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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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Master of Management in Energy students welcomed at inaugural Hard Hat Ceremony

Inspired by the matriculation ceremonies that initiate first-year students into medical school, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business…

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Inside the infant mind: Researchers examine how babies begin to recognize faces

At Tulane University’s Social Memory Lab, the researchers are using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to study how the infant brain…

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Linguistics professor and students awaken sleeping language in summer service-learning course

Students from the Tulane School of Liberal Arts Tunica language course are working with Tunica tribe members and Professor Judith Maxwell to sustain…