Tulane University

As salt water moves up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico, residents across the greater New Orleans area have been left with many questions.

A coalition of Mississippi River mayors wants a 10-state compact that would establish collective management of the waterway. At the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative’s (MRCTI) annual meeting this week in Bemidji, Minnesota, about 30 mayors unanimously voted in favor of pursuing a compact that would span more than 2,300 miles of river. It’s the first step of what could be a lengthy process.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about updated guidelines for blood donations across the country and in Louisiana. Plus we learn about an artifact identification program in Poverty Point, and catch up on this week in politics.

Tulane University’s Indigenous Symposium returns to in person and online programming connecting culture and the environment

Tulane University undergraduates will start the spring semester a week later than planned, officials announced Thursday, citing the national surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.

Tulane University undergraduate students now have the option of completing the fall semester online, officials announced Sunday, citing a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.

Tulane University will require everyone on its campus to mask up through the end of the year, after its surveillance testing program detected multiple cases of the omicron variant, officials announced Friday.

A student at Tulane University has reportedly tested positive for the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a statement released by campus officials Monday afternoon.

Tulane University announced Monday that it signed a long-term lease to redevelop a chunk of Charity Hospital, which has sat vacant since Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005.

Tulane University administered the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shots to roughly 50 employees of its School of Medicine yesterday, from custodial…