In the US South, pro-Palestinians face crackdown on campus and in streets Authorities have been intolerant of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Louisiana, but the movement continues. Al Jazeera · May 8, 2024
Tulane University Removes Protesters From Campus Tulane University removes protesters from campus, arrests made, classes moved online, and disciplinary actions taken. Top News · May 1, 2024
Tulane University Suspends Students Amid Anti-Israel Protests Tulane University takes strict action against anti-Israel protests on campus, ensuring safety and order with arrests and suspensions. Top News · May 1, 2024
Researchers find new treatment path for lasting Lyme disease symptoms Tulane University researchers have discovered a promising new strategy for treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, providing hope to patients who continue to suffer from the bacterial infection even after receiving antibiotic treatment. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 20, 2024
Lack of data availability will impede regional planning: research scientist K.S. James, research scientist, Newcomb Institute, Tulane University, USA, has said that lack of availability of data will affect the planning of local development initiatives. He was speaking after opening the Kozhikode chapter of the Kerala Economic Association at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, on Sunday. The Hindu · Feb 4, 2024
Jade mask depicting Maya storm god unearthed in royal tomb in Guatemala The 1,700-year-old Maya tomb houses a number of artifacts, including a mosaic jade mask. LiveScience · Jan 31, 2024
Ice age may help predict oceans' response to global warming A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer discovered that deposits deep beneath the ocean floor provide a means to estimate ocean oxygen levels and their relationship to carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere during the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years ago. Read further… Dynamite News · Jan 20, 2024
"Pseudonymity Is Unavailable" When "Plaintiffs Seek to Gag Sexual Assault Accusers" From Levy v. Shuster (né Doe v. Roe), handed down Nov. 28 but just unsealed yesterday, following the expiration of plaintiff's time to appeal: Background. According to the allegations in the First Amended Complaint and Jury Demand …, Plaintiff and Defendant dated for nearly a year while enrolled at Tulane… Reason · Jan 4, 2024
Charles Caldwell Jr., devoted family man and former NFL hopeful, dies at 44 His wife described him as a ‘very analytical guy who did nothing spontaneous.’ He’d joke with her about how marrying her was the only spontaneous thing he ever did. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2023
US scientists who used scissors to kill lab rats must be fired, activists say Tulane university researchers accused of ‘serious’ violations that breached international protocol over animal deaths The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2023
"Journalists Should Be Skeptical of All Sources—Including Scientists" From Nate Silver: Here's the scandal. In March 2020, a group of scientists — in particular, Kristian G. Andersen the of The Scripps Research Institute, Andrew Rambaut of The University of Edinburgh, Edward C. Holmes of the University of Sydney, and Robert F. Garry of Tulane University — published a… Reason · Jul 24, 2023
Property insurance disappears for Louisianans – but not for gas facilities Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf coast have long been a major market for speciality insurance carriers The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2023
No Pseudonymity for #TheyLied Plaintiff Suing for Libel and Invasion of Privacy Over Rape Accusations From Judge Nina Wang yesterday in Doe v. Roe (D. Colo.); note that I filed an objection to plaintiff's motion for pseudonymity: According to the allegations in the Complaint …, Plaintiff and Defendant dated for nearly a year while enrolled at Tulane University …. After their relationship ended in October… Reason · Jul 18, 2023
Study of popular diets finds over fourfold difference in carbon footprints A new study from Tulane University which compared popular diets on both nutritional quality and environmental impact found that the keto and paleo diets, as eaten by American adults, scored among the lowest on overall nutrition quality and were among the highest on carbon emissions. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Mar 5, 2023
Reason · Jan 18, 2023 Tulane Student Who Wrote Antisemitic Article Allegedy Driven Off Campus Tulane University has the highest percentage of Jewish students (around 40%) of any secular university in the country. Tulane student Sarah Me wrote a truly idiotic and reprehensible piece for an off-campus conservative publication defending Kanye West's recent antisemitic remarks. I don't see any good reason to give her asinine…
Reason · Jan 18, 2023 No Pseudonymity in #TheyLied Libel Case Alleging False Claims of Sexual Assault at College From Doe v. Doe, decided Jan. 5 by Judge James Dever III (E.D.N.C.): Essentially, plaintiff's complaint concerns defendant's alleged "false claims" of sexual assault made to Tulane University … and unidentified third parties in order to "defame, humiliate, harass, and punish Plaintiff John Doe." Plaintiff also identifies another student, using…
Reason · Dec 10, 2022 Can #TheyLied Lawsuits, Alleging Defamatory Allegations of Sexual Assault, Be Litigated as Doe v. Doe? That's the question raised by Doe v. Doe, just filed today; you can see the Complaint and the motion to proceed pseudonymously. Here, John Doe accuses Jane Doe (together with Sue Roe, who isn't included as a defendant) of falsely accusing him of sexual assault, and causing John to be…
WEKU · Sep 30, 2022 Texts released ahead of Twitter trial show Elon Musk assembling the deal Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter went down via private text messages between the Tesla CEO and a small circle of Silicon Valley's rich and powerful, according to court filings released this week.
The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2022 ‘Change is possible’: meet the Gen-Zers who embrace climate optimism These people in their 20s decided to combat climate grief by taking on one small piece of the environmental crisis