Tulane University professor, bestselling author Walter Isaacson to virtually debut new book
February 26, 2021
Walter Isaacson, a bestselling biographer, and the Leonard A. Lauder Professor of American History and Values in Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts, will debut his new book – The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race– during a Zoom webinar at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 15. Trivia Frazier, PhD, a Tulane alumna and president and CEO of Obatala, will moderate the discussion. Tulane President Michael A. Fitts will introduce Isaacson and Frazier to the virtual audience. The event is free, but registration is required to participate. Please click here to register. Copies of Isaacson’s book will be released on March 9 and are available for pre-order at Garden District Book Shop and Octavia Books.
Tulane develops test that can detect COVID-19 that nasal swabs miss
February 26, 2021
Tulane University researchers have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can detect COVID-19 in rare cases when infections were missed by nasal swab PCR tests, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Tulane to host virtual discussion on ‘Anti-Racism and Sociology’
February 25, 2021
The SLA Dean’s Speaker Series on Anti-Racism and the Disciplines continues March 2 with a talk by race expert Mary Pattillo, a professor at Northwestern University.
Tulane study to examine role of racial injustice in design of memorials and monuments
February 24, 2021
An interdisciplinary team of Tulane researchers will study the role of racial injustice in the design of monuments, memorials and urban spaces.
Alumnus makes gift to support military students at Tulane
February 22, 2021
Through a $100,000 gift to the Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement (SoPA), Tulane alumnus Alex Hernandez and his wife Megan will support Tulane’s active-duty military, veteran and ROTC students. Their gift creates the Fund for Military Students, which will provide specialized advising for veterans, a student organization for military students and other services designed to aid military students throughout the university.
W. M. Keck Foundation grant to Tulane could spark “breakthrough” optical, wireless technologies
February 19, 2021
Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to do what no physicist has ever done before: see through opaque matter using superoscillations of light in a time-domain spectroscopy lab.
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University moves to Oct. 21-23
February 12, 2021
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announced new dates today for its 2021 festival. The three-day event will now take place in-person, Oct. 21-23, on Tulane’s uptown campus. The top priority of festival organizers is the health and safety of everyone in attendance, as well as the New Orleans community. The 2021 festival will adhere to city, state and national COVID-19 protocols.
Award-winning documentary producer Cecilia Aldarondo to headline Tulane lectureship
February 12, 2021
Award-winning filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo will headline the School of Liberal Arts' second annual Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media and Social Change.
Tulane launches multidisciplinary Centers of Excellence aimed at complex research challenges
February 10, 2021
Tulane University will fund three new multidisciplinary Research Centers of Excellence focused on personalized medicine, sex differences in medicine and emerging infectious diseases — all distinct research challenges relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researchers unravel what makes someone a COVID-19 super-spreader
February 09, 2021
Researchers at Tulane University, Harvard University, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have learned that obesity, advanced age and COVID-19 infection correlate with a propensity to breathe out more respiratory droplets — key spreaders of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dean LaVeist, Black health experts call for Black Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19
February 08, 2021
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Dean Thomas LaVeist authored a New York Times op/ed signed by 59 other Black health experts from the National Academy of Medicine urging Black Americans to get vaccinated.Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Dean Thomas LaVeist authored a New York Times op/ed signed by 59 other Black health experts from the National Academy of Medicine urging Black Americans to get vaccinated.
Tulane University will remain test-optional for 2021-22 applicants
February 08, 2021
For the second consecutive year, Tulane University will remain test-optional for students applying this fall for a spot in Tulane’s 2022 entering class. Going “test-optional” means these students will not be required to submit test scores for the SAT or ACT as part of the Tulane admissions process.
Tulane President Michael Fitts to host virtual conversation with Lisa Jackson and Douglas Hurley
February 05, 2021
Tulane President Michael Fitts will host the third installment of the Presidential Speaker Series — Mindset: Breaking Barriers featuring Lisa Jackson and Col. Douglas G. Hurley this week via Zoom.
Yulman family makes $5 million matching-challenge gift to expand scholarships at Tulane
February 03, 2021
The family who led the charge to build Tulane’s Yulman Stadium is stepping up once more for the university, this time with a $5 million matching-challenge gift to increase scholarship opportunities for all students.
Tulane University to lead national research partnership to speed up COVID-19 vaccines and drug discoveries
February 03, 2021
The National Institutes of Health has selected Tulane National Primate Research Center to lead a new partnership between the seven federally funded National Primate Research Centers to combine their efforts to accelerate promising COVID-19 vaccine and drug research.