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The fund that created the professorship was established in 2017, in accordance with the wishes of the late John G. Phillips and his widow, Pierrette “Petie” Phillips.
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Justin Lee Miller’s credits include the Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera and On the Town.
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Outpatient palliative care can improve survival duration as well as quality of life in advanced cancer patients, according to a Tulane University study.
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For the uninitiated, Quidditch is a sport where wizards ride flying broomsticks and try to outscore opponents with the four balls in play.
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New Yorker, New York Times contributor and creative writing professor Thomas Beller reflects on his time in New Orleans.
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Andrea Zsombok of the Tulane University School of Medicine recently received $334,000 for research into the brain’s role in diabetes.
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The Thanksgiving edition of “Dinner with 12 Tulanians” has quickly become one of the most anticipated Tulane Alumni Association events for students, alumni and staff.
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A new consortium has awarded collaborative research grants to two teams of investigators fighting health disparities in the Mississippi Delta.
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The NCAA has released the latest Division I graduation rate data, including the division's Graduation Success Rate, which held good news for Tulane student-athletes.
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The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane University School of Medicine a contract for up to $8.5 million to develop a more effective vaccine against pertussis.
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The findings, published in the journal Psycho-Oncology, suggest those personality traits are important factors in how men respond to bad health news.
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Thanks to Tulane Criminal Justice Clinic Director Katherine Mattes and student attorneys, Barry Williams walked out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary last week.
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The Homecoming Reunion and Family Weekend was filled with smiles and cheers of “Hullabaloo” as Tulanians gathered for the big game.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 7, marked the opening of the new Tulane University Police Department headquarters located in the downtown medical district.
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The Tulane School of Professional Advancement has opened three new digital design labs at the Elmwood campus.
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Two new studies by Tulane epidemiologist Maeve Wallace aim to figure out why the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world.
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The Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy recently received a grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
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Tulane alumna and California environmental lawyer Lisa Kaas Boyle pushed for legislation that led to California’s ban on plastic straws.
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Children’s Hospital and Tulane University School of Medicine have signed an affiliation agreement to work on clinical, academic and research activities in pediatrics.
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Melina Calmon Silva, a Tulane PhD candidate in physical anthropology, worked as a volunteer with Operation Identification, a forensic anthropology program.