September 01, 2023
In his annual State of the University address, Tulane President Michael A. Fitts declared Tulane stronger than ever, all thanks to a dedicated staff and world-class faculty.
August 30, 2023
A team of archaeologists led by Tulane has used jungle-penetrating lidar technology to track wealth and status in ancient Maya society.
August 30, 2023
Coastal wetlands and coral reef islands will struggle to grow fast enough to keep pace with rising sea levels driven by climate change, according to a new international study published in Nature and co-authored by a Tulane University researcher.
July 17, 2023
Odaline de la Martínez, who emigrated to the United States from Cuba as a 12-year-old and went on to become an internationally acclaimed composer and conductor, is the newest Tulane graduate to be honored as a Tulane Trailblazer.
June 23, 2023
Addressing more than 120 higher education leaders and policy makers recently at the third University Partnership Programme Foundation lecture on the civic university, President Michael A. Fitts called on universities to pursue “true academic excellence with social impact.”
June 16, 2023
As part of its commitment to creating a more equitable, diverse and inclusive community, Tulane University has joined Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a consortium of more than 90 institutions worldwide that are researching the impacts of slavery, segregation and racial inequity on their institutional histories.
June 06, 2023
The new Tulane Center for Community-Engaged Artifical Intelligence brings to together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the role of artificial intelligence in society.
May 23, 2023
Tulane mathematician Lisa Fauci has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
March 30, 2023
A Tulane study looks at two forms of psychosocial stress — social isolation and social instability — and how they manifest themselves based on social rank.
March 27, 2023
An advanced manufacturing startup that began in the physics lab of Tulane Professor Wayne Reed has been acquired by a Japanese industrial giant, becoming one of Tulane's most successful spinouts ever.
February 28, 2023
Dr. Dominique Meekers in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was recently awarded a two-year more than $1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and test new patient-centered digital counseling tools for family planning in partnership with two leading Nigerian organizations.
December 13, 2022
A Tulane University scientist said the announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy of a major fusion energy breakthrough has the potential to change the world.
November 11, 2022
The research shows how rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities around the globe.
November 04, 2022
Nicaraguan investigative journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro is the first speaker for the 2022-2023 Distinguished Greenleaf Series: Journalism and Democracy. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, Chamorro will speak on “The Relevance of Investigative Journalism to Democracy in Latin America: Old and New Challenges.”
November 04, 2022
Award-winning neuroscientist Matthew Dalva, PhD has been appointed as director of the Tulane Brain Institute and the university’s newest Presidential Chair.