Tulane recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (KhPI) in Kharkiv to collaborate with faculty from the School of Science and Engineering in the fields of science, engineering and technology. A bomb destroyed the KhPI team’s research labs but Denys Bondar, a Ukraine native and assistant professor in the Tulane Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, and Matthew Escarra, associate professor in physics and engineering physics, reached out to their colleagues in Ukraine to see what they could do to help.
BIO on the BAYOU, the regional academic bioscience showcase, will take place Nov. 2-3. The event will take place in person and will feature expert-led panels, networking opportunities and business-style scientific presentations from researchers at leading Gulf South universities. Read more about the event on the School of Medicine site.
Tiong Gim Aw, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, discusses the use of wastewater testing to track the spread of poliovirus. Read more on the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine site.
A flowering plumbago plant greets passersby in the early morning outside Cudd Hall. Also known as leadwort, plumbago is native to mild climates worldwide and comes in a variety of colors including white, blue, purple, red and pink. See the photo.
The Digital Media Practices program at the School of Liberal Arts will host a discussion with Tulane alumnus Doug Ellin, podcaster, screenwriter, film and TV director best known for the HBO series “Entourage.” The discussion will take place on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in Stone Auditorium, located in the Woldenberg Art Center (Building #53) on the uptown campus. See the event page for more information.
The Department of Biostatistics and Data Science in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will host a presentation by Grzegorz “Greg” A. Rempala, co-leader for pandemic modeling for the Governor of Ohio COVID-19 Response Task Force and professor of biostatistics and mathematics at the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at noon in Room 1210 in the Tidewater Building. See the event page on the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine website.
IN THE NEWS
NBC News Jesse Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor of Real Estate at the School of Architecture, comments on a recent analysis by a nonprofit research group that indicates that the U.S. property market could lose $108 billion due to land loss caused by rising sea levels.
NOLA.com A liquid biopsy could be a powerful tool in diagnosing cancer — but the cost could be prohibitive for most Louisiana residents, said Tony Ye Hu, director of Tulane’s Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics.
Smithsonian Joel Dinerstein, a professor of English at the School of Liberal Arts and author of the 2020 book Jazz: A Quick Immersion, says new forms of pop music that followed jazz were “different idioms of jazz.”
The Washington Post Robert Garry, a virologist at the School of Medicine, says he would support a ratcheting up of biosafety requirements for certain experiments, noting that the research community is already careful about biosafety.
The Hill A team of researchers including scientists from Tulane published a paper that shows some Russian bats are resistant to coronavirus vaccines.