Tulane oncologist outlines prostate cancer treatment advances in New England Journal of Medicine
February 08, 2018
Tulane University medical oncologist Dr. Oliver Sartor is lead author of a new comprehensive clinical review article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine that covers the latest developments in treatment for advanced prostate cancer.
Tulane doctors hold Super Bowl health screenings for former players
February 01, 2018
Tulane University physicians and staff are in Minneapolis for football’s biggest game of the year — Super Bowl LII — to help former players stay in good health.
Arts and humanities in medical school promote empathy and inoculate against burnout
January 30, 2018
Medical students who spend more time engaging in the arts may also be bolstering the qualities that improve their bedside manner with patients, according to new research from Tulane and Thomas Jefferson universities.
Tulane University presents panel discussion on artificial intelligence
January 26, 2018
The advent and consequences of superhuman intelligence will be the subject of a panel discussion Feb. 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Freeman Auditorium, located in the Woldenberg Art Center on the uptown campus of Tulane University.
Best-selling author and Tulane professor Walter Isaacson comes home
January 24, 2018
Walter Isaacson, the New Orleans native and former Times-Picayune reporter who became chairman and CEO of CNN, managing editor of TIME, a best-selling author and leader of the Aspen Institute, recently joined Tulane University’s history department with the title University Professor.
Tulane study finds slow progress for women and minorities in Louisiana judiciary
January 24, 2018
The number of judges in Louisiana district courts has doubled in the past 25 years, yet minority representation on the bench in those courts has increased only 1 percent, according to a new Tulane University study of gender and racial diversity in the state’s judiciary.
Tulane team testing hybrid solar energy converter
January 23, 2018
A Tulane University researcher is leading a U.S. Department of Energy project to develop a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.
Pink Games raise money — and hope — for patients fighting cancer
January 22, 2018
Local female student athletes — many from area Catholic high schools — will present Tulane Cancer Center with a check for $41,234 Tuesday from proceeds raised hosting "Pink Games" volleyball tournaments to help cancer patients cover everyday expenses so they can focus on fighting the disease.
New site reveals location of NOLA opportunity youth
January 17, 2018
The Cowen Institute at Tulane University has released Measuring Opportunity in New Orleans, a guide and interactive website that is the fourth in the Institute’s series of data guides on opportunity youth, the term used to describe residents between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor working.
Freeman School expands into New Orleans CBD with new offerings in hospitality entrepreneurship
January 16, 2018
Downtown New Orleans is a vibrant hub of hospitality, entrepreneurship and innovation. Beginning next year, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business will have a physical presence in the heart of it.
Tulane School of Medicine launches immersion program for biotech execs and investors visiting the Big Easy
January 08, 2018
Tulane University School of Medicine has launched a new In-Residence Immersion Program that offers biotech executives, venture capitalists, scientists and entrepreneurs visiting New Orleans from across the country a fully functional on-the-go workspace on its downtown campus.
Tulane University names $1 million winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
December 14, 2017
Tulane University awarded the $1 million grand prize in the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team that developed a computer modeling system to predict optimum nitrogen application rates for crops using data on weather, field conditions and soil management practices.
Study finds Lyme bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment months after infection
December 13, 2017
The bacteria that causes Lyme disease can survive in organ tissue after treatment with a full course of antibiotics months after infection, according to a new primate study of the disease by Tulane University researchers.
Impulse control subject of Tulane Brain Institute study
December 12, 2017
A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse control issues than females, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective preventative and treatment strategies.
Tulane University launches its most ambitious fundraising campaign with $1.3 billion goal
December 08, 2017
Tulane University launched Only the Audacious, The campaign for an ever bolder Tulane today. The campaign is the most ambitious fundraising endeavor in Tulane’s 184 years with a goal of raising $1.3 billion.