Centuries-old rules dictate modern Mardi Gras experiences
February 06, 2018
Sally Brown Richardson, the Charles E. Lugenbuhl Associate Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School, explains common Carnival experiences in terms of property law.
Keeping watch
January 30, 2018
A portrait of Corinne C. “Lindy” Boggs graces the lobby of the Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology.
Passion pays in crowdfunding, research study shows
January 30, 2018
Junchao “Jason” Li, an assistant professor of management at the A.B. Freeman School of Business, studies the role that passion plays in the success of crowdfunding campaigns.
Arts and humanities in medical school promote empathy and inoculate against burnout
January 30, 2018
Medical students who spend more time engaging in the arts may also be bolstering the qualities that improve their bedside manner with patients, according to new research from Tulane and Thomas Jefferson universities.
Tulane study finds slow progress for women and minorities in Louisiana judiciary
January 24, 2018
The number of judges in Louisiana district courts has doubled in the past 25 years, yet minority representation on the bench in those courts has increased only 1 percent, according to a new Tulane University study of gender and racial diversity in the state’s judiciary.
Team effort
January 23, 2018
Local athletes raise funds and awareness to support the Tulane Cancer Center’s Patient Relief Fund.
Tulane team testing hybrid solar energy converter
January 23, 2018
A Tulane University researcher is leading a U.S. Department of Energy project to develop a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.
Honors student hopes to publish her mortgage research
January 23, 2018
Cathy Balfe, an economics senior, is working on her honors thesis, a study that will examine discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the U.S. mortgage market. Though the study is still in a development stage, Balfe hopes to see it eventually published in a journal.
Internet diagnoses interfere with treatment, says forensic psychiatrist
January 16, 2018
Dr. James Brad McConville, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and forensic psychiatry in the Tulane University School of Medicine, lectured on “Cyberinsanity: How the Internet Works Against Psychiatry and Propagates Psychotic Illness” for School of Medicine residents and faculty last week. He discussed the role of internet usage as people seek to self-diagnose without input from professional healthcare providers.
Blood-pressure study analysis shows best strategies for patient care
January 16, 2018
A new study out of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, led by assistant professor of epidemiology Katherine Mills, analyzed published research on blood pressure intervention strategies and found that multilevel, multicomponent interventions were best at helping patients control their hypertension.
Twitter chats can promote healthy behaviors, study says
January 09, 2018
Users of social media promoted two-way conversations about healthy behaviors. Social media like Twitter can be an effective way to communicate between public health practitioners and their audiences.
Tulane researcher examines the cost-effectiveness of mosquito-control programs
January 09, 2018
A new study, co-authored by Joshua Yukich of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, found that the cost of switching insecticides to control mosquitoes in malaria-stricken areas might be manageable for regions that deal with insecticide resistance.
Tulane School of Medicine launches immersion program for biotech execs and investors visiting the Big Easy
January 08, 2018
Tulane University School of Medicine has launched a new In-Residence Immersion Program that offers biotech executives, venture capitalists, scientists and entrepreneurs visiting New Orleans from across the country a fully functional on-the-go workspace on its downtown campus.