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Tulane, National Wildlife Federation issue recommendations for a more resilient New Orleans

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Tulane University ByWater Institute have released recommendations on how the City of New Orleans can actively build coastal resiliency across the metro region.

Tulane celebrates launch of River Science and Engineering certificate program

On April 20, Tulane faculty members from the Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering and senior university administrators met with Mississippi River Commission representatives and

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Video transcript:

A Tulane author earns major recognition for her work and new Tulane research could have profound implications on the Louisiana coast. That’s all part of this week’s Tulane News in Review.

Engineering Expo showcases student inventions

They called their project TU Wheelies, and Tulane University biomedical engineering seniors beamed when they were invited to explain their invention.

“The idea is to reduce the constraints that motorized wheelchair users face when traveling over uneven surfaces,” said Dana Kaplan, who teamed up on the project with fellow seniors Laquel Brown and Catherine Starks.

The product features tire attachments for use on surfaces such as grass, gravel or sand as well as a latching mechanism to facilitate the attaching process.

Winning teams announced in 2018 Novel Tech Challenge

On Friday, April 13, nine student teams faced off for more than $20,000 in prizes during the final round of the fourth annual Novel Tech Challenge, funded by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation.

Go-to guy

Chemistry professor Gary McPherson, left, receives a standing ovation from his colleagues on Friday, April 13, during the spring School of Science and Engineering Board of Advisors meeting. A former associate dean for the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1992-2006) and senior associate dean of the School of Science and Engineering (2006-2017), McPherson was honored for his “dedicated service and leadership” to the university since arriving in 1969.

Series reminds students that ‘professors are people, too’

Last fall semester the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) and Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) partnered to create Research Lunches, a series of informal lunch time conversations between faculty and undergraduates.

Tulane Novel Tech Challenge to award $20,000 in prizes to top innovators

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.

School of Science and Engineering names Outstanding Researcher

Karen Johannesson, a professor of geochemistry and chemical hydrogeology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will receive the Outstanding Researcher Award Thursday, April 12, during the 12th annual School of Science and Engineering (SSE) Research Day.

Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says

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

The study, published in the open-access journal Science Advances used optical dating to measure how fast the delta shoreline migrated seaward under natural conditions.