Posted: 03 Feb 2012

Creating beauty in the midst of violence, carving out a space for light in the midst of industrial gloom and giving kids in the roughest neighborhoods of Pittsburgh and beyond the chance for dignity, self-worth and a promising future. For some, this might seem sheer idealism, but for Bill Strickland, it's all in a life's work.

Posted: 03 Feb 2012

Tulane researchers are developing new nanomaterials to study how adult stem cells grow and might be used to treat central nervous system disorders. Leading this research is Michael Moore, the Paul H. and Donna D. Flower Early Career Professor in Engineering, director of the Neural Micro-Engineering Laboratory, and the most recent winner of the Oliver Fund Scholar Award at Tulane University.

Posted: 03 Feb 2012

It was a Green Wave celebration on Wednesday night (Feb. 1) as fans dressed in school colors turned out for a party in the Lavin-Bernick Center on 2012 National Signing Day. Head football coach Curtis Johnson announced the signing of 16 prospects, 11 of whom are from Louisiana.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012

Grand ideas by a few "genius" economists have improved living conditions for billions of people around the world. The progressive change started in the middle of the 19th century and continues unabated, author Sylvia Nasar told the Tulane audience at her lecture in Jones Hall on Monday (Jan. 30).