Election 2016: The cost of political uncertainty
October 24, 2016
Scholars have long suspected that election cycles have a negative effect on the economy and new research by Candace Jens, assistant professor of finance at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, offers the first hard data on the economic cost of political uncertainty.
Do charter takeovers really benefit students?
October 21, 2016
A new study by the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans analyzes the impact of school closures and charter takeovers on standardized test scores, high school graduation rates, and college entry rates.
Election 2016: Take a glimpse into elections past
October 18, 2016
The political ephemera collection at the Louisiana Research Collection on the uptown campus provides a record of Louisiana elections dating back to the 1860s.
Papers of John Kennedy Toole go digital
October 14, 2016
The papers of Confederacy of Dunces author John Kennedy Toole are housed in the Louisiana Research Collection of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library and will soon be available online to researchers worldwide.
Tulane receives $1.1 million to study how age affects blood vessels
October 06, 2016
Tulane University researchers have been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of aging on the growth of new blood vessels in the human body.
Nora Lustig receives Schloss Prize for Economics
September 30, 2016
Lustig’s scholarship in the field of fiscal policy, poverty and inequity demonstrated excellence in economics research.
Study finds means to improve charter school quality
September 27, 2016
A new report from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans offers insight into how to make more efficient decisions about the future of the city’s charter schools.
Ornithologist: A career for bird enthusiasts
September 21, 2016
Tulane student Kyu Min Huh’s bird fascination is being nurtured in the labs of faculty members Thomas Sherry, Elizabeth Derryberry and Jordan Karubian. Her studies have included the fitness, diets and sounds of birds.
Students connect to past through archives
September 20, 2016
English department chair Michael Kuczynski established the Archives and Outreach mentoring program to introduce high school students to the university’s archival collections.
Seminar connects mass incarceration and health
September 16, 2016
Tulane library acquires new LGBTQ resources
September 12, 2016
The Louisiana Research Collection at Tulane University recently expanded its collection of LGBTQ resources with the addition of the personal papers of activist Stewart Butler.
Tulane faculty featured in National Geographic magazine
September 07, 2016
Interviews with Marcello Canuto, director of the Middle American Research Institute, and Francisco Estrada-Belli, research assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University, are included in an article appearing in the September 2016 issue of the magazine.
Tulane researcher to use grant to study children exposed to violence
September 06, 2016
Sarah Gray, an assistant professor of psychology at Tulane University, has been awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant through the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Managing the emotional toll of disasters
September 01, 2016
Scenes of devastation after natural disasters may affect us in the long term, even if we haven’t experienced them firsthand. Find out how to minimize feelings of helplessness and despair.
Understanding the need for international research
August 31, 2016
Brian S. Mitchell, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Tulane University, spent last year serving as dean-in-residence for the Council of Graduate Schools/National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.