NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to do what no physicist has ever done before: see through opaque matter using superoscillations of light…
NEW ORLEANS – The University of Holy Cross has officially opened the Brown Foundation Beverage Science Laboratory at its West Bank campus. The comprehensive facility will allow faculty members from the university’s food science program to expand their curriculum to…
NEW ORLEANS — Starting Monday, Feb. 22, the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children and the Louisiana Early Childhood Business Roundtable will be hosting a series of events for the fourth annual Louisiana Early Ed Week, presented by Entergy. Adjusted to…
NEW ORLEANS – The Delgado Community College communications and marketing team has been honored with five awards at the 8th Annual Education Digital Marketing Awards competition. The team won Gold Awards in two categories: COVID Response, for the video “Delgado…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans launches its third annual Women’s Leadership Academy WLA in April and is seeking applicants for the upcoming class of this exciting certificate program. The current WLA cohort is graduating 33 regional women leaders…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University will fund three new multidisciplinary Research Centers of Excellence focused on personalized medicine, sex differences in medicine and emerging infectious diseases — all distinct research challenges relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. The centers are a…
NEW ORLEANS - The Biden administration’s new limits on the fossil fuel industry are raising alarms in the Louisiana business community because, as Tulane University’s Eric Smith said, “oil and gas is virtually in every phase of our economy -…
NEW ORLEANS - Researchers at Tulane University, Harvard University, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have learned that obesity, age and COVID-19 infection correlate with a propensity to breathe out more respiratory droplets — key spreaders of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.…
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Louisiana has hired a firm to design a $14.5 million coastal research center at Nicholls State University. Thibodaux-based Duplantis Design Group will design the project, and the building should be put out to bid by the…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University President Michael Fitts will host the third installment of the Presidential Speaker Series "Mindset: Breaking Barriers" from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 via Zoom. The program will feature Lisa Jackson, vice president of…
NEW ORLEANS - University of New Orleans President John Nicklow is one of five individuals recognized as Champions of Diversity and Inclusion by the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. The honorees are selected for their work in supporting ethnic…
NEW ORLEANS - The family who led the charge to build Tulane’s Yulman Stadium is stepping up once more for the university, this time with a $5 million matching-challenge gift to increase scholarship opportunities for all students. Board of Tulane…
NEW ORLEANS - The National Institutes of Health has selected Tulane National Primate Research Center to lead a new partnership between the seven federally funded National Primate Research Centers to combine their efforts to accelerate promising COVID-19 vaccine and drug…
NEW YORK (AP) — British-based beer and spirits maker Diageo is giving a combined $10 million to 25 historically Black colleges and universities across the United States, continuing an upswell of giving to the institutions following last summer's racial justice…
NEW ORLEANS – The Preservation Hall Foundation has unveiled a free series of online of music lessons for k-12 students co-created by the foundation and members of the Preservation Hall community of musicians. Preservation Hall Lessons, designed for teacher utilization in…
NEW ORLEANS - Last week, President Joe Biden signed several executive actions aimed at tackling climate change that could have major repercussions for the Louisiana oil and gas industry. Biden instituted a 60-day ban on new oil and gas leases…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans College of Business welcomes Barbara “Bara” Watts as the new executive director of the school’s Center for Entrepreneurship. In this role, she will lead day-to-day operations of curricular enrichment programs as well as…
NEW ORLEANS - Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and professor of economics, will host a virtual discussion titled "Anti-Racism and the Economics Profession" at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28. The event is free and…
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Policy Institute for Children has released results from a report titled “Struggling to Recover: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Louisiana Families with Young Children” created in partnership with Agenda for Children, Louisiana Department of Education,…
NEW ORLEANS - A $5 million gift from Tulane alumnus Richard M. Lerner will create the university’s eighth Presidential Chair, this one devoted to increasing the world’s scientific understanding of aging and longevity. Tulane will establish the Lawrence E. Lerner…
NEW ORLEANS - The National Science Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to BioAesthetics Corp. to develop a new advanced wound-care product for treating bed sores or pressure ulcers. The product will be tested at Tulane University. The Small Business…
NEW ORLEANS - The Cowen Institute at Tulane University has been awarded a grant by The Kresge Foundation to support a “NOLA Mental Health and Wellness Pilot” program for New Orleans college students. The grant will fund a partnership between…
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleanian Vicki Arroyo will join the Biden administration as associate administrator of policy for the Environmental Protection Agency. A graduate of New Orleans Public Schools, she holds an undergraduate degree from Emory University in biology, a…
NEW ORLEANS - The career centers at University of New Orleans, Dillard University, Loyola University New Orleans, Southern University at New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced their joint 2021 NOLA Virtual Career Expo. This virtual event will…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's public schools have nearly 17,000 fewer students in the coronavirus pandemic, an enrollment decline of more than 2% this year, according to state officials. Nearly half the decrease is among students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.…
VERMILLION, La. (AP) — Pre-kindergarten teacher Darlene Humble kicked off Wednesday morning’s class at LeBlanc Elementary School the same way she always does, with the “good morning song.” About 10 students, most of them 4 years old, sang and clapped…
NEW ORLEANS - Researchers at Tulane National Primate Research Center have observed severe disease in aged African green monkeys exposed to SARS-CoV-2 that mimics what doctors are seeing in their most critically ill patients. Their findings were published in The…
NEW ORLEANS - Brother Martin High School has hired Justin Fleetwood to fill the role of director of strategic planning for advancement. The mission of Brother Martin High School is to "form young people through a holistic education that fosters…
NEW ORLEANS – Café Reconcile will host an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, January 25. Young adults, ages 16-24, are invited to learn about Reconcile’s free job training program. Open House participation is limited in…
NEW ORLEANS –– Mount Carmel Academy announced that it has earned STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Certification from Cognia, a merger of the education nonprofits AdvancED and Measured Progress. This designation is offered to institutions that have adhered to the…
