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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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Graduate students studying with Alexander Burin, PhD, professor in the Department of Chemistry, were tasked with investigating and recreating the celebrated Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou numerical experiment – an experiment that has remained unsolved since the 1950s. The students presented their findings on the final day of class last semester.
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The School of Liberal Arts’ Middle American Research Institute has been awarded a grant by the Hitz Foundation to support the funding of new equipment for the institute’s Geographic Information Systems Lab (GIS) and support a full-time GIS Lab manager. GIS software can assist researchers in identifying human-made features on specific landscapes.
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Tulane Catholic will host Immaculee Ilibagiza as its 2020 keynote speaker on Friday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at Dixon Hall. Ilibagiza is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She has written several books including Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, which tells her story of survival, forgiveness and healing. General admission tickets are $10. The event is free for students; however tickets must be reserved. For more information, click here.
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The Boston Globe
Mirya Holman, associate professor of political science at Tulane, says the federal government has given a lot of authority to local sheriffs, particularly in dealing with issues like immigration.
The Washington Times
A paper published by the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy notes that there is an “ingrained public distrust” of relocation or resettlement projects in Louisiana.
Nola.com
Chancellor Donald, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Tulane, says citizens in Louisiana have poorer outcomes in dealing with most common cancers, including pancreatic cancer, than other areas in the U.S.
WWNO
T.R. Johnson, professor of English at Tulane, discusses his book, New Orleans: A Literary History, and a symposium on the book to be held at Tulane on Saturday, Jan. 25.
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