According to a new economic impact study, Tulane’s operations, capital investments and other activities as a leading educational and research institution contribute $3.14 billion to Louisiana’s economy each year and are responsible for more than 19,000 jobs statewide.
Marjorie F. “Margie” Cowen, beloved wife of Tulane President Emeritus Scott Cowen, and the former senior adviser for external affairs at Tulane, passed away Dec. 16 in New Orleans. She will be remembered for her warmth, grace and strength.
Rubén Morales Forte, a master’s candidate in Latin American Studies at Tulane and a Mellon Fellow, created a free online archaeology database called Maya Scripta, that includes access to Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions, photos and drawings of monuments in Guatemala, and Spanish translations of texts associated with monuments.
Tulane School of Medicine and the section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics are hosting an event called “Creating Safe and Equitable Environments in Academic Medicine” with Reshma Jagsi, MD, the 2019 C. Thorpe Ray Visiting Professor, today from noon to 1 p.m. in the first floor auditorium in the Hutchinson Building, 1430 Tulane Ave. For more information, click here.
Everyday Health Vivian Fonseca, MD, professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology at Tulane, says some ethnicities are known to be at a greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, but a specific gene hasn’t been identified.
Grist Howard Mielke, pharmacology research professor at Tulane, discusses how lead can be released into the air during forest fires.
WWL-TV Robert Allen, professor at the Tulane School of Professional Advancement, says New Orleans city officials handled last week’s cyberattacks perfectly.
Nola.com Tulane’s William Brumfield was awarded the Order of Friendship Medal, the highest state decoration the Russian Federation gives to foreign nationals.
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