Tulane study seeks new insights into panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder
August 03, 2020
Jonathan Fadok, who serves on the faculty of the Tulane Brain Institute, recently received a $2.24 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research that will lead to a better understanding of panic disorder.
Tulane part of study that discovers massive submarine landslide offshore Tanzania
July 29, 2020
A Tulane University researcher is part of team of scientists evaluating the hazards associated with submarine landslides beneath the Indian Ocean.
Law deans, lawyers commend Supreme Court for bar waiver
July 28, 2020
The deans of Louisiana’s four law schools and several prominent lawyers have joined in commending the Louisiana Supreme Court for its recent decision to waive the bar exam for recent graduates.
Emotional well-being at stake from COVID-19 isolation, Tulane paper says
July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic can lead to a marked increase in loneliness, isolation, depression and other forms of mental illness, according to Tulane paper.
Tulane scientists partner with U.S. Army on machine learning study
July 20, 2020
Tulane University researchers are teaming up with the U.S. Army on a machine learning project that possibly lead to unbreakable, secure communication systems, quantum computers and enhanced radar.
Tulane scientists build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter
July 15, 2020
Tulane researchers are part of team of scientists who have developed a high-performing hybrid solar energy converter.
English professor publishes volumes about medieval manuscript
July 06, 2020
Professor of English Michael Kuczynski of the School of Liberal Arts has published a two-volume set that offers a critical commentary on the manuscript of a “glossed” Wycliffite psalter from the early 15th century. He has studied the manuscript for more than 20 years.
Tulane professor's book goes back in time to examine Hurricane Katrina
July 06, 2020
Tulane scholar Andy Horowitz, who studies the history of disasters, links Hurricane Katrina to a powerful 1915 storm in his book "Katrina: A History, 1915-2015.
New Tulane Global program to provide academic, co-curricular support to students facing COVID-19 travel issues
July 01, 2020
Tulane Global, a new program developed by Newcomb-Tulane College’s Center for Global Education, offers Tulane undergraduate students in China who are not able to travel to campus this fall, opportunities to live, learn and engage in ways similar to the on-campus Tulane experience.
Tulane receives $1 million to assist in fighting COVID-19
July 01, 2020
Tulane has received an anonymous $1 million gift to establish a fund for Emerging Research in Infectious Disease.
Digital exhibition ‘Conexión: Art and Activism in Oaxaca’ showcases work by Latin American Studies students
June 24, 2020
The new digital exhibition “Conexión: Art and Activism in Oaxaca," documents how community-based projects in San Francisco de Tanivet and central parts of the city are shifting the narratives of human rights and empowerment, female authorship, immigration and childcare in the workplace.
Tulane scientists to share in $20 million NSF award for materials research
June 22, 2020
Tulane has received a share of a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to transform research and education in advanced manufacturing and materials throughout Louisiana.
Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) to address Tulane students
June 16, 2020
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) will join Chris Fettweis, an associate professor of political science at Tulane, for a conversation about U.S. strategy during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Gulf South Anthropocene Working Group addresses the theme “Racialized Violence” for upcoming Braid and Flow events
June 15, 2020
New Orleans Center for the Gulf South (NOCGS) has partnered with The Water Leaders Institute and The Blue House NOLA to host Braid and Flow, a series of online gatherings that address ecological and political dynamics of our time.
Economics professor leads networks that protect Latin America’s poor and vulnerable
June 08, 2020
Nora Lustig, the Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics and director of the Commitment to Equity Institute at Tulane University, took action to minimize economic and social impacts of COVID-19 to countries in Latin America.