Tulane University Innovation Institute launches university’s first Faculty Innovation Council
October 25, 2023
Tulane faculty now have a direct line to weigh in on the university’s programmatic innovation strategies and goals for the Tulane University Innovation Institute (TUII): the Faculty Innovation Council (FIC). FIC is composed of Tulane faculty members who possess expertise in their areas of study and who are passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.
Innovative alumni discuss entrepreneurial pursuits during Wave Weekend panel discussion
October 24, 2023
A panel of Tulane alumni entrepreneurs who have successfully launched and sustained innovative businesses shared their insights with Tulane students, faculty, staff, parents and visitors during Wave Weekend ’23.
A $5 million gift launches Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business Learning
October 24, 2023
Tulane’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has received a $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz to expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.”
Tulane student embraces second chance at life as leader in law school
October 17, 2023
Tulane Law student Lakshmi “Lex” Kumar has embraced her second chance at life. Just a few years from a diagnosis of a rare congenital heart condition that could have taken her life, she is among the law school’s most avid student scholars and leaders.
Tulane receives $10 million gift from Don and Lora Peters to upgrade athletics facilities
October 16, 2023
Longtime Tulane supporters Don and Lora Peters have increased their recent commitment to Tulane Athletics to over $10 million, which will serve as a lead gift for “Investing in Excellence,” a major capital campaign to upgrade facilities and infrastructure across the university’s athletic programs.
Tulane professor elected to National Academy of Medicine for his global impact in cardiovascular disease research
October 09, 2023
Tulane epidemiologist and professor Dr. Jiang He has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine — for leading hypertension research that has helped transform cardiovascular disease prevention efforts across the globe.
Tulane students showcase creativity and tradition with sukkah build
October 04, 2023
Tulane architecture students participate in the 15th annual Sukkah Build in commemoration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a weeklong holiday that celebrates the fall harvest.
Tulane composer and pianist Courtney Bryan awarded 2023 MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant’
October 04, 2023
Tulane University composer and pianist Courtney Bryan has been named a 2023 “genius grant” recipient by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the most coveted honors in academia, the arts and sciences.
Paul Tulane Society induction honors visionary philanthropists
October 03, 2023
The Paul Tulane Society honors Tulane’s most devoted philanthropists — those who have given cumulative gifts of $1 million or more to further the university’s mission of lifesaving research, transformative teaching and learning, interdisciplinary scholarship, and service.
Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger visits Tulane anthropology classes
September 29, 2023
World-renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger of University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa visited Tulane on Friday, Sept. 15, to give lectures to students in two of Professor Trenton Holliday’s anthropology classes. Berger, a current National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, is most well-known for his discovery of two hominin species: Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba.
Elevating leadership excellence: Discover the Tulane University Leadership Institute
September 22, 2023
Sixty-four Tulanians were recently announced as members of the 2023-24 cohorts of Tulane University Leadership Institute’s Emerging Leaders Program and the Anti-Racism Leadership Program.
Gift from Tulane alumnus establishes Herb Weil, PhD Professorship in the Humanities
September 14, 2023
Tulane alumnus and retired English professor Herbert S. Weil Jr. has made a gift to the university that will establish the Herb Weil, PhD Professorship in the Humanities, an endowed faculty position in Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts.
Tulane professor combines love of dermatology and public health to treat neglected tropical diseases
September 06, 2023
Dr. Rie Yotsu, an associate professor at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has followed a career path that has proved unexpected yet fulfilling. She did not initially set out to become a dermatologist specializing in tropical medicine, but fate, she argues, led her to it.
Cuban-American composer and conductor honored as Tulane Trailblazer
July 17, 2023
Odaline de la Martínez, who emigrated to the United States from Cuba as a 12-year-old and went on to become an internationally acclaimed composer and conductor, is the newest Tulane graduate to be honored as a Tulane Trailblazer.