Department of Economics awards 2020 Schloss Prize to professors of practice
May 22, 2020
The Tulane Department of Economics has awarded the Lawrence M. v. D. Schloss Economics Prize for 2020 to three outstanding professors of practice: Antonio Bojanic, LaPorchia Collins and Toni Weiss.
Tulane bestows 2020 teaching awards on four faculty members
May 20, 2020
Four Tulane University faculty members received university-wide teaching awards for 2020: Jeffrey Agnew, Yigit Akin, Martin Dimitrov and Amy Gajda.
Tulane linguistics students stage virtual American Sign Language focus group
May 18, 2020
Linguistics students in a Service Learning cohort worked with Lighthouse Louisiana to hold an online focus group recently, which attracted more than 50 American Sign Language interpreters from around the country.
Tulane students raise funds for New Orleans gig workers, musicians and Second Harvest
May 15, 2020
Tulane graduating seniors Ross Berlin, Max Steitz and Matthew Wu launched Give Back Tulane, a fundraising initiative to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank, the Jazz and Heritage Foundation’s Music Relief Fund, and the New Orleans Business Alliance’s Gig Economy Relief Fund.
Tulane faculty invited to wear academic robes, take to streets to support Class of 2020
May 13, 2020
Tulane faculty members are invited to wear their academic regalia, hold signs that show Tulane pride, and stand at New Orleans intersections on Saturday, May 16, to support graduating students. The suggested time frame is prior to “TUgether – Connecting the Class of 2020,” which will be live streamed starting at 1:45 p.m. CT that day.
Going viral: Tulane staffer shifts roles into COVID-19 science whisperer
May 11, 2020
Clay Christian, who works in the Tulane Office of Research Business Development, uses knowledge from his PhD in biomedical sciences to write the School of Medicine's Tulane COVID-19 Daily Digest.
Class of 2024 sets university record for yield, academic quality and diversity
May 06, 2020
For the fourth year in a row, Tulane’s incoming fall class will be the most selective, academically qualified and diverse in university history.
Tulane ranked high among schools in shaping nation’s public health workforce
May 06, 2020
Tulane University is ranked as one of the top schools in the nation for producing senior academic administrators in public health.
Class of 2020 Newcomb Scholars present digital symposium
May 06, 2020
Upon completing the Newcomb Scholars program, the scholars present their research at the annual Scholars Symposium. This year’s symposium, like so many other end-of-year traditions, has moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newcomb Archives to create digital “scrapbook” of COVID-19 and gender
April 28, 2020
Newcomb Archives invites contributions of original artwork, ephemera, photographs, zines, personal essays, poems or other types of submissions created by women and trans, non-binary, gender-nonconforming and LGBQ individuals during the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine.
Tulane wins national award for providing scholarships for returning Peace Corps volunteers, Fulbrighters
April 14, 2020
The Institute of International Education has awarded the Centennial Medal to Tulane University to recognize its leadership in international education and its support for the Fulbright Program through the Tulane University 2020 Peace Corps and Fulbright Initiative.
Real March Madness
April 13, 2020
Tulane Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Operating Officer Mónica Lebrón oversees all day-to-day operations for Tulane Athletics while specifically overseeing football, women’s basketball, beach volleyball and sailing. And she was tapped to be Tulane's point person for the NCAA Women’s Final Four in New Orleans.
New Tulane-based podcast highlights faculty research
April 13, 2020
Sienna Abdulahad and the Office of Multicultural Affairs are producing “Faculty Fridays,” a Tulane-based podcast that features faculty research that pertains to communities of color. Guests will include Tulane faculty as well as researchers from other universities.
Match Day 2020 celebrates ‘perfect vision’ virtually
April 01, 2020
When the Class of 2020 received their white coats four years ago, the nearly 200 Tulane University School of Medicine students couldn’t predict how different their Match Day ceremony would be.