Public supports charters, more taxes for schools in Cowen Institute report
May 31, 2018
Almost 61 percent of New Orleans residents think charter schools have improved public education in the city, but many still give the system a “C” grade overall, according to a new poll by the Cowen Institute at Tulane University.
Almost 36 percent of US adults recommended for blood pressure treatment under new guidelines
May 24, 2018
New, more intensive high blood pressure treatment guidelines could increase the number of U.S. adults categorized as having high blood pressure by 31 million and those receiving antihypertensive treatment by 11 million, according to a new study by Tulane University researchers.
Student researches islands’ natural-disaster recovery
May 23, 2018
Samantha Tigner spent spring break of her senior year in the U.S. Virgin Islands, examining the islands' recovery from hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The project turned into an independent study.
Lab uses face-processing data to investigate early learning
May 22, 2018
A newly published paper co-authored by Julie Markant, assistant professor in the School of Science and Engineering, proposes a new theoretical model to examine the ways infants learn and retain information. It was published in May in Current Directions in Psychological Sciences. Markant runs the Tulane Learning and Brain Development Lab.
Text messages
May 15, 2018
Latin American Library exhibit examines early New World textual encounters between Europeans and Amerindians.
Tulane researchers develop new way to predict complications in diabetes patients
May 15, 2018
To help doctors provide more individualized and effective treatments for diabetes patients, researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, along with the School of Medicine, have developed BRAVO, a new risk engine, or series of equations, that can predict diabetes complications and mortality. BRAVO stands for building, relating, assessing and validating outcomes.
Tulane geologist named Oliver Fund Scholars Award winner
May 15, 2018
Tulane geologist Nicole Gasparini has been named the 2018 winner of the Oliver Fund Scholar's Award.
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.