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.
Tulane receives $1.7 million grant from Department of Defense for blood vessel research
November 14, 2017
Tulane University’s Stryder Meadows, a cell and molecular biology professor, received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Defense to study how arteriovenous malformations (AVM), which are defects in arteries, veins and capillaries, form Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a genetic disorder that affects about 1 in 5,000 people.
Study looks at link between ice sheet and climate change
November 10, 2017
A Tulane University geologist is among a team of scientists studying an ancient Canadian ice sheet to determine if its collapse could be a preview of future climate change.
Environmental control
November 07, 2017
Tulane researchers contribute to development of new pharmaceuticals.
FORESTival fundraiser highlights artists’ creative work
November 06, 2017
The seventh annual FORESTival, a fundraiser for A Studio in the Woods, takes place Saturday, Nov. 11 on the studio grounds in Algiers, highlighting the work of artists who had residencies there.
Geologist enjoys life on the rocks
October 26, 2017
State geologist David T. Dockery III co-authored the book The Geology of Mississippi with David E. Thompson.
Study looks at link between traumatic stress and alcohol abuse
October 24, 2017
Sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to abuse alcohol, but a Tulane researcher is hoping a study of the brain can provide insight into the problem and catch it before it escalates.
Journey begins for new Fulbright scholars at Tulane
October 19, 2017
Formerly the animal facility laboratory supervisor at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, Chivonne Moodley is now joining a Tulane University tuberculosis research team.
Working on a miracle
October 17, 2017
Researchers in Tulane’s PolyRMC labs work on assessing drugs that are changing lives.
Researchers hunt for Lassa Fever cure
October 13, 2017
Tulane researchers Robert Garry and James Robinson won’t give up until they unravel the mystery of the Lassa virus, saving lives from a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever that infects more than 300,000 people annually and is wrecking West African communities.