The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Dillard University of New Orleans have partnered on an academic collaboration that will give Dillard students access to Tulane’s Public Health Early Access Program. Through the program, Dillard students who are eligible can pursue one of four degrees over a variety of concentrations, including the Master of Public Health, the Master of Science in Public Health, the Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and the Master of Health Administration.
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The Kenneth A. Weiss Tulane Law Review Endowed Fund will support excellence among Law Review members by providing support, including scholarships, awards or other resources to further outstanding editorial contributions. The endowment will also be used to host academic symposia, lectures and other academic events. Read more about the fund.
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As part of a new relationship with Boeing and NASA, the Newcomb-Tulane College Career Services team and School of Science and Engineering leaders were invited to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Factory for a private tour and conversations with industry experts. Read more about the tour.
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Newcomb-Tulane College and the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library will present the 2022 Kylene and Brad Beers Reading Project Lecture featuring Ron Finley, the “Gangsta Gardener,” who teaches communities about the freedom and beauty of gardening and how to transform food deserts. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 6 - 7 p.m. at McAlister Auditorium. Finley will discuss themes found in this year’s reading project book, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Read more about the lecture.
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Bloomberg
Sunshine A. Van Bael, associate professor at the School of Science and Engineering, is partnering with the nonprofit Glass Half Full, founded by Tulane alumni Max Steitz and Franziska Trautmann, and the Pointe-au-Chien tribe to deposit recycled glass sand to protect the Louisiana coast.
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Fox 8 Live
Commenting on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, Douglas Harris, chair of the Department of Economics at the School of Liberal Arts, says that though the relief is welcome, it only covers about 20 percent of the total debt.
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The Weather Channel
Jesse Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor of Real Estate at the School of Architecture, comments on how the prices of homes in Florida have changed since Hurricane Andrew.
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Medium
Kenneth Campbell, assistant professor and interim director of the online Master of Health Administration program at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, discusses how health care for veterans in the U.S. has improved over the past five years.
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Submission deadline is noon three business days prior to publication date.
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