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Released: 19-Sep-2018 11:20 AM EDT
Study Shows Parents Display More Conservative Attitudes
Tulane University

In their study of 1,500 participants, Nicholas Kerry and co-author Damian R. Murray, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, conducted four online surveys that examined attitudes to political topics that typically divide liberals and conservatives, such as reproductive rights and the military.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 3:15 PM EDT
Tulane’s New Race and Inclusion Requirement Debuts This Fall
Tulane University

For the first time in 12 years, Tulane University has added new course requirements for all Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) undergraduate students, regardless of their major. Beginning this fall, all new full-time, first-year undergraduate students and transfer students into NTC will be required to complete a course in Race and Inclusion.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Tulane Archaeologist Leads Team to Major Maya Find
Tulane University

A team of archaeologists has discovered a nearly 1,500-year old carved altar in the jungles of northern Guatemala.

Released: 6-Sep-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Tulane’s Latin American Library secures William Spratling’s private papers
Tulane University

Tulane University’s Latin American Library (LAL) has acquired the personal papers of William Spratling, renowned artist, designer, author, entrepreneur and 1920s Tulane architecture professor. This collection contains original personal and business correspondence, photographs and design drawings from the peak years of Spratling’s artistic and commercial production starting in the 1920s until his death in 1967.

Released: 23-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Middle East Peace Program at Tulane Awarded Second $1 Million Grant
Tulane University

The five-week summer experience gives 15 Tulane students an immersion in the dynamics of the Arab-Israeli conflict through classroom study and travel to Israel and Jordan.

Released: 21-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane Rheumatologist Named Doctor of the Year by Scleroderma Foundation
Tulane University

Dr. Lesley Ann Saketkoo, an associate professor of clinical medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been named Doctor of the Year by the Scleroderma Foundation.

Released: 14-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Tulane researcher awarded $1.65M to study fundamentals behind protein build-up linked to Alzheimer’s
Tulane University

Tulane University research could shed light on the molecular details of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

   
Released: 7-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
New Tulane Study Explores Root Causes of Hearing Loss
Tulane University

A Tulane University researcher has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to help lay the groundwork for future treatment of hearing disorders.

Released: 31-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Tulane University celebrates another record-breaking fundraising year
Tulane University

Tulane University has posted another year of record-breaking fundraising, bringing in more than $150 million and exceeding last year’s previous all-time high by almost $25 million.

   
Released: 19-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane Brain Institute Receives $1 Million Pledge From the Priddy Family Foundation
Tulane University

Tulane University’s Brain Institute has received a $1 million pledge from the Priddy Family Foundation to endow and establish the Priddy Family Spark Research Endowed Fund. The fund will provide competitive awards to faculty for early-stage research support that advances the research priorities of the brain institute.

   
Released: 17-Jul-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Education Department awards $10 million grant to launch national school choice research center
Tulane University

The Institute of Education Sciences has awarded a $10 million grant to Tulane University to establish a first-of-its-kind national research center to study how different approaches to school choice, such as voucher programs and charter schools, can better serve disadvantaged students.

Released: 16-Jul-2018 4:30 PM EDT
NIH Awards $42 Million Grant to Fuel Research Discoveries at Tulane National Primate Research Center
Tulane University

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $42 million grant to the Tulane National Primate Research Center to continue its mission to fight diseases and improve human health through biomedical research.

Released: 9-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane Debuts Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity Management
Tulane University

Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) is now enrolling students in a new online Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Cybersecurity Management program. The online MPS in Cybersecurity Management program will provide students with both the theoretical and the functional knowledge necessary to succeed in the field of cybersecurity management.

Released: 7-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Netscape Co-Founder, Saints Hero, Grammy Winner, Healthcare Advocate Honored at Tulane Commencement
Tulane University

Grammy-winning singer Irma Thomas and Dr. Paul E. Farmer, who has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest populations, will receive honorary degrees at Tulane University’s 2018 Commencement.                                                 

Released: 1-May-2018 2:05 PM EDT
National Equity and Health Leader Named Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University

Thomas LaVeist, a national expert on issues related to equity and health, has been named dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He will also hold the position of Presidential Chair in Health Equity, making him the first to hold one of Tulane’s newly endowed presidential chairs, created to support the recruitment of exceptional, internationally recognized scholars whose work transcends and bridges traditional academic disciplines.

Released: 27-Apr-2018 3:05 PM EDT
National Book Award Winner, TIME Honoree Jesmyn Ward to Address Tulane Graduates
Tulane University

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, who has been hailed as the heir to William Faulkner and one of TIME magazine’s Most Influential People of 2018, will deliver the keynote address for Tulane University’s Commencement at 9 a.m., May 19 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Released: 12-Apr-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Tulane Novel Tech Challenge to Award $20,000 in Prizes to Top Innovators
Tulane University

Nine student finalists in the Tulane Novel Tech Challenge will address a panel of judges with their ideas for improving the environment, human health, education and urban infrastructure through technology on Friday, April 13, from 2-5 p.m. in Room 124 of the Goldring/Woldenberg Complex. Challenge winners will receive more than $20,000 in prizes, as well as possible financing from potential investors. The event is open to the public.

Released: 11-Apr-2018 3:15 PM EDT
Mississippi River Diversions Will Produce New Land, but Slowly, Tulane Study Says
Tulane University

Although river diversions that bring land building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, a new study says the rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane University to Host Health Meets Food 2018 Culinary Medicine Conference
Tulane University

The definitive culinary medicine conference—Health Meets Food 2018—will be held June 14-17 in New Orleans. The conference is dedicated to teaching medical professionals and the communities they serve about the important connection between good health and healthy eating.

29-Jan-2018 6:00 AM EST
Arts and Humanities in Medical School Promote Empathy and Inoculate Against Burnout
Tulane University

Medical students who spend more time engaging in the arts may also be bolstering the qualities that improve their bedside manner with patients, according to new research from Tulane and Thomas Jefferson universities.

   
Released: 23-Jan-2018 3:05 PM EST
Tulane Team Testing Hybrid Solar Energy Converter
Tulane University

A Tulane University researcher is leading a U.S. Department of Energy project to develop a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 7:00 AM EST
Tulane School of Medicine Launches Immersion Program for Biotech Execs and Investors Visiting the Big Easy
Tulane University

Tulane University School of Medicine has launched a new In-Residence Immersion Program that offers biotech executives, venture capitalists, scientists and entrepreneurs visiting New Orleans from across the country a fully functional on-the-go workspace on its downtown campus.

Released: 9-Jan-2018 5:05 PM EST
Tulane Disease-Fighting Effort Named a “Best Bet” for Donor Support
Tulane University

A Tulane University proposal to establish a comprehensive system of infectious disease response, from early detection to the development of new treatments, has been named a “Best Bet” by one of the nation’s leading philanthropic research centers.

Released: 3-Jan-2018 3:45 PM EST
Tulane Awarded $3.67 Million Grant for Quantum Computing
Tulane University

Tulane University professor Michael Mislove will help develop cutting-edge technology related to quantum computing.

Released: 15-Dec-2017 11:00 AM EST
Tulane University Names $1 Million Winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
Tulane University

Tulane University awarded the $1 million grand prize for the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team from Cornell University that developed a cloud-based computer modeling system to predict optimum nitrogen application rates for crops using data on weather, field conditions and soil management practices.

13-Dec-2017 2:00 PM EST
New Study Finds Lyme Bacteria Survive a 28-day Course of Antibiotics When Treated Four Months After Infection by Tick Bite
Tulane University

Lyme bacteria can survive a 28-day course of antibiotic treatment four months following infection by tick bite, according to a new study using a primate model for the disease. Despite testing negative for Lyme disease, some subjects were infected with Lyme bacteria in heart, brain and other organs.

Released: 12-Dec-2017 4:05 PM EST
Impulse Control Subject of Tulane Brain Institute Study
Tulane University

A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse control issues than females.

8-Dec-2017 4:00 PM EST
Tulane University Launches Its Most Ambitious Fundraising Campaign with $1.3 Billion Goal
Tulane University

Tulane University launched Only the Audacious, The campaign for an ever bolder Tulane today. The campaign is the most ambitious fundraising endeavor in Tulane’s 184 years

Released: 29-Nov-2017 3:40 PM EST
Loss of Breeding Grounds Hits a Sad Note for Common Songbird
Tulane University

A Tulane University researcher has found that a decline in the number of wood thrushes is probably due to deforestation in Central America.

Released: 14-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EST
Tulane Receives $1.7 Million Grant From Department of Defense for Blood Vessel Research
Tulane University

Tulane University’s Stryder Meadows, a cell and molecular biology professor, received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Defense to study how arteriovenous malformations (AVM), which are defects in arteries, veins and capillaries, form Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a genetic disorder that affects about 1 in 5,000 people.

Released: 25-Oct-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane to Dedicate Louis Prima Room
Tulane University

Tulane University in collaboration with the Gia Maione Prima Foundation will dedicate the opening of the Louis Prima Room Friday, Oct. 27 at Jones Hall on Tulane’s uptown campus.

Released: 11-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Tulane Lab Looks to Create 'Dream Reaction'
Tulane University

Tulane University’s Shantz Lab has received a two-year grant of $110,000 from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund to find a solution to one of the chemical industry's most demanding transformations, the direct conversion of benzene to phenol.

Released: 4-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Tulane Brain Institute Researchers Focus on Epilepsy, Autism and Schizophrenia
Tulane University

Tulane University’s Laura Schrader, a cell and molecular biology professor and Brain Institute member, received a two-year grant from the National Institute of Health to study the role of a Shox2, a protein in the brain important for development and function of the thalamus. Schrader is exploring Shox2’s potential link to epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia.

Released: 19-Sep-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Tulane Receives Grant to Reduce Auto Emissions
Tulane University

Members of Tulane University’s Shantz Lab will work with industrial scientists to assist in the development of next-generation materials designed to reduce harmful automotive emissions. The three-year old lab and its group of students have received a grant and equipment resources from SACHEM, Inc., a chemical science company.

Released: 12-Sep-2017 4:25 PM EDT
Tulane Student Hopes Research Will Lead to Protection From Volcanos, Earthquakes
Tulane University

East Africa may be a long way from the Crescent City but it is top of mind for Tulane PhD student Sarah Oliva, who is studying data from volcanoes and earthquakes in that region. Her goal is a better understanding of how a 3,000-kilometer long deep valley– the East African rift system— formed. Ultimately, she hopes her research will enable her to work with scientists and help governments protect residents living near the rift.

Released: 7-Sep-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Depression Treatment May Be Improving, Tulane Study Says
Tulane University

Researchers associated with the Tulane Brain Institute say they have moved a step closer to improving treatment for chronic depression.

   
Released: 15-Aug-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Is Lead Making Birds More Aggressive? Tulane Researchers Investigate
Tulane University

Tulane University researchers have received a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation to continue study on lead exposure in wildlife.

Released: 1-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Rivers and Coasts Are the Focus of New Academic Department at Tulane University
Tulane University

New Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering is dedicated to finding solutions to acute problems resulting from rising sea levels, climate change and the effects of destructive storms.

Released: 24-Jul-2017 4:50 PM EDT
Tulane Team Advances Knowledge Toward More Efficient Electronics
Tulane University

A recent discovery of a new magnetic semimetal could eventually lead to more energy-efficient computers, televisions, radios and other electronics.

Released: 12-Jul-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Mississippi Mud May Hold Hope for Louisiana Coast
Tulane University

New study indicates that mud, the most plentiful sediment type carried by the Mississippi River, may be the most powerful tool in building land to keep up sea level rise.

Released: 11-Jul-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Tulane University Awarded $12 Million to Create Lassa Fever Vaccine and Treatment
Tulane University

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test a promising drug treatment against Lassa fever and develop a vaccine against the deadly disease endemic in parts of West Africa.

Released: 14-Jun-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Tulane Researchers Develop Map Showing La. Sinking One-Third Inch Per Year
Tulane University

Researchers at Tulane University have developed a subsidence map of coastal Louisiana, putting the rate at which this region is sinking at just over one third of an inch per year.

Released: 6-Jun-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Tulane Researchers Help Find Possible Explanation for Unparalleled Spread of Ebola Virus
Tulane University

The world may be closer to knowing why Ebola spreads so easily thanks to a team of researchers from Tulane University and other leading institutions who discovered a new biological activity in a small protein from the deadly virus.



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