Tulane Cancer Center to host free prostate cancer seminar
September 02, 2016
Tulane cancer specialist Dr. Oliver Sartor will provide a seminar on the latest advancements in prostate cancer treatment and diagnosis on Sept. 15.
How can stress cause anxiety? Blame the brain’s cannabis
August 29, 2016
A new Tulane University study shows what happens in the brain at a cellular level when stress triggers anxiety.
Flood insurance is essential protection
August 25, 2016
Mark Davis, of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy, advises people to prepare for the event of flooding, no matter where they live.
Bartending and family life might not mix, Tulane study says
August 22, 2016
If you want to mix drinks for a living, don’t expect to have a typical family life.
Tulane professor receives grant to improve stem cell survival
August 16, 2016
Professor Kim O’Connor received a three-year $599,638 grant from the National Science Foundation to study ways to improve the survival of mesenchymal stem cells once they are implanted in patients.
Deadline for $1 million Dead Zone Challenge is fast approaching
August 09, 2016
The deadline for Tulane University’s $1 million Nitrogen Reduction Challenge is less than a week away.
Student spotlight: Engineering meets science
July 26, 2016
Tulane biomedical engineering graduate student Taylor McCrady is an intern at LaCell, a company that produces premium quality stem cells for scientific investigators.
Making connections
July 21, 2016
High school students get ahead in the Tulane Science Scholars Program.
Talking energy
July 21, 2016
Tulane Science Scholars Program participants kick off the “lunch-n-learn” series with a lecture by Tulane alumnus Bill Marko.
Simplifying climate change information
July 15, 2016
As part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Tulane alumnus Krishna AchutaRao received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, along with Al Gore, for their combined efforts to disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundation for counteracting it.
Tulane introduces online program in homeland security
July 13, 2016
The Homeland Security Studies program at Tulane University is going online.
US joins Cuba in public health research
July 12, 2016
A groundbreaking research effort between the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the National School of Public Health in Havana, Cuba gives public health experts more opportunities to collaborate.
Healing on the high seas
July 11, 2016
Tulane surgeons Joana Ochoa and Peter Meade serve aboard the Africa Mercy, a Mercy Ships vessel in Madagascar
Safer vascular scans with carbon dioxide
July 05, 2016
At Tulane, cardiologists and radiologists are pioneers in using carbon dioxide in the place of traditional iodinated contrast dye for vascular imaging to greatly reduce the impact of angiograms on patients’ kidneys.