Researchers at Tulane recently received $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to find out if the same technology behind a successful Lyme disease vaccine for dogs can be formulated to offer safe and lasting protection for people.
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Madeline Woo, doctoral student in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Kevin Callison, assistant professor in the department, explored how the cost of giving birth is higher for Black patients, and how those higher costs are compounded when complications are involved. Read about the research on the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine website.
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Tulane archaeologist Allison Emmerson (right) and her research team are using tablet technology in innovative ways for the Tulane University Pompeii I.14 Project, a collaborative excavation of the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Read more about the project on the Tulane news site.
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The School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) will name its Master of Public Administration Program in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis. A dedication event will take place in Diboll Gallery in The Commons on the uptown campus at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Former Attorney General Eric Holder will deliver remarks. The event will also be available via Zoom. For more information, visit the SoPA website.
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Politico
Jesse Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate at the School of Architecture, discusses the explosive growth communities in Florida have seen in recent years.
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Grid
In discussing the Jones Act, Martin Davies, director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center, explains who is best served by the law and who is not.
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Hakai Magazine
“The sooner we implement projects, the more likely they are to succeed,” Ehab Meselhe, professor at the School of Science and Engineering, says of restoration projects needed for Mississippi River deltas, noting that time is of the essence.
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