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.
By the book
June 23, 2016
An anatomy textbook is nearby as two students examine a cadaver in a neuroanatomy and central nervous system dissection lab on Thursday (June 23) on the uptown campus.
Tulane University joins major initiative to spur manufacturing advances
June 22, 2016
Tulane University is joining forces with Texas A&M in a major manufacturing initiative announced by the White House this week.
Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge deadline is June 30
June 21, 2016
$1 million will be awarded to the team that win's Tulane's Grand Challenge to diminish dead zones. The deadline to register is June 30.
Student earns $5,000 summer research grant
June 21, 2016
Rising senior Leah Walsh received the honor from the Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology.