Also In This Issue
![Ashley Langford sits among empty green arena seats and holds a basketball](/sites/default/files/2024-10/Langford_02-TH.jpg)
Full-circle moment
Ashley Langford, a standout point guard for the Green Wave from 2005 to 2009, has returned to Tulane as the seventh women's basketball head coach and first African American to lead the program. Continue Reading
![President Biden speaks from stage with signs that read Curing Cancer Faster](/sites/default/files/2024-09/cure-cancer-01-TH.jpg)
President Biden announces funding to Tulane for cancer ‘moonshot’ project
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Jill Biden visited Tulane to celebrate a project that promises to bring a new kind of magic to the world of cancer treatment. Continue Reading
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Vibrant makeover in progress on Tulane’s downtown campus
The changes happening on Tulane's downtown campus will pave the way for its rebirth as a national research and innovation powerhouse. Continue Reading
![President Fitts in heart shaped sunglasses speaks to the Class of 2028](/sites/default/files/2024-09/Convocation-TH.jpg)
Class of 2028 enters their ‘Roll Wave era’
A flurry of excitement, cheers, music — and “Swifties” — filled the Avron B. Fogelman Arena at the President’s Convocation for New Students. Continue Reading
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Students’ innovative design selected as finalist in NASA contest
Senior engineering students brought their design for a lunar rover to a NASA contest in Florida as finalists. Continue Reading
![Smiling senior Woman Playing Tennis](/sites/default/files/2024-08/osteoporosis-TH.jpg)
Can A.I. tell you if you have osteoporosis?
Tulane researchers developed a new deep learning algorithm to predict osteoporosis risk. Continue Reading
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White Coat Ceremony
The 190 students of the Class of 2028 began their medical careers with the White Coat Ceremony. Continue Reading
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First-generation student success
Tulane joins over 400 higher education institutions nationwide as a member of the FirstGen Forward Network. Continue Reading
![Myrna L. Daniels portrait wearing a white shirt](/sites/default/files/2024-10/MYRNA-HHT_0144B_TH.jpg)
$17.2 million for geriatric medicine and research
A gift from Newcomb College alumna Myrna L. Daniels will fund geriatric initiatives and research at the School of Medicine. Continue Reading
![portrait of Albert C. Lum seated](/sites/default/files/2024-10/Impression_Albert-Lum-02-TH.jpg)
Impression: Albert C. Lum
Tulane alumnus Albert C. Lum (B ’58) has been advancing Asian American inclusion for at least 60 years. Continue Reading
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Farewell
We say goodbye to Tulanians whose deaths were reported to the university during the past quarter. Continue Reading