Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital leader is Tulane’s new vice president for research
July 03, 2019
Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte, the Steven and Nancy Calabrese Endowed Chair for Excellence in Pediatric Care, Research and Education, as well as professor and chair of Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, has been named Tulane University’s new vice president for research, effective Sept. 3.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Tulane experts available for comment on midterm elections
November 05, 2018
With the midterm elections happening Tuesday, we invite the media to contact Tulane University for expert comment on all the issues associated with the campaign, from campaign strategy and political messaging to hot-button topics like immigration, gun control and U.S. foreign relations.
Tulane University welcomes Class of 2022 to campus for annual Move-In Day
August 20, 2018
More than 1,900 freshmen —Tulane’s largest, most academically strong and one of its most diverse and most global first-year classes ever— will arrive on campus on Wednesday to move into their student residences during the annual Move-In Day.
MEDIA ADVISORY: 2018 White Coat Ceremony
August 02, 2018
New medical students don their white doctor's coats for the first time, marking the start of their induction into the medical profession.
Tulane Business Model Competition names semifinalists for $25,000 top prize
February 23, 2018
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has named the six student teams that will face off in the qualifying round of the 2018 Tulane Business Model Competition during the 10th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW).
Tulane medical students shave heads to benefit St. Baldrick's
February 01, 2018
Tulane University medical students, staff and a few community volunteers will go bald in support of pediatric cancer patients. The annual event is one of the area’s largest head-shaving fundraisers for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The national, volunteer-driven charity is committed to curing childhood cancers.
Tulane University to award $1 million for new solution to global dead zones
December 12, 2017
Tulane University will award the $1 million grand prize in the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge, an international competition to find a significant, scalable solution to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming, a primary culprit behind massive annual “dead zones” in waters throughout the world.
Mayoral candidates to address millennial voters at student-led forum Tuesday at Tulane
October 20, 2017
The NOLA Student Leadership and Civic Engagement Project will present a student-organized Mayoral Candidate Forum where students from area universities will pose questions to candidates in the runoff to become the next mayor of New Orleans.
Tulane University welcomes Class of 2021 to campus for Move-In Day
August 23, 2017
Tulane President Mike Fitts will welcome one of Tulane’s largest, most academically qualified and most diverse first-year classes ever as they arrive at 9 a.m. Friday to move into their new campus homes for the first time.
Tulane University experts on Judge Gorsuch vote, Russian subway eplosion, Trump tax reform efforts and Brexit
April 03, 2017
The following Tulane University experts are available to discuss the Russian subway explosion in Saint Petersburg, the Senate vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, the Trump Administration’s plan for tax reform as well as ongoing changes related to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Medical students to learn residency assignments on National Match Day
March 16, 2017
Faculty, friends and family members will cheer on 197 graduating fourth-year students of Tulane University School of Medicine’s Class of 2017 at Match Day as they learn where they’ll spend the next chapter of their medical careers.