Tulane awarded $8.5 million contract to develop next-generation whooping cough vaccine
November 14, 2018
The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane University School of Medicine a contract for up to $8.5 million over five years to develop a more effective and longer-lasting vaccine against pertussis, more commonly known as “whooping cough.”
Tulane’s family planning research continues in the DRC with $11 million Gates/Packard grant
November 13, 2018
Researchers at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine have received $11 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to continue their ground-breaking research and programmatic activity in support of family planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Tulane study finds neurotic or introverted men more likely to be distressed after cancer diagnosis
November 13, 2018
Men who are neurotic or introverted are more likely to be distressed after their prostate cancer diagnosis, according to a new study by researchers at Tulane University.
Tulane researcher studies maternal mortality and the reasons behind it
November 06, 2018
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, and Louisiana consistently ranks among the top US states for rates of death among pregnant and postpartum women. Two new studies by a Tulane University epidemiologist aim to figure out why.
Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation selects eight for faculty fellows grants
November 02, 2018
The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University awarded eight career development grants as part of the newly launched Lepage Faculty Fellows program to support faculty engaged in research, teaching or commercialization efforts in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Children’s Hospital to partner with Tulane University School of Medicine
November 01, 2018
Children’s Hospital and Tulane University School of Medicine have signed an affiliation agreement to work together on clinical, academic and research activities in pediatrics.
Tulane archaeologist co-authors first details on remains of 450-year-old Spanish fort
November 01, 2018
Chris Rodning, the Paul and Debra Gibbons Professor in the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts’ Department of Anthropology, has co-authored a major paper on the archaeology of a Spanish colonial fort built in 1566 at the Berry site, a large Native American town in present-day North Carolina.
Study finds neutral fact-checking doesn't convince voters to abandon ‘fake news’
October 30, 2018
If you’re having a political argument about voter fraud, you may want to think twice about citing a nonpartisan, neutral source like Snopes to correct misinformation, according to a new Tulane study.
Tulane awarded $2.3 million to study whether clearing blight stems teen violence in New Orleans
October 30, 2018
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University a $2.3 million grant to study whether maintaining vacant lots and fixing up blighted propertiesin high-crime areas can also reduce incidents of youth and family violence within those neighborhoods.
Tulane-Aspen Institute hosts Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings author, Annette Gordon-Reed
October 22, 2018
Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed, an American historian and legal scholar, will be the featured speaker in the next Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series event on Monday, October 29 from 1-2 p.m. in Rogers Memorial Chapel on the Tulane University campus.
Music takes flight at the Freeman School
October 18, 2018
New Orleans music soars to new heights in a stunning new art installation in the Marshall Family Commons at the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex.
Prostate cancer patients target of new $1.6M Tulane study
October 16, 2018
Tulane researcher wins grant to develop a tool that could lower tumor recurrence in cancer patients.
Tulane University names new chief of police
October 04, 2018
Tulane University has named Kirk Bouyelas, a 31-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department, as its new chief of police, effective Oct. 15.
Tulane researchers get $2.6 million to study pre-pregnancy Chagas disease treatment
October 02, 2018
More than six million people are currently infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes Chagas disease. Of those infected with the T. cruzi parasite, one million are women of reproductive age.
Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization
September 27, 2018
Tulane researchers, documenting the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala, have published their results in Science.