Tulane first-year students have been exploring their new home this week, from swamp tours and museums to walking tours and musical performances.
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A study led by Dr. Jiang He, Joseph S. Copes Chair in Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, found that Black Americans are 54% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than White Americans and social risk factors may be the cause. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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The Newcomb Institute at Tulane conducted the Louisiana Study on Violence Experience Across the Lifespan, which surveyed more than 1,000 adults statewide on a comprehensive range of experiences of violence. Louisiana is the first state in the southeast to acquire this level of violence data. Read more on the Tulane News website.
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Tulane Law Professor Vernon Palmer is stepping down after 20 years as founder and president of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, a platform he established for top global law scholars to address pressing issues of comparative law. Read more on the Tulane Law website.
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Nick Jenisch, a project manager for the School of Architecture’s Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, collaborated with the national podcast “Plot of Land,” produced by Monument Lab. The podcast explores the history of land ownership and the unjust patterns of land use. Read more on the School of Architecture website.
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Celebrate the opening of the new River and Lake Residence Halls with President Michael A. Fitts at the first “MikeDrop” of the fall 2023 semester! “MikeDrop” will take place on Monday, Aug. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. outside of River and Lake Residence Halls. The event will feature music, fun and Creole Creamery ice cream.
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Associated Press
The Tulane football team has been ranked in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll for the first time in program history.
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HuffPost
Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand, Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology at the School of Medicine, provides guidance on how patients can get more steps and movement into their daily lives, even if they can’t achieve the recommended 10,000 steps a day.
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AOL
Walter Isaacson, Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at the School of Liberal Arts, said Elon Musk models his leadership style on Napoleon Bonaparte. Isaacson shadowed Musk for two years as he wrote the biography of Musk, which will release next month.
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