A Manifesto: Engineering Students Must Learn About Engineering Disasters

Friday, January 28th, 2022

A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh hours before President Joe Biden’s visit to the Pennsylvania city to talk about his infrastructure plan. 1-28-22

It’s come to the attention of Levees.org that civil engineering students are not being taught about the worst civil engineering disaster in US history.

Students are graduating without the crucial knowledge that engineering mistakes led to the collapse of the Army Corps of Engineers’ levees in New Orleans in August of 2005.

“There is no acknowledgment from academic institutions that they are responsible for instruction of “professional practice” issues, such as the applicable “standard of care” engineers can expect to be held to once they graduate and begin their practice,” says nationally renowned engineering expert J. David Rogers.

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New Orleans Book Festival will showcase founder Sandy Rosenthal and her debut book

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

In a recent press release, the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University states that it will host its inaugural weekend, March 10-12, with a three-day, in-person literary celebration featuring more than 100 national, regional and local authors, including some of the nation’s most beloved bestsellers. The festival is free and open to the public. A schedule of events will be released in early February.

The lineup of Best-Selling Authors includes Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal for her debut book, Words Whispered in Water; Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020).

The press release continues: The new, major literary event for the Crescent City, whose debut was postponed by the pandemic, will feature panel discussions, moderated conversations, keynote lectures, book fairs, family programming and workshops. Each day will include at least one major plenary session, which will feature a leading author. The event will also provide a forum for media outlets, authors and readers to network and collaborate in one of the world’s most vibrant and culturally diverse cities.

Find out more about the Festival.

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Arts Council to unveil sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden

Thursday, November 4th, 2021

The Arts Council of New Orleans, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, will unveil a new sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden.

WHAT: Unveiling Ceremony
WHEN: Sunday, November 7th from 3:30-5:30
WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive
WHO: The Arts Council of New Orleans, the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Development Authority (NORA), residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood and Levees.org

The art commission arose out of a much broader project––the Gentilly Resilience District made possible through a $141 million grant received by the City of New Orleans from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) National Disaster Resilience Competition.

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