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Future of Energy Forum connects Tulane research, industry and the next generation of energy leaders

About 2,000 attendees came together for the third annual Tulane Future of Energy Forum to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions and consider how…

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Tulane professor sees wasted carbon as an untapped resource in the energy transition

Plastic headed for a landfill and natural gas burned off at an oil field may seem like two different environmental problems. To Tulane chemical…

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First student to moderate a panel at Tulane Future of Energy Forum credits professors with sparking her interest in the field

Samantha Oblon is about to become the first-ever student to moderate a panel at the Tulane Future of Energy Forum, where she and others will share…

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How one student is changing the conversation around recovery

In his fellowship with the Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy, Nick Harrison developed a Recovery Allyship initiative designed to help members of…

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David Mussafer invests in 1834 Ventures as Tulane alumni-backed fund closes in on $20 million target

David Mussafer — namesake of Tulane’s Mussafer Hall, chair of the Board of Tulane and benefactor of the Tulane Innovation Institute, including…

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As the energy landscape shifts, Jay Hakes looks at what comes next

Predicting the future of energy has never been easy. For Jay Hakes, an energy historian who built a career on such prognostication, decades spent…

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Meet the artist behind the Green Wave’s wildly popular hand-painted City Edition helmets

For the second year in a row, Tulane Athletics unveiled new City Edition uniforms featuring hand-painted helmets that are unmistakably New Orleans.

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Taylor Center names three Social Entrepreneurship Professors

The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking has selected Tulane University faculty members Marcus Coleman, Aron Culotta…

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Tulane Ventures brings behavioral health company to New Orleans

Tulane Ventures has invested $250,000 in Cabana, a behavioral health platform co-founded by a Tulane alumnus, as part of a $1 million seed round that…

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Linguistics professor and students awaken sleeping language in summer service-learning course

Students from the Tulane School of Liberal Arts Tunica language course are working with Tunica tribe members and Professor Judith Maxwell to sustain…