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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
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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
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Coronavirus Detective
Tulane virologist Robert Garry reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
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Virus Survives in Air for Hours
The Tulane National Primate Research Center leads a study on COVID-19 aerosols. Continue Reading
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ampersand: Sophia Omoro: Surgeon, Designer & Social Entrepreneur
Sophia Aomo Omoro (M ’00, ’02) always knew she wanted to be a surgeon. Continue Reading
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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
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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
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Donors Support Sport and Health
Two programs with ties to sport received generous gifts this year. Continue Reading
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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
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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
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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