Tulane University names $1 million winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
December 14, 2017
Tulane University awarded the $1 million grand prize in the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team that developed a computer modeling system to predict optimum nitrogen application rates for crops using data on weather, field conditions and soil management practices.
Study finds Lyme bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment months after infection
December 13, 2017
The bacteria that causes Lyme disease can survive in organ tissue after treatment with a full course of antibiotics months after infection, according to a new primate study of the disease by Tulane University researchers.
Impulse control subject of Tulane Brain Institute study
December 12, 2017
A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse control issues than females, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective preventative and treatment strategies.
Tulane study evaluates the status of brown pelicans along the Gulf Coast
December 12, 2017
A new five-year, two-part study on the populations of brown pelicans along the Gulf Coast was recently released by the Karubian Lab at Tulane University. The study charts the birds’ ability to rebound from near extinction amid storms and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Tulane University to announce $1 million winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
December 05, 2017
Tulane University will award the $1 million grand prize next week in its international challenge to find a significant, scalable solution to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming, a primary culprit behind massive fish kills and annual “dead zones” in waters throughout the world.
Center for Public Service study to compare Tulane, UNO student populations
November 28, 2017
This spring, Tulane’s Center for Public Service will roll out a new study called “Conversations Across Difference: An Intercultural Competency and Community Engagement Series.” The study will engage student populations at the University of New Orleans, a public institution, and the private Tulane University, to foster cross-cultural empathy and civic and community engagement.
Economics professor brings academic angle to G20 committee
November 28, 2017
Tulane student researchers add indigenous voices to state's history
November 21, 2017
Enrolled in a course called Indian Tribes Down The Bayou: Native American Communities of Southeastern Louisiana, first-year Tulane students presented historical documentation projects to visitors attending the cultural festival at Vermilionville, a living history museum in Lafayette, Louisiana.
A solution to world’s dead zones could be growing on this Louisiana farm
November 21, 2017
Meet brothers Mead and Marshall Hardwick whose family farm partnered with the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to help finalists test their ideas on a 20,000-acre farm in northeast Louisiana this summer. Tulane is offering $1 million to the team with the best solution to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming, the culprit behind vast annual "dead zones" in major bodies of water like the Gulf of Mexico.
Tastes like Mamma's
November 21, 2017
Need a traditional recipe for Thanksgiving dinner? Look no further than the LaRC's cookbook collection.
Carnegie grant fuels Tulane efforts to send more public school grads to college
November 20, 2017
The Cowen Institute will use a $500,000 grant from philanthropic foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York to launch a new research initiative aimed at helping more New Orleans public school graduates — especially socioeconomically disadvantaged youth— enter and complete college.
Seeing green
November 14, 2017
School of Medicine researcher uses cutting-edge imaging to study how aging and injury affect the brain.
Tulane receives $1.7 million grant from Department of Defense for blood vessel research
November 14, 2017
Tulane University’s Stryder Meadows, a cell and molecular biology professor, received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Defense to study how arteriovenous malformations (AVM), which are defects in arteries, veins and capillaries, form Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a genetic disorder that affects about 1 in 5,000 people.
Tulane professor leads team in redefining blood pressure guidelines
November 14, 2017
Tulane epidemiology professor Dr. Paul Whelton led the team behind this week’s blockbuster announcement redefining high blood pressure for the first time in 14 years. The new guidelines lower the threshold for diagnosis, resulting in almost half of U.S. adults now considered hypertensive.