NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Department of Health has teamed up with Ochsner Health to offer free telehealth therapy sessions for the state's 166,000 public school teachers and staff. Educators will be able to connect with a licensed behavorial/mental health…
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced that Kenneth St. Charles, Ph.D., will join the organization as vice president for philanthropy. St. Charles currently serves as president and CEO at St. Augustine High School. “Kenneth St. Charles is…
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Senate Education Committee agreed Thursday to call for bigger raises for teachers and school support personnel than the state education board’s recommended spending plan includes. The main state spending bill is $5.6 million short of…
NEW ORLEANS - Venerable New Orleans nonprofit Kingsley House, which has been active for more than 125 years, announced it will begin the process of changing its name after learning that its namesake Charles Kingsley published "writings and sermons that…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would make kindergarten mandatory if lawmakers agree to a bill that won support Wednesday from a Senate committee. The proposal from Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields would require children who turn 5 years old by Sept.…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University said it will invest $5.7 million to expand the Tulane University Translational Science Institute into a university-wide center focused on finding better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease and translate scientific discoveries into medical practices…
NEW ORLEANS - Thanks to a new $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Tulane University's Mellon Graduate Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship is set to widen its scope to include undergraduates, new community relationships through more public events and…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Debates about Louisiana's free college tuition program known as TOPS are cyclical in the Legislature, cropping up every few years as lawmakers raise concerns about the program's ballooning price tag or notice the disparities in who…
NEW ORLEANS - A Tulane University professor now shares something in common with legendary journalists such as Bill Moyers, Molly Ivins, Leonard Pitts Jr., Studs Terkel and Nina Totenberg. Like them, and other major authors and communicators, Vicki Mayer, a…
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received a nearly $1 million grant to fund research infrastructure that will encourage more collaborations across Tulane and the region in material sciences. The five-year, $996,981 grant…
NEW ORLEANS — Teach for America Greater New Orleans and Entergy Corporation are teaming up to celebrate 30 years of "commitment to educational excellence for students in the Greater New Orleans area," according to a press release. Although 2020 marked…
NEW ORLEANS - Artificial intelligence experts from Tulane University and the University of Maryland have received a Google Scholar Research Award to develop better ways of promoting diversity and fairness in a variety of pipeline and selection problems, including hiring,…
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane School of Professional Advancement will host "Women in Tech: The Path Forward" from noon to 1:30 p.m. CT on Friday, May 7. This is an interactive, virtual event featuring a panel of female leaders and entrepreneurs…
BATON ROUGE—The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine announced that Andrea Johnson, assistant professor of small animal internal medicine, has received the Andrew Lackner Mentoring Award. This mentoring award honors the memory of Andrew Lackner, former director of the Tulane National…
NEW ORLEANS - Two of Dillard University’s academic programs have been named top programs by online learning platform Study.com. The University’s biology program ranked ninth and the film studies program ranked 13th in their categories based on “academic and career resources, the quality…
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University Center for Brain Health has partnered with actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise and his foundation’s Gary Sinise Foundation Avalon Network. This network focuses on the cognitive health and mental wellness of veterans and first…
NEW ORLEANS - Alicia Jasmin has rejoined the Tulane University marketing department as the director of marketing and communications for the School of Professional Advancement. From 2007-2019, Jasmin held several roles in the Tulane University Office of Marketing and Communications,…
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his agenda Thursday for the legislative session that starts Monday, including his support for making kindergarten mandatory for every Louisiana student. The estimated cost of the change to the state’s multibillion education budget…
NEW ORLEANS – DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) will administer COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 9 at Xavier University's Fitness Center, 4645 Drexel Avenue. Click here or call (504) 207-1080 to schedule an…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans College of Business senior Valeria Ali, in collaboration with Jambalaya Deportiva Corporation, is among the most recent recipients of a Google Innovation Grant. Ali received $73,865 as part of the Google News Initiative’s…
NEW ORLEANS – University of Holy Cross said it has upgraded its accelerated business degree program for working adults. Beginning in the fall of 2021, UHC will offer online and hybrid options of the program that provides credit for current…
NEW ORLEANS - A Tulane University initiative to use shuttle buses powered by electricity has been awarded $737,500 by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The project is one of 55 selected research and…
NEW ORLEANS - In the 2022 ranking of graduate entrepreneurship programs by U.S News and World Report, Loyola University New Orleans ranks 14th in the nation among other top universities. That placement means Loyola has moved up six spots and…
NEW ORLEANS - On March 31, Delgado Community College broke ground on its new Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health. State and local officials joined Chancellor Larissa Littleton-Steib for the event. Due to COVID-19 social distancing protocols, attendance was…
NEW ORLEANS - Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges will deliver the keynote address at Tulane University’s 2021 All-University Unified Commencement, which will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. Due to the ongoing public health risks of COVID-19,…
NEW ORLEANS - Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, a free fast-track business growth program, is currently accepting applications for the fall 2021 cohort (September through December). Through this 16-week program, participants will learn to grow their revenue and scale their…
BATON ROUGE – Colleges and universities have increased fees charged to students as lawmakers cut state spending on higher education, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of getting a degree, according to a new Louisiana Legislative Auditor report. Higher…
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Policy Institute for Children has released has released a new report that shows child care providers in Louisiana continue to face cascading challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including collective losses totaling almost $245 million. …
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana residents are most worried about the economy and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers in the Public Policy Research Lab at LSU’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs in the Manship School of Mass Communication. …
NEW ORLEANS – The Public Relations Student Society of America has established a chapter at Tulane University. Tamar Gregorian, Ph.D., will serve as faculty adviser to the PRSSA chapter. “PRSSA is thrilled for the…
