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From groundbreaking research and major funding wins to new leadership and student milestones, the Tulane School of Science and Engineering community is driving discovery at every level. Explore the latest news highlighting the faculty, students, and researchers shaping the future of science and engineering — in the lab, in the classroom, and across the Gulf Coast and beyond.
It’s official
A Tulane tradition, the President's Convocation officially welcomes the Class of 2022 into the Tulane community.
Surface control
Doctoral student Samuel Bliesner prepares a solvent to process plastic films in the lab of Julie Albert, assistant professor in the School of Science and Engineering's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The liquid will be used to alter the surface of a thin biodegradable plastic. The experiment will inform researchers about the best methods for controlling surface features at the microscopic level, giving them potential control over biodegradability for applications in cell culture or pH sensing.
'Dean Jean' scholars display passion for research
Anne Caffery, a senior majoring in cell and molecular biology with a public health minor, hopes to go to medical school one day. In the meantime, her interest in research prompted a project in northern India that was made possible by the Jean Danielson Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Tulane researcher wins national junior faculty award
Nicholas Sandoval, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Tulane University, is the winner of a 2018 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
Tulane psychiatrist wins national award for research that shows how trauma seeps across generations
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has selected Tulane child psychiatry professor Dr. Stacy Drury to receive the 2018 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement.
Tulane STEM program wins national diversity award
Tulane University’s K-12 STEM Education Program has received a 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
Researcher awarded $1.65M to study fundamentals behind protein build-up linked to Alzheimer’s
Tulane University chemistry professor Bruce C. Gibb has been awarded a $1.65 million grant for research that could shed light on the molecular details of such diseases as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
The four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable Gibb and his team to study how poorly solvated ions in water can induce the Reverse Hofmeister Effect (RHE) – the phenomenon in which a substance such as a protein, becomes less soluble in water in the presence of certain salts.
New Tulane study explores root causes of hearing loss
A Tulane University researcher has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to develop a better understanding of healthy human hearing and lay the groundwork for future treatment of hearing disorders.
The five-year grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) will allow Hai Huang, assistant professor of cell and molecular biology, to study how auditory signals are processed with normal hearing and altered during hearing loss.
Communication breakdown
In preparation for a final exam, Katelyn Black, a professor of practice in the School of Science and Engineering's Department of Neuroscience, leads a discussion on how natural and man-made chemicals can alter communication between neurons. The discussion was part of a course titled Brain and Behavior taking place Tuesday morning in Dinwiddie Hall. Summer classes are winding down as the end of the semester approaches.
