NEW ORLEANS - This week’s Biz Talks podcast features native New Orleanian Scott Wolfe, a lawyer and entrepreneur who founded the New Orleans-based technology startup Levelset in 2012 to…
LAFAYETTE — Acadian Capital Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, is investing in Iconic Moments, an NFT marketplace exclusively for museums and cultural institutions around the world. Acadian Capital Ventures joined VentureSouth, Cultivation Capital,…
NEW ORLEANS - From the Tulane University communications department: In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses, bringing the total of number of deaths from the opioid crisis to half a million over the past…
NEW ORLEANS - The American Heart Association in Greater New Orleans and Oschner Health will host a free webinar at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 highlighting digital practices as part of a comprehensive employee wellbeing program. Physicians and program members from…
The mission of IDEAinstitute is to provide innovative entrepreneurs and potential startup founders with the tools they need to turn an idea into a scalable venture. Applications to the fall 2021 accelerator program are open until Tuesday, September 21st and…
NEW ORLEANS - From Tulane University: Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed an inhaled vaccine against Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that can cause pneumonia in hospital settings. The vaccine was able to protect mice against several strains of…
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Rodney McKellip has achieved federal senior executive service status and been appointed to lead NASA’s Center Operations Directorate at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He is a native of Picayune, Miss., and…
NEW ORLEANS - From Tulane University: An award-winning Tulane researcher has led a team in discoveries that could result in significantly faster charging electric vehicles and portable devices such as cell phones and laptops. The team, led by Michael Naguib,…
WASHINGTON — On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which, up until now, had only been available through the agency’s emergency use authorization. The move is likely to encourage more vaccine mandates by…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans and Cleancor Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Seacor Holdings, signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 17 to "collaborate on ways to provide liquefied natural gas fueling solutions to ship owners and…
NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Health announced its participation in an acute respiratory illness study sponsored by Pfizer Inc. The study is seeking to enroll healthy adult volunteers ages 18 and above who have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine and…
NEW ORLEANS – Inc. magazine today revealed that New Orleans-based IDScan.net is recognized on its annual "Inc. 5000" list, a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their…
NEW ORLEANS — On Aug. 16, Delgado Chancellor Larissa Littleton-Steib was joined by local officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new $9.3 million Advanced Technology Center at the Delgado Community College West Bank Campus in Algiers. The Delgado…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are week's top business stories: Notes from the Pandemic The City of New Orleans has announced that proof of vaccination or a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test will be required to participate in activities with…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Darlene Fredricks has been promoted to property coordinator. She will lead tenant relations and real…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Troy Carmichael has been promoted to director of operations. His new role includes oversite of…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Blair Bourgeois was promoted to project manager. She will continue to serve as the administrator…
NEW ORLEANS - The UNO Research and Technology Foundation and The Beach at UNO, A Sandbox for Collaboration have promoted four members of their team. Greg Hammarstrom will serve as vice president and chief operating officer. He will oversee strategic…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has unveiled its new Culture Project and Innovation Lab. The collaborations between trepwise, a local growth consulting firm, and Convention Center employees aims to develop a workplace…
CHALMETTE, La. – Glass Half Full is the winner of the seventh annual Startup St. Bernard pitch competition presented by the Meraux Foundation and St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation. The recycling startup collects glass and converts it into beach-like sand…
NEW ORLEANS - From Tulane: Nasal swab PCR tests are the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19. But sometimes these tests miss cases when patients are swabbed later in the course of their infection as viral levels decline in the upper…
CHALMETTE, La. – The St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation announced that St. Bernard Parish’s School Board has officially approved Chalmette Refining’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program application at the local level. The ITEP, a state incentive aimed at attracting investment in…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - For most people, a mild case of COVID-19 lasts less than two weeks. But some COVID-19 “long-haulers” face a range of symptoms — dizziness, brain fog, headaches and loss of their sense of smell —…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Startup Fund, a nonprofit venture fund, announced a seed investment in Actual Innovation Inc., a tech company innovating in text messaging. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Actual leveraged its SMS text message technology, TextHotline.com, to…
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State University and Fullstack Academy have launched a tech bootcamp program specializing in DevOps in addition to its existing coding and cybersecurity programs. Designed in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the DevOps program will equip students with…
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) - A national network of veterinarians providing end-of-life care for pets in the home has added a new provider in the New Orleans area. Lap of Love is a growing network of veterinarians who provide family-centered…
NEW YORK (AP) — The world's richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible. But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' expression of gratitude went over like a lead rocket.…
NEW ORLEANS - Early in the pandemic, Neal Shulman dreamed up the idea for a wine-making kit that would be a fun diversion for people who were suddenly spending a lot more time at home than usual. Along with his…
NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter is disappearing its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn't catch on. The company began testing tweets that vanish after 24 hours last March in Brazil. Fleets were designed to allay the concerns of new users who…
