Seminars, News, and Events
Seminars, News, and Events
Here you’ll find the latest updates on groundbreaking research, student and faculty achievements, upcoming seminars, community partnerships, and major events shaping the future of river and coastal systems. From innovative resilience strategies along the Gulf Coast to global collaborations addressing climate and water challenges, our program is at the forefront of science and engineering solutions for dynamic environments. Explore how our students, researchers, and partners are advancing knowledge and building a more sustainable and resilient future.
Seminars
The RCSE Departmental seminar series will resume this semester. Seminars will take place on Thursdays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in Boggs 600.
All seminars will be held in person - subject to change at the University's discretion. For those unable to attend in person, a Zoom link to watch remotely will be made available. For Zoom link information, please contact msmith77@tulane.edu.
Date | SPEAKER | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | HOSTING FACULTY |
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January 22, 2026 | Wade Foster | Environmental Engineering: what undergraduate engineering students need to lean | Department /Ehab |
January 29, 2026 | Annalisa Molini | TBD |
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February 5, 2026 | Tom Decarlo (EES) | TBD | Soenke Dangendorf |
February 12, 2026 | Reepal Shah (ByWater) | TBD | Matt/ John Sabo |
February 19, 2026 | MARDI GRAS WEEK, NO SEMINAR | ||
February 26, 2026 | Enrica Viparelli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, University of South Carolina | TBD | Matt Czapiga |
March 5, 2026 | Leigh-Anne Sharp (CPRA) | TBD | Annalisa Molini |
March 12, 2026 | Kemal Cambazoglu, University of Southern Mississippi | Near-Coastal Ocean Modeling with Applications for Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics and Water Quality in Mississippi Sound and Bight | Ibrahim Demir |
March 19, 2026 | Matt Hiatt (LSU) | TBD | Mead Allison |
March 26, 2026 | SPRING BREAK WEEK, NO SEMINAR | ||
April 2, 2026 | Leah Kahler, TU Architecture and Built Environment | TBD | Barb Kleiss |
April 9, 2026 | Chantal Block | TBD | Ehab Meselhe |
April 16, 2026 |
| TBD | Grad Students |
April 23, 2026 | Noah Hendricks/TBD | TBD | Grad Student seminars |
News
Global mercury levels in rivers have doubled since Industrial Revolution
Mercury levels in the world's rivers have more than doubled since the pre-industrial era, according to new research from Tulane University that establishes the first known global baseline for riverine mercury pollution.
The study, published in Science Advances, developed a process-based model to simulate mercury transport in rivers and found that global rivers carried approximately 390 metric tons of mercury to oceans annually before 1850. Today, that figure has jumped to about 1,000 metric tons per year.
Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium
The Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium seeks to establish a recurring forum to connect academic, government, and NGO scientists and managers in the region to share their research, ideas, and needs with the goal of building synergy. The theme for this recurring forum is threefold: optimizing the data collection network, strategizing the next generation of models, and outlining key applications of the data and models for management decisions.
Flowerree Symposium
The Flowerree Symposia provide a recurring forum to showcase Tulane University’s role in addressing climate change and its acute impacts in coastal regions such as southern Louisiana. The symposia highlight the local dimensions of a global crisis while focusing Tulane faculty, students, and community stakeholders on how the university can contribute to an evidence-based conversation about solutions. The goal is to bring together ideas and approaches that span the scientific and engineering dimensions of the climate crisis, as well as its human impacts, political challenges, and policy innovations.
