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Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte, vice president for Research

News Releases
Tulane launches multidisciplinary Centers of Excellence aimed at complex research challenges
February 10, 2021

Chad Roy

COVID-19, News Releases, Research in Real Time
Researchers unravel what makes someone a COVID-19 super-spreader
February 9, 2021

Dean Thomas LaVeist

COVID-19, News Releases
Dean LaVeist, Black health experts call for Black Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19
February 8, 2021

Mardi Gras for All Yall graphic

Culture
Tulanians show Carnival spirit in “Mardi Gras for All Y’all”
February 8, 2021

Tulane University will remain test-optional for students applying this fall for a spot in Tulane’s 2022 entering class. (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock)

COVID-19, News Releases
Tulane University will remain test-optional for 2021-22 applicants
February 8, 2021

Mardi Gras COVID-19 restrictions in New Orleans

COVID-19
City of New Orleans issues restrictions ahead of Mardi Gras
February 5, 2021

Tulane engineering students win first place in design competition

Health, New Orleans Book Festival, Science, World
Tulane engineering students place first in design competition
February 5, 2021

Presidential Speaker Series features Lisa Jackson and Douglas Hurley

Culture, News Releases, Science, World
Tulane President Michael Fitts to host virtual conversation with Lisa Jackson and Douglas Hurley
February 5, 2021

Tulane Microbiology Professor Robert Garry, PhD

COVID-19
Virus hunter: 'We have to double down' to fight COVID-19 variants
February 4, 2021

Jay Kolls, MD, a professor of medicine and pediatrics

COVID-19, Research in Real Time
Effort to prevent, treat COVID-19 gets a boost
February 4, 2021

Transcommunality

Culture, Event, NOLA
Newcomb Art Museum announces spring lineup of programs
February 4, 2021

Dr. Ronald Blanton, chair of the Department of Tropical Medicine

COVID-19
Everything you wanted to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
February 4, 2021

Engy Ziedan, assistant professor of economics

COVID-19
The economics of a pandemic
February 3, 2021

Board of Tulane member Richard Yulman (right) and his daughter, Katy Yulman-Williamson (NC ’05), have announced a $5 million matching-challenge gift to increase scholarships at Tulane. (Photo courtesy of the Yulman Family)

News Releases
Yulman family makes $5 million matching-challenge gift to expand scholarships at Tulane
February 3, 2021

Albert Moten of Tulane School of Public Health during the Compass Study

COVID-19
COMPASS study seeks to measure community spread of COVID-19 in general population
February 3, 2021

Lab worker with research tray at Tulane National Primate Research Center

COVID-19, News Releases, Research in Real Time
Tulane University to lead national research partnership to speed up COVID-19 vaccines and drug discoveries
February 3, 2021

Students walking on McAlister Drive on the uptown campus

Life@Tulane, NOLA
Return to Campus Spring 2021
February 2, 2021

Tulane Dining makes Second Harvest donations

Tulane Dining donates $8,000 in food to Second Harvest
February 1, 2021

Tulane architecture students work to protect City Park tree

Culture, Health, NOLA, Science
Tulane architecture students, faculty work to protect iconic tree
January 27, 2021

Tulane alumnus Richard M. Lerner

Health, Science
Tulane to create its eighth Presidential Chair with $5 million gift from alumnus
January 26, 2021

Tulane University received a record 45,000 applications for the Class of 2025, and a record number of those students (4,000) indicated Tulane is their first choice by participating in its Early Decision admissions program. (Photo by Sally Asher)

News Releases
Amid pandemic, Tulane shatters records for total applications, Early Decision applicants
January 26, 2021

Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the new director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and professor of economics, will host the first SLA Dean’s Speaker Series on the topic of “Anti-Racism and the Economics Profession.”

News Releases
Tulane University to host virtual discussion on ‘Anti-Racism and Economics’
January 26, 2021

Marion Young receives COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19, Culture, Health, News Releases, Science, World
Tulane School of Social Work to offer virtual panel on COVID-19 and marginalized populations
January 25, 2021

Nick Pashos and Lisa Morici

News Releases, Research in Real Time
BioAesthetics and Tulane awarded grant to develop new advanced wound-care graft
January 25, 2021

College students in class

News Releases
Cowen Institute receives Kresge Foundation grant to support mental health of college students
January 22, 2021

Tulane SoPA’s Michael Wallace is a co-founder of Pracademic Affairs, a new journal that will catalog the experiences of practitioners in the fields of emergency management and homeland security/defense, for use in higher education. (Photo by Sally Asher)

News Releases
Tulane SoPA faculty collaborates with Naval Postgraduate School to establish Pracademic Affairs journal
January 21, 2021

Andrea Boyles to serve on U.N. panel

Culture, Health, News Releases, World
Tulane race scholar to provide expertise to U.N. panel
January 21, 2021

Tulane alumni who are presidential appointees of Pres. Joseph Biden

President Biden appoints four Tulane alumni to posts in new administration
January 20, 2021

Second-year student Laia Larue takes a selfie in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life

COVID-19, Life@Tulane, NOLA
Students back on campus for first day of spring 2021 semester
January 20, 2021

Robert Blair in front of computer

COVID-19, News Releases, Research in Real Time
Tulane identifies potential animal model for studying severe COVID-19 infections
January 19, 2021

A handwritten sign made by TMC’s Child Life/Arts in Medicine thanking frontline workers is posted next to the elevator in LaSalle parking garage

COVID-19, NOLA
Photos: Moments of gratitude as COVID-19 vaccine rolls out
January 14, 2021

Life@Tulane
Leadership Institute announces first cohort of 60 participants
January 14, 2021

Culture, Event, NOLA, World
Newcomb Art Museum announces new exhibition ‘Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality’
January 13, 2021

Student William Smith at Tulane White Coat Ceremony

COVID-19, Event, Life@Tulane
School of Medicine holds virtual White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2024
January 13, 2021

Marius Commodore, medical director of Tulane Campus Health, was first in line to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccin

COVID-19, Health, NOLA
Photos: Tulane rolls out COVID-19 vaccine
January 12, 2021

Dr. Lisa Morici receives COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19
Tulane University begins to administer COVID-19 vaccine to faculty, staff
January 12, 2021

Students check in at the Arrival Center

COVID-19, NOLA
Students get ready for spring semester at Arrival Center
January 11, 2021

Kristin Miller wins Early Career Award

News Releases, Research in Real Time, Science, World
Tulane scientist honored for research on reproductive health
January 11, 2021

Vaccine vial

COVID-19, Life@Tulane, News Releases
Tulane University to begin COVID-19 vaccine rollout
January 8, 2021

News Releases
Tulane’s Jewish Studies Department receives $1 million gift and $1 million matching challenge
January 6, 2021

Students read the Oath of the Pathologists’ Assistant Program

COVID-19, Event, Health, Life@Tulane, NOLA
First cohort of Pathologists’ Assistant Program celebrates first year with White Coat Ceremony
January 5, 2021

Teacher with a mask

COVID-19, News Releases, Research in Real Time
Study: Reopening K-12 schools did not increase hospitalizations when COVID-19 cases were low
January 4, 2021

Vaccine vial

COVID-19, Culture, NOLA
2020: A year in photos
December 17, 2020

The estate of the late Alan H. Rosenbloum has contributed $1.5 million to Tulane Athletics. Alan H. Rosenbloum (middle) is shown here with Victoria Russo (left) and Meredith Russo Frazier (right). (Photo courtesy of the Rosenbloum Estate)

News Releases
Tulane Athletics receives $1.5 million gift from the Estate of Alan Rosenbloum
December 17, 2020

CASA volunteers

NOLA
Holiday toy drive benefiting CASA for Children breaks record
December 17, 2020

Five new members have been added to the Board of Tulane. Top row (l-r): Michelle S. Deiner, Arnold W. Donald and Suzanne Barton Grant. Bottom row (l-r): Wayne J. Lee and Donald J. Peters, Jr.

News Releases
Tulane University welcomes five new board members
December 17, 2020

Architecture students make blocks for children

Culture, Health, NOLA, World
Blocks and blocks of fun
December 17, 2020

COVID-19, NOLA
Tulane doctors receive COVID-19 vaccine
December 16, 2020

Tulane sociologist Andrea Boyles wins award

Culture, Health, News Releases, World
Tulane expert on race honored for book on Ferguson uprising
December 16, 2020

Leonard Raybon

COVID-19
Music professor leads virtual choir in song of inclusiveness
December 15, 2020