Sophia Kalashnikova Horowitz, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts, traveled to St. Petersburg to conduct research on Turkology manuscripts in the original Russian. The project will form her honors thesis.

A new $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will continue groundbreaking research into chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Tulane University. A team of investigators, including Dr. Jiang He from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Drs. Jing Chen and Lee Hamm from Tulane University School of Medicine, has been conducting a landmark kidney study — the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study since 2001.

Nicholas Kerry, a Tulane University PhD student, and co-author Damian Murray, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a study that examines whether parents display more conservative attitudes because they are more often risk-averse.

Andrew Taylor, a third-year student at Tulane Law School, recently published an article in the July edition of Environmental Law Reporter. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and is also dedicated to performing pro bono work.

The story of how Tran Dinh Tru escaped Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975 and later returned to Vietnam to find his wife can now be read in English, thanks to School of Liberal Arts professor Jana K. Lipman.

Six students conducted fieldwork or research projects this year as recipients of the Jean Danielson Memorial Scholarship Fund, awarded by the Tulane University Honors Program.

A team of community health researchers from Tulane recently examined how to address behavioral health needs after disasters, resulting in a study that was published in the June issue of International Journal of Environmental and Public Health.