Dr. Adarsh Vijay, assistant professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, and an interdisciplinary medical team performed the first kidney transplant in the Gulf South from a living donor to a recipient using robotic technology. The procedure provides new hope to patients who may not qualify for traditional transplant surgery.
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After 13 years of leading the Tulane Law School, David Meyer, dean and the Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law, will step down effective June 30, to assume the role of dean and president of Brooklyn Law School in New York. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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Join President Michael Fitts at the Chef’s Table in the Malkin Sacks Commons as he serves up Philly sandwiches at this week’s “MikeDrop,” on Friday, April 28, from 11 a.m. to noon. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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School of Liberal Arts alumnus Mathew Rosengart, dubbed “Hollywood’s King of Litigators” by Variety, will join School of Liberal Arts Dean Brian Edwards for a fireside chat titled “Celebrity, Media and the Law” on Thursday, April 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center. Rosengart has won cases for several celebrity clients, including Sean Penn, Steven Spielberg, Keanu Reeves and Britney Spears. Rosengart and Dean Edwards will discuss Rosengart’s experience and how he’s navigated cases for high-profile clients in the entertainment industry. Visit the event Wavesync page for more information.
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The Advocate
In an article about another Tchoupitoulas Street in Arkansas, Richard Campanella, geographer and associate dean for research at the School of Architecture, says New Orleans’ Tchoupitoulas Street was originally a trailway along the levees before it was a street, and no one knows what the street’s name means.
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Health Central
Dr. Shauna Levy, medical director of Tulane’s Bariatric and Weight Loss Center, explains that it’s important to preserve skeletal muscle mass when individuals are on a diet, noting that, “With less muscle mass, you are more at risk of frailty and bone weakness, which itself can lead to other health concerns.”
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Citizen Times
Sönke Dangendorf, David and Jane Flowerree Assistant Professor at the School of Science and Engineering, and Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Vokes Geology Professor at the school, discuss their research that indicates rapid and unprecedented sea-level rise has occurred along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts since 2010.
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