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The Tulane Innovation Institute is launching the Young Entrepreneurship Academy (YEA!) in New Orleans, an after-school high-school program, to teach and inspire the next generation of local students to start businesses and become entrepreneurs. The academic year-long program (August 2024-May 2025)…

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/new-orleans-free-home-air-filters-for-cancer-patients-covid-cases-special-kit-safe/289-5d873151-7069-478a-ab03-2260cd08c22a COVID cases have been on the rise in Southeast Louisiana since June, with more children and adults going to the emergency room…

Jill Daniel, PhD has been awarded a $2.69 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to study how short-term hormone therapy at the beginning of menopause may affect later cognitive aging in women. She has been investigating whether estrogen produced by…

A Tulane University researcher has been awarded a $2.69 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to study how short-term hormone therapy at the beginning of menopause may affect later cognitive aging in women.Jill Daniel, PhD, the Gary P. Dohanich…

Tulane University will honor dedicated faculty members with university-wide teaching awards during the Unified Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 18, 2024. These awards include the Tulane President’s Awards for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching, the Suzanne and Stephen…

Eshan Damle had never stepped foot in Louisiana before he arrived at Tulane from just outside of Dallas, Texas, for his first year. Like many students, he became a Tulanian amid the pandemic, and this experience ended up sparking research interests and volunteer opportunities that have defined his…

When Wilfred Wright was accepted into the College Track program as a student at L. B. Landry College and Career Preparatory High School in New Orleans, he knew it could open doors. The national college prep program for promising students from underserved communities provides a pathway toward…

Tulane researchers discover a brain pathway that regulates fear responses, which could lead to breakthroughs in PTSD or anxiety treatments.  We have all had the experience of freezing in the face of fear and of wanting to escape, or actually running from, a threatening situation. It is a…

Drs. Baker and Overstreet featured in the APA Monitor: America’s students are falling behind. Here’s how to reimagine the classroom

Dr. Fadok was recently featured on the Psychology Today Blog. Check out the post on PTSD here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cant-stress-this-enough/202403/…