New opioid speeds up recovery without increasing pain sensitivity or risk of chronic pain
May 21, 2019
Morphine and other opioid-based painkillers are very effective at treating pain initially, but studies have shown that the drugs can make patients more pain-sensitive, prolonging their discomfort and increasing their risks of developing chronic pain.
Tulane professor to help find better treatment for respiratory disease
May 14, 2019
Tulane professor wins grant to help find better treatment for respiratory disease.
Tulane PhD student wins regional Three Minute Thesis Competition
May 10, 2019
On Feb. 16, Tulane bioinnovation PhD student Samantha Kurtz was selected as the winner of the 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competition. She had three minutes to share her research on “More Than Just a Pastie,” which centers around her research on novel drug-delivery systems to treat early-stage breast cancer.
Tulane launches online Doctorate in Social Work with Noodle Partners
May 09, 2019
Tulane is launching an online Doctorate in Social Work program with Noodle Partners.
Tulane researcher honored for work on AI ethics
May 07, 2019
Tulane researcher Nicholas Mattei is honored for work on AI ethics.
Tulane alumni couple donates $5 million for Presidential Chair
May 07, 2019
Tulane has received a $5 million commitment for a Presidential Chair.
Apple CEO, Emmy winner, Pulitzer winner, civil rights leader to be honored by Tulane
May 06, 2019
Four individuals to be honored with honorary degrees at Tulane's Commencement.
Tulane researcher wins Early Career Award for work in child development
April 17, 2019
Tulane researcher Sarah Gray wins Early Career Award for work in child development.
Tulane researcher receives grant to study ‘dark matter of genomes’
March 28, 2019
The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation recently awarded Tulane Cancer Center researcher Victoria Belancio, PhD, associate professor of structural and cellular biology, a three-year, $150,000 grant to support her investigations into rarely studied genetic elements that contribute to cancer.
Author and professor Tim Berra to lecture at Tulane
March 26, 2019
Tim M. Berra, who received a PhD in biology from Tulane University in 1969, and who is professor emeritus in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, will visit Tulane March 28–29 to give two lectures.
Justice, democracy and climate change subject of conference
March 26, 2019
A conference at Tulane will explore how climate change raises questions of justice and democracy.
Tulane professor honored as Top 25 Newsmaker
March 20, 2019
Tulane professor Ehab Meselhe will be honored this week for his contribution to the development of a coastal master plan for Louisiana.
Pregnancy disorder subject of new Tulane study
March 12, 2019
Pregnancy disorder is the subject of new Tulane study.
New group aims to welcome and support South Asian grad students
March 08, 2019
New group aims to welcome and support South Asian grad students at Tulane
Tulane professor’s work at “unthinkable sacrifice” site published in major journal
March 06, 2019
A Tulane professor’s research into the world’s largest mass sacrifice of children and llamas in northern Peru continues to garner international attention.