Chagas, a disease that affects 6 million people in 21 countries, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, which are transmitted by kissing bugs. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine researchers found what may stop the progression of the disease.
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Dr. J. Davidson “Dusty” Porter has announced that he will step down as vice president of Student Affairs, effective June 30, 2024. For the past nine years, Porter has led Tulane’s Student Affairs division, which encompasses Housing and Residence Life, Student Health and Wellness, Student Resources and Support Services, Campus Life, Diversity and Intercultural Life, and Judicial Affairs. He also serves on the President’s Cabinet and Administrative Council. Read the announcement here.
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Erin Johnson, a third-year student at the School of Medicine, has been appointed Diversity Research Committee Co-Chair of the Student National Medical Association, which is the nation’s oldest and largest student-run organization dedicated to supporting underrepresented medical students. Read more on the WaveMakers in Medicine website.
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Tickets are now on sale for The Tipping Point, Tulane’s annual fundraising concert that supports student scholarships. The seventh annual concert will take place Friday, Oct. 20, at The Fillmore New Orleans during Wave ’23 Homecoming, Reunion and Family Weekend. Doors will open at 8 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m. The artist lineup will be announced soon. Click here to buy tickets.
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Tulane Athletics, Sodexo, The Coca-Cola Company, and local bottler Coca-Cola Bottling Company United will reward fans who recycle during the Green Wave football game against the University of Mississippi on Saturday, Sept. 9, in Yulman Stadium. The “Getting Caught Green-Handed” event will feature volunteers who will distribute concession stand vouchers to fans who are “caught” actively recycling during the first half of the game. Visit the Tulane Athletics website for more information.
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The first lecture in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Dean’s Leaders & Lagniappe Lecture series will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Dean Thomas LaVeist will be joined by Ashish Joshi, dean of the University of Memphis School of Public Health. Joshi has an exciting background in combining data-driven innovative entrepreneurial approaches to advance excellence in public health education and research to address public health challenges in the community. The lecture will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Diboll Auditorium and Gallery on the first floor of the Tidewater Building on the downtown campus. The lecture will also be livestreamed via Zoom. RSVP here. Read more about the Dean’s Leaders & Lagniappe Lecture series on the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine website and visit the event page on Wavesync.
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“Seen as a whole, terraces and irrigation channels, reservoirs, fortifications and causeways reveal an astonishing amount of land modification done by the Maya over their entire landscape on a scale previously unimaginable,” said Francisco Estrada-Belli, archaeologist at the School of Liberal Arts, about using lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) to discover ancient cities in Guatemala.
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