Tulane researcher gets NSF grant to teach algorithms to be fair
November 01, 2021
A Tulane researcher is part of a new study funded by the National Science Foundation to design more equitable algorithm recommender systems.
Tulane researchers studying challenges of food service workers during COVID-19 pandemic
October 29, 2021
Tulane psychologists are leading a project that aims to address pandemic-related issues among food service workers, including health and safety issues, stress and other long-term consequences.
Tulane professor wins $2 million grant to make coffee growing more sustainable
October 27, 2021
Tulane professor Caz Taylor has won a $2 million NSF grant to help make coffee growing more sustainable.
Tulane University Marching Band invited to perform at World Expo in Dubai
October 20, 2021
Thirty-one members of the Tulane University Marching Band have been invited to perform at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai, which was postponed from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indigenous knowledge key to healthier global future, ethnobotanist says
October 18, 2021
Knowledge of the power of medicinal plants has been passed down for thousands of years by native healers worldwide. Science confirms that plants and other organisms often hold the solutions to numerous human medical problems. There is an urgent need to protect the environment of critical ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest.
Tulane professor part of $15 million institute to establish field of imageomics
October 11, 2021
Tulane scientist Hank Bart is teaming up with researchers across the country as part of $15 million NSF initiative to establish a new field of study called imageomics.
Tulane geologist wins national award for research and outreach
September 28, 2021
Tulane geologist Nicole Gasparini has been named the winner of the Marguerite T. Williams Award by the American Geophysical Union.
Tulane scientists develop ‘living nerve circuit’ to fight opioid epidemic
September 21, 2021
Michael J. Moore, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, is part of a national study that aims to turn statistics on opioid addiction around by creating a living bioengineered nerve circuit that mimics the pain transmission pathway in the spinal cord.
TUPD responds to Hurricane Ida, above and beyond
September 14, 2021
The Tulane Police Department (TUPD) responds to the needs of the Tulane community to prepare for and recover after Hurricane Ida.
Machu Picchu is older than historians thought
August 27, 2021
A study involving a Tulane University archaeologists Jason Nesbitt suggests that Machu Picchu may have been built some two decades earlier than researchers previously thought.
Clay, not water, likely source of Mars ‘lakes’
August 02, 2021
A Tulane University planetary scientist is part of a team of scientists putting to rest a theory that water lies under the south polar cap of the Mars.
Tulane professor named president of economic inequality group
July 28, 2021
Nora Lustig, a Tulane economics professor, has been appointed president-elect of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
Tulane professor offers inside look at COVID-19 crisis and response
July 26, 2021
Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in the Tulane School of Architecture is co-editor of the new book COVID-19: Systemic Risk and Resilience (Springer, 2021), which features 22 chapters were written by experts from around the world who have assisted their home countries in managing the COVID-19 crisis.
Tulane spin-out company to develop new treatment for pelvic organ prolapse
July 21, 2021
Tulane researcher Kristin Miller is teaming up with the Tulane spin-out company BioAesthetics Corp. to develop a new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
Tulane professor to lead NIH group developing advances in brain science
July 12, 2021
Michael J. Moore, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane, will lead an NIH group that reviews applications on a wide range of technologies as applied to neural systems and to tissues of the eye.