James Gordley, Tulane Law professor, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Comparative Law. The award honors those whose writings have shaped the direction of American comparative and international law.
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A company that wants to address the problem of plastic waste is partnering with the Tulane Energy Institute and students in Energy Projects. The company, Fluence Analytics, is run by Tulane alumni. Read more about the partnership at the A. B. Freeman School of Business magazine website.
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Matt Koenig has been hired to help bring Tulane’s innovation and discoveries to the world as the university’s new executive director of Intellectual Property Management. Prior to joining the Tulane community, Koenig served as the director of intellectual property management for the University of Kansas. Read more on the Tulane news site.
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The Tulane community gathered for a pep rally to celebrate and cheer on the 18th-ranked Green Wave football team ahead of its American Athletic Conference Championship game, which will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. in Yulman Stadium. See the photos.
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The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics and Public Affairs will host a lecture by Serife Tekin, director of the Medical Humanities Program and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The subject of the talk will be digital technologies and mental health care. The lecture will take place today at 4 p.m. in the Stibbs Conference Room (#203) in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Visit the Murphy Institute website for more information.
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The Division of Student Affairs will host a Leadership Educator in Residence (LEIR) who, as a scholar-practitioner of leadership theory and behavior, will conduct leadership training, education and development for the Tulane community. This semester’s LEIR is Marcy L. Shankman, author of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students. An Emotionally Intelligent Leadership workshop will take place Monday, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m. in the Stibbs Conference Room (#203) of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC). RSVP for the workshop on Wavesync. A luncheon keynote will take place Friday, Dec. 9, at 11:30 a.m. in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall (#213) of the LBC. Shankman will be in conversation with Mallory Monaco Caterine, holder of the Greenberg Family Professorship in Social Entrepreneurship at Tulane. Free lunch and books will be available. A book signing will follow the event. RSVP for the luncheon keynote on Wavesync.
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Health Day
Research by Dr. Lu Qi, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, indicates that individuals who sometimes, rarely or never add salt to foods have a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Nola.com
Ashley Weiss, director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, says after an individual experiences their first psychotic episode, it’s helpful for them to receive treatment soon after; however, she notes that, on average, 72 weeks pass between an initial episode and treatment.
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Popular Mechanics
Following the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano, Cynthia J. Ebinger, Marshall-Heape Chair Professor in the School of Science and Engineering, says current conditions will provide “unprecedented opportunities to understand magma movement underground.”
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