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Professionals offer career advice to summer program students

Why would a bank hire a chemical engineer? What do you do with a computer science degree when you’re burned out on coding? How do you land that amazing internship at NASA?

The answers to these questions and more were part of the Tulane Science Scholars Program's (TSSP) “Lunch and Learn” speaker series held Thursday in the Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology.

Bead work

Kerrigan McGreevy, a high school senior from Florida, right, builds a robot during a course titled, The Aftermath of Mardi Gras: Using LEGO Robots to Clean Up the Beads. Part of the Tulane Summer Enrichment Institute, the course challenged students to build robots and design code. They then visited The ARC of Greater New Orleans, a local nonprofit that recycles Mardi Gras beads, to demonstrate their designs.

On point with Mélange

Editor’s note: This article appeared first in the June 2018 issue of Tulane magazine.

Whatever the political climate, entertainment has always served as escapist fare, but it’s the hope of two Tulane graduates that life might just imitate and reflect their particular form of entertainment, as their dance productions become the provocateur for social change.

Live and learn

Nicholas Aldana reacts to the unfavorable outcome of his first attempt to design and build a prototype for a water filtration system. The project is part of  a course titled "Water, Water Everywhere: Using LEGO Robots to Change How We Find, Use and Dispose of Water,” one of several courses of study in the Tulane Summer Enrichment Institute on the uptown campus. The pre-college residential program allows middle and high school students to explore the latest technology and spend part of their summer in advanced STEM courses ranging from robotics to environmental science.

Game of cubes

When Tulane University alumnus Luke Hooper entered his wireless game Lumen into the 2018 Edison Awards competition – which honors the most innovative new products, services and business leaders in America – he did so knowing that his chances of winning were probably nil.

The game wasn’t on the market and all he had to show was a prototype. Still, he thought, the exposure as well as feedback from some of the top innovators in the country could prove invaluable.

Tulane Brain Institute receives $1 million pledge from the Priddy Family Foundation

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.

Fabrication station

A 3D print, left, made from polylactic plastic slowly takes shape in the Tulane Maker Space on Friday morning. Maker Space, located in a former campus machine shop on Engineering Road, is open to all Tulane affiliates with a current Tulane ID. The facility boasts 12 3D printers, two laser printers, and fully outfitted metal and wood workshops. 

Tulane Brain Institute receives $1 million grant from Louisiana Board of Regents

Tulane University’s Brain Institute has received a five-year, $1 million Comprehensive Enhancement Grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents that it will use to purchase scientific instruments for its facilities. 

The grant is the result of the combined efforts of 25 faculty members from the Tulane Brain Institute's uptown and downtown campuses and Tulane’s National Primate Research Center in Covington.

Tulane researchers contribute to national report on Gulf Coast

A national report released Wednesday on the future of the Gulf Coast draws heavily on the work of two Tulane University scientists who have spent most of their careers studying coastal systems in Louisiana and around the world.

Tulane president visits Israel to explore collaboration opportunities

Tulane University President Mike Fitts is among a delegation of presidents of American universities and colleges visiting Israel this week to learn about technological innovation and boost bilateral academic research and exchange opportunities.

“This visit is an exciting opportunity to explore ways in which Tulane can collaborate with Israeli universities and other institutions around the world to address longstanding societal problems in the environment, healthcare, energy and numerous other areas,” Fitts said.