Bill Gates names Tulane student a ‘hero in the field’
January 04, 2018
Philanthropist Bill Gates has named Dr. Adaora Okoli, a graduate student in the Tulane School of Public Health, to a list that identifies little-known individuals helping to save the world.
Sand exploration
January 02, 2018
Scientists seek to improve the response to oil-contaminated beaches.
Tulane awarded $3.67 million grant for quantum computing
January 02, 2018
Tulane University professor Michael Mislove has received a $3.67 million grant to help develop cutting-edge technology related to quantum computing.
Tulane University names $1 million winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
December 14, 2017
Tulane University awarded the $1 million grand prize in the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team that developed a computer modeling system to predict optimum nitrogen application rates for crops using data on weather, field conditions and soil management practices.
Study finds Lyme bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment months after infection
December 13, 2017
The bacteria that causes Lyme disease can survive in organ tissue after treatment with a full course of antibiotics months after infection, according to a new primate study of the disease by Tulane University researchers.
Impulse control subject of Tulane Brain Institute study
December 12, 2017
A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse control issues than females, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective preventative and treatment strategies.
Tulane study evaluates the status of brown pelicans along the Gulf Coast
December 12, 2017
A new five-year, two-part study on the populations of brown pelicans along the Gulf Coast was recently released by the Karubian Lab at Tulane University. The study charts the birds’ ability to rebound from near extinction amid storms and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Art-o-facts
November 29, 2017
Viewers contemplate art and numbers during the opening of the 2017 Computational Art Show.
Loss of wintering grounds hits a sad note for common songbird
November 29, 2017
A Tulane University researcher who studies bird migration has found that a decline in the number of wood thrushes is probably due to deforestation in Central America.
Society of Tulane Engineers reconnects alumni
November 22, 2017
The alumni organization strives to create new ties between Tulane engineering graduates and the School of Science and Engineering.
A solution to world’s dead zones could be growing on this Louisiana farm
November 21, 2017
Meet brothers Mead and Marshall Hardwick whose family farm partnered with the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to help finalists test their ideas on a 20,000-acre farm in northeast Louisiana this summer. Tulane is offering $1 million to the team with the best solution to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming, the culprit behind vast annual "dead zones" in major bodies of water like the Gulf of Mexico.
Three Minute Thesis competition polishes academic communication skills
November 16, 2017
Tulane University doctoral candidates were challenged to explain their research in everyday language, in 3 minutes or less and using only one PowerPoint slide, during the third annual Three Minute Thesis competition hosted by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Capital One lends support to girls’ STEM workshop at Tulane
November 15, 2017
The School of Science and Engineering’s Center for K-12 STEM Education hosted its 10th Girls in STEM at Tulane (GiST) program on Nov. 11, providing fifth- through seventh-grade girls the opportunity to meet and work with women role models in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Seeing green
November 14, 2017
School of Medicine researcher uses cutting-edge imaging to study how aging and injury affect the brain.