Study: Reopening K-12 schools did not increase hospitalizations when COVID-19 cases were low
January 04, 2021
Reopening K-12 schools in the United States did not result in an increase in hospitalizations — in most cases — due to COVID-19, according to a new study by the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University.
2020: A year in photos
December 17, 2020
2020 was an unprecedented year, from the COVID-19 pandemic, to a national reckoning regarding systemic racism and inequality, to several severe weather events and hurricanes to, finally, hope as the first batches of vaccines arrived. Here is a look back at Tulane’s year in photos.
Tulane doctors receive COVID-19 vaccine
December 16, 2020
Tulane doctors were some of the first physicians in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 16, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for the vaccine on Dec. 11.
Music professor leads virtual choir in song of inclusiveness
December 15, 2020
Professor C. Leonard Raybon directed a virtual choir made up of community volunteers and Tulane-Newcomb Choir members.
Tulane researchers develop a rapid COVID-19 saliva test read by a smartphone device
December 11, 2020
Researchers from Tulane University have developed a 15-minute COVID-19 test that is read by a smartphone to address the need to expand testing capacity in community-based settings.
What to expect when the first COVID-19 vaccine arrives
December 11, 2020
Health economist Charles Stoecker, an expert in vaccine policy with Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, spoke with Tulane’s On Good Authority podcast about the game-changing impact the first vaccines will have in the United States.
School of Medicine to host town hall on COVID-19 vaccines
December 11, 2020
Tulane University School of Medicine will virtually host “COVID-19 Vaccines: A Community Town Hall” Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. CT to discuss the COVID-19 vaccines.
President’s Excellence Awards honor dedication and commitment
December 08, 2020
Tulane University announces the 2020 President's Excellence Awards.
Tulane receives $1 million NIH grant to engage communities hardest hit by COVID-19
December 07, 2020
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1 million grant to Tulane University to launch an outreach initiative to reach ethnic and racial minority communities in Louisiana that are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University partners with NOEW for first-ever IDEApitch Winter Showcase
December 02, 2020
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University joins JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Commander’s Palace as presenting sponsors for the upcoming New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW). The festival will play a key role in the first-ever IDEApitch Winter Showcase – a free virtual event open to the public. The live broadcast will take place on Thursday, December 10, from 12-2 p.m. at Commander’s Palace. Click here to register for the event.
COVID-19 testing available in December at the School of Medicine
December 02, 2020
Tulane can now offer retail COVID-19 testing (both asymptomatic and symptomatic) to non-employees through Jan. 2.
Strong initial immune response could produce worst COVID outcome, Tulane study says
December 01, 2020
While having a robust immune response to coronavirus infection may sound helpful, Dr. Monica Vaccari, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane National Primate Research Center and lead author of a new study published in Nature Communications, says that the opposite may be true.
Ask an epidemiologist: How to safely celebrate the holidays
November 13, 2020
After a year when so many friends and family have spent months apart, will people let down their guard and ignore COVID-19 safety precautions because they can’t bear to forgo cherished holiday traditions?
Tulane team wins prize in national inventors competition
November 12, 2020
A Tulane biomedical engineering team has won the People's Choice Award at the Collegiate Inventors Competition for its invention of an intubation cleaning device.
5 tips for getting better sleep
November 04, 2020
Tonya Hansel, an expert in disaster mental health and trauma at the School of Social Work, spoke with Tulane University’s new podcast, On Good Authority, to explain the impact that 2020 has had on people’s ability to sleep well.