Tulane team researching ways to end opioid addiction
November 19, 2019
A Tulane researcher is joining more than 40 universities in a nationwide effort to achieve long-term recovery from opioid addiction.
Study led by Tulane researchers outlines America’s losing battle to lose weight
November 13, 2019
It comes as no surprise that Americans struggle with weight loss, but a new study led by researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine reveals the extent to which many people try, and fail, to shed extra pounds.
Newcomb Art Museum to host public forum on lead featuring Tulane faculty
November 06, 2019
Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University will host a public forum on lead, Saturday, Nov. 9 from 2 to 3 p.m.
Tulane researcher studying link between stress and mental health disease
November 05, 2019
A Tulane neuroscience professor has won a $2.1 million grant to study the effects of stress on the brain.
Tulane partners with local MCH Coalition to reduce high maternal mortality rates
November 04, 2019
On Thursday, Nov. 7, the New Orleans Maternal Child Health will ask the New Orleans City Council to put its support behind postpartum home visits for all birthing people in New Orleans, the training and hiring of black and queer health workers and finding ethical ways to reimburse doula care via Medicaid and other insurance plans.
Human impact on the Mississippi River region, planet is subject of Tulane conference
October 31, 2019
"Anthropocene River Campus: The Human Delta" is the culmination of a year-long study of the Mississippi River, bringing together dozens of experts to to discuss the human impact on and around the Mississippi River region basin and the planet.
New Ebola model relies on ‘boots on the ground’ data from Tulane
October 29, 2019
A new computer model could help health officials predict where the next Ebola outbreak will strike, according to a new study from a multi-university research team that included Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ producer Christine Vachon to headline Tulane lectureship
October 25, 2019
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ producer Christine Vachon will headline Tulane the inaugural Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media and Social Change.
Green New Deal visionary Rhiana Gunn-Wright to speak at Tulane
October 24, 2019
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the lead architects of the Green New Deal, will speak Monday, Nov. 4 at Tulane.
Tulane researchers partner with United Houma Nation on climate and health resilience study
October 23, 2019
A new project awarded to Tulane University researchers from the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine aims to enable the United Houma Nation to determine how to support its citizens to adapt to climate-related and other short- and long-term stressors while maintaining the integrity of its community and culture.
Donors give $2 million to help Tulane faculty more aggressively compete for research dollars
October 22, 2019
The process of securing grants will get easier for Tulane University researchers thanks to a substantial gift from Tulane alumna and board member Elizabeth “Libby” Alexander and her husband Robert Alexander. The couple pledged $2 million to set up a fund to support faculty and the university’s research grant proposal development initiatives so that researchers can spend more time pursuing world-changing discoveries.
Epic Games’ David Stelzer, Kaye Vassey to speak at Tulane
October 21, 2019
Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) will host Epic Games executives David Stelzer, the head of Unreal Engine Business Development and Licensing, and Kaye Vassey, a senior technical animator for a discussion of the gaming from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Qatar Ballroom (#212) on the second floor of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life on Tulane’s Uptown Campus. The event is free and open to the community. Limited seats are available. Please click here to RSVP.
Cowen Institute releases 2019 What Do Parents Think? poll
October 16, 2019
The Cowen Institute at Tulane University released What Do Parents Think?, a survey that chronicles community perceptions of public education in New Orleans after the first academic year of charter school unification under the Orleans Parish School Board.
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane reveals best-selling authors for inaugural 2020 lineup
October 16, 2019
The 2020 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, a new major literary event for the Crescent City, will take place March 19 - 21.
Tulane study points to natural cause for arsenic-tainted water
October 15, 2019
A Tulane study looks at arsenic levels in groundwater in western Louisiana.