The start of the spring semester welcomed students and faculty to the Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering, a new, state-of-the-art building for discovery and learning that promises to take interdisciplinary research and innovation to a global level at Tulane.
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Accessibility and campus culture were important criteria when Oliver Scheier, who was born with muscular dystrophy, was exploring colleges. Thanks to the Goldman Center for Student Accessibility at Tulane, Oliver can experience a fully accessible, inclusive academic, housing and dining environment. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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Three new technologies by Tulane’s Nicholas Sandoval, Abdullah “Alex” Attia and Carolyn Bayer have joined the growing roster of projects supported by the Provost’s Proof of Concept Fund, a $50,000 competitive grant available to Tulane faculty, staff and trainees. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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Philosophy scholar Zena Hitz of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, will speak on the topic of “God and the Search for Happiness” on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel on the uptown campus. She is this year’s Nina and John F. Bricker Memorial Lecture speaker presented by Tulane’s Judeo-Christian Studies program. Hitz’s scholarship is in classical philosophy, especially questions about law, character, friendship and the human good. To read more about the lecture, visit the WaveSync event page.
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A reminder that The Murphy Institute will welcome Jonathan Simon, the Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law, on Friday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. at the Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel on the uptown campus. Simon will discuss the roots of contemporary mass incarceration in the U.S. The lecture, part of the Center for Ethics’ lecture series, is free and open to the public. Visit The Murphy Institute website for more information.
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The Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane will celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions for spring 2024 with a preview, talk and reception on Thursday, Jan. 18, beginning at 5 p.m. Tulane Today previously published Wednesday, Jan. 18, as the event day — we apologize for this mistake. The exhibitions are “Legacy Traces: Recent Additions to the Museum Collection,” “Victory Workers” and “William Edmondson: A Monumental Vision.” Each exhibition represents different themes related to the museum’s mission to build upon its institutional legacy and highlight contributions of artists of the American South. Scholar Jennifer Marshall will give a talk on Edmondson, a renowned 20th century visionary artist and folk sculptor. The exhibitions will be on view through June 1. To read more about the exhibitions, visit the museum website.
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Pharmacy Times
Researchers at Tulane University have found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
could cause inflammation by infecting nerve cells. “This is the most common respiratory virus in the first years of life as well as an impactful virus among the elderly,” said Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte, vice president for research and professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at Tulane.
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