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April 2024
Tulane celebrated the dedication of the Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering this month.
Tamunoboma Dominion Fenny, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association who is graduating from Tulane Law School, will serve as this year’s Commencement student speaker.
Tulane junior Brady Jin-Smith, a double major in cell and molecular biology and sociology, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
The Middle American Research Institute (MARI) in the School of Liberal Arts has received a $1.5 million grant from the Hitz Foundation to conduct innovative archaeological research on the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America.
Thanks to grants provided by Newcomb Institute, students can attend The Public Leadership Education Network conferences, which prepare women and marginalized gender groups for public policy careers through site visits to Washington, D.C., and meetings with industry leaders.
Tulane has launched WaveWorks!, an initiative to implement a cloud-based IT platform that will replace the university’s current systems for finance, budget and planning, and human resources. The project will take place over the next two years.
Tulane School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) Media + Design students were honored at the New Orleans Ad Club’s 2024 American Advertising Awards (ADDYs), taking home 18 ADDYs including four Best of Show Awards, eight Gold ADDYs and six Silver ADDYs.
Tulane researchers, led by PhD student Kevin Reece, have developed a new method to study turbidity currents, or “underwater avalanches." The research can help with understanding how pollutants like microplastics are transported underwater and how hydrocarbon reservoirs form.
Tulane has received a $2 million gift from alumnus Mark Wheeler and his wife, musician Amelia Archer, to create the Mark D. Wheeler Chair in Artificial Intelligence Endowed Fund at the Tulane School of Science and Engineering.
Privacy concerns on dating apps can make people reticent to share personal information that could help them make a connection with someone, but a new Tulane study finds that sharing ephemeral photos, which vanish after being seen, can increase the number of matches.
