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Google awards Tulane professor for work promoting diversity and fairness in AI systemsApril 12, 2021 An artificial intelligence expert from Tulane has received a Google Scholar Research Award to develop better ways of promoting diversity and fairness in hiring and graduate school admissions. |
Tulane University Center for Brain Health joins the Gary Sinise Foundation Avalon Network for veteran careApril 08, 2021 The Tulane University Center for Brain Health (TUCBH) has partnered with actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise and his foundation’s Gary Sinise Foundation Avalon Network. This network focuses on the cognitive health and mental wellness of veterans and first responders, providing transformative care for those experiencing post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injuries, or substance abuse. Funding of $12.5 million over the next five years is gifted to TUCBH for this initiative. |
Tulane teams up with New Orleans Airlift for in-person dance performanceApril 01, 2021 The Newcomb Dance Company and the Tulane University Department of Theatre and Dance is teaming up with New Orleans Airlift for “The Body Remembers” at Music Box Village. |
Tulane University receives award to demonstrate electric shuttle buses for New Orleans regionApril 01, 2021 A Tulane University initiative to use shuttle buses powered by electricity has been awarded $737,500 by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The project is one of 55 selected research and demonstration projects that will further new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies with assistance from the EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office. |
Ruby Bridges to deliver keynote address at Tulane University Commencement 2021March 31, 2021 Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges will deliver the keynote address at Tulane University’s 2021 All-University Unified Commencement, which will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. |
Tulane to host Anti-Racism and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Teach-In for faculty, staffMarch 30, 2021 The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host an Anti-Racism and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Teach-In for featuring addresses by anti-racist leaders Rhonda Broussard & Ibram X. Kendi. |
Tulane trauma expert part of program on mental health in the militaryMarch 29, 2021 Acclaimed trauma expert Charles Figley, director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute, will speak on a national live-stream this week about mental health challenges in the military. |
Tulane SoPA student Patience Frederick overcoming great odds to fulfill career pathMarch 29, 2021 Patience Frederick typifies the graduate students in the Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) who take online or in-person courses while maintaining jobs along their career paths. But what separates Frederick is that she holds down one full-time and one part-time job and is taking a pair of online courses while also helping her community recover from not one but two natural disasters. |
