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.
Expert says mental health challenges remain as lockdown lifts
May 28, 2020
Mental health challenges will remain even as lockdown orders begin to lift, and a Tulane School of Social Work professor has advice on how to cope.
Mississippi Delta marshes in a state of irreversible collapse, Tulane study shows
May 22, 2020
A new Tulane study concludes that remaining marshes in the Mississippi Delta are likely to drown, given the present-day rate of global sea-level rise.
Tulane School of Social Work to launch new online degree option
May 18, 2020
The Tulane School of Social Work will soon offer a dual degree program that will enable online master of social work students to also earn a master of science degree in Disaster Resilience Leadership.
Race for COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccine subject of Tulane Innovation series
May 13, 2020
The second installment of the Tulane Innovation series will address the race for COVID-19 tests, treatments and a vaccine.
Class of 2020 Newcomb Scholars present digital symposium
May 06, 2020
Upon completing the Newcomb Scholars program, the scholars present their research at the annual Scholars Symposium. This year’s symposium, like so many other end-of-year traditions, has moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tulane launches Tulane Innovation series with Walter Isaacson and leading experts
April 30, 2020
The Tulane Innovation series will feature discussions by leading Tulane experts from a wide variety of fields, offering insights and solutions to today’s greatest challenges.
Women’s Prison Project at Tulane wins prestigious Gumpert Award
April 28, 2020
The Emil Gumpert Award is the highest honor conferred by the American College of Trial Lawyers on a single organization annually.
Tulane junior one of only 62 nationwide to win Truman Scholarship
April 22, 2020
Henry Walter, a Tulane University junior, is the 15th Tulane student to win the prestigious Truman Scholarship.