A year in photos: 2021
December 16, 2021
From Crawfest, to Commencement, to Hurricane Ida, 2021 was a year that brought challenges but also some great moments. Here is a look back at the year in photos.
Tulane University doctors treat first patients in pivotal study of new type 2 diabetes treatment
December 15, 2021
Tulane doctors are the first in the country to test a new outpatient treatment for type 2 diabetes that uses heat to resurface a key part of the upper intestine that plays a role in insulin resistance.
Enhanced academic center provides space, resources for Tulane student-athletes
December 15, 2021
The Don and Lora Peters Academic Center, housed within the James W. Wilson Jr. Center, is a state-of-the-art facility that offers the space and resources to support Tulane student-athletes’ academic success.
Sawyer Seminars launch first events
December 06, 2021
Tulane has launched the Mellon Foundation-sponsored Sawyer Seminar, Sites of Memory: New Orleans and Place-based Histories in the Americas. Its inaugural programs begin Dec. 7.
Data Hub is new universitywide academic endeavor created to meet challenges of a data-driven world
December 02, 2021
The Data Hub, Tulane University’s new Center for Data Literacy, is the educational endeavor that Tulane is creating as its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for reaccreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Tulane signs lease for Charity Hospital building
November 29, 2021
Tulane University has signed a long-term lease with developers CCNO Development Inc. and SKK to initially occupy nearly 350,000 square feet of the redevelopment of the former Charity Hospital building.
Tulane professor wins STEM educator award for work with New Orleans area students and teachers
November 29, 2021
Michelle Sanchez, a senior professor of practice in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has been named the winner of the Ada Lovelace STEM Educator Award.
New book showcases stunning photos ‘Above New Orleans’
November 19, 2021
Tulane geographer Richard Campanella and drone photographer Marco Rasi teamed up to create the first full-length book of drone photography of the Crescent City titled Above New Orleans.
Tulane joins the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
November 16, 2021
Tulane University has joined the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition, a group of organizations and businesses supporting the city’s Complete Streets initiatives.
Tulane launches Student Veterans of America chapter
November 15, 2021
Just ahead of Veterans Day 2021, Tulane University announced a new means of support for students with a military background through the introduction of the Tulane Student Veterans of America (Tulane SVA) chapter.
Meet us at the cemetery gates
November 11, 2021
The acts of remembering and honoring the dead as well as contemplating the mortality and interconnectedness of humans are the primary motivations behind the annual Graveyard Poets reading organized by Michael Kuczynski, professor in the Department of English at the School of Liberal Arts.
Tulane University report shows investment gains for New Orleans startup ventures
November 10, 2021
New Orleans startups are making substantial gains in attracting investment funding while also adopting more flexible work options and scaling back their office expansion plans, according to the latest findings from Tulane University’s 2021 Greater New Orleans Startup Report.
Tulane scholars honored at first Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards ceremony
November 05, 2021
Outstanding Tulane scholars were recognized for their exceptional research at the first Tulane University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards on Thursday, Nov. 4.
You know it’s almost Halloween when…
October 29, 2021
Nothing heralds Halloween in New Orleans like the arrival of the bony guests outside the “Skeleton House”, located at 6000 St. Charles Ave.
Researcher receives $1.7 million grant to study faulty DNA repair and cancer risk
October 27, 2021
James Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was recently awarded a five-year, $1.71 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Researcher plan to look at the long-term effects of BRCA1 loss on different tissues and how they depend on BRCA1 differently for maintaining the fidelity of DNA replication and repair.