NEW ORLEANS (press release) - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has awarded a $256,000 grant to BioAesthetics Corp., a Tulane University spin-out company, to develop a new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Dillard University will cover eligible students’ pandemic debt incurred from March 2020. The University was afforded this opportunity through the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEERF) supplemental grant. The grant’s total amount exceeds $485,000. Students who…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, Dr. Calvin Mackie launched STEM Global Action, a campaign and network of affiliates he said will pursue the advancement of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Center for Orthopaedics and the LSU Health Foundation in New Orleans are pleased to announce the endowment of the David Drez, Jr., MD, Chair in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. The Louisiana Board of Regents announced…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - The 2021 NOLA Back 2 School Fest presented by Shell will provide 4,000 students in grades K-6 with free backpacks filled with essential school supplies – Saturday, July 31 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m.…
NEW ORLEANS - Xavier University of Louisiana has appointed Jeff A Hale, Ph.D., as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR). Dr. Hale will lead and manage Xavier’s central CFR operations as part of the Office of Institutional Advancement. He…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Despite climbing numbers of COVID-19 cases around Louisiana, state education leaders are leaving decisions on mask mandates, physical distancing and other measures aimed at lessening coronavirus spread to local public school districts for the upcoming year.…
NEW ORLEANS – Children’s Hospital New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Schools announced a partnership designed to improve student health outcomes and academic performance by bringing specialized health services directly to the school setting. Through the formal partnership, providers associated with…
NEW ORLEANS - Three new members have been named to the Board of Tulane, the university’s main governing body. The newly elected board members, who began their appointments on July 1, 2021, include Dr. Regina Benjamin, Richard M. Lerner and…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute will host a campus tour, info session and meet-and-greet on Thursday, July 15 for veterans, active service members and military families interested in exploring career opportunities in hospitality. NOCHI is…
NEW ORLEANS – DePaul Community Health Centers will offer COVID-19 vaccinations (Pfizer vaccine) for children ages 12 and up at its Carrollton (3201 S. Carrollton Ave.), New Orleans East (5630 Read Blvd.), and Algiers (3215 General Meyer Ave.) health centers…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Allegations of racial discrimination in the Tulane University School of Medicine's Graduate Medical Education program have prompted an accrediting organization to put the school on probation. The move by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education,…
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced last week that the Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.3M grant to the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA) to support the development of wet lab space and…
NEW ORLEANS – The faculty and staff of Delgado Community College have returned to campus as a result of the easing of public health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Delgado is now open, our offices are fully staffed, and…
NEW ORLEANS – The University of Holy Cross and Delgado Community College have signed articulation agreements between their Health Science departments making it easier for students studying Respiratory Care Technology to transfer credits from DCC to UHC. Beginning in the…
NEW ORLEANS – Local nonprofit STEM NOLA said it will use a portion of a new $1.25 million dollar grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to create an innovation center in New Orleans East. The project is currently in…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday signed legislation creating the framework for Louisiana college athletes to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship agreements, as players on some campuses already have started inking such deals. The governor's…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University’s Jennifer Whitten, an assistant professor in the department of earth and environmental sciences, will contribute to NASA’s upcoming VERITAS mission to Venus. Scheduled to begin between 2028 and 2030, the mission will launch a satellite…
BATON ROUGE – Mirroring the rest of the nation, public school enrollment in Louisiana has fallen during the COVID-19 pandemic, but schools in the state still will receive millions of additional dollars in funding. Nearly 700,000 students were enrolled in…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - John Sabo has been hired as the new director of the Tulane ByWater Institute. Sabo’s appointment is effective Aug. 1, 2021 when, in addition to leading the ByWater Institute, he will be a full professor…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University is a founding member of the Deans’ Equity and Inclusion Initiative, a new partnership of nine U.S. schools and colleges of architecture, planning and design working collectively to nurture a diverse population of emerging scholars…
BATON ROUGE – A bill signed this week by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will require school students to attend kindergarten as the first step in their K-12 education. Senate Bill 10, which was introduced in February, passed the state…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The University of Holy Cross Board of Trustees has voted to leave tuition and fees steady for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year to give a break to students who are still financially challenged from the…
NEW ORLEANS — Starting this week, the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park will go by its catchy new name: "The Beach at UNO." The Beach is a 30-acre site on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain with 800,000…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans, JOB1 Office of Workforce Development and Corporate Internship Leadership Institute announced the cohort of college students who will be a part of the Tenth Institute Internship Program. The partnership between the City…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The new Starting Block: A Fielkow-Chase Youth Education Initiative is designed to build impactful relationships between multicultural and multifaith communities in Greater New Orleans. Through practical learning and career skills building, this program will service…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Tulane University’s Commitment to Equity Institute has received almost $1.2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting fiscal policies have affected inequality, poverty and mobility. The award…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The new president of the Louisiana State University System will be paid a $725,000 annual salary under the terms of his five-year employment agreement. With applause and little discussion, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved the…
NEW ORLEANS – On June 17, the New Orleans Career Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a career and technical education campus to be located at 1331 Kerlerec Street. Scheduled to be complete in the fall of 2022, the new…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Paulo Goes, dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective August 23, 2021. “The ability…
