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IN BRIEFRESEARCHC U LT U R E B E A R E R STRACKING PEPTIDES INCELL SOUPTHE COURT AND ALCOHOL“I liked beer. I still like beer.”Long before Judge BrettKavanaugh uttered theseinfamous words duringconfirmation hearingsfor his appointment tothe U.S. Supreme Courtin September, alcoholicbeverages were a part of thelife and work of the justicesof the Supreme Court. In her new book,Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Courtand Alcohol, Nancy Maveety, professorand chair of political science, discusseshow the justices have participated inboth the enjoyment and the restrictionof beverage alcohol throughout ourcountry’s history.William C. Wimley, professor ofbiochemistry in the School of Medicine,is making soup, but not the kind you’dprobably like to sip. In his lab, in a cellsoup, he’s synthesizing peptides in orderto create ones with therapeutic potential,particularly as smart-delivery systems todeliver drugs that have shown promiseagainst microbes known as “superbugs.”Wimley’s work is supported by theNational Institutes of Health and wasrecognized in the NIH Director’s Blog.tulane.it/peptides-in-cell-soupP U B L I C H E A LT HPLANETARY HEALTH DIETAfter analyzing the diets of 16,000Americans, researchers led by DiegoRose, professor of public health, foundthat preparing meals with a small carbonfootprint is as simple as using less animalprotein. “People whose diets had a lowercarbon footprint were eating less redmeat and dairy — which contribute to alarger share of greenhouse gas emissionsand are high in saturated fat — andconsuming more healthful foods likepoultry, whole grains and plant-basedproteins,” he said.tulane.it/planetary-health-dietMEDICINEGOT CHAPPED LIPS?As reported in Live Science, lip balms fordry, chapped lips provide only temporarycomfort, and some types can make scalylips even drier. That’s because, in part,when the thin film of moisture from thelip balm evaporates, it dehydrates yourlips even more. “It starts a vicious cycle,”said Dr. Leah Jacob, an assistant professorof dermatology in the School of Medicine.tulane.it/got-chapped-lips6Tulanian Magazine march 2019tulane.it/the-court-and-alcoholAT H L E T I C STHROWBACKCOMMENCEMENTWhen President George H.W. Bush died onNov. 30, 2018, among all the accolades andtributes, a special memory of his connectionto Tulane stood out. Bush and President BillClinton were the commencement speakers atUniversity Commencement in May 2006 —and they graced the cover of the summer 2006Tulanian (above).It was the first commencement after Katrinarolled across New Orleans the previous August.As Tulanian reported, “In his remarks,Bush praised the courage and tenacity ofTulane’s students, faculty and staff in the faceof unimaginable adversity. ‘The floodwatersmay have breached the levees that surroundthis city and may have destroyed home afterhome, block after block,’ he said. ‘But today wealso know they couldn’t break the spirit of thepeople who call this remarkable, improbablecity home.’”VOLLEYBALLThe Tulane volleyball team isin the middle of its spring 2019season. On the heels of one of themost successful years in programhistory, defined by a 29-win seasonand a postseason championshipappearance, the Green Wave looksfor continued growth over the nextfew months.ALUMNI NEWSNEW TAA PRESIDENTErica Washington (PHTM ’09), a publichealth epidemiologist, begins her termas president of the Tulane AlumniAssociation on July 1 when Tobias Smith(TC ’98) completes his time in office.

“I think any system that removesegregious human error from thegame could work.”GABE FELDMAN, sports law professor, talking about the potential need for more video replays duringNFL games after the infamous no call for pass interference in the Saints vs. Rams NFC Championship.tulane.it/Gabe-Feldman-wwltvP R I M AT E R E S E A R C H C E N T E RRICIN TREATMENTTwenty-five Chinese students fromXiangtan University in Hunan Provincevisited Tulane Law School in January aspart of a faculty and student exchange.The visit was a result of a collaborationbetween Xiangtan and Tulane thatestablished the Tulane-Yongxiong Centerfor International Credit Law last fall.REDUCING CERVICALCANCER RATESEXCAVATION IN PERUProfessor ofAnthropologyJohn Verano’sexcavation of the site of a 500-year-oldmass child sacrifice that took place on thenorthern coast of Peru is featured in theFebruary National Geographic magazine.The article, “An Unthinkable Sacrifice,”provides details about the findings,including how some of the children werekilled, how they were buried and thegrowing number of skeletons recoveredfrom ongoing excavations. Verano andGabriel Prieto of the Universidad Nacionalde Trujillo along with a team of studentsfrom their respective universities havebeen working at the Huanchaquito sitesince 2011 when children playing in thesand dunes found human bones scatteredover the surface.The award highlights the Small Center’s13 years of design-build projects andengagement programs, in particularthe Parasite Skatepark project, a NewOrleans park that officially opened in 2015following years of efforts by local skatersto establish a recreation space.CHINESE STUDENTS VISITMEDICINEIN THE NEWSThe national Association of CollegiateSchools of Architecture named theSchool of Architecture’s Albert and TinaSmall Center for Collaborative Design oneof only four recipients of its CollaborativePractice Award for 2018–19.ON cervical-cancer-ratesSKATE PARK PROJECTtulane.it/skatepark-projectA new study at the Tulane National PrimateResearch Center showed for the firsttime that an experimental drug can savenonhuman primates exposed to deadlyricin toxin, a potential bioterrorism agent.Dr. Jessica Shank, associate professorof gynecologic oncology at the Schoolof Medicine, is on a mission to raiseawareness that cervical cancer ispreventable. “This is a cancer that canbe prevented with regular Pap smearscreening and the human papillomavirus(HPV) vaccine,” she said.COMMUNITY MINDEDtulane.it/chinese-students-visitALUMNI NEWSALUMNI FACULTY AWARDON CAMPUSVALUES IN AMERICAFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright chats withUniversity Professor of History Walter Isaacson beforeAlbright’s appearance at the Tulane-Aspen InstituteValues in America Speaker Series on Feb. 12 in DixonHall. Isaacson moderated the discussion, centered onnationalism, populism and Albright’s new book,Fascism: A Warning.Visit tulanian.tulane.edufor additional contentQUOTED“The addiction takes over.”PATRICIA KISSINGER, quoted in the Los AngelesTimes article, “Two crises in one: As drug use rises, sodoes syphilis.” Kissinger is a professor of epidemiologyand infectious disease at the School of Public Healthand Tropical Medicine.tulane.it/Patricia-Kissinger-latimesPeter Ricchiuti, a longtime A. B. FreemanSchool of Business professor, is the firstrecipient of the Tulane Alumni Associationaward that recognizes a distinguishedfaculty member who continually engagesalumni with the iFor more storiesabout Tulane,subscribe toTulane Today,our excavation-in-peru7

Up FirstBY THE NUMBERS 137MTulane received 137 million in FUNDING FOR SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTSin fiscal year 2018 from the National Institutes of Health and other external agencies.963There were 963 FundingAwards to 305 PrincipalInvestigators.Research Funding byAgency TypesFederalStateOther880%7%13%Tulanian Magazine march 2019 109mFederal Funding increased by 5percent from the previous year.1,1651,165 Proposal Submissions from 411 Principal Investigators.Proposal submissions increased by 9 percent from theprevious year.

TRICENTENNIALBREAKINGINNOVATIONIN ORBITBY KEITH BRANNONWTULANIANS’ IMPACTBY MARY ANN TRAVISThe Advocate and The Times-Picayune celebrated the tricentennial of New Orleans withseries focused on events and people, including many Tulanians — from artists andwriters to civic leaders, politicians and business people — who have made their mark.In “300 Tricentennial Moments, 1718–2018,” The Advocate presents a timeline of significant events, including the establishment in 1834 of the Medical College of Louisiana,which would later become Tulane University. There’s also the invention by A. BaldwinWood, an 1899 School of Engineering graduate, of his famous screw pump to preventstreet flooding. Other events include the first Sugar Bowl held at Tulane Stadium in1935 and much more.In The Times-Picayune “300 for 300” series, 300 people, including more than 40Tulanians, who impacted New Orleans history are recognized with individual vignettesand portraits.Father and son Arthur Q. Davis and Quint Davis are among those honored. The elderDavis was a 1941 School of Architecture graduate and architect of the Superdome andother iconic edifices. The younger Davis, from the class of 1970,QUINT DAVIS is “thehas produced the Jazz and Heritage Festival for nearly 50 years. mastermind behindOther honorees range from Paul Tulane, the philanthropist the New Orleans Jazzfor whom the university is named, to current-day philanthropist and Heritage Festival,an annual extravaganzaPhyllis Taylor, a 1966 Law School graduate. Women of the that draws hundreds ofStorm co-founder Anne Milling, a 1962 Newcomb College thousands to the citygraduate, and her husband, King Milling, a 1965 Law School each spring and whichan annual economicgraduate and coastal restoration advocate, are included. Clari- hasimpact estimated at 300netist and composer Michael G. White, who earned a doctorate million.” Portrait by Seanin Spanish literature in 1983, is recognized, as is Staci Rosenberg, Randall of Where Y’Art,commissioned byan early ’80s Newcomb, Law and Business graduate and the asNOLA.com The Timesfounder of the Krewe of Muses, a “high-rolling, shoe-tossing Picayune.success since its debut in 2001.”hen Elaine Horn-Ranney(SSE ’08, ’13) and ParastooKhoshakhlagh (SSE ’13, ’15)were pursuing their doctorates in biomedical engineering, theycame up with an idea for a gel-based patch— Perf-Fix — to help physicians repairdamaged eardrums without surgery. Theywere determined to take the technology asfar as they could go.They never imagined that wouldinclude a trip 240 miles above Earth tothe International Space Station.In December, NASA launched theirinnovation into space, and Horn-Ranneyand Khoshakhlagh were there, watchingthe launch at the Kennedy Space Center.“We were just standing there watching it, and I couldn’t believe that we hadactually done it. We sent something intospace,” Horn-Ranney said.Horn-Ranney and Khoshakhlagh,along with Horn-Ranney’s husband, Dr.Jesse Ranney (SSE ’08), launched their biotech startup Tympanogen in 2014, with helpfrom Tulane’s Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development.On the SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship,Tympanogen’s wound-healing technologyis being run through experiments to seehow the gel patch works in microgravity.The space agency hopes the technologycan be expanded to one day deliver therapeutics to astronauts and help preventsoldiers injured in combat from developingdeadly sepsis infections.The company is still developing itsoriginal product for eardrum repair andhopes to test it in clinical trials within thenext two years.“The ultimate goal isto develop a spacefilling wound dressingthat can deliver drugsdirectly to the woundsite as opposed to apatient getting a lot ofsystemic antibiotics.”ELAINE HORN-RANNEY, SSE ’08, ’139

UP FIRST500 (ANDCOUNTING)GAMES WONBY BARRI BRONSTONWhen Lisa Stockton tookover as head coach of theTulane University women’sbasketball team back in1994, it was never with the idea that shewould become a true New Orleanian.“You don’t go somewhere thinkingyou’re going to be there for 25 years,” saidStockton, a native of North Carolina.But New Orleans, with its captivatingculture of food, music and art, got into herblood, as did Tulane’s reputation for providing student-athletes with outstandingacademics. Despite many opportunitiesto leave, the 500-win coach, who recentlycelebrated her 25th anniversary at Tulane,wasn’t interested.As far as she was concerned, NewOrleans was home.“I love New Orleans,” she said. “Thecity has such great culture. And I lovecoaching the kind of athletes that weattract at Tulane. We’ve built a culture ofsuccess that we can keep going for manyyears to come.”10Tulanian Magazine march 2019ATHLETICSStockton has proven herself over andover again, boasting a resumé that includesfive conference tournament championships,four conference regular-season championships, six All-Americans, 11 NCAATournament berths, seven WNIT appearances and more than 500 wins at Tulane.Five former Green Wave standouts havegone on to play in the WNBA.In 2016, the Ben Weiner Director ofAthletics Troy Dannen announced anothercontract extension for Stockton, keepingher at Tulane through the 2020–21 season.“The secret to our success is getting theright individuals who can come to Tulaneand contribute athletically and academically,” said Stockton. “Otherwise, it can bea challenging place.”Born in Greensboro, North Carolina,Stockton recalls the fervor and excitementof growing up in such a basketball-richstate. She was a standout point guard atWake Forest University, and althoughdrafted by the Charlotte franchise of theWomen’s Basketball League (WBL), sheyearned to coach.She began her career as a volunteerassistant at the University of North Carolina, and at 23, became the head coach atDivision III Greensboro College. Sheremained in her hometown for three yearsbefore leaving to become an assistantcoach at Georgia Tech.Four years later, Tulane’s then-AthleticsDirector Kevin White snatched her up.“We think Lisa has success written allover her,” White said in an article in theGreensboro News Record.Stockton has proven White’s wordstrue. And though far from satisfied, she isoptimistic about the future.“We’ve got some talented young players, which is a basis for success over thenext few years,” she said. “Our leaguecontinues to get stronger, our recruitinghas gone really well. I think we can consistently be one of the best teams in theleague and beyond.”Lisa Stockton, head coach of women’s basketball,anticipates more success ahead for the programthat she’s led to five conference tournamentchampionships and other achievements during thepast 25 years.Visit tulanian.tulane.edu for additional content

SCHOLARSHIPHOW TWEET IT IS;The Twitterverse reacts to happeningsand news about Tulane.“Beautifully done!Congratulations! Makesme feel good aboutthe future of Tulane!Way to Geaux!”@bkeller504, on the December 2018Tulanian with the #TUfuture theme“Building things ”@shalacarleneDESIGN FORCHANGEBY NAOMI KING ENGLARAssociate Professor ofArchitecture Margarita Joverrecently won an internationaldesign competition in BuenosAires, Argentina, for herproposal, “Vertebrando,” areimagining of the space anduse of a 1.3-mile section ofelevated highway, which hasbisected a historically poorand underserved communityfor decades.A new highway, which diverts traffic awayfrom the neighborhood around the oldhighway, is currently under construction.As part of the design process, Jover traveled to Buenos Aires to meet with neighborhood residents who expressed a need tobecome a part of the city.“Our proposal is about the connectionsacross the highway on either side,” saidJover. “The highway is quite high so there’splenty of space underneath with light andview. We emphasized a big plaza underone space, the corazon [heart].”The proposal is for multiuse spaces forparks, public transportation, social cohesion and civic buildings for learning andculture as well as self-contained drainageand irrigation systems.Jover joined the Tulane School ofArchitecture in August, alongside herpartner, Iñaki Alday, who serves as deanof the school.“Schools have the responsibility toteach that architecture can do more thanbeautiful objects,” Jover said. “How towork with communities in a larger senseis important.”At Tulane, Jover is focused on coastalurbanism and river areas, on issues —beyond defensive measures — related toinhabiting watersheds and deltas. She’salso interested in collective housing.“Designers can be dreamers, catalystsof political action,” she said.“Schools have theresponsibility to teachthat architecture cando more than beautifulobjects.”MARGARITA JOVER, associateprofessor of architectureIMAGE COURTESY MARGARITA JOVER/ ALDAYJOVER ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE“The Spring 2019 semesterhas no shortage of lectures,symposia, & events!”#TulaneArch #Tulane #TUfuture“Fitts & Riptide.Now that’s the titleof a hit show.”@ACraiginParis“Looking for your nextgood read? How about theTulanian! Learn all about#TUfuture”Tweeted by Tulane School of Public Health& Tropical Medicine (SPHTM)“For the first time atTulane (and maybeanywhere), the universityhas four new deans! TU iscelebrating #TUFUTUREwith interviews of each .including our own DeanThomas LaVeist!”Tweeted by SPHTM11

UP FIRSTNEW ORLEANSDININGWITHHEALTHYGUSTOBY ANGUS LIND, A&S ’66With Mardi Gras in therearview mirror and Lent— generally appreciated evenby non-Catholics — upon us inthis very Catholic city, into myhead popped a quirky question:What do people who eat for aliving do during Lent?Angus Lind asks arestaurant critic how helives a healthy lifestyle inNew Orleans, a city with aplethora of dining options.12“IA shrimp po’boy, French fries and cole slaw make a yummy seafood meal.f I had my own agenda like I’m not eatingmeat or whatever, you know not everyone’spursuing that, so no, I don’t change muchup for Lent,” said Ian McNulty, restaurantreviewer and food writer for The New Orleans Advocate.“I probably do subconsciously back off of some thingsbecause it’s post–Mardi Gras and I feel like everybodyelse. And I do eat more seafood because that’s what’s onthe table.”No doubt. Crawfish pots are boiling, oysters are stillgood, there’s always shrimp, crabmeat and fish. Not exactlyan abstinence.Dieting in food-crazed New

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