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From groundbreaking research and major funding wins to new leadership and student milestones, the Tulane School of Science and Engineering community is driving discovery at every level. Explore the latest news highlighting the faculty, students, and researchers shaping the future of science and engineering — in the lab, in the classroom, and across the Gulf Coast and beyond.
Built to Solve Problems
Two Tulane alumni are helping shape the future of optics, advanced materials, and manufacturing at Corning, one of the world's leading research and technology companies.
Building a River in the Lab
A $125,000 grant is helping Tulane researchers investigate how floods cause meandering rivers to abandon their bends and carve new paths.
Tulane University wins rare $6 million National Science Foundation grant — one of only nine nationwide — to build the South’s next innovation engine
Tulane University secured a $6M NSF grant for SMART Tulane, translating research into new tech, products, startups, and jobs in the Gulf South.
Tulane Researcher Awarded Two NSF Grants to Open Up AI's "Black Box"
Zhengming Ding, an associate professor at Department of Computer Science in Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering, has received two prestigious National Science Foundation awards to advance interpretable artificial intelligence—research focused on making AI systems more transparent, reliable, and understandable to the people who use them.
The Community That Changed a Career and a Scientific Field
Distinguished Career Award recognizes Tulane professor Nicole Gasparini for advancing open science, mentoring the next generation of researchers and helping reshape computational Earth science.
Beyond the classroom: Faculty residents help students find community at Tulane
Tulane's Jonathan Fadok, a Faculty in Residence, bakes cookies to engage students, fostering community outside the classroom.
Tulane researchers aim to reduce cancer treatment time with new tech
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two years after a presidential visit put a New Orleans cancer research project in the national spotlight, Tulane University researchers are testing a new imaging technology on tissue from cancer surgeries — with the hope that one day it could tell surgeons, within minutes, whether they removed all of a patient’s cancer.
From Tulane's Fungal Labs to the EPA: Peter Tellez Finds His Path in Environmental Science
Dr. Peter Tellez transformed from an art-loving shy student into an EPA scientist managing grants and addressing air pollution after a varied academic path.
Tulane Introduces New Space Science and Engineering Minor
An interdisciplinary program will connect science, engineering, computing, and human health while preparing students for opportunities across the rapidly growing space sector. Tulane University students interested in exploring the science and technology behind humanity’s expanding presence in space will soon have a new academic pathway. The School of Science and Engineering has established an interdisciplinary Space Science and Engineering Minor that will draw upon courses and faculty expertise from across the school.
Tulane researchers hope AI will speed up the search for one of science's 'holy grails'
More than a century ago, a Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes earned a Nobel Prize in physics by discovering the world's first “superconductor,” a material that can transfer electricity without heating up and losing energy.