Events

Dan Gallagher speaks at the 2025 Yates Lecture with Tulane University logo.

Yates Lecture

The Mary C. Parker Yates Lecture, endowed in 1996 by Murphy Institute alumna Rebecca Yates (‘89) Velander in memory of her mother, is a major public academic event hosted by The Murphy Institute. Designed to promote university-wide discussion of issues of current concern, the annual Yates Lecture brings leading thinkers and public figures to the Tulane campus.

Tulane professors Nicholas Mattei (left) and Walter Isaacson (center) talk with Michael Littman (right) on stage after his Keynote speech at the 2026 Murphy-Tulane Research Symposium.

Research Symposium

The Murphy Institute hosts a research symposium that brings together a diverse continuum of scholars, experts, and stakeholders to discuss the latest research and analysis on public policy challenges and identify institutional designs that serve our common interest. The conference, free to the public, aims to provide a forum for scholars and experts to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers on topics like healthcare, artificial intelligence, housing, education, and regulation.