Innovation Institute launches Young Entrepreneurship Academy, study on trichomoniasis, research program empowers New Orleans youth

Tulane Today . = September 06, 2024 Tulane Innovation Institute's Jalin Carter, who serves as the program manager for the Young Entrepreneurship Academy, presents to students. Tulane Innovation Institute launches entrepreneurship academy for local high school students The Tulane Innovation Institute is launching the Young Entrepreneurship Academy (YEA!) in New Orleans, an after-school high school program to teach and inspire the next generation of local students to start businesses and become entrepreneurs. The inaugural class will include over 30 students from 15 schools across New Orleans. The curriculum will cover such topics as business idea brainstorming, market analysis, marketing plan development, strategy implementation, financing strategies, fundraising and product creation. Read More A woman holding medication. Can a newly developed drug cure a common, yet little known, STI? Tulane researchers are leading a groundbreaking study to seek a more effective treatment for trichomoniasis, an infection that, despite being the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide, continues to fly under the radar. Read more on the Tulane News website. The Tulane program partnered with Be Loud and helped students write and record public service announcements to highlight some of their research findings on the radio. Research program empowers New Orleans youth to drive change in their schools With Tulane undergraduate psychology students serving as mentors, New Orleans middle school students are learning how to conduct research through the Little Researchers of Creative Change, an initiative that empowers students to become agents of change within their schools and neighborhoods. The program is overseen by the Coalition for Compassionate Schools, a program run by Tulane trauma psychologists in the Department of Psychology. Read more on the Tulane News website. IN THE NEWS Bloomberg Tulane geographer Richard Campanella weighs in on an article about the sweltering heat that office workers had to endure before the advent of air conditioning. Of New Orleans, he said, “It was a condition that one expected, and to which one adapted; it was not viewed as a problem to be solved.” Read More 'Tulane in the News' Have a story idea?  Contact Us Tulane University Submission Guidelines & Form | 2024  | Tulane University Communications & Marketing Twitter FacebookInstagramYouTube Manage your preferences | Opt Out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 6823 St. Charles Ave. | New Orleans, LA 70118 US This email was sent to [email protected]. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.