NEWS SPLASH
News on Faculty, Staff Members
Accolades from Gambit Weekly’s “40 Under Forty,” a piano recital and new track and field coaches lead recent news highlights for Tulane faculty and staff members. more
Art From Undergraduates
The Carroll Gallery in the Woldenberg Art Center is presenting its 2009–2010 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition through Nov. 24. more
Rogue Waves in the Forecast
For eons, sailors have told tales of frighteningly freakish, humongous waves emerging out of the blue. They have described completely calm ocean waters seconds before a “rogue” wave suddenly rises steeply at a height six or more times greater than usual waves.
“The wave appears, it destroys whatever is in its path, and then it’s gone,” says Lev Kaplan, assistant professor of physics. more
Course Focuses on Rainforest
Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, who led Tulane public health students to Suriname for a course last summer, envisions expanded research and teaching collaborations there, now that memoranda of understanding are in place between Tulane and the South American country. more
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