Monday, February 22, 2021
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The School of Science and Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to fund the work of Denys Bondar (left), an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Diyar Talbayev (right), an associate professor in the department, to complete an unsolved experiment involving super oscillations of light.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer, professor, speaker and author of acclaimed books on humanity’s relationship to nature, is the featured speaker of the 2021 Marcia Monroe Conery Lectureship Series sponsored by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The lecture, titled “What Does the Earth Ask of Us,” will take place via Zoom Friday, Feb. 26, from 11 a.m. to noon. Read More
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The School of Medicine will present a panel discussion, part of the Tulane Institute for Physician Scientists Seminar Series, titled “A Case of Medical Misinformation: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Science, Pseudoscience, and Outright Lies,” on Friday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. via Zoom. The panel discussion will feature Prescott Deininger, professor and Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Endowed Chair in Oncology and director of the Tulane Cancer Center, Dr. David Mushatt, associate professor of medicine and section chief of Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand, professor of medicine and Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventive Cardiology. For more, click here.
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Associated Press Jesmyn Ward, author and professor of creative writing at the School of Liberal Arts, is the recipient of the Mississippi Governor’s Arts Awards for Excellence in Literature.
High Plains Journal Lisa Morici, professor of microbiology and immunology at the School of Medicine, explains how the COVID-19 vaccines work and debunks some myths and misinformation about them.
Insider Susan Hassig, epidemiology professor at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, says items that are handled as often as a smartphone will pick up a wide range of organisms, which may cause illness if they enter the body.
The Lily Laurie O’Brien, associate professor of psychology at the School of Science and Engineering, comments on a recent study that questioned why women make less in the gig economy.
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