Silicon Valley Bank gives Tulane $1 million for full scholarships to undergraduates in need
May 20, 2021
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is donating $1 million to provide full scholarships to Tulane University undergraduates who are in financial need.
Newcomb Art Museum announces public reopening
May 19, 2021
The Newcomb Art Museum invites all to join them this summer as they officially reopen to the public with the exhibition Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality, on view through October 2, 2021.
SoPA student speaker and father paves the way for New Orleans youth
May 18, 2021
Derick Houston Jr., who will receive his Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences with a minor in small business development, is the 2021 Commencement speaker for SoPA’s diploma ceremony and a recipient of the prestigious Tulane 34 Award.
Senior played impactful role in School of Architecture’s transition during pandemic
May 18, 2021
Jesse Toohey, who graduates in May with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, assisted in the reassessment of the school’s Fabrication Labs to accommodate student work and new projects during the pandemic. Toohey also helped create a virtual, interactive exhibition space to display graduating students’ thesis projects in 2020.
Carolyn Barber-Pierre Center for Intercultural Life, Center for Academic Equity celebrate new location with open house
April 27, 2021
Tulane University students, faculty and staff celebrated the new homes of the Carolyn Barber-Pierre Center for Intercultural Life and the Center for Academic Equity last week with an open house. Both centers are now in Richardson Building on the Academic Quad of the uptown campus.
Researcher investigates possible link between obesity and colon cancer
April 26, 2021
Suzana Savkovic, Tulane associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and a team of researchers were recently awarded a five-year, $1.6 million National Cancer Institute grant to investigate the connection between obesity and enhanced risk for colon cancer.
SoPA faculty honored for teaching and service
April 23, 2021
The Tulane University School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) hosted its annual Faculty Convocation on Friday, March 26, during which recipients from both 2020 and 2021 were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in the classroom.
Study determines how to best enhance protection of new COVID-19 vaccine
April 21, 2021
A new study co-authored by researchers at Tulane National Primate Research Center found that a vaccine currently being developed induces a robust and long-lasting immune response against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in nonhuman primates similar to the protection provided by the Moderna vaccine.
Crawfest 2021
April 20, 2021
Crawfest, the beloved annual Tulane tradition that involves music, art and thousands of pounds of crawfish, was held on Saturday, April 17.
Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, and A Studio in the Woods host virtual ‘Uncommon Exchanges’
April 20, 2021
The Newcomb Art Museum in partnership with the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, A Studio in the Woods and the ByWater Institute at Tulane invite all to attend a virtual version of their interdisciplinary program Uncommon Exchanges at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 21, via Zoom.
Carolyn Barber-Pierre Center for Intercultural Life, Center for Academic Equity celebrate new space
April 19, 2021
Two centers dedicated to fostering equitable social, cultural and academic programming so that all students can thrive during their years at Tulane, have a new campus home.
Tulane Bywater Institute to host virtual conversation ‘Syndemic: Racism, Environment and COVID-19’
April 09, 2021
The Tulane ByWater Institute welcomes Sacoby Wilson on Wednesday, April 14, at 5 p.m. via Zoom for a conversation about health disparities and COVID-19 moderated by Thomas LaVeist, dean of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Tulane teams up with New Orleans Airlift for in-person dance performance
April 01, 2021
The Newcomb Dance Company and the Tulane University Department of Theatre and Dance is teaming up with New Orleans Airlift for “The Body Remembers” at Music Box Village.
More than $1.3 million raised during Give Green
March 31, 2021
Thousands of Tulanians came together to raise over $1.3 million on Tulane University’s fourth annual giving day.
Tulane to host Anti-Racism and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Teach-In for faculty, staff
March 30, 2021
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host an Anti-Racism and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Teach-In for featuring addresses by anti-racist leaders Rhonda Broussard & Ibram X. Kendi.