August 27, 2020
Two Tulane University researchers were awarded a $150,000 Fast Grant for a project to make next-generation COVID-19 vaccines more effective.
August 25, 2020
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes were over three times more likely to die from the disease, according to a new Tulane University study.
August 18, 2020
A gift of $1 million has created the Leone Learning Center at Tulane University School of Medicine, which recently opened to educate the next generation of medical professionals. The center is named for Cheryl Levine Leone, MD, and her husband, Philip Leone, MD, who met when they were both students at Tulane.
August 17, 2020
From new signage to a whole new dining hall, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a plethora of changes on the food front.
August 12, 2020
The BRACE program (Business Resilience and Community Education) was created in May 2020 by Tulane University School of Medicine students and their faculty adviser, Dr. Jonathan Gugel, as an educational program for businesses reopening during the pandemic.
August 10, 2020
With COVID-19 testing of returning students, faculty and staff well underway, Campus Health officials say the benefits of identifying positive cases among Tulanians will help protect both the campus community and New Orleans as a whole.
August 10, 2020
Tulane researchers are studying what they call the hidden and often unspoken impact the COVID-19 pandemic: intimate partner violence.
August 05, 2020
As the university returns to on-ground operations, Paterson Residence Hall will serve as an isolation and quarantine space, a testing center and the home of the Tulane contact tracing team.
August 05, 2020
When students who plan to live on campus make their way to the TU Arrival Center at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown New Orleans, they will be guided through two days consisting of COVID-19 testing and orientation sessions to support their return to campus.
August 05, 2020
A team led by Dr. Dahlene Fusco will study why some people experience severe reactions to the SARS-CoV-2 virus while other people have mild or no symptoms.
August 03, 2020
Faculty and staff at the School of Social Work recently volunteered their time to ensure their offices, buildings and classrooms are ready for the fall semester.
August 03, 2020
Jonathan Fadok, who serves on the faculty of the Tulane Brain Institute, recently received a $2.24 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research that will lead to a better understanding of panic disorder.
July 27, 2020
Victor J. Thannickal, MD, will be named The Harry B. Greenberg Chair in Tulane University School of Medicine’s John W. Deming Department of Medicine. He joins the university in January 2021.
July 21, 2020
In preparation for Tulane's return to campus on Aug. 19, plexiglass barriers are being installed throughout campus buildings and classrooms to help reduce the incidence of COVID-19.
July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic can lead to a marked increase in loneliness, isolation, depression and other forms of mental illness, according to Tulane paper.