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Triple major and honors student completes coursework, navigating 13-hour time difference

One need only peruse his resumé to recognize just how demanding the past four years at Tulane University have been for Kaiyu Wang, a graduating senior from China.

A triple major in chemistry, mathematics and economics, Wang boasts numerous awards, honor society memberships, published research, scholarships and leadership experience. He also played trombone in the Tulane University Marching Band, served as a freshman orientation leader and tutored students in the Tulane Asian Studies program.

Tulane researchers studying impact of hair and skin discrimination on children

A team of Tulane University researchers has launched a study to better understand how children are affected by skin and hair-type discrimination as they develop into adulthood.

Researchers from the Tulane School of Social Work and the Department of Psychology in the Tulane School of Science and Engineering are conducting an anonymous online survey asking adults to recall childhood experiences of acceptance or rejection based on their skin tone and hair type.

Tulane part of Navy/Army-funded research on improving communication

A team of Louisiana researchers, including a group from the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has developed a smart quantum technology that could have real-world applications to quantum networks and future quantum communications systems used in the military.

Gift of $1 million will expand Tulane summer success program for underserved students

A $1 million gift from Board of Tulane member Lisa Jackson, Apple Inc.’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, and her husband, Kenneth, will double participation in the Newcomb-Tulane College Summer Experience (NTCSE). The program helps newly admitted students from underserved backgrounds get a head start on succeeding at Tulane before fall orientation.

In Memoriam

Dear SSE Community,

All of us have been deeply saddened by the recent passing of our friend and colleague Sławomir Kwasik, “Slawek”, Professor of Mathematics at Tulane. We would like to take a minute of your time to say a few words about the exceptional quality of Slawek’s research.

Tulane University to invest $5.7 million to expand research institute

Tulane University will invest $5.7 million to significantly expand the Tulane University Translational Science Institute (TUTSI) into a university-wide center focused on &nb

Tulane awarded nearly $1 million by Board of Regents for research that impacts industry, workforce

The Tulane University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) has received a nearly $1 million grant to fund research infrastructure that will encourage more collaborations across Tulane and the region in material sciences.

The five-year $996,981 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents will also fund a new undergraduate research program in the School of Science and Engineering to promote a high-tech workforce in Louisiana and the Gulf South.

Google awards Tulane professor for work promoting diversity and fairness in AI systems

Artificial intelligence experts from Tulane University and the University of Maryland have received a Google Scholar Research Award to develop better ways of promoting diversity and fairness in a variety of pipeline and selection problems, including hiring, graduate school admission and customer acquisition.

From Ecuador to the streets of New Orleans, Tulane engineering has no borders

For the past five years, the Tulane chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been working on a water-access project for Laquigo, an Ecuadorian village where residents typically get much of their water from ditches.

The group had planned to spend part of the summer of 2020 in Laquigo, working on the final plans of a 21-kilometer pipeline that would increase the water supply to Laquigo while making sure its access to water could not be cut off by other villages.

Engineering of the Mississippi River has kept carbon out of the atmosphere, according to new study

A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.