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Tulane junior cherished summer as a White House intern

Tulane junior Caroline Sanders had the experience of a lifetime as a White House intern during the summer of 2024.

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Studying disease-causing bacteria in Lake Pontchartrain

This year, Tulane senior Annika Nelson received the Louisiana Sea Grant to study pathogenic, or disease-causing, bacteria in Lake Pontchartrain.

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Tulane to name student recovery center for Paul and Leslie Lux in honor of $1.5 million gift

Tulane Recovery Community Center — the first dedicated collegiate recovery facility in Louisiana — will be renamed the Lux Recovery House.

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Tulane receives $17.2 million from alumna for geriatric medicine and research

The gift will fund geriatric initiatives and research at Tulane School of Medicine.

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Tulane School of Medicine receives $10 million from the Marshall family to fight cancer

The gift will create a faculty chair, a dedicated research fund and state-of-the-art laboratories.

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New Tulane Hillel director prepares to welcome the Class of 2028

Gary Brandt is the new executive director of Tulane Hillel, a Jewish organization at more than 850 colleges and universities around the world.

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AI professor at Tulane wins CAREER award from National Science Foundation

Nicholas Mattei, associate professor of computer science in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane, has received a CAREER award from the…

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Materials science professor at Tulane wins CAREER award from National Science Foundation

Matthew Montemore has received the CAREER award, a prestigious recognition that the NSF gives to early-career researchers.

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Tulane receives gift from Gene and Mary Koss to create professorship in glass

A gift from Tulane professor Gene Koss and his wife, Mary, will create the Gene and Mary Koss Professorship in Glass Endowed Fund.

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Tulane grad’s academic journey leads to co-founding medical startup company

Kalen Hall co-founded a company, Informuta, that helps clinicians determine if a bacteria’s DNA will be drug-resistant.