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Is Threads the new Twitter or will it unravel? Social media expert weighs in
Threads, a new social media platform from Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta company, launched this month as a direct challenge to Twitter. While Elon Musk’s ...
Law and diversity experts react to Supreme Court's affirmative action decision
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in institutes of higher education. The Court ruled 6-3 that admissions programs at Harvard University ...
Expert on Disney: Can ‘Little Mermaid’ enchant audiences into forgetting culture wars?
Tulane University professor Peter Kunze, an expert on Disney’s history and societal impact, is available to speak to media on all things House of ...
Epidemiologist breaks down newest COVID-19 variant, the most contagious to date
The newest strain of the novel coronavirus may be the most transmissible yet. The latest variant, named XBB.1.5, is an offshoot of the BA.1 variant ...
Tulane expert offers ‘smart’ advice on making and keeping New Year’s resolutions
It’s almost 2023, a new year, a new you. You’ve resolved to be thinner, healthier, kinder. You’ve vowed to cook more, read more, ...
Expert: No easy solutions to protect power grid from crippling gunfire attacks
A Tulane University expert on homeland security says recent attacks and vandalism on electrical substations have raised questions about protecting these valuable pieces of America’...
Prisoner swap not a security risk, Tulane expert says
A Tulane University expert on American foreign policy says he’s confident that the prisoner swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner and a notorious Russian ...
Why is antisemitism rising now? Experts see troubling signs ahead
In 2021, antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high across the United States, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism tracked by the Anti-Defamation ...
Tulane expert weighs in on potential threats of Mississippi River water levels
The Mighty Mississippi is experiencing historic low water levels due to drought, and that has one expert at Tulane University concerned about what it could ...
What’s behind Russian claims of so-called ‘dirty bomb’ in Ukraine?
A “dirty bomb” has never been used in conflict, and Tulane University political scientist Chris Fettweis doesn’t expect one to be used in the ...