Dr. Stacy Overstreet, Tulane Psychology Department
Articles explore blow to psyche of children
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Masters of Their Universe
Tulane University graduate students Jerina Pillert, left, and Katharine Hamlington with Dr. Donald Gaver examine microfluidic experiments involving microparticle image velocimetry, an optical technique for measuring fluid velocity. Full Story in Louisiana EPSCoR newsletter
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Congratulations! Dr. Michael Cunningham
One of eight finalists for
Campus Compact's 2008 Thomas Ehrlich
Faculty Award for Service Learning
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Institute Keeps Elementary School Teachers Smiling
Nearly 50 third- and fourth-grade teachers are on the uptown campus at Tulane through today (July 31) as participants of NOLA SMILE (Science and Mathematics, Inquiry, Learning and Exploring). Full Story
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Marshall Scholar Shows He’s Got Heart
Jason Mellad, who graduated from Tulane with a bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology, is pursuing a career as a researcher in cardiovascular medicine in England. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Southern Grace, Yankee Spirit
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Top Teachers an Inspiration to Undergrads
Recipients of the university’s highest honors for teaching undergraduates are Linda Carroll, professor of Italian, and Michael Cunningham, associate professor of psychology. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Public Service Award Honors Spirit of Giving
Anne Marie Norman and Kelly Holmes are the first recipients of a public service award honoring undergraduate civic engagement. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Just Ducky
..........Phi Beta Kappa presented its Riess Award to Carmella Vizza, an ecology and evolutionary biology major from San Antonio, while ODK honored neuroscience program leader Beth Wee with its Ducky Award... more
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Robot Rumble
The Tulane University Robot Battle Olympiad pits robot designs against each other. Biomedical engineering students organized the event and invited other students to participate. Senior Lee White's design - the last robot still able to move - was the winner.
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A pushboat makes its way through the swollen Mississippi River. High river levels prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent flooding by releasing river water into Lake Pontchartrain. (Photos by Ryan Rivet)
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New Lab for Promising Polymer Research
Physics professor Wayne Reed is founder and director of the new Tulane Center for Polymer Reaction Monitoring and Characterization in the School of Science and Engineering. (Photo by George Long) Full Story
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Ulrike Diebold, right, accepts the Outstanding Researcher Award from Nicholas Altiero, dean of the School of Science and Engineering, at a ceremony on April 10. It marks the second year the award has been presented. (Photos by Paula Burch-Celentano)
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2008 Clifford Lectures
Department of Mathematics
for details
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Information Flow Adds Up
This year’s Clifford Lecturer at Tulane is Samson Abramsky, a theoretical computer scientist from the University of Oxford in England. Full Story
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CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID FOBES!
Tulane Physics student selected to attend the
58th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Physics
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Tulane geology major
Johanna "Josie" Nevitt
awarded a Goldwater scholarship
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Thomas Hebert, a professor of practice in the psychology department, teaches behavioral neuroscience to high school students who are taking part in the Tulane Science Scholars Program that introduces them to careers in engineering, math and science. (Photo by Mark Hogan) more
Tulane University President Scott Cowen signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment on Tuesday (March 18), pledging that the university will measure its impact on global warming and then develop a plan to achieve carbon neutrality through reduced energy use, green building, increased recycling efforts and other measures... more
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The achievements of physics professor John Perdew were in the spotlight on Sunday (March 9) at a special symposium... more
Törnqvist, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences and director of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research Coastal Center at Tulane, is studying subsidence of the Mississippi River Delta. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Tulane Physics Professor Dr. Wayne Reed, right, with
Ph.D. student Pascal Enohnyaket and postdoctoral
associate Dr. Alina Alb, in a University of
Massachusetts lab where they relocated following
Hurricane Katrina. Full Story
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Dr. Ricardo Cortez, Tulane Associate Professor
of Mathematics,
with Svetlana Tlupova at her May 2007 Ph.D. graduation. Louisiana EPSCOR funded Dr. Cortez’s proposal for her visit to the Cystic Fibrosis Center Applied Math Group,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full Story
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Julie Alvarez returned to New Orleans to
teach psychology full time at Tulane. Photo by (Paula Burch-Celentano).
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Tulane Alumnus Thomas Lee Part of Aviation History
Showing off his certificate from the first Boeing 747 flight in 1970, Tulane alumnus Thomas Lee, left, is ready to fly on the Airbus 380 with his wife, Sally, center, and daughter, Briana, right. (Photo provided by Thomas Lee) Full Story
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In an “Amazing Race” episode, brother/sister team Azaria Azene (center) and Hendekea Azene (right) in Amsterdam search among 2,500 bikes for two marked ones and then ride 5 miles to receive their next clue. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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Students Make Quantum Leap |
