Also In This Issue
Why We Came Back
Ensuring a rewarding academic and social experience for our students, creating a more diverse and just university, continuing our life-saving research and transforming the heart of our city into a high-tech and healthcare hub are why we came back — and why we are here to stay. Continue Reading
Racial Reckoning
Tulane renews and expands its commitment to making the university a more inclusive and supportive home for all. The time to act is now. Continue Reading
Coronavirus Detective
Tulane virologist Robert Garry reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
Virus Survives in Air for Hours
The Tulane National Primate Research Center leads a study on COVID-19 aerosols. Continue Reading
‘Resilience Is in Our DNA’
A photo of African American students from Tulane School of Medicine made national news in December after it went “viral” on social media. Continue Reading
Green Wave Justice
Mónica Lebrón, the first chief diversity officer for Tulane Athletics, leads Green Wave Justice for All. She’s also deputy athletics director and chief operating officer. Continue Reading
Ghost Stories
One of the most compelling pieces of narrative history is The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — and How It Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World. Continue Reading
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Is 2020 this country’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” as sung by Simon & Garfunkel in the turbulent ’70s before entering the ’80s? Continue Reading
Nature Works in Strange Ways
Thomas Sherry has helped build the cornerstones of a Tulane education that nurture tomorrow’s climate leadership. Recognizing the close relationship between the natural world and the well-being of humans, he pays particular attention to birds and their habitats. Continue Reading
Anne Rice Archives Acquired
Manuscripts, screenplays, journals and personal correspondence of the Interview With the Vampire author are available to researchers at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. Continue Reading
Climate Risk Management
Professor Jesse M. Keenan has a leading role in the first climate change publication by a U.S. financial regulator. Continue Reading
Ampersand: Sophia Omoro: Surgeon, Designer & Social Entrepreneur
Sophia Aomo Omoro (M ’00, ’02) always knew she wanted to be a surgeon. Continue Reading
A Legacy of Service
The chance meeting of a pair of Tulane University students at a medical school fraternity party almost 75 years ago led to a life filled with family, service and a lasting legacy that will continue at Tulane for years to come. Continue Reading
Impression: Susan Hassig
After years of studying HIV transmission, Susan Hassig (PHTM ’84, ’87), associate professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, became a go-to media source on the prevention and spread of COVID-19. Continue Reading
Donors Support Sport and Health
Two programs with ties to sport received generous gifts this year. Continue Reading
Impression: Cindy Reese Mitchell
Cindy Reese Mitchell’s (NC ’99) journey to her current position as Founding Chief Executive Officer of Mill House Ventures in Canberra, Australia, began when she was a girl growing up in Macon County, Alabama. Continue Reading
University Values
Leonard A. Lauder, chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., has made a gift to Tulane University to establish The Leonard A. Lauder Professor of American History and Values. Continue Reading
Gift Enhances Covid-19 Testing
Tulane University has received a $1 million gift from Elana Amsterdam and her husband, Rob Katz, to significantly expand its molecular pathology lab to increase COVID-19 testing capacity within the region. Continue Reading
