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09/03/2026

“Do the work, ignore the drama.”

Louisiana Rep. Aimee Adatto Freeman credits her MBA from Tulane University - Freeman School of Business with teaching her teamwork, negotiation and strategy skills that continue to shape her work in the Legislature.

📰 Read how Tulane helped shape her path from business strategist to public servant: https://tulane.it/4gHAXhH

09/03/2026

A second chance at life, closer to home.

After a massive heart attack, Mississippi resident Benny Nunez received a lifesaving heart transplant through Tulane’s Advanced Heart Care Program.

Learn how the program is expanding access to comprehensive cardiac care across the Gulf South. ⤵️

Explore The Tulanian, the official magazine of Tulane University. Discover inspiring alumni stories, groundbreaking campus research, and vibrant New Orleans culture.

09/02/2026

Calling all Tulanians: How did your education at Tulane shape the trajectory of your life?

Your answer may be featured in the upcoming edition of the Tulanian magazine!

09/02/2026

Registration is still open for the 2026 Tulane Future of Energy Forum.

Leaders from energy, government, academia, finance, technology and policy will convene for the third annual forum to explore the forces reshaping the global energy landscape.

🔗 Secure your spot: https://energyforum.tulane.edu/

09/02/2026

Tulane Ventures has invested $250,000 in Cabana, a behavioral health platform co-founded by Tulane alumnus David Black.

The investment is helping Cabana establish its headquarters in New Orleans and expand behavioral health support across Louisiana.

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Tulane Ventures has invested $250,000 in Cabana, a behavioral health platform co-founded by a Tulane alumnus, as part of a $1 million seed round that also includes 1834 Ventures.Cabana combines clinical care, community groups and tech-enabled support to embed behavioral health support — outside of...

09/02/2026

What better way to bring people together than with freshly baked cookies?

Professor Jonathan Fadok brings Cookie Monday to Fogelman Residence Hall as part of Tulane’s Faculty in Residence program, creating opportunities for students to connect with faculty and build community beyond the classroom.

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The aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies is hard to miss on Monday afternoons at Fogelman Residence Hall, thanks to Jonathan Fadok, an associate professor of psychology in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering.The sweet treats are Fadok’s way of drawing students in — t...

09/01/2026

With a $4.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, Tulane is studying why people with well-controlled HIV can still experience accelerated brain aging and whether earlier treatment could help prevent it.

Learn more about the five-year study and the researchers leading this work ⤵️

Tulane University has received a five-year, $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study why people with well-controlled HIV can still experience accelerated brain aging, and whether earlier treatment could help prevent it.

09/01/2026

What happens in a baby’s brain when they see a familiar face?

Tulane researchers are using awake infant fMRI to study how social cognition develops during the first year of life.

Learn how the team is studying the earliest foundations of human connection. ⤵️

At Tulane University’s Social Memory Lab, the researchers are using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to study how the infant brain responds to social information during the first year of life.

09/01/2026

Tulane professor Judith Maxwell and her students spent two weeks immersed in the Tunica language and culture, introducing the Southeastern Indigenous language to a new generation.

Learn how a language once considered extinct is finding its voice again. ⤵️

Students from the Tulane School of Liberal Arts Tunica language course are working with Tunica tribe members and Professor Judith Maxwell to sustain the culture of the Southeastern Indigenous community.

08/31/2026

As GLP-1 medications reshape obesity care, Tulane expert Shauna Levy breaks down the science.

Learn more about how medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide work and what researchers are exploring next. ⤵️

Rather than relying on willpower alone, GLP-1 medications work by mimicking hormones the body naturally releases after eating, according to Shauna Levy, director of the Tulane Weight Loss Center. (Photo by iStock)