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Feb 18, 2020
James “Mac” Hyman, the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at Tulane University, is using mathematical models to better understand and predict the spread of COVID-19 and to quantify the effectiveness of various efforts to stop it. The goal of Hyman’s work in “...As a research intern in the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, Makiyah Cormick, a senior at the New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School, worked closely with scientists to analyze seismic data from around the world. He was especially interested in the possible causes of an...
Newcomb-Tulane College has appointed Laurie Earls, Adam McKeown and Christopher Oliver as Duren Professors for 2018-19. The trio was selected on the basis of their commitment to undergraduate teaching and their innovative proposals. The Duren Professorship Program is designed to encourage team-...
Hibiscus bloom abundantly in the Louisiana Native Garden outside the Merryl and Sam Israel Jr. Environmental Sciences Building on the uptown campus. Known for its hardy nature and showy flowers, the hibiscus plant has been used to make tea for centuries. Today, the flowers can also be found in...
White coats hang outside a research lab in the Boggs Center for Energy & Biotechnology, one of several buildings that comprise the burgeoning uptown science district of the School of Science and Engineering. Construction of Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering, which will be...
, Parents give lots of advice: “Look both ways before you cross the street,” for example, or “Don’t run with scissors.” These old sayings are more than just clichés. They can be considered examples of a certain type of individual perspective, one that portrays our world as a dangerous place — a...
Transcript: A deep into Tulane’s massive fish collection and the university earns top marks in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings. Here’s the latest Tulane News in Review. U.S. News & World Report released their rankings of the best colleges and Tulane came in at number 44. The...
For the first time in 12 years, Tulane University has added new course requirements for all Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) undergraduate students, regardless of their major. Beginning this fall, all new full-time, first-year undergraduate students and transfer students into NTC will be required to...
As the co-founder of nonprofit organization Miles4Migrants, Seth Stanton helps to reunite families who have been separated by the worldwide refugee crisis. The 2003 School of Science and Engineering graduate, who works as an optometrist in New Orleans, originally hatched the idea for the...
From sports scandals to representation in film, Tulane experts are the go-to sources for today’s biggest news stories. Here’s the latest Tulane News in Review. Director of Tulane’s sports law program, Gabe Feldman, commented on a number of major sports stories. Feldman’s quotes appeared in the...
From a lab in the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, Sabrina Kragness, a PhD candidate in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, checks the oxygenation of artificial cerebrospiral fluid. The findings will aid in the study and understanding of age-dependent cognitive effects.