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Global map shows where ocean plastics pose greatest threats
Tulane University scientists published the first global assessment of ecological risks from ocean plastics, showing that the greatest dangers are not…
Tulane receives $10 million gift from David and Marion Mussafer to transform career readiness for undergraduates
Extreme heat linked to spike in domestic violence calls in New Orleans, study finds
Researchers at Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute found that periods of prolonged extreme heat in New Orleans coincided with a measurable rise in…
Tulane reflects on Katrina: 20 years of renewal and resilience
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures that forced Tulane University to shut down and scatter its community across the country,…
Two decades after Katrina, Tulane architecture programs continue rebuilding New Orleans
URBANbuild and Small Center for Collaborative Design commemorate 20 years and more than 150 projects since the programs launched after Hurricane…
Tulane grad helps keep the Louisiana Gulf Coast, and its story, alive
With the help of a recent Tulane graduate, a nonprofit has placed the Grand Isle’s nearly century-old Oleander Hotel on the National Register of…
Study: Post-Katrina philanthropy reshaped New Orleans nonprofit sector
The unprecedented wave of philanthropy that followed Hurricane Katrina not only fueled New Orleans’ immediate recovery but also transformed the city’…
Tulane testing new ‘drop-of-blood’ diagnostic device for trauma patients
Tulane engineers are developing a new device to rapidly detect life-threatening blood-clotting problems in trauma patients using just a single drop…
Study finds sea-level projections from the 1990s were spot on
Tulane researchers found that mid-1990s climate projections of sea-level rise were remarkably accurate when compared with 30 years of satellite data…
Study links male alcohol misuse to mutual partner violence, injury
A new study from Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute has found that male alcohol misuse significantly increases the risk of bidirectional intimate…
