Tetlow and Perdew Win
Teaching Honors
Amazing, inspiring and passionate are words that Tania Tetlow’s students use to describe the associate professor of law. John Perdew, professor of physics, is recognized for teaching with simplicity, clarity and elegance. For their achievements in teaching, Tetlow and Perdew received the Tulane University President’s Awards for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching at University Commencement on Saturday (May 16).
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Plans in Works for Wetlands Observatory
Staff members from the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research look at a potential site for a new environmental laboratory. They are, from left, Douglas Meffert, Giselle McKinney, Yannis Vassilopoulos and Charles Allen. (Photo by Yannis Vassilopoulos) Full Story
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Physicist Celebrated for Life’s Work
John Perdew, professor of physics at Tulane for more than 30 years, is being honored for contributing to density-functional theory for better understanding of chemistry and physics. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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2009 Alumni Awards Celebration
Sunday May 3, 2009
Audubon Tea Room
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Office of Global Health Opens
Olivier Brochenin, left, Consul General for France, shares enthusiasm with Tulane Provost Michael Bernstein, center, and Pierre Buekens, right, dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, on the opening of the Office of Global Health. (Photo by Rick Olivier) Full Story
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Class Studies New Orleans Youth
In his course on New Orleans youth, Michael Cunningham challenges undergraduates to consider what influences allow at-risk children to succeed. He is an associate professor of psychology. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Selling the Perks of Science
Louisiana first lady Supriya Jindal wants to expose more of the state’s children to math- and science-based careers. On Friday (April 3) she charged engineers at the ninth annual Tulane Engineering Forum with the task of speaking up about the perks of working in science. more
Friday, April 3, 2009
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
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NIA Directors Regional Meeting on Aging Research
Free and Open to Faculty and Students
Registration & Meeting Schedule
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Chemist Recognized as Outstanding Researcher
Michael Herman, professor of chemistry in the School of Science and Engineering, received the 2009 Outstanding Researcher Award during the school’s third-annual Research Day. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)
Full Story
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National Science Foundation grants will allow assistant professors James Donahue, left, and W T. Godbey to establish their own laboratories at Tulane. Donahue is in chemistry and Godbey is in chemical and biomolecular engineering. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Biomedical Engineering Students Think Big for the Disabled
Displaying their design of a wheelchair with automated leg rests, which won the show’s top prize, are, standing from left, students Christopher Millan, Scott D. Vermeulen and Danielle Gill. Seated is Christopher B. Rodell. (Photos by George Long)
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Scientists Seek to Understand Channel-Like Erosion
Seepage caused by underground flow of water is the likely cause of the network of channels scouring the levees along the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal, a Tulane scientist says. (Photos from Kyle M. Straub) Full Story
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Forging the Environment for Innovation
During the Burkenroad Symposium, National Science Foundation director Arden L. Bement Jr. stresses the importance of science in rebuilding the nation’s economy. (Photos by George Long) Full Story
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Science and Engineering Students
receive top awards for presentations during the
20th Annual Health Sciences Research Days full story
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Steve Darwin is named
Steve #1000
in NCSE's Project Steve
Steven P. Darwin — Steve #1000
A kilosteve attained! A new Darwin inaugurates the third century of evolution!
full article
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The Building Block of Machines
While microchips found in everyday electronics have gradually decreased in size until they are now smaller the point of a sharpened pencil, Tulane University scientists are making contributions to research that could one day produce semiconductors that are a million times smaller. In doing so, Alex Burin, an assistant professor of chemistry, and graduate assistant Gail Blaustein are delving into the electronic properties of DNA. A molecule of a material is the smallest particle capable of retaining the physical property of the material, such as the ability to conduct charge. Some molecules possess surprising physical properties that one would not expect. For instance, Burin believes that the DNA molecule is capable of functioning as a semiconductor... more
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Biomedical Engineering Design Show Celebrates
20th Anniversary
Saturday, March 7, 2009 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Tulane Uptown Campus
Boggs Center for Energy & Biotechnology - Lobby
Everyone is invited to attend and view projects designed to
assist people with disabilities
2008-09 Tulane Senior Engineering Design Teams
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Creating Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Undergraduate students (from left) Theodore Nathan and Lea Kaminstein discuss their research project with Gary Talarchek, along with student Shelby Farmer, right. Talarchek is senior program manager in the Center for Research-Education Activities at Tulane (CREATe). (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Faculty Receive Community-based Research Grants
Sadredin “Dean” Moosavi, right, a professor of practice in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, works on a beach erosion project with students at Grand Isle, La., a spit of land on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo from Dean Moosavi) Full Story
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Tulane Merits Carnegie Community Engagement Classification Full Story
School of Science and Engineering
Outreach Programs
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A Concrete Solution
“I want to see the best for the people of the New Orleans. I want people to be educated about all of the options they have when building,” says Tulane alumnus Patrick Ibert. (Photo by George Long) Full Story
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Obama Names New Orleans Native
To Lead EPA
By Associated Press
Former New Orleans resident and Tulane University graduate Lisa Jackson is nominated Environmental Protection Agency administrator by
President-elect Barack Obama
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Tidal Marsh Reveals Microscopic Insights
Mark Fox, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane, studies plant stress and diversity of insect life in Bayou Sauvage. (Photo by Sally Asher) Full Story
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New Orleans’ Recovery Needs ‘Unconventional Thinking’
With rising sea levels and diminishing wetlands, new ways of thinking are crucial to preserving New Orleans and Louisiana, say Torbjörn E. Törnqvist and Douglas J. Meffert of Tulane. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Presidential Symposium Focuses on
Infectious Diseases’ Global Risks
Tulane University holds its 2008 Presidential Symposium — “Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Risks” — on Dec. 4 and 5. The symposium will feature a free public session by prizewinning author John Barry, whose New York Times best-seller The Great Influenza chronicles the 1918 flu pandemic... more
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Louisiana First Lego League Tournament
2008 Climate Connections
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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Old Wine in New Bottles
Bruce Fleury addresses a packed house in Freeman Auditorium for his Last Lecture on creationism and intelligent design. (Photos by Zack Smith) Full Story
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Cowen Institute Funds Faculty Research
Full Story
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Nobel Laureate to Speak on
'Science, Society and Sustainability'
Nobel Prize-winner Harold Kroto sees environmental disaster looming unless humans take shared responsibility to stop it from happening. (Photo by Nicholas Sinclair)
Full Story
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Louisiana’s Oil Future Not So Bleak
Although Louisiana’s economy depends heavily on the petroleum industry, faculty member Eric Smith believes the oil derricks will keep pumping through the economic crisis. (Photos by Ryan Rivet) Full Story
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Collaboration Key to Research Project
Tulane University graduate students Kate Hamlington, left, and Jerina Pillert experiment with the computational model of a micro-fluidic chamber that they've designed. Their research is funded by the National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program. (Photo by Alicia Duplessis) Full Story
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Students Connect With LEGO and Climate
Tulane students Laura Matthews and Joseph Rohr coach students at Ecole Bilingue elementary school as they work on their entry for the FIRST LEGO League competition. (Photo by Alicia Duplessis)
Full Story
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Shifting Sands on Grand Isle
Sophomore student Charlie Drain of Alpharetta, Ga., wades into the Gulf of Mexico to measure coastal erosion after Hurricane Gustav. (Photos by Sandredin “Dean” Moosavi)
Students measuring the loss of sand on the barrier island of Grand Isle, La., are seeing coastal erosion happen before their eyes. Dean Moosavi takes students in his physical geology course to the spit of land on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico where they are observing rapid land loss in southern Louisiana... more
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Tulane, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt Create
Engineering Partnership
The Tulane University School of Science and Engineering has begun a new undergraduate program that will allow Tulane students to earn dual degrees in physics and engineering, Nick Alterio, dean of the school, announced. The program is in partnership with Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins universities... more
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Scientist Explores How Genes Guide Organ Formation
YiPing Chen is back in the laboratory on the Tulane uptown campus after a two-year absence. He is chair and professor of cell and molecular biology. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)
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Pipeline to a Future in Research
John McLachlan, director of the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, welcomes guests to a presentation by Pipeline Project students who worked alongside researchers at the center during the summer. Full Story
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Alumnus Sails Into Beijing Olympics
John Dane III has waited a lifetime for his shot at the Olympics. At 58 and four decades after setting his goal, the Tulane civil engineering graduate finally got his chance to represent the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.
Dane, who holds master’s (1972) and doctorate (1975) degrees from Tulane, is the oldest member of this year’s U.S. Olympic Team. He joined son-in-law Austin Perry, 30, for a weeklong set of racing competitions in the Star sailboat event in Qingdao, about 400 miles east of Beijing. A sentimental favorite, the pair’s search for gold came to a halt on Wednesday (Aug. 20) as they finished in 11th place after 10 preliminary races, edged out of the 10-boat cutoff. Their final race ended in fourth place... more
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Grand Prespectives
Tulane students take to the water during their 7-day raft trip in the Grand Canyon, organized by geology professor Ron Parsley as part of a multidisciplinary class. (Photos by Ron Parsley) Full Story
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SUMMER RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE 2008
Tulane students learned that the best way to defeat the heat of a New Orleans summer is to study the brain in the confines of a climate-controlled laboratory. Full Story
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Congratulations August 2008 Graduates!
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Congratulations May 2008 Graduates!
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Dr. Stacy Overstreet, Tulane Psychology Department
Articles explore blow to psyche of children
Full Story
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Masters of Their Universe
Tulane University graduate students Jerina Pillert, left, and Katharine Hamlington with Dr. Donald Gaver examine microfluidic experiments involving microparticle image velocimetry, an optical technique for measuring fluid velocity. Full Story in Louisiana EPSCoR newsletter
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Congratulations! Dr. Michael Cunningham
One of eight finalists for
Campus Compact's 2008 Thomas Ehrlich
Faculty Award for Service Learning
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Institute Keeps Elementary School Teachers Smiling
Nearly 50 third- and fourth-grade teachers are on the uptown campus at Tulane through today (July 31) as participants of NOLA SMILE (Science and Mathematics, Inquiry, Learning and Exploring). Full Story
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Marshall Scholar Shows He’s Got Heart
Jason Mellad, who graduated from Tulane with a bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology, is pursuing a career as a researcher in cardiovascular medicine in England. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Southern Grace, Yankee Spirit
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Top Teachers an Inspiration to Undergrads
Recipients of the university’s highest honors for teaching undergraduates are Linda Carroll, professor of Italian, and Michael Cunningham, associate professor of psychology. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Public Service Award Honors Spirit of Giving
Anne Marie Norman and Kelly Holmes are the first recipients of a public service award honoring undergraduate civic engagement. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Just Ducky
..........Phi Beta Kappa presented its Riess Award to Carmella Vizza, an ecology and evolutionary biology major from San Antonio, while ODK honored neuroscience program leader Beth Wee with its Ducky Award... more
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Robot Rumble
The Tulane University Robot Battle Olympiad pits robot designs against each other. Biomedical engineering students organized the event and invited other students to participate. Senior Lee White's design - the last robot still able to move - was the winner.
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A pushboat makes its way through the swollen Mississippi River. High river levels prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent flooding by releasing river water into Lake Pontchartrain. (Photos by Ryan Rivet)
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New Lab for Promising Polymer Research
Physics professor Wayne Reed is founder and director of the new Tulane Center for Polymer Reaction Monitoring and Characterization in the School of Science and Engineering. (Photo by George Long) Full Story
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Ulrike Diebold, right, accepts the Outstanding Researcher Award from Nicholas Altiero, dean of the School of Science and Engineering, at a ceremony on April 10. It marks the second year the award has been presented. (Photos by Paula Burch-Celentano)
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2008 Clifford Lectures
Department of Mathematics
for details
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Information Flow Adds Up
This year’s Clifford Lecturer at Tulane is Samson Abramsky, a theoretical computer scientist from the University of Oxford in England. Full Story
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CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID FOBES!
Tulane Physics student selected to attend the
58th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Physics
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Tulane geology major
Johanna "Josie" Nevitt
awarded a Goldwater scholarship
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Thomas Hebert, a professor of practice in the psychology department, teaches behavioral neuroscience to high school students who are taking part in the Tulane Science Scholars Program that introduces them to careers in engineering, math and science. (Photo by Mark Hogan) more
Tulane University President Scott Cowen signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment on Tuesday (March 18), pledging that the university will measure its impact on global warming and then develop a plan to achieve carbon neutrality through reduced energy use, green building, increased recycling efforts and other measures... more
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The achievements of physics professor John Perdew were in the spotlight on Sunday (March 9) at a special symposium... more
Törnqvist, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences and director of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research Coastal Center at Tulane, is studying subsidence of the Mississippi River Delta. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Full Story
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Tulane Physics Professor Dr. Wayne Reed, right, with
Ph.D. student Pascal Enohnyaket and postdoctoral
associate Dr. Alina Alb, in a University of
Massachusetts lab where they relocated following
Hurricane Katrina. Full Story
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Dr. Ricardo Cortez, Tulane Associate Professor
of Mathematics,
with Svetlana Tlupova at her May 2007 Ph.D. graduation. Louisiana EPSCOR funded Dr. Cortez’s proposal for her visit to the Cystic Fibrosis Center Applied Math Group,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full Story
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Julie Alvarez returned to New Orleans to
teach psychology full time at Tulane. Photo by (Paula Burch-Celentano).
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Tulane Alumnus Thomas Lee Part of Aviation History
Showing off his certificate from the first Boeing 747 flight in 1970, Tulane alumnus Thomas Lee, left, is ready to fly on the Airbus 380 with his wife, Sally, center, and daughter, Briana, right. (Photo provided by Thomas Lee) Full Story
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In an “Amazing Race” episode, brother/sister team Azaria Azene (center) and Hendekea Azene (right) in Amsterdam search among 2,500 bikes for two marked ones and then ride 5 miles to receive their next clue. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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Students Make Quantum Leap |
