Tulane University

Actor, producer, M.D., Ken Jeong to address Tulane grads

March 19, 2022 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Comedian and physician Ken Jeong will be the keynote commencement speaker at the university in New Orleans where he did research for a year after going through his medical residency at a local hospital.

Tulane to study estrogen’s contradictory dementia effects

March 12, 2022 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A five-year study by the Tulane University Brain Institute will focus on understanding why estrogen therapy helps protect some women from age-related brain problems, while other women do not benefit from the therapy.

Grant to help Tulane fight regional health worker burnout

March 5, 2022 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane University's School of Social Work will use part of a $2.27 million federal grant to address burnout, low job satisfaction and other problems suffered by Louisiana health care workers.

Suit alleging discrimination at Tulane med school settled

January 22, 2022 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at Tulane University's School of Medicine has been settled.

Dr. Princess Dennar, a former director of the school's residency program, filed the lawsuit in 2020.

Live updates: Tulane delays spring start over virus surge

By The Associated PressDecember 24, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS — Tulane University in New Orleans is delaying the start of its spring semester because of the latest surge in coronavirus cases, and another private school says students must get booster shots before returning.

Tulane to be main tenant in former Charity Hospital

November 29, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A private university in New Orleans will be the lead tenant of a former public hospital building that has been closed since Hurricane Katrina flooded it in 2005, the school said Monday.

Grant will fund post-Ida water quality study by Tulane

November 13, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane University has been awarded a grant to study how pollutants from Hurricane Ida flood waters may have affected south Louisiana ground water and water systems.

The university says in a news release that the National Science Foundation grant will fund work by Samendra Sherchan, associate professor of environmental health sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Tulane team to study water pollution from Hurricane Ida

November 8, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A researcher at a private university in New Orleans is getting nearly $50,000 to study how pollution spread by Hurricane Ida’s floods has affected south Louisiana groundwater and water systems, the university said Monday.

College students report spiked drinks at New Orleans bars

October 5, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Several students at two universities in New Orleans have reported to authorities that they believe their drinks were spiked at bars near those campuses, police said.

Florida couple gives Tulane med school $5M for professorship

August 28, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Florida couple who met in a gross anatomy class as Tulane University undergraduates has given Tulane Medical School $5 million for an endowed professorship.

Drs. Philip and Cheryl Leone, of Naples, Florida, are now retired pathologists and current members of the School of Medicine Board of Governors, a university news release said Wednesday.

Tulane: lowest staff wage moving to $15/hour, student to $10

August 20, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major private university in New Orleans is raising its minimum wage for staff to $15 an hour, and for students to $10 an hour.

Tulane University's pay increases will be effective Oct.