Also In This Issue
Achievement Abounds
The Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards recognize Tulane faculty, whose works elevate Tulane’s prominence as a top-level research institution. Continue Reading
Empowering Our Impact
Tulane's interdisciplinarity, outward-facing focus and collaborative culture drive the explosive growth of the university's research enterprise. Continue Reading
State of the University
President Michael A. Fitts shared Tulane's top achievements during his annual State of the University addresses last fall. Continue Reading
Creating Video Games in Class
Students worked with virtual reality and motion capture suits to design their own video games, thanks to classes in the Digital Media Practices program. Continue Reading
One Year In: Tulane-LCMC Health Partnership
The Tulane University and LCMC Health partnership marks its first anniversary expanding access to care across South Louisiana. Continue Reading
Presidential Speaker Series
President Michael A. Fitts posed questions about the future of college athletics to three Tulanians at the panel last fall. Continue Reading
An Extraordinary (Ordinary) Tulane Student
Isaac Popper is emblematic of today’s Tulane student — bright, curious and engaged in any number of seemingly far-flung fields. Continue Reading
Little Researchers of Creative Change
With psychology students as mentors, New Orleans middle schoolers are conducting research into their own lives and communities. Continue Reading
NOLA Startups and AI
The Tulane University New Orleans Startup Report cites AI and machine learning as having the largest impact on entrepreneurial activity in the region. Continue Reading
Impression: Bobby Yan
If Emmy Award-winner Bobby Yan (TC ’95) could offer advice to his 21-year-old self, he’d tell himself to believe in his potential. Continue Reading
Impression: Sue Oppliger
After Sue Oppliger (SW ’53) graduated with a Master of Social Work, she went on to change the future of mental health care in Louisiana. Continue Reading
Farewell
We say goodbye to Tulanians whose deaths were reported to us during the past quarter. Continue Reading
$1.5 million gift for Lux Recovery House
The Tulane Recovery Community Center was renamed in honor of alumni Leslie (NC ’78) and Paul (A&S ’79, M ’83) Lux. Continue Reading
$4 Million Estate Gift
Gaylord M. Bickham (A&S ’56) left an estate gift of more than $4 million to Tulane, supporting priorities at his alma mater that were dear to his heart. Continue Reading
$10 Million to Fight Cancer
The gift, prompted by Board of Tulane member and alumnus E. Pierce Marshall Jr. (B ’90), honors the memory of Marshall’s father, E. Pierce Marshall. Continue Reading
$2.5 Million for Next Wave Scholarship Challenge
The anonymous donation kickstarts the third phase of the dollar-for-dollar matching program that supports undergraduate scholarship opportunities. Continue Reading
