NOLA LEADs project trains community health leaders
May 08, 2018
NOLA Leadership Education & Action on health Disparities (NOLA LEADs), a two-year citizen-training project coordinated by the Tulane Prevention Research Center, equips local health leaders with the right tools and skills.
Grant supports smoking-cessation program for newly diagnosed cancer patients
May 08, 2018
William “Rusty” Robinson, MD, head of the Section of Gynecologic Oncology at Tulane University School of Medicine, received a $65,000 grant from the Louisiana Cancer Research Center to implement a smoking-cessation program for cancer patients.
River gate
May 08, 2018
The Tulane River and Coastal Center supports research across disciplines to address the changing environment.
Report shows more women running for and holding office in New Orleans since Katrina
May 03, 2018
As New Orleans prepares to inaugurate its first woman mayor, a new Tulane University report reveals that more women are running for and being elected to political office in the city since Hurricane Katrina.
Complex buildings
May 01, 2018
With facilities located throughout the region, the Tulane School of Science and Engineering responds to the needs of the local and global communities.
Tulane scientist Antarctica bound in $25 million glacier study
May 01, 2018
A Tulane University geologist has been named to a $25 million research collaboration considered one of the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken.
Tulane anthropologist makes major discovery of ancient mass sacrifice
April 27, 2018
A team led by Tulane University professor of anthropology John Verano and Gabriel Prieto of the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo recently uncovered the site of a mass child sacrifice that took place more than 500 years ago. The discovery was first reported in National Geographic exclusive and has been picked up by international news organizations including CBS News and BBC.
African-Americans in New Orleans face rigged real estate market, report says
April 24, 2018
Tulane Law School professor Stacy Seicshnaydre contributed to a new report that explores how historic neighborhood segregation in New Orleans helped lock in disadvantage for African-Americans in the city.
Tulane professors awarded grant to research water-management structures
April 24, 2018
Tulane School of Architecture faculty members Kentaro Tsubaki and Charles Jones received a $100,000 grant from the PCI Foundation to develop a class-based research project investigating how precast concrete water-management structures can enhance landscapes and support resiliency in coastal cities. The class will begin in spring 2019. (Photograph by Paula Burch-Celentano)
Tooth loss in middle age linked to risk of heart disease
April 24, 2018
New research suggests that loss of two or more teeth in middle age is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Lu Qi, MD, PhD, professor of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, collaborated with Yoriko Heianza, PhD, a research fellow at Tulane University, and colleagues from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on the study.
Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says
April 11, 2018
Although river diversions that bring land building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, a new Tulane University study concludes that the rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss.
At universities, women faculty still earn less than men
April 10, 2018
A report by Heather Johnson, research assistant professor at Newcomb College Institute, shows that in comparing average salaries for full-time instructional faculty at U.S. universities, women faculty members are paid less than their male peers. The findings support previous studies about women working in higher education.
Study: Almost 100 million adults have COPD in China
April 10, 2018
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country's adult population - almost 100 million people -suffering from the chronic lung disease, according to a new Tulane University study published in The Lancet.