Tulane MBA student’s cereal startup claims top category at AWS University Startup Competition
January 27, 2023
Ceres, a plant protein cereal startup co-founded by Tulane MBA student Rich Simmerman, won the national award for “Top Physical Consumer Products Startup at the 2022 Amazon Web Services (AWS) University Startup Competition.
Virtual reality helps Tulane student-athletes
January 10, 2023
The Tulane University School of Social Work and Tulane Athletics have teamed up to support athletes’ training and mental health through virtual reality–based mindfulness.
‘Smart’ advice on making and keeping New Year’s resolutions
January 05, 2023
A Tulane social work professor offers 'smart' advice on making and keeping New Year's resolutions.
Grateful patient donates millions to Tulane cardiac center that saved his life
December 12, 2022
An anonymous patient credits the Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia with saving his life. In gratitude, the patient has become one of the center’s biggest philanthropic supporters, donating almost $4 million since 2019.
New vaccine against Chagas disease developed by Tulane University
December 07, 2022
Hypertension is the ‘silent killer’ of Black communities. Could church-based treatment help?
December 06, 2022
Hypertension, the leading preventable risk factor for premature death worldwide, is more prevalent in Black Americans than any other group. Can a church-led intervention solve the health disparity?
Shaking less salt on your food at the table could reduce heart disease risk
November 28, 2022
Researchers found a link between lower frequency of dietary salt and a reduced cardiovascular disease risk
Is gut health the key to preventing osteoporosis? New study aims to find out
November 14, 2022
Osteoporosis is often dubbed a "silent disease." But what if gut bacteria can help sound the alarm sooner?
Tulane researchers to help Louisiana schools launch proactive violence prevention programs
November 04, 2022
Two Tulane psychology professors are recipients of an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help make schools safer.
Renowned neuroscientist will lead Tulane Brain Institute as new Presidential Chair
November 04, 2022
Award-winning neuroscientist Matthew Dalva, PhD has been appointed as director of the Tulane Brain Institute and the university’s newest Presidential Chair.
Fellowship trains next generation of physicians in addiction medicine
October 19, 2022
Through the Tulane Addiction Medicine Fellowship, offered by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Medicine, physicians are trained in the treatment, prevention and recovery of individuals with addiction.
Best defense
October 17, 2022
In the first-floor gallery of the Tidewater building on the downtown campus, Michael Moolekamp (left), a volunteer paramedic with Tulane Emergency Medical Services, administers a flu shot in the arm of Akhil Chandran, a first-year graduate student in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
LCMC Health and Tulane University announce partnership
October 10, 2022
LCMC Health and Tulane University announced intentions to partner to expand access to comprehensive and specialty care across Southeast Louisiana, enhance the region’s capabilities as a destination for medical innovation and training, and provide community investments and benefits.
Tulane chemists to create clean hydrogen fuel using water, sunlight
October 07, 2022
Over the next three years, Tulane University chemists will use a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a process for producing clean hydrogen from water and renewable energy
Physician offers tips to achieving better brain health in the golden years
October 05, 2022
Tulane physician Dr. Demetri Maraganore, the Herbert J. Harvey, Jr. Chair in Neurosciences and co-director of the Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, said that some forms of dementia and other kinds of cognitive decline are often preventable with the same advice we’ve always heard — eat healthier, move more.