oil in the Mexican Gulf Coast and the rest of the US via the Mississippi River and are also the link between the US and Europe.</p><p>The US is built on 50 federal states and is governed by the president and his establishment. The federal system is superior the local government and it was widely visible during the hurricane disaster. The local authorities were helpless and banded from additional help from superiors. The scarcity of communication between the governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco, the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin, the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the President of the US George W. Bush were terrible, and caused the rescue resources to be delayed for over two days.</p><p>The hurricane disaster took over 1 800 human lives, flooded 80 % of the city and made over 160 000 inhabitants homeless and forced over 350 000 persons to leave their homes. The demography of New Orleans describes that over 70 % of the population are estimated to be African – Americans. The evacuation strategy failed when the poverty rate is high in the region and 120 000 persons do not own any vehicle, which made it difficult for people to move. And the crisis situation increased by the lack of effort from the authorities to help the abandoned. Normally during floods, people tend to reach for higher grounds to search for refuge. In New Orleans the effect was revised and people were drawn to the location recommended be the authorities of New Orleans, the Louisiana Superdome, whish is placed in the “bottom of the bowl”. All routes and ways were cut down between this area and the periphery.</p><p>This essay also discusses the segregation issues in New Orleans City and reflects on the ethnic discrimination charges that were laid on the government. The topic gets more difficult in relation to media representation; the media tend to put their own angles to the discussion. It is important to be critical to the realities that are given an presented.</p><p>The politicians are criticized for their management of the rescue resources and the obvious neglect of federal powers. Many of the efforts and management of resources were placed on guarding state-owned and private properties, military and police were stationed around the City to avoid people from stealing and looting.</p><p>In the end, the lack of relation between authority (the power) and the territory and its establishments and the non understanding of how to plan the city to live under better conditions in relation to this hazard area, have led to the results and consequences of the tremendous destruction after the Hurricane Katrina.</p><br><p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att identifiera naturförutsättningarna i amerikanska stadsregionen New Orleans och forma en förståelse av händelseförloppet under orkanen Katrinas framfart genom New Orleans i augusti 2005. Vilka bodde i de mest drabbade områdena och vilka drabbades av konsekvenserna av katastrofen?</p><p>Utgångspunkten är den regionalgeografiska teorin som utvecklades av Thomas Lundén och Torsten Hägerstrand. Deras teorier om regionalgeografi och politisk geografi, även kallad ”geopolitik”, där man förklarar relationen mellan stat och territorium, makten över marken och andra variabler som kan påverka och ha betydelse över marken, såsom: ekonomi, kultur, teknologi, demografi och kommunikation.</p><p>Författaren har valt att utgå ifrån kvantitativ metod, uppsatsen genomgick en översiktlig analys genom att analysera artiklar, media reportage, dokumentärer och skrivna texter. Författaren har behållit ett kritisktförhållningssätt vid analysen av den amerikanska litteraturen som dominerat i studiematerialet.</p><p>New Orleans topografi är unik i sin bemärkelse att staden är lokaliserad på landområde som befinner sig under havsytan. New Orleans lokalisering är även i ett delta område som binder tre flodsystem åt. Vilket är orsaken till att jorden kring detta våtmarksområde är ömtåligt och lätt brytbart. New Orleans är även hårt utsatt av flodvågor, då staden ligger dåligt placerad i en så kallad ”skål”.</p><p>New Orleans var grundad år 1718 av fransmännen och förblev en franskkoloni tills spanjorerna tog över regionen år 1768. Regionen är väldigt attraktivt för turism och handel. För att bibehålla en god levnads och handelskvalitet i området, lagstiftades och etablerades fördämningsvallar, kanaler och vattenpumpar.</p><p>Handelsmässigt är New Orleans en import och export port med handel mellan USA och Europa.</p><p>USA är uppdelade i 50 federala stater och regeras av en president och dennes administrativa enhet. De federala systemen representerar en överhet gentemot de lokala myndigheterna. Gränsen mellan över- och underordnad var extra tydlig under orkankatastrofen. Så pass tydlig att de lokala myndigheterna var begränsade i sina befogenheter, och fick därmed inte tillgång till de resurser som ansågs behövas. Problemet under Katrinakatastrofen var bristerna på kommunikation mellan Louisianas guvernör Kathleen Blanco, New Orleans borgmästare Ray Nagin och USAs president George W. Bush, som ledde till försenade hjälpmedel.</p><p>Orkanen tog över 1800 människors liv och tvingade över 350 000 människor att fly sina hem. 80 % av staden vattenfylldes/översvämmades, vilket gjorde att cirka 160 000 personer fick sina hem totalförstörda, därmed blev 160 000 personer hemlösa.</p><p>Enligt tidigare utmätningar har över 70 % av invånarna ingen tillgång fordon, vilket orsakade att dessa människor inte kunde evakuera på egen maskin. Myndigheterna var hjälplösa och medborgarna fick lite information från auktoritären.</p><p>Under sådana situationer som översvämning brukar människor dra sig till högre höjder, det som gör att New Orleans händelsen extra intressant är valet av evakueringsplats. I detta fall visar det sig att de drar sig till mitten av skålen, där det även är som mest utsatt för översvämningar och flodvågor.</p><p>Uppsatsen diskuterar även segregationsmönster i New Orleans och reflekterar över de anklagelser som riktades gentemot den amerikanska staten om etnisk diskriminering.</p><p>Uppsatsen reflekterar över media skildringarna och politikernas försök att organisera en räddningsaktion och misslyckandet av detta.</p><p>Avslutningsvis konstateras att relationen mellan makten och marken (territoriet) och dess rumsliga organisation, samt oförståelsen vid stadsplaneringen och bosättande i riskzoner, alla bidrog till konsekvenserna och resultatet av den gigantiska förödelsen efter orkanen Katrina.</p>
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Ives, Mary Katherine. "Implementation of New Childcare Policies in New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/953.

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The high number of working parents in the U.S. means that there are millions of child in need to care during working hours. Research shows that the quality of this care is of high importance in a child's development, both in the short-term and the long-term. States have used a variety of policy tools to regulate child care and to attempt to improve the quality of care. Louisiana has recently implemented a new policy called the Quality Rating System. Directors of centers in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, were interviewed to determine the impact of participation in QRS. Centers are struggling to meet the requirements and feel that changes need to be made for the program to have a better outcome.
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Atkinson, Connie. "Musicmaking in New Orleans : a reappraisal." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364182.

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Shin, Su Jung. "The Hotel Inter-Continental New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 1998. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/37.

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This report seeks to examine the organization in which this writer performed an internship as partial fulfillment for the Master of Arts in Arts Administration degree granted by the University of New Orleans. Although performed in a for-profit making rather than nonprofit setting, this internship, performed at the Hotel Inter-Continental, makes a valuable contribution to my professional career. The internship began January 23, 1998 and ended on November 13, 1998. The reason this writer chose to perform the internship at a hospitality lodging facility was to gain experience in VIP relations, managerial planning and controlling, and overview of hospitality industry. The internship was largely successful, as the writer gained the anticipated experience while making a significant contribution to the ongoing operations of the Hotel InterContinental. The writer is currently employed as a full-time employee as the Assistant Guest Relations Manager.
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Truxillo, Katherine. "The New Orleans Museum of Art." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/110.

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The New Orleans Museum of Art is New Orleans' oldest art institute and is the premier art institute of the Gulf South. From September through December 2009, I served as an intern in the Development Department at NOMA and then went on to fill the role of Interim Grants Officer from December through the time this document was written. I also have covered for the Special Events Coordinator during her leave of absence beginning January 4, 2010 through the present. NOMA has strengths and weakness internally, and opportunities and threats to functioning exist as well. Through a thorough examination of this institution, a consultantcy's report was compiled based on examination of NOMA and the best practices of comparable institutions and museum management standards.
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Chavis, Ashley. "U.S. Biennial, Inc.; Prospect New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/113.

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In February 2010, I began an internship with U.S. Biennial, Inc. in their New York City office. U.S. Biennial, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that produces Prospect New Orleans, an international contemporary art show. I was asked to be the Development Intern to work directly with the Director of Development as well as assist the other staff with their day-to-day duties. The following report includes an overview of the organization, a description of my role as an intern with the organization, my analysis of the administration of the organization, and my recommendations for the organization that I developed over the course of my internship, which concluded in May 2010. In June 2010, I was offered a position as Development Associate, which I accepted.
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Ragland, Kelly S. "The Arts Council of New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/114.

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In July of 2010, I began an internship at the Arts Council of New Orleans (Appendix 1). Working within the Council's Marketing Department, I focused on developing the new Arts Council website, Artsneworleans.org. The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated as the City's official arts agency and serves as one of nine regional distributing agencies for state arts funds. The Arts Council administers available municipal arts grants and the Percent For Art program for the City of New Orleans. Its partnership with the City of New Orleans, community groups, local, state, and national governmental agencies, and other nonprofit arts organizations enables the Council to meet the arts and cultural needs of the New Orleans community through a diversity of initiatives and services. The following report includes an overview of the organization, a description of my role as an intern within the Marketing Department, my analysis of the organization and my recommendations for the organization that I have developed over the course of my tenure at the Arts Council.
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Hamilton, Jenny Ruth. "A report on an Arts Adminstration internship with New Orleans Opera Association, New Orleans, LA, Spring, 1992." ScholarWorks@UNO, 1992. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/57.

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This report is a description of a three-month internship from January 20, 1992 through April 20, 1992 with the New Orleans Opera Association where the intern was the assistant to the Director of Development/Marketing/Public Relations. The New Orleans Opera celebrates 50 years of financial and artistic success in the 1992/93 season and serves as an example to other arts organizations not only in New Orleans but throughout the United States. Over this fifty-year life, however, the organization has not adjusted its managerial practices sufficiently to compensate for the change throughout the business and arts-related industries; consequently, the Association operates with outdated thoughts and customs. Within the scheme of operations, however, is a very successful fundraising organization buttressed by the support of extremely loyal patrons and sold-out houses. The intern will give an overview of the organization and explain her duties and responsibilities with short and long-term effects on the Association.
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Keith, Caleigh M. "The Spirit of the Spitfire: Creating the Role of Nancy Shedman in Romulus Linney's "Holy Ghosts"." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1593.

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This thesis explains the acting method used by Caleigh Keith while portraying the role of Nancy Shedman in Romulus Linney’s Holy Ghosts. Included are chapters of historical research, character analysis, and a production report, which includes a scored script, rehearsal and performance journal, and a self-evaluation of the actor’s work. Holy Ghosts was produced by Theater UNO at the University of New Orleans in the Robert E. Nims Thrust Theater of the Performing Arts Center. It opened Tuesday, February seventh, and ran through Sunday, February twelfth, two thousand and twelve. Evening performances were at seven-thirty and Sunday’s matinee was at two o’clock in the afternoon.
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Moore, Erin Christine Frodeman Robert. "Between logos and eros New Orleans' confrontation with modernity /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-6073.

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Flynn, Linda Irene. "A report on an Arts Administration internship with the New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, summer 2001." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2002. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/22.

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This paper comes from 180 hours of internship with the New Orleans Film Festival in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana. During those hours of involvement with this organization, I focused on the competitive division of the festival that was then known as Cinema 16. In the course of events, questions arose concerning the issue of board involvement in the Cinema 16 jury process and the board's administrative responsibilities. As it is with all human enterprise, there also is a continuously evolving attempt to improve methods. In the NOFF's case there is an attempt to improve the judging of the entries. What should be the board's role in that process? Cinema 16 should breathe life into the creative aspirations of fledgling filmmaker's near and far. Does the New Orleans Fum Festival do all it can to make this a reality by vigorously marketing the selected films? Memberships became a focus when the disparity between the number of members in prior years and the number in 2001 appeared large. There were approximately 350 memberships in August of 2001, compared to 600 in 1999. There appeared to be a direct correlation between the number of memberships and mail-outs to the public. What other methods could be utilized to increase their numbers? Information is power. Answers to such questions would put the festival in the position of being proactive by giving them opportunity to further fulfill their mission as well as the capability to bring in more funds to continue their work. Time was given to exploring a university population as a viable market for new memberships. The staff shed light on the need for more services to offer prospective members. These major issues served to fulfill the purpose of the internship by opening up opportunities for experience in a nonprofit arts organization. The experience in its entirety brought to light the film festival's impact on the concept that film is a credible art form celebrated by individuals everywhere. This paper should highlight the importance of the various processes, not only in giving that organization credibility but also in aiding it in making the impact it wishes to on its immediate and global community.
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Dickinson, Christine. "Aspects of Performativity in New Orleans Voodoo." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1600041.

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<p> The aim of this thesis is to study the practices and background of Voodoo in New Orleans through a holistic lens. This holistic lens includes researching the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, previous research done on Voodoo practice in New Orleans, contacting current practitioners and performing informal interviews, and participant-observation of New Orleans Voodoo rituals. This work is divided into three sections; the first delves into the history and current state of Voodoo of New Orleans. The second section discusses how Voodoo has influenced other cultural areas in New Orleans. The third section discusses how Voodoo and tourism interrelate with one another. The conclusion of this work addresses how through out history, influences on other areas of New Orleans culture, and tourism, the original ideas of Voodoo in New Orleans has stretched out beyond the original spectacle of Voodoo into the various ways individuals think about Voodoo. This also influences how practitioners view their own practice by reacting to how non-practitioners view Voodoo. It is like the metaphor of the snake eating his own tail, how Voodoo is practiced and then perceived by outsiders keeps feeding into each other.</p>
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Flores-Robert, Vanessa. "Black Policemen in Jim Crow New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1392.

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Although historians have done in-­‐depth researched on Black police in the South, before the Civil War and during Reconstruction, they seldom assess black policemen’s role in New Orleans between the Battle of Liberty Place and 1913. The men discussed here argue that despite the hardening racial attitudes in Post-­‐ Reconstruction South, in New Orleans opportunity still existed for Blacks to serve in positions of authority, perhaps a heritage of the city’s earlier tri-­‐partite racial order. The information obtained from primary sources such as police manuals, beat books, and newspapers, counters the widely held belief that African American presence in the police during this period was completely defined by Jim Crow. This work presents updated and corrected evidence that Blacks were enrolled in the New Orleans Police Department during the time of Jim Crow, challenging the notion that after 1909 Blacks in New Orleans were not part of the police department.
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McCall, Sarah. "New Orleans Opera Association: An Internship Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/184.

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As one of the requirements to complete a Master of Arts in Arts Administration, this internship report presents a thorough discussion and analysis of my experience as an intern with the New Orleans Opera Association between May 2015 and August 2015. The focus of the internship was production, and the report reflects this emphasis. In addition, the report presents an overview of the organization, a SWOT analysis, and a discussion of best practices with recommendations for the organization’s improvement.
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Pérez, Fania, and Sara Kadir. "Medborgardriven stadsdelsutveckling- Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21036.

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Through this thesis, we want to discuss how the marginalization of people, several precedent political, city planning- and engineering decisions resulted in a catastrophic outcome after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans 2005. We also put forward a case study of the Make It Right Foundation, to demonstrate how the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward are involved in the urban development of their community. We would like to draw attention to the power of citizens and how they can influence the urban development of a community after a trauma. This study also focuses on the mission of The Make It Right Foundation: which is to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward with firm concepts on sustainable development where all dimensions are accounted: ecological, social, cultural and economic.The empirical data was collected by a field study in New Orleans 2010-03-22 and semistructured interviews were made during the same days.
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Berry, Taylor E. "The New Orleans Fight Against Gun Violence." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2374.

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Gun violence in New Orleans has grown exponentially over the years. As a society we often forget to reflect on how gun violence effects the youth in our communities. Local members of the community in New Orleans have decided to come together to form organizations that can produce better outcomes for the youth in the New Orleans area, two of those organizations being Son of A Saint and the Youth Empowerment Project. Both of these organizations have started the journey to decreasing the amount of gun violence in the city.
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Unter, Kevin A. "The New Orleans Police Department: Melding Police and Policy to Dramatically Reduce Crime in the City of New Orleans." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/599.

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In 1996, the New Orleans Police Department implemented the COMSTAT management and accountability style of policing. Within three years of that implementation, murder was cut by over fifty percent and violent crime fell by nearly the same amount; overall crime was cut by over one-third compared to just three years ago. This dissertation seeks to explore the reasons crime declined so rapidly in New Orleans post-COMSTAT implementation, compared to crime in the rest of the country. Drawing on political and criminological theories of policing as well as sociological theories, variables unique to each set of theories were identified and tested alone and against competing explanations. Utilizing higher-ordered time series methodology, two analyses were conducted. The first utilized interrupted time-series analysis to identify the nature of COMSTAT's impact on New Orleans' crime trends, measured as changes in the current quarter compared to the same quarter of the preceding year. The results show that while COMSTAT had a significant impact on the crime trends, the effects were short-lived. The second analysis utilized traditional time series methodology to examine the impacts of the individual variables on the overall crime trends. The results show that while policing variables and sociological variables have little effect on the overall crime trends both individually and when tested together, the findings indicate policing variables play a larger role than sociological variables when included together. As another independent test of the effects of crime, public opinion data obtained via the University of New Orleans' Survey Research Center from 1986-2004 show that the public was very positive towards the NOPD's efforts in dramatically reducing crime and fear of crime in New Orleans during this period. The overall results for policy makers then indicates that reductions in crime resonate positively with city residents and future policy decisions should be made with that goal in mind.
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Childs, Lauren. "A New Orleans State of Crime: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Shifting Homicide Patterns In Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, LA." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/974.

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Dubbed the "most murderous" and "deadliest" city in the United States during 2006, 2007 and 2008, New Orleans has wrestled with crime and murder since its founding in 1718. Following Hurricane Katrina the city saw an increase in the murder rate despite a sharp decrease in population. The focus of this project was to map homicide data trends in the city of New Orleans over a period of seven years, 2002 to 2008, and compare spatial and temporal patterns via GIS. NOPD homicide location data were geocoded and analyzed in ESRI's ArcGIS geospatial software. Methodologies of hotspot detection included point maps, choropleth graduated color maps, and quartic kernel density maps. The project's goal was to not only detect hotspots, but to create a synoptic view of shifting homicide trends throughout the city of New Orleans, highlighting the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
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Abney, Allison L. "The New Orleans Museum of Art: A Case Study Demonstrating the Weakened Vision of New Orleans' Most Established Cultural Institution." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/130.

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The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is widely believed to be the most established cultural institution of its kind in New Orleans. The museum building is an extension of its landscape, designed and established as a gift that has been enjoyed by the city for more than a century. The term of my internship with the Museum coincided with its Centennial Celebration year of 2011. In possession of one of the Gulf South's most prized permanent collections, NOMA has demonstrated its continued sustainability through the longevity of its establishment in addition to its rapid recovery following the Hurricane Katrina disaster. As with many long-established institutions, the years have made their mark on the New Orleans Museum of Art and there are cracks in its foundation. This point is made most clear in terms of a lax adherence to its stated mission and goals, in addition to a weakened bond with its served community. The following report serves as a case study of the Museum; it addresses organizational issues revealed through situational analyses and personal observations. The report concludes with recommendations prescribed for the future success and sustainability of NOMA in the furtherance of its mission.
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Davis, Molly Mclean Linden Tom. "Recovering health care in post-Katrina New Orleans." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,850.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Dec. 18, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Medical Journalism Program)." Discipline: Journalism and Mass Communication; Department/School: Journalism and Mass Communication, School of.
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Lewis, Joshua. "Deltaic Dilemmas : Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-119390.

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This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. This thesis investigates the historical development of these infrastructural interventions in the delta’s dynamics, and shows how the region’s eco-hydrology is ensnared in the politics and materiality of pipes, pumps, canals, locks, and levees. These historical entanglements complicate contemporary efforts to enact large-scale ecosystem restoration, even while the delta’s landscape is rapidly eroding into the sea. This historical approach is extended into the present through an examination of how waterway standards established at so-called chokepoints in the global maritime transportation system (the Panama Canal, for example) become embedded and contested in coastal landscapes and port cities worldwide. Turning towards urban ecology, the thesis examines socioecological responses to the flooding following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with a special focus on how infrastructure failures, flooding intensity, and land abandonment are driving changing vegetation patterns in New Orleans over the past decade. The thesis contributes new conceptual language for grappling with the systemic relations bound up in water infrastructure, and develops one of the first studies describing urban ecosystem responses to prolonged flooding and post-disaster land management. This provides insights into the impending planning challenges facing New Orleans and coastal cities globally, where rising sea levels are bringing about renewed attention to how infrastructure is implicated in patterns of ecological change, hazard exposure, resilience, and social inequality.<br><p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Accepted. Paper 5: Manuscript.</p>
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Pohl, Reinhard. "Hochwasserschutz für New Orleans – 8 Jahre nach Katrina." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-160804.

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Im Jahre 2005 verzeichnete New Orleans mit dem Wirbelsturm Katrina eine der folgenreichsten Naturkatastrophen seiner Geschichte, bei der sich auch die Unzulänglichkeit einiger Hochwasserschutzvorkehrungen gezeigt hat. Es waren zahlreiche Tote zu beklagen und die materiellen Schäden waren unübersehbar. Nach dem Ereignis wurde der Hochwasserschutz weiträumig und aufwändig verbessert. Der nachfolgende Beitrag gibt eine Übersicht über den derzeitigen Stand.
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