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Life@Tulane
New majors, minors expand opportunities for students

Tulane University students have more ways than ever to shape their academic paths this fall, with new majors, minors and interdisciplinary offerings…

NOLA
Tulane advances lung cancer care with region’s first single-port robotic lobectomy

Wassim Abi Jaoude (right) shakes hands with Dennis O’Neil (left), the patient who became the first person in Louisiana, Arkansas or Mississippi to…

NOLA, On Campus
Historic renovation expands educational space for Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment

The new facility, named The Graduate Hub, will include one large studio space, classrooms, a lecture hall, research labs, advanced fabrication labs,…

People
How one student is changing the conversation around recovery

In his fellowship with the Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy, Nick Harrison developed a Recovery Allyship initiative designed to help members of…

Life@Tulane
Berger Family Lawn ready for Green Wave Football gameday tailgating

Berger Family Lawn will reopen ahead of Saturday’s Green Wave Football home opener, and tailgating festivities will return to the green space, which…

People
David Mussafer invests in 1834 Ventures as Tulane alumni-backed fund closes in on $20 million target

David Mussafer — namesake of Tulane’s Mussafer Hall, chair of the Board of Tulane and benefactor of the Tulane Innovation Institute, including…

People, Science
As the energy landscape shifts, Jay Hakes looks at what comes next

Predicting the future of energy has never been easy. For Jay Hakes, an energy historian who built a career on such prognostication, decades spent…

Research in Real Time
Study finds popular weight-loss drug may also treat lymphatic disease common among cancer survivors

A study from Tulane University has found that a popular weight loss drug may help the body’s lymphatic system drain more effectively.

People
Meet the artist behind the Green Wave’s wildly popular hand-painted City Edition helmets

For the second year in a row, Tulane Athletics unveiled new City Edition uniforms featuring hand-painted helmets that are unmistakably New Orleans.

People
Taylor Center names three Social Entrepreneurship Professors

The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking has selected Tulane University faculty members Marcus Coleman, Aron Culotta…