Also In This Issue
Head football coach sets tone for gridiron glory
Get to know Jon Sumrall, Green Wave head football coach, who returns to Tulane ready to win more championships. Continue Reading
Nobel Prize comes home to Tulane
Forty-seven years after endocrinologist Dr. Andrew Schally was awarded the Nobel Prize for medical research conducted at Tulane, the prestigious award is returning home. Continue Reading
Speaker Newt Gingrich donates congressional papers
Newt Gingrich’s congressional papers consist of more than 3,450 boxes of materials from his 20 years in Congress and 40-year political career. Continue Reading
RSV and nerve cells
Respiratory syncytial virus, a common infection in children and senior adults, can also infect nerve cells, a new study shows. Continue Reading
Memorializing a civil rights activist’s home
Through a Tulane student’s efforts, a civil rights activist’s home has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Continue Reading
The freeze-or-flight fear response
Tulane researchers discover a brain pathway that regulates fear responses, which could lead to breakthroughs in PTSD or anxiety treatments. Continue Reading
2023 student-athletes who graduated with honors
Through the generosity of longtime Tulane supporters Don and Lora Peters, Tulane Athletics recognizes student-athletes who graduate with honors. Continue Reading
A revitalization of chess
The Tulane Quick Chess Tournament is just the latest in a long history of the game at Tulane. Continue Reading
$2 million gift to establish faculty chair in AI
The gift from alumnus Mark Wheeler and his wife, Amelia Archer, will create the Mark D. Wheeler Chair in Artificial Intelligence Endowed Fund at the School of Science and Engineering. Continue Reading
Impression: Austin Hogans
Austin Hogans (A ’20) organized a campaign to give Louisiana architecture students free design supply kits. Continue Reading
Farewell
We say goodbye to Tulanians whose deaths were reported to the university during the past quarter. Continue Reading
