The American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 provides a template for healthy living, a stronger heart, and a roadmap to a longer life. According to a Tulane study, participants who adhered to the AHA’s Life’s Essential 8 had an average of 8.9 more years of life expectancy at age 50 compared to those who didn’t adhere to the guidance. Dr. Lu Qi, professor of epidemiology and director of the Tulane University Obesity Research Center, is lead study author.
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Elizabeth Hearne, the Bonquois Postdoctoral Fellow at Newcomb Institute, is the recipient of the Organization of American Historians’ 2023 Lerner-Scott Prize, which is given annually for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. Read more on the Newcomb Institute website.
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Fifteen first- and second-year international students from China, Colombia, India and Turkey spent a week learning about Mexican culture in the Bay of Banderas region during spring break. The program, organized by the Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) Center for Global Education, encouraged students to think critically about how their experience enhanced their understanding of Mexico as international learners. Read more on the NTC website.
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The School of Professional Advancement’s Emergency & Security Studies program will host SaFEST, a safety information fair, on Thursday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Berger Family Lawn. The fair, which is free and open to the public, will focus on how to be safer at home, during work or play. It will feature demonstrations, displays, giveaways and more. Visit the event Wavesync page for more information.
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MarketWatch
“It is an age that people still often retire at, often due to convention, but is gradually becoming more and more outdated as a meaningful age over time,” Patrick Button, associate professor in the Department of Economics at the School of Liberal Arts, says in an article about the age of 65 being reexamined as the traditional U.S. retirement age.
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Bloomberg (video)
Karissa Haugeberg, associate professor at the School of Liberal Arts, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s extension on a temporary hold for new restrictions on an abortion drug.
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The Washington Post
“I think the lesson [for Saudis] now is maybe actually it’s better if we just focus on diplomacy; we don’t need to demonstrate strength through military intervention,” Andrew Leber, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the School of Liberal Arts, says about Saudi Arabia’s recent efforts to mend relationships in Syria, Iran and Yemen.
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