Tulane Releases

Using a $5 million state award and a Tulane University funding match, Tulane's Innovation Institiute will launch a new $10 million startup fund dedicated to creating opportunities for women- and minority-led ventures in Louisiana — entrepreneurs who have traditionally faced barriers accessing capital, markets and networks essential to growing their businesses.

The 2023 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announced its much-anticipated lineup for the second-annual literary festival, naming over 100 bestselling and critically acclaimed authors slated to appear on Tulane’s Uptown campus, March 9-11, 2023. The three-day celebration of national, regional and local authors is free and open to the public, thanks to the generosity of many individual and corporate sponsors. A full list can be found here.

Tulane University researchers are looking beyond the immune system to see if the body’s ability to use nutrients at a cellular level can predict disease response and severity.

Bernhard announced the "360 Promise," a commitment to hire 360 Tulane University graduates over the next three decades. The program is a partnership between Bernhard and the Tulane Energy Institute, a component of Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Trivia Frazier, PhD, a pioneer in the life sciences, and Katy Williamson, a foundation director, have joined the Board of Tulane, the university’s main governing body.

Two Tulane psychology professors are recipients of an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help make schools safer.

Award-winning neuroscientist Matthew Dalva, PhD has been appointed as director of the Tulane Brain Institute and the university’s newest Presidential Chair.

Tulane Global is gearing up for International Education Week with four days of speakers, performances, culinary offerings and more.