Editing Tulane University

{{Short description|Private university in New Orleans, Louisiana, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Tulane University of Louisiana
 | native_name            = 
 | image_name             = Tulane University Logo.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.6
 | motto                  = ''Non Sibi Sed Suis'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Not for oneself, but for one's own"
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1834}}
 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|url-status=dead|title=NAICU - Membership|archive-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | president              = [[Michael Fitts]]
 | faculty                = approx. 1,200<ref name="facts">{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/about/facts-and-figures-0 |title=Tulane University Facts |date=March 15, 2016 |publisher=Tulane University |access-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901112452/http://tulane.edu/about/facts-and-figures-0 |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = approx. 2,900<ref name="facts" />
 | students               = 14,027<ref>{{cite web | title = College Navigator - Tulane University of Louisiana | language = en | access-date = 2024-08-11 | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=LA&id=160755}}</ref> (Fall 2022)
 | undergrad              = 8,610<ref name="facts"/>
 | postgrad               = 5,452<ref name="facts"/>
 | endowment              = $2.11 billion (2023)<ref name="NACUBO 2023">{{cite web |title=2023 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments |url=https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2023/NACUBO-Commonfund-Study-of-Endowments |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers |date=2024-02-15 |access-date=2024-04-22}}</ref>
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[Tulane Hullabaloo]]''
 | city                   = [[New Orleans]]
 | state                  = [[Louisiana]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|29.94|N|90.12|W|region:US-LA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=tulane&s=all&id=160755|title=College Navigator - Tulane University of Louisiana|website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{Convert|110|acre|km2}}
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = {{hlist|[[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]]|[[Harahan, Louisiana|Harahan]]}}
 | former_names           = Medical College of Louisiana (1834–1847)<ref name="facts"/><br />University of Louisiana (1847–1884)
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] - [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]|[[Conference USA|CUSA]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
 | mascot                 = Riptide the [[Pelican]]
 | colors                 = Green and blue<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tulane.app.box.com/s/n5vkgq0evzokgrkqrsyu271opcwaziw2 |title=Tulane University Style Guide|date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref><br />{{color box|#21543F}}&nbsp;{{color box|#71C5E8}}
 | website                = {{URL|https://tulane.edu/|tulane.edu}}
 | logo                   = Tulane logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = 1.0
}}

<!--DO NOT REMOVE OR MOVE THE FULL ORGANIZATION NAME PER [[MOS:FIRSTCORP]].-->'''Tulane University of Louisiana'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Louisiana Decision |url=https://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/decision_03d.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504105930/https://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/decision_03d.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=www.tulanelink.com}}</ref> (commonly referred to as '''Tulane University''') is a [[private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, United States. Founded as the '''Medical College of Louisiana''' in 1834 by a cohort of medical doctors, it became a comprehensive public university in the [[University of Louisiana System|University of Louisiana]] in 1847.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Katzmann |first1=Christopher W. |last2=O'Dwyer |first2=Kathryn |title=The Founding of Tulane University |url=https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1183 |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=New Orleans Historical |language=en}}</ref> The institution became private under the endowments of [[Paul Tulane]] and [[Josephine Louise Newcomb]] in 1884 and 1887. The [[Tulane University School of Law]] and [[Tulane University Medical School]] are, respectively, the 12th oldest law school and 15th oldest medical school in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabout/index.aspx |title=About Tulane Law School |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806005444/http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabout/index.aspx |archive-date=August 6, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umcno.org/partners |title=Our Partners: Teaching the next generation of healthcare providers |publisher=University Medical Center New Orleans |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220094145/http://www.umcno.org/partners |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Tulane has been a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] since 1958 and is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url= https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=160755&start_page=lookup.php |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |department=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> Alumni include 12 [[List of governors of Louisiana|governors of Louisiana]]; 1 [[Chief Justice of the United States]]; members of the [[United States Congress]], including a [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]; 2 [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeons General of the United States]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biobenjamin.html |title=Regina M. Benjamin (2009-2013) |publisher=U.S. Department of Health & Human Services |access-date=February 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227064322/https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biobenjamin.html |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/bioterry.html |title=Luther Leonidas Terry (1961-1965) |publisher=U.S. Department of Health & Human Services |access-date=February 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227064323/https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/bioterry.html |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> 23 [[Marshall Scholars]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/statistics |title=Statistics |publisher=Marshallscholarship.org |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126211334/http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/statistics |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> 18 [[Rhodes Scholars]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/Rhodes%20Scholarships_Number%20of%20Winners%20by%20Institution_10_15_14.pdf |title=Rhodes Scholarships |publisher=rhodesscholar.org |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206020845/http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/Rhodes%2520Scholarships_Number%2520of%2520Winners%2520by%2520Institution_10_15_14.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> 15 [[Truman Scholars]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Tulane+University | title=The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation | publisher=truman.gov |access-date=November 28, 2021 }}</ref> 155 [[Fulbright Scholars]];<ref name="Fulbright U.S. Student Program">{{cite web|title=Fulbright U.S. Student Program|url=http://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/filter/?view=filter|publisher=Institute of International Education|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516072539/http://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/filter/?view=filter|archive-date=May 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 4 living billionaires; and a former [[President of Costa Rica]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Biografía |trans-title=Biography |language=es |url=https://luisguillermo.cr/luisguillermo/198-biografia |work=Campaign web site |access-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140127191258/https://luisguillermo.cr/luisguillermo/198-biografia |archive-date=January 27, 2014  }}</ref> Two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1998/ignarro-cv.html |title=Louis J. Ignarro - Curriculum Vitae |publisher=nobelprize.org |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816071902/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1998/ignarro-cv.html |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1977/schally-bio.html |title=Andrew V. Schally - Biographical |publisher=nobelprize.org |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207142629/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1977/schally-bio.html |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
===Founding and early history – 19th century===
[[File:Paul Tulane engraved portrait.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Paul Tulane]], eponymous philanthropist of the school]]
The university was founded as the '''Medical College of Louisiana'''<ref name="facts"/> in 1834 partly as a response to the fears of [[smallpox]], [[yellow fever]], and [[cholera]] in the United States.<ref name="beginnings">{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20041004/ai_n10175884/ |title=Tulane University celebrates birthday No. 170 |year=2004 |publisher=New Orleans CityBusiness |access-date=May 30, 2009 |first=Richard A. |last=Webster |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016223503/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20041004/ai_n10175884/ |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The university became the second medical school in the South, and the 15th in the United States at the time. In 1847, the state legislature established the school as the '''University of Louisiana''',<ref name="facts"/> a [[State university system|public university]], and the [[Tulane University Law School|law department]] was added to the university. Subsequently, in 1851, the university established its first academic department. The first president chosen for the new university was [[Francis Lister Hawks]], an Episcopal priest and prominent citizen of New Orleans at the time.

The university was closed from 1861 to 1865 during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Varhola |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBZjDwAAQBAJ |title=Life in Civil War America |date=2011-01-31 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-4403-1088-1 |language=en}}</ref> After reopening, it went through a period of financial challenges because of an extended agricultural depression in the South which affected the nation's economy. [[Paul Tulane]], owner of a prospering dry goods and clothing business, donated extensive real estate within New Orleans for the support of education. This donation led to the establishment of a Tulane Educational Fund (TEF), whose board of administrators sought to support the University of Louisiana instead of establishing a new university. In response, through the influence of former [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] general [[Randall Lee Gibson]], the Louisiana state legislature transferred control of the University of Louisiana to the administrators of the TEF in 1884.<ref name="facts" /> This act created the '''Tulane University of Louisiana'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=14527&start=782 |title=The Carnegie Foundation |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114111825/http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=14527&start=782 |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref> The university was privatized, and is one of only a few American universities to be converted from a state public institution to a private one.<ref name="The American Presidency Project">{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4859|title=Gerald R. Ford: Address at a Tulane University convocation|year=1975|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=March 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027103214/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4859|archive-date=October 27, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

Paul Tulane's endowment to the school specified that the institution could only admit white students, and Louisiana law passed in 1884 reiterated this condition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Tulane University Admits 5 Negroes, First in Its History|last=United Press International|date=January 26, 1963|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In 1884, [[William Preston Johnston]] became the first president of Tulane. He had succeeded [[Robert E. Lee]] as president of [[Washington and Lee University]] after Lee's death. He had moved to Louisiana and become president of [[Louisiana State University]] in 1880.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mayo |first=Amory Dwight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-8BAAAAYAAJ |title=William Preston Johnston's Work for a New South |date=1900 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref>

In 1885, the university established its graduate division, later becoming the Graduate School. One year later, gifts from [[Josephine Louise Newcomb]] totaling over $3.6 million, led to the establishment of the [[H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College]] within Tulane University. Newcomb was the first coordinate college for women in the United States and became a model for such institutions as [[Pembroke College in Brown University|Pembroke College]] and [[Barnard College]].<ref name="dates"/> In 1894 the College of Technology formed, which would later become the School of Engineering. In the same year, the university moved to its present-day uptown campus on historic [[St. Charles Avenue]], [[St. Charles Streetcar Line|five miles (8&nbsp;km) by streetcar]] from downtown New Orleans.<ref name="dates"/>

===20th century===
[[File:Tulane1904GibsonHall.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gibson Hall (Tulane University)|Gibson Hall]], located on the uptown campus of Tulane University in 1904]]
With the improvements to Tulane University in the late 19th century, Tulane had a firm foundation to build upon as the premier university of the [[Deep South]] and continued the legacy with growth in the 20th century. During 1907, the school established a four-year professional curriculum in architecture through the College of Technology, growing eventually into the [[Tulane School of Architecture]]. One year later, Schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy were established, albeit temporarily. The School of Dentistry ended in 1928, and Pharmacy six years later.<ref name="dates"/> In 1914, Tulane established a College of Commerce, the first [[business school]] in [[Southern United States|the South]].<ref name="dates">{{cite web| url=http://www.tulane.edu/~alumni/potpourri/IF.pdf| title=Significant dates in Tulane's History| publisher=tulane.edu| access-date=June 7, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615013419/http://www.tulane.edu/~alumni/potpourri/IF.pdf| archive-date=June 15, 2007| url-status=live}}</ref> In 1925, Tulane established the independent Graduate School. Two years later, the university set up a [[Tulane University School of Social Work|School of Social Work]], also the first in the southern United States.<ref name="dates"/> Tulane was instrumental in promoting the arts in New Orleans and the South in establishing the Newcomb School of Art with [[William Woodward (artist)|William Woodward]] as director, thus establishing the renowned [[Newcomb Pottery]]. The [http://mari.tulane.edu/ Middle American Research Institute] was established in 1925 at Tulane "for the purpose of advanced research into the history (both Indian and colonial), archaeology, tropical botany (both economic and medical), the natural resources and products, of the countries facing New Orleans across the waters to the south; to gather, index and disseminate data thereupon; and to aid in the upbuilding of the best commercial and friendly relations between these Trans-Caribbean peoples and the United States."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulane.edu/~mari/|title=mission statement of the Middle American Research Institute|year=1925|access-date=May 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506160943/http://www.tulane.edu/~mari/|archive-date=May 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Tulane School of Professional Advancement|University College]] was established in 1942 as Tulane's division of continuing education. By 1950, the School of Architecture had grown out of Engineering into an independent school. In 1958, the university was elected to the [[Association of American Universities]], an organization consisting of 62 of the leading research universities in North America. The [[Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine|School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine]] again became independent from the School of Medicine in 1967. It was established in 1912. Tulane's School of Tropical Medicine also remains the only one of its kind in the country. On April 23, 1975, US President [[Gerald Ford]] spoke at Tulane University's Fogelman Arena at the invitation of [[F. Edward Hebert]], the US representative of Louisiana's 1st Congressional District. During the historic speech, Ford announced that the Vietnam War was "finished as far as America is concerned" one week before the fall of [[Saigon]]. Ford drew parallels to the [[Battle of New Orleans]] and said that such positive activity could do for America's morale what the battle did in 1815.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/750208.htm |title=Address at a Tulane University Convocation |year=1975 |publisher=Ford Presidential Library |access-date=January 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926033522/http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/750208.htm |archive-date=September 26, 2006}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Tulane was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<ref name="tulane-v-12">{{cite web |url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=1103 |title=Arthur J.M. Oustalet Jr. |publisher=Veteran Tributes |access-date=September 29, 2011 |year=2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1963, Tulane enrolled its first African American students.<ref name=":0" /> In 1990, Rhonda Goode-Douglas, alongside other black, female students, founded the first African American sorority in Tulane's history, AKA Omicron Psi.
[[File:Gibson Hall, 2019.jpg|alt=|thumb|Gibson Hall today. Facing historic [[St. Charles Avenue]], it is the entry landmark on the uptown campus.]]
A detailed account of the history of Tulane University from its founding through 1965 was published by Dyer.<ref name="Dyer">John P. Dyer, ''Tulane: The Biography of a University, 1834 – 1965'', Harper and Row publ, 1966.</ref>

===21st century===
In July 2004, Tulane received two $30 million donations to its [[financial endowment|endowment]], the largest individual or combined gifts in the university's history. The donations came from [[James H. Clark]], a member of the university's board of trustees and founder of [[Netscape]], and [[David Filo]], a graduate of its School of Engineering and co-founder of [[Yahoo!]]. A fund-raising campaign called "Promise & Distinction" raised $730.6 million by October 3, 2008, increasing the university's total endowment to more than $1.1 billion; by March 2009, Yvette Jones, Tulane's Chief Operating Officer, told Tulane's Staff Advisory Council that the endowment "has lost close to 37%", affected by the [[Great Recession]].<ref name="endow2009">{{cite web| url=http://tulane.edu/sac/upload/SAC-Minutes-3-12-2009.doc| format=[[DOC (computing)|DOC]]| title=Tulane University Staff Advisory Council: Minutes of Thursday, March 12, 2009| publisher=Tulane University| date=March 12, 2009| access-date=April 29, 2009| quote=Tulane made some hard decisions after Katrina, and we are not in as difficult position that many institutions are in now. We are conditioned in times like this because of how we have worked so long. Endowment has lost close to 38%, the incoff of that is only 6% of our revenue base. The challenge is the endowments whose market value is lower and we cannot pay out on, but generally we are in good shape.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621020621/http://tulane.edu/sac/upload/SAC-Minutes-3-12-2009.doc| archive-date=June 21, 2009| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Tulane had to evacuate all students and close down for a month due to damage from [[Hurricane Ida]]. No classes took place for two weeks, then there were virtual classes for the remaining two weeks.

In June 2024, non-tenure track faculty at Tulane voted to form Tulane Workers United, the first higher education faculty union in the state of Louisiana. The union is formally affiliated with [[Workers United]] and [[Service Employees International Union|SEIU]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fazio |first1=Marie |title=Tulane University non-tenured faculty vote to unionize in push for higher pay, job security |url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/tulane-university-non-tenured-faculty-vote-union-workers-pay/article_504752b0-2db5-11ef-b9c1-07a59ff0cec0.html |access-date=5 September 2024 |publisher=Times-Picayune |date=19 June 2024}}</ref>

====Hurricane Katrina====
{{Main|Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Tulane University}}
[[File:Tulane Freeman School of Business interior.jpg|thumb|Main hall at the Freeman School of Business]]
As a result of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005 and its damaging effects on New Orleans, most of the university was closed for the second time in its history—the first being during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. The closing affected the first semester of the school calendar year. The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine's distance learning programs and courses stayed active. The School of Medicine relocated to [[Houston]], [[Texas]] for a year. Aside from student-athletes attending college classes together on the same campuses, most undergraduate and graduate students dispersed to campuses throughout the U.S. The storm inflicted more than $650 million in damages to the university, with some of the greatest losses impacting the [[Howard-Tilton Memorial Library]] and its collections.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_071510.cfm |title=Tulane University - Sources for News Coverage of Hurricane Katrina's Fifth Anniversary |access-date=April 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413133433/https://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_071510.cfm |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Facing a budget shortfall, the Board of Administrators announced a "Renewal Plan" in December 2005 to reduce its annual operating budget and create a "student-centric" campus. Addressing the school's commitment to New Orleans, a course credit involving [[Service-learning|service learning]] became a requirement for an undergraduate degree. In 2006 Tulane became the first Carnegie ranked "high research activity" institution to have an undergraduate public service graduation requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/cps/about/graduation-requirement.cfm |title=Public Service Graduation Requirement |publisher=Tulane.edu |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=April 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402001616/http://tulane.edu/cps/about/graduation-requirement.cfm |archive-date=April 2, 2012 }}</ref> In May 2006, graduation ceremonies included commencement speakers former Presidents [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]], who commended the students for their desire to return to Tulane and serve New Orleans in its renewal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/commencement-2006/4/|title=Commencement 2006|date=May 22, 2006|access-date=June 1, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902094513/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/commencement-2006/4/|archive-date=September 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.tulane.edu/grads/speakers-william-clinton.cfm|title=Tulane University - 2006 Speaker - William J. Clinton|website=www2.tulane.edu|language=en|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530054540/http://tulane.edu/grads/speakers-william-clinton.cfm|archive-date=May 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Campus==
===Uptown===
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Tulane's primary campus is located in [[Uptown New Orleans]] on [[St. Charles Avenue]], directly opposite [[Audubon Park (New Orleans)|Audubon Park]], and extends north to South Claiborne Avenue through [[Freret, New Orleans|Freret]] and Willow Street. The campus is known colloquially as the Uptown or St. Charles campus. It was established in the 1890s and occupies more than {{convert|110|acre|km2}} of land. The campus is known both for its large [[live oak]] trees as well as its architecturally historic buildings. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. The campus architecture consists of several styles, including [[Richardsonian Romanesque]], Elizabethan, [[Renaissance architecture|Italian Renaissance]], Mid-Century Modern, and contemporary styles. The front campus buildings use Indiana White Limestone or orange brick for exteriors, while the middle campus buildings are mostly adorned in red St. Joe brick, the staple of Newcomb College Campus buildings. [[Loyola University New Orleans|Loyola University]] is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side. [[Audubon Place (New Orleans, Louisiana)|Audubon Place]], where the [[President of Tulane]] resides, is on the upriver side. The President's residence is the former home of "banana king" [[Sam Zemurray]], who donated it in his will.

The centerpiece of the Gibson Quad is the first academic building built on campus, [[Gibson Hall (Tulane University)|Gibson Hall]], in 1894. The School of Architecture is also located on the oldest section of the campus, occupying the Richardson Memorial Building. The middle of the campus, between Feret and Willow Streets, and bisected by [[McAlister Place, New Orleans|McAlister Place]] and Newcomb Place, serves as the center of campus activities. The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, [[Devlin Fieldhouse]], McAlister Auditorium, [[Howard-Tilton Memorial Library]], and most of the student residence halls and academic buildings populate the center of campus.

The [[Howard-Tilton Memorial Library]] is located on [[Freret Street]]. It was under construction from 2013 to 2016, but it now has two additional floors, as well as a  Rare Books room. The facilities for the [[Freeman School of Business]] line McAlister Place and sit next to the [[Tulane University Law School]]. The center of campus is also home to the historic [[Newcomb College]] Campus, which sits between Newcomb Place and Broadway. The Newcomb campus was designed by New York architect [[James Gamble Rogers]], noted for his work with [[Yale University]]'s campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulane.edu/~alumni/potpourri/VIID.pdf|title=Newcomb Buildings |publisher=tulane.edu|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628180913/http://www.tulane.edu/~alumni/potpourri/VIID.pdf|archive-date=June 28, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The Newcomb campus is home to Tulane's performing and fine arts venues.

The back of campus, between Willow Street and South Claiborne, is home to two residence halls (Aron Residences and Décou-Labat Residences), Reily Recreation Center, and [[Greer Field at Turchin Stadium|Turchin Stadium]], and in January 2013, ground was broken on Tulane's [[Yulman Stadium]] between Reily Recreation Center and Turchin Stadium. [[Tulane Green Wave football]] had played in the [[Mercedes-Benz Superdome]] since [[Tulane Stadium]]'s demolition in 1980. They now play in [[Yulman Stadium]], which opened in September 2014.

After [[Hurricane Katrina]], Tulane has continued to build new facilities and renovate old spaces on its campus. The newest dorm buildings, Lake and River Residence Halls, were completed in 2023 following the demolition of Phelps Hall and Irby Hall. Weatherhead Hall was completed in 2011, and it now houses sophomore students. Construction on Greenbaum House, a Residential College in the Newcomb Campus area, began in January 2013 and was completed by Summer 2014. The Lallage Feazel Wall Residential College was completed in August 2005 and took in its first students when Tulane re-opened in January 2006. Usually an honors dorm, Wall began accommodating students of all academic standings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC) was renovated to be a green, environmentally friendly building and opened for student use in January 2007.<ref>[http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=7045 "Campus Is Hopping as Students Return,"] ''New Wave'', January 12, 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610112914/http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=7045 |date=June 10, 2010 }}</ref> In 2009, the university altered McAlister Drive, a street that ran through the middle of the uptown campus into a pedestrian walkway renamed McAlister Place. The area was resurfaced, and the newly added green spaces were adorned with Japanese magnolias, irises and new lighting. In late November 2008 the City of New Orleans announced plans to add bicycle lanes to the [[St. Charles Avenue]] corridor that runs in front of campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-2/1227334883282870.xml&coll=1|title=Repaved Streets Will Have Lanes for Bicycling|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=November 22, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113070725/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fliving-2%2F1227334883282870.xml&coll=1|archive-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref>

In 2019, a new student space located in the middle of the uptown campus, The Malkin Sacks Commons, was opened by President Mike Fitts. The Commons is the central dining area on campus. Catering to most dietary restrictions, The Commons directly connects to the Lavin-Bernick Center on the second floor, and on its third floor houses the Newcomb Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-president-welcomes-university-community-commons-music-and-more|title=Tulane president welcomes university community to The Commons with music and more|website=Tulane News|date=August 23, 2019 |language=en|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref>

===Graduate housing===
There is one graduate housing complex for Tulane University, Bertie M. and John W. Deming Pavilion, in the Downtown Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://campusservices.tulane.edu/departments/graduate-housing|title=Graduate Housing|publisher=Tulane University|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> {{As of|2016}} it is not operated by the university's Department of Housing and Residence Life.<ref name="TulaneGradstudents2016">"[http://www2.tulane.edu/studentaffairs/housing/grad/index.cfm Graduate Housing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212031906/http://www2.tulane.edu/studentaffairs/housing/grad/index.cfm |date=December 12, 2016 }}." Tulane University. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.</ref>

There were previously two other complexes:<ref name="TulaneGradstudents2016"/>
* Global Collective, a graduate student housing complex on the Uptown campus of Tulane university operated by the university's Department of Housing and Residence Life
* Papillon Apartments, an apartment complex in the [[Lower Garden District]] operated by the university's Department of Housing and Residence Life for graduate students and their families.<ref name=TulaneGradstudents2016/> It was managed by HRI Properties. The university acquired the building circa 2005, which previously served as an apartment for people unaffiliated with the university. The university initially paid the taxes for the apartments of legacy non-Tulane residents but began charging the taxes to these tenants in 2013. In June 2016 the university announced it would not renew the leases of the non-Tulane tenants.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yates, Wynton|url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/70-year-old-woman-being-evicted-from-tulane-apartments/284895568|title=70-year-old woman being evicted from Tulane apartments|publisher=[[WWLTV]]|date=July 31, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref><!--Also: http://www.tulanelink.com/pdf/papillonfactsheet07.pdf states it was managed by a third-party company, but it might be good to get verification // also found https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/political-science/graduate-housing-->

===Other campuses===
[[File:Tulane Hospital and Clinic.JPG|thumb|Tulane University Hospital, located in the Medical District of [[downtown New Orleans]] and adjacent to the [[Tulane University School of Medicine|School of Medicine]].|alt=]]
The Tulane University Health Sciences campus is located in the downtown [[New Orleans Central Business District]] between the [[Mercedes-Benz Superdome]] and [[Canal Street, New Orleans|Canal Street]] in 18 mid/high-rise buildings, which house the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the main campus of the [[Tulane Medical Center]]. In addition to medical and public health education, the Health Sciences campus is the central location for biomedical research. Students and faculty from the Health Sciences campus are also involved in community-wide health promotion, such as community health fairs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.tulane.edu/news/newwave/011210_health_fair.cfm|title=Tulane University - Mobile Medical Unit Rolls to Health Fair|website=www2.tulane.edu|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605074945/https://tulane.edu/news/newwave/011210_health_fair.cfm|archive-date=June 5, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and distributing condoms<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.tulane.edu/news/releases/archive/1997/beads_cups___and_condoms.cfm|title=Tulane University - Beads, Cups. . . and Condoms?|website=www2.tulane.edu|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518042744/http://tulane.edu/news/releases/archive/1997/beads_cups___and_condoms.cfm|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> to address the high rate of STIs<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Copeland|first=CS|date=Sep–Oct 2012|title=Sex in the City Is Risky Business|url=https://claudiacopeland.com/uploads/3/5/5/6/35560346/_hjno_sex_in_the_city_2012.pdf|journal=Healthcare Journal of New Orleans|pages=20–24|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206174527/https://claudiacopeland.com/uploads/3/5/5/6/35560346/_hjno_sex_in_the_city_2012.pdf|archive-date=December 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> in New Orleans. In 2014, the [[Tulane University School of Social Work]] relocated from the Uptown campus to the Health Sciences campus, with facilities located in a renovated historic building on Elk Place.

Tulane University Square consists of {{convert|80000|sqft|m2}} of space and {{convert|6|acre|m2}} of surrounding land located on Broadway and Leake Avenue adjacent to the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/101707_universitysquare.cfm |title="University Square Gives Room to Grow," New Wave |publisher=Tulane University |date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304230428/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/101707_universitysquare.cfm |archive-date=March 4, 2012 }}</ref>

Outside of New Orleans, the Tulane [[National Primate Research Center]] in [[Covington, Louisiana]] is one of eight such centers funded by the [[National Institutes of Health]]. The [[Felix Edward Hébert|F. Edward Hebert]] Research Center near [[Belle Chasse, Louisiana]] provides facilities for graduate training and research in [[computer science]], [[biological engineering|bioengineering]], and [[biology]]. Satellite campuses of the School of Continuing Studies, Tulane's open admissions school of [[adult education|continuing studies]], are located in downtown New Orleans, in [[Elmwood, Louisiana]], and in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]]. From 2010 to 2017, Tulane also operated a satellite campus in [[Madison, Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northsidesun.com/front-page-slideshow-breaking-news/punitive-damages-sought-against-tulane-university-over-madison |title=Punitive Damages Sought Against Tulane University Over Madison Closure |publisher=The Northside Sun |date=September 21, 2017 |access-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812215433/https://www.northsidesun.com/front-page-slideshow-breaking-news/punitive-damages-sought-against-tulane-university-over-madison |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tulane offers an [[Master of Business Administration|executive MBA]] program in [[Cali|Cali, Colombia]]; [[Santiago|Santiago, Chile]]; [[Shanghai|Shanghai, China]]; and [[Taipei|Taipei, Taiwan]].

===Environmental sustainability===
Tulane hosted an Environmental Summit at its law school in April 2009, an event that all students could attend for free. Many students from Tulane's two active environmental groups, Green Club and Environmental Law Society, attended. These student groups push for global citizenship and environmental stewardship on campus. In 2007 Tulane made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, getting students involved by providing an Energy Smart Shopping Guide and electronics "greening" services from IT. In 2010 Tulane completed its renovation of 88-year-old Dinwiddie Hall,<ref name="dinwiddie">{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/oua/dinwiddie-hall-renovation.cfm |title=Dinwiddie Hall Renovation |publisher=Tulane.edu |access-date=February 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304231747/http://tulane.edu/oua/dinwiddie-hall-renovation.cfm |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> which was subsequently [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Gold certified. A new residential college, Weatherhead Hall, opened in 2011 as housing for sophomore honors students. The residence has also applied for LEED Gold certification.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/oua/weatherhead-hall.cfm |title=Weatherhead Hall |publisher=Tulane.edu |access-date=February 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413173239/http://tulane.edu/oua/weatherhead-hall.cfm |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/studentaffairs/housing/under/rescollegeii.cfm|title=Housing – SoHo|publisher=Tulane.edu|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224110931/http://tulane.edu/studentaffairs/housing/under/rescollegeii.cfm|archive-date=December 24, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Tulane received an "A−" on the 2011 ''College Sustainability Report Card'', garnering an award as one of the top 52 most sustainable colleges in the country.<ref name="The College Sustainability Report Card">{{cite web|title=The College Sustainability Report Card|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/tulane-university|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730150304/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/tulane-university|archive-date=July 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Green">{{cite web|title=Green|url=http://green.tulane.edu/|access-date=June 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511040039/http://green.tulane.edu/|archive-date=May 11, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Organization and administration==
Tulane University, as a private institution, has been governed since 1884 by the Board of Tulane (also known as the Board of Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund) that was established in 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/about/history.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017112729/http://tulane.edu/about/history.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |title=Tulane University History |publisher=Tulane.edu |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=April 11, 2012 }}</ref> There have been 15 [[President of Tulane|presidents of Tulane]] since then. The board comprises more than 30 regular members (plus several members emeriti) and the university president. In 2008, Tulane became one of 76 U.S. colleges and the only Louisiana college to maintain an endowment above $1 billion.<ref>[http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/100208_homecoming.cfm Coming Home to Celebrate Tulane's 'Pivotal Moment'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183747/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/100208_homecoming.cfm |date=March 3, 2016 }}, tulane.edu, October 8, 2008</ref>

[[File:Richardson Memorial, Tulane University.jpg|alt=|thumb|Richardson Memorial Hall, constructed 1908, home of the [[Tulane School of Architecture]].]]
Tulane is organized into 10 schools centered around liberal arts, sciences, and specialized professions. All undergraduate students are enrolled in the [[Tulane University Newcomb-Tulane College|Newcomb-Tulane College]]. The graduate programs are governed by the individual schools. Newcomb-Tulane College serves as an administrative center for all aspects of undergraduate life at Tulane, while individual schools direct specific courses of study.

The first architecture courses at Tulane leading to an [[architectural engineering]] degree were offered in 1894. After beginning as part of the College of Technology, the [[Tulane School of Architecture]] was separately formed as a school in 1953. 

The [[Freeman School of Business|A.B. Freeman School of Business]] was named in honor of Alfred Bird Freeman, former chair of the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and a prominent New Orleans philanthropist and civic leader. The business school is ranked 44th nationally and 28th among programs at private universities by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine. ''U.S. News & World Report'''s Best Graduate Schools 2015 edition ranked the MBA program 63rd overall.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite magazine |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-of-louisiana-160755/overall-rankings |title=''U.S. News'' Best College Rankings 2016 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=April 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317195051/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-of-louisiana-160755/overall-rankings |archive-date=March 17, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
[[File:TulaneU4Nov08JonesHall.jpg|thumb|Jones Hall, where the [[Tulane University Law School|School of Law]] was located from 1969 until 1995. It now acts as a Special Collections library and houses Classical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Stone Center for Latin American Studies.]] [[File:Tulane Freeman School of Business.jpg|thumb|The A.B. Freeman School of Business]]

The [[Tulane University Law School]], established in 1847, is the 12th oldest law school in the United States. In 1990, it became the first law school in the United States to mandate pro bono work as a graduation requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsStudentLife/index.aspx?id=728 |title=Tulane University School of Law – Student Life |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419213745/http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsStudentLife/index.aspx?id=728 |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'}}s 2015 edition ranked the School of Law 46th overall and 6th in environmental law,<ref name="USNWR" /> while the 2022 edition ranked the School of Law 60th overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tulane University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/tulane-university-of-louisiana-03068 |website=U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools |access-date= April 28, 2021}}</ref> "The Law School 100" ranks Tulane as 34th, relying on a qualitative (rather than quantitative) assessment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawschool100.com/ |title=Ranking the Best Law Schools in the United States |publisher=Law School 100 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923161527/http://www.lawschool100.com/ |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2010 [[Law school rankings in the United States#Leiter Rankings|Leiter law-school rankings]] put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality, using LSAT and GPA data.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_top40lawschools.shtml |title=Brian Leiter Law School Faculty Moves, 1995–2004 |publisher=Leiterrankings.com |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915065302/http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_top40lawschools.shtml |archive-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Law school rankings#Hylton Rankings|Hylton law-school rankings]], conducted in 2006, put Tulane at 39th.<ref>[http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/files/the_us_news_and_world_report_rankings_without_the_clutter.pdf "THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT RANKINGS WITHOUT THE CLUTTER"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619140738/http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/files/the_us_news_and_world_report_rankings_without_the_clutter.pdf |date=June 19, 2010 }} By J. Gordon Hylton, Marquette University</ref> The school's [[admiralty law|maritime law]] program is widely considered to be the best in the United States, with the ''[[Tulane Maritime Law Journal]]'' being the paramount admiralty law journal of the country. In May 2007, Tulane Law announced a Strategic Plan to increase student selectivity by gradually reducing the incoming JD class size from a historical average of 350 students per year to a target of 250 students per year within several years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Strategic%20Plan%20May%202007.pdf |title=Strategic Plan |access-date=September 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720045805/http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Strategic%20Plan%20May%202007.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref>

The [[Tulane University School of Liberal Arts|School of Liberal Arts]] encompasses 16 departments and 19 interdisciplinary programs in the social sciences, humanities, and fine and performing arts—including 50 undergraduate majors and two dozen M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. programs—plus the Shakespeare Festival, Summer Lyric Theatre, Carroll Gallery, Tulane Marching Band, and the Middle America Research Institute. The School of Liberal Arts is the largest of Tulane's nine schools with the greatest number of enrolled students, faculty members, majors, minors, and graduate programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History & Facts, School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University|url=https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/about-sla/history-facts|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Tulane School of Medicine.JPG|thumb|The School of Medicine, located in Downtown New Orleans]]

The [[Tulane University School of Medicine]] was founded in 1834 and is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States. Faculty have been noted for innovation. For example, in 1850 [[J. Lawrence Smith (chemist)|J. Lawrence Smith]] invented the [[inverted microscope]].<ref name="JLSmith">{{cite journal|author=Smith JL|title=The inverted microscope-a new form of microscope|journal=Am J Sci Arts|volume=14|pages=233–241 |year=1852}}</ref> In the following year [[John Leonard Riddell]] invented the first practical [[microscope]] to allow binocular viewing through a single objective lens.<ref name="JLRiddell">{{cite journal|author=Riddell JL|title=On the binocular microscope|journal=Q J Microsc Sci|volume=2|pages=18–24|year=1854}}</ref> In 2001 the Tulane Center for [[Gene therapy|Gene Therapy]] started as the first major center in the U.S. to focus on research using [[adult stem cell]]s. The school has highly selective admissions, accepting only 175 medical students from more than 10,000 applications.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} It comprises 20 academic departments.

The [[Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine]] is the first public health school established in the U.S.<ref>{{cite book|last=Darnell|first=Regna|title=Histories of Anthropology Annual|url=https://archive.org/details/historiesanthrop00darn_462|url-access=limited|year=2008|publisher=University of Nebraska Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/historiesanthrop00darn_462/page/n46 36]|isbn=978-0-8032-6664-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dyer|first=John Percy|title=Tulane: The Biography of a University, 1834-1965 |year=1966|publisher=Harper & Row|page=136}}</ref> Although a program in hygiene was initiated in 1881, the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was not established until 1912 as a separate entity from the College of Medicine. In 1919 the separate school ceased to be an independent unit and was merged with the College of Medicine. By 1967 the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine reestablished as a separate academic unit of Tulane. In the fall of 2006, the School of Public Health began admitting undergraduate students.

The [[Tulane University School of Science and Engineering]] was established in 2005.

In 1914 the Southern School of Social Sciences and Public Services was the first training program for social workers in the [[Deep South]]. By 1927 the school became a separate program with a two-year Master of Arts. The [[Tulane University School of Social Work]] has awarded the master of social work degrees to more than 4,700 students from all 50 of the United States and more than 30 other countries.

Tulane offers [[continuing education]] courses and associate's and bachelor's degrees through the [[Tulane School of Professional Advancement]]. Tulane has several academic and research institutes and centers including [[The Murphy Institute]], Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, The Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the Middle American Research Institute, and the law school's [[Payson Center for International Development]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/academics/centers.cfm |title=Tulane University – Centers & Institutes |publisher=Tulane.edu |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=September 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903141614/http://tulane.edu/academics/centers.cfm |archive-date=September 3, 2011 }}</ref>

==Academics==
As part of the post-Hurricane Katrina Renewal Plan, the university initiated an extensive university-wide core curriculum.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Success of the Undergraduate Public Health at Tulane University |year=2015 |pmc=4403250 |last1=White |first1=L. E. |journal=Frontiers in Public Health |volume=3 |page=60 |doi=10.3389/fpubh.2015.00060 |pmid=25941670 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Several major elements of the university core include freshman seminars called TIDES classes, a two-tier writing course sequence, and a two-tier course sequence for public service. Many other course requirements of the core curriculum can be certified through [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) or [[International Baccalaureate]] (IB) exam scores, or placement exams in English and foreign languages offered by the university before course registration. Some schools' core requirements differ (e.g., students in the School of Science and Engineering are required to take fewer language classes than students in the School of Liberal Arts).

===Research===
Tulane was elected to the [[Association of American Universities]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brannon |first1=Keith |title=Tulane University President Scott Cowen to chair Association of American Universities |url=https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-university-president-scott-cowen-chair-association-american-universities |access-date=July 19, 2020 |work=Tulane News |date=October 23, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and had research expenditure of $193.3 million in fiscal year 2018.<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=160755 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18  |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref>

In 2008, Tulane was ranked by the Ford Foundation as the major international studies research institution in the South and one of the top 15 nationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/global.html|title=Global Connections/International Programs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813114920/http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/global.htm |date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2020}} The [[National Institutes of Health]] ranks funding to Tulane at 79th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grants.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/Rnk_05_All.xls |title=NIH Award Trends-Rankings: All Institutions 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=nih.gov |access-date=February 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117201218/http://grants.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/Rnk_05_All.xls |archive-date=November 17, 2006 }}</ref> The university is home to various research centers, including the [[Amistad Research Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/ |title=Amistad Research Center |access-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115234751/http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/ |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholars]]: 155
* [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]]: 17<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://honors.tulane.edu/content/scholars-0|title=Scholars &#124; Honors|website=honors.tulane.edu}}</ref>
* [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]]: 23
* [[Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship|Goldwater Scholars]]: 31
* [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman Scholars]]: 13<ref>{{cite web| url=http://honors.tulane.edu/web/default.asp?id=TulaneScholarships.txt| title=Tulane Scholarships| publisher=Tulane University Honors Program| access-date=November 12, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112214947/http://honors.tulane.edu/web/default.asp?id=TulaneScholarships.txt| archive-date=November 12, 2014| df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* National Science Foundation Fellows: 33<ref name="auto"/>

===Rankings===
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{{Infobox US university ranking
| QS_W = 638 (tie)
| THES_W = 401–500
| USNWR_NU = 63 (tie)
| USNWR_W = 408
| THE_WSJ = 71
| Wamo_NU = 431 
| Forbes = 147 
| ARWU_W = 501–600 
}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tulane Green Wave|color=white}}" |National Program Rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Tulane University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 2, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/tulane-university-of-louisiana-160755/overall-rankings}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Biological Sciences || 98
|-
| Business || 74
|-
| Chemistry || 106
|-
| Earth Sciences || 103
|-
| Economics || 72
|-
| Engineering || 109
|-
| English || 85
|-
| Fine Arts || 135
|-
| Health Care Management || 17
|-
| History || 63
|-
| Law || 54
|-
| Mathematics || 74
|-
| Physics || 100
|-
| Political Science || 89
|-
| Psychology || 148
|-
| Public Health || 13
|-
| Social Work || 36
|-
| Sociology || 87
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tulane Green Wave|color=white}}" |Global Subject Rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Tulane University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 2, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/tulane-university-160755}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Biology & Biochemistry || 399
|-
| Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems || 214
|-
| Clinical Medicine || 199
|-
| Immunology || 238
|-
| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 265
|-
| Neuroscience & Behavior || 397
|-
| Oncology || 220
|-
| Social Sciences & Public Health || 275
|-
| Surgery || 180
|}
{{col-end}}

Overall university rankings and ratings include:
* One of 195 U.S. universities recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching with a "community engagement" classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=1213&subkey=2215 |title=2008 Community Engagement Classification |year=2008 |publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |access-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224094538/http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=1213&subkey=2215 |archive-date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/010809_carnegie.cfm |title=Tulane Merits Carnegie Community Engagement Classification |year=2008 |publisher=New Wave |access-date=January 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603013214/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/010809_carnegie.cfm |archive-date=June 3, 2010 }}</ref>
* The 2025 edition of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Tulane tied for 63rd among U.S. national universities.  In addition, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Tulane tied for 113rd in "Best Undergraduate Engineering Program", 5th in "Service Learning" and 100th for "Best Value" among national universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-2029/overall-rankings|title=Tulane University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513001846/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-2029/overall-rankings|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Tulane held multiple rankings from [[The Princeton Review]] in 2023: Best Quality of Life (#7), Best-Run Colleges (#22), Happiest Students (#1), Lots of Beer (#4), Lots of Hard Liquor (#5), Most Engaged in Community Service (#2), Their Students Love These Colleges (#6).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/tulane-university-1022808/|title=Tulane University|work=Princeton Review|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827210749/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/tulane-university-1022808|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Tulane 106th in 2019 out of 650 U.S. universities, colleges and service academies.

===Admissions===

According to ''U.S. News & World Report'' Tulane is deemed a "Most Selective" university. Tulane is the only institution in Louisiana to have that distinction.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-2029|title=Tulane University|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208063637/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tulane-university-2029|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>  The school accepts the [[Common Application]] for admission. Tulane has the second lowest percentage of [[Pell Grant]] recipients in the United States, only after [[Fairfield University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=James |url=https://edreformnow.org/2022/11/10/what-the-pell-americas-worst-colleges-and-universities-for-enrolling-students-from-low-income-households/ |title=What the Pell?!? America's Worst Colleges and Universities For Enrolling Students from Low-Income Households |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=[[Education Reform Now]] |date=10 November 2022}}</ref> It is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://admission.tulane.edu/louisiana-promise|title=Our Promise to Louisiana|publisher=Tulane University|access-date=2021-01-05|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118140348/https://admission.tulane.edu/louisiana-promise|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Office of Undergraduate Admission received over 43,000 applications for fall 2022 — over a 21 percent increase over the last five years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://admissionblog.tulane.edu/2022/05/03/meet-the-class-of-2026/ | title=Meet the Class of 2026! &#124; Undergraduate Admission Blog }}</ref>  The acceptance rate for the class of 2026 was 8.4 percent.  The yield rate was 52 percent. Among freshman students who committed to enroll in Fall 2022, the average converted SAT score was 1474. Composite ACT scores for the middle 50% ranged from 31 to 34.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane/new-class-profile | title=Class of 2026 Profile &#124; Undergraduate Admission }}</ref>

====Honors program admissions====
The most impressive incoming undergraduate students are invited to join the honors program by the Office of Admission. Incoming freshmen who did not receive an invitation are allowed to apply for one after completing their first semester with at least a 3.8 cumulative GPA. To remain in good standing with the honors program, honors students are required to maintain at least a 3.8 cumulative GPA and enroll in honors classes their first year in the program. Honors students have access to special privileges and learning opportunities on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://honors.tulane.edu/content/requirements/ |title=Requirements &#124; Honors |access-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019141227/https://honors.tulane.edu/content/requirements/ |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, the Newcomb-Tulane College (NTC) created programming for First Year Honors Scholars and phased out its honors program. Many of the components of the honors program have been incorporated into other NTC programs.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://catalog.tulane.edu/newcomb-tulane/ntc-academic-programs/honors-program/ | title=Honors Program | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217054515/https://catalog.tulane.edu/newcomb-tulane/ntc-academic-programs/honors-program/ | archive-date=2022-02-17}}</ref>

===Scholarships===
The Dean's Honor Scholarship is a merit-based [[scholarship]] awarded by Tulane which covers full tuition for the duration of the recipient's undergraduate program. The scholarship is offered to between 75 and 100 incoming freshmen by the Office of Undergraduate Admission and is awarded only through a separate application. This scholarship is renewable provided that the recipient maintains a minimum 3.0 [[GPA]] at the end of each semester and maintains continuous enrollment in a full-time undergraduate division. Typically, recipients have SAT I score of 1450 or higher or an ACT composite score of 33 or higher, rank in the top 5% of their [[High school (North America)|high school]] graduating class, have a rigorous course load including honors and [[Advanced Placement]] classes, and an outstanding record of extracurricular activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tulane.edu/%7Efinaid/dean%27s_honor_scholarship.shtml |title=Dean's Honor Scholarship information |publisher=Tulane.edu |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218093742/http://www.tulane.edu/~finaid/dean's_honor_scholarship.shtml |archive-date=February 18, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable recipients include [[Sean M. Berkowitz]] and [[David Filo]].

Beginning in 2014, Tulane has partnered with the [[Stamps Family Charitable Foundation]] to offer the full-ride merit-based Stamps Leadership Scholarship, Tulane's most prestigious scholarship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://admission.tulane.edu/tuition-aid/merit-scholarships |title=Merit Scholarships |publisher=Tulane.edu |access-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314040823/http://www.admission.tulane.edu/tuition-aid/merit-scholarships |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Approximately 5 incoming students are awarded the Stamps Scholarship each year, and Tulane graduated its first class of Stamps Scholars in May 2018.

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Tulane University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?160755-Tulane-University-of-Louisiana |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|69|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|93|%|2||background:black}}
|}
The student body of Tulane University is represented by the Associated Student Body (ASB). In 1998, the students of Tulane University voted by referendum to split the Associated Student Body (ASB) Senate into two separate houses, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) and the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA). USG and GAPSA came together twice a semester to meet as the ASB Senate, where issues pertaining to the entire Tulane student body were discussed, presided over by the ASB President. However, starting in 2021, Tulane students and administrators collaborated to create a new student governance model. The USG was dissolved, and in its place, the Tulane Undergraduate Assembly (TUA) was formed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evolution Process {{!}} Tulane Undergraduate Assembly |url=https://tua.tulane.edu/evolution-process/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=tua.tulane.edu}}</ref>

Tulane maintains 3,600 beds in 14 residence halls on its uptown campus for undergraduate students. First year residence halls include Warren House, Sharp Hall, Monroe Hall, Paterson Hall, Josephine Louise Hall, Wall Hall, and Butler Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Housing {{!}} Undergraduate Admission|url=https://admission.tulane.edu/student-life/housing|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=admission.tulane.edu}}</ref> Sophomore residence halls include Aron Residences, Décou-Labat Residences, Greenbaum Hall, Lake Hall, River Hall, and Weatherhead Hall. Per the Renewal Plan instituted after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane requires all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus, except those who are from surrounding neighborhoods in New Orleans. Due to the increasing size of incoming classes, Tulane has allowed a small number of rising sophomores to reside off campus instead of being required to remain in campus housing. Housing is not guaranteed for juniors and seniors.

===Student media===
[[Tulane Hullabaloo|''The Tulane Hullabaloo'']] is the university's weekly student-run newspaper. 

===Athletics===
{{Main|Tulane Green Wave}}
[[File:Tulane Green Wave wordmark.svg|250px|left|thumb|Wordmark for Tulane Athletics]]
[[File:Yulman Stadium Exterior.jpg|thumb|right|Tulane's football team plays its home games Uptown in [[Yulman Stadium]]]]
Tulane competes in [[NCAA Division I]] as a member of the [[American Athletic Conference]] (The American). The university was a charter member of the [[Southeastern Conference]], in which it competed until 1966. Just before leaving the SEC, it had notably become the first conference school to field a [[African Americans|black]] athlete when Stephen Martin, who was on an academic scholarship, played on the baseball team in the 1966 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2013/05/tulane_community_mourns_passin.html |title=Tulane community mourns death of SEC pioneer Stephen Martin |first=Tammy |last=Nunez |newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016223503/http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2013/05/tulane_community_mourns_passin.html |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tulane, along with other academically oriented, private schools had considered forming the "Southern Ivy League" ([[Magnolia League|Magnolia Conference]]) in the 1950s. Tulane's intercollegiate sports include [[college football|football]], [[college baseball|baseball]], men's and women's [[College basketball#Division I|basketball]], women's volleyball, men's and women's [[track and field|track]], men's and women's [[tennis]], and [[cross country running|cross country]], women's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|diving]], women's [[tennis]], women's [[golf]], women's [[bowling]], and women's [[beach volleyball]]. Tulane's graduation rate for its student-athletes consistently ranks among the top of Division I athletics programs.

Tulane Green Wave teams have seen moderate success over the years. The school's national championships have all come from men's [[tennis]], with one [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Team champions|team title]] in 1959 and multiple [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Singles|singles]] and [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship#Doubles|doubles]] titles. The [[Tulane Green Wave baseball|baseball team]] has won multiple conference titles, and in both [[2001 College World Series|2001]] and [[2005 College World Series|2005]], it finished with 56 wins and placed 5th at the [[College World Series]]. The women's basketball team has won multiple conference titles and gone to numerous [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournaments]]. The women's volleyball team won the 2008 Conference USA Championship tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/112508_volleyball.cfm |title=Volleyball Continues Historic Run |publisher=New Wave |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402002103/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/112508_volleyball.cfm |archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> The Green Wave [[Tulane Green Wave football|football team]] won the [[2002 Hawaii Bowl]], the [[1970 Liberty Bowl]], and the [[1935 Sugar Bowl|inaugural Sugar Bowl]]. In [[1998 Tulane Green Wave football team|1998]] it went 12–0, winning the [[1998 Liberty Bowl|Liberty Bowl]] and finishing the season ranked 7th in the nation by the [[AP Poll|AP]] and 10th by the [[BCS Poll#Rankings|BCS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=822|title=1998 Final AP Football Poll|access-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531103152/http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=822|archive-date=May 31, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 2, 2023, Tulane beat a favored USC team in the [[Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl]], finishing the 2022 season with a 12–2 record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/college/usc/football/tulane-shocks-usc-46-45-in-cotton-bowl |title=Tulane shocks USC 46-45 in Cotton Bowl |last=Morrissette |first=Connor |website=[[FanNation]] |date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115115231/https://www.si.com/college/usc/football/tulane-shocks-usc-46-45-in-cotton-bowl |archive-date=15 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Most administrative and athletic support facilities are located in the Wilson Athletic Center in the center of Tulane's athletic campus. The adjacent area was once home to [[Tulane Stadium]], which seated more than 80,000 people, held three [[Super Bowl]]s, was home to the [[New Orleans Saints]], and gave rise to the [[Sugar Bowl]]. Home football games moved to the [[Mercedes-Benz Superdome]] when it opened in 1975, and Tulane Stadium was demolished in 1980. The university has committed to upgrading its athletic facilities in recent years, extensively renovating [[Greer Field at Turchin Stadium|Turchin Stadium]] (baseball) in 2008, [[Devlin Fieldhouse|Fogelman Arena]] (now Devlin Fieldhouse; basketball and volleyball) in 2006 and 2012,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/20151213/trippin-tulane-rebuilds-its-program-from-players-to-facilities| title=Trippin': Tulane rebuilds its program from players to facilities| first=Matt| last=Norlander| work=CBS Sports| date=September 11, 2012| access-date=September 13, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521073330/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/20151213/trippin-tulane-rebuilds-its-program-from-players-to-facilities| archive-date=May 21, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> and Goldring Tennis Center in 2008. The Hertz Center, a new practice facility for the basketball and volleyball teams that includes athletic training and strength and conditioning rooms, offices, film rooms, and lockers, opened in 2011. Tulane completed construction of [[Yulman Stadium]] in September 2014 and began using it for home football games that season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/yulman-stadium-opens-for-business.cfm |title=Yulman Stadium opens for business |access-date=October 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017115752/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/yulman-stadium-opens-for-business.cfm |archive-date=October 17, 2014}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of Tulane University people}}
Tulane is home to many alumni who have contributed to both the arts and sciences and to the political and business realms. For example, from television: [[Jerry Springer]] and [[Ian Terry]], from literature: [[John Kennedy Toole]], Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'', [[Shirley Ann Grau]], Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, and conservative journalist [[Andrew Breitbart]], who later criticized his education at Tulane for what he perceived as its inadequacy;<ref>"[Camille Paglia's] book, ''[[Sexual Personae]]'', made me realize how little I really had learned in college." Andrew Breitbart (2011), Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! NY: Grand Centrual Publishing, {{ISBN|9780446572828}}, p. 36</ref> from business: [[David Filo]], co-founder of Yahoo!, [[Ashley Biden]], daughter of [[Jill Biden]] and [[Joseph R. Biden]] and [[Neil Bush]], economist and brother of President [[George W. Bush]]; from entertainment: [[Lauren Hutton]], film actor and supermodel, and [[Paul Michael Glaser]], TV actor of "Starsky and Hutch"; from fine arts: [[Sergio Rossetti Morosini]], artist and conservator, and internationally renowned glass artist Mitchell Gaudet; from music: conductor and composer [[Odaline de la Martinez]], who was the first woman to conduct at a [[BBC Proms]] concert in London; from government: [[Newt Gingrich]], former [[Speaker of the House of Representatives (United States)|Speaker of the House]] who famously coordinated the [[Republican Revolution of '94|first Congressional Republican majority in 40 years]], [[Perry Chen]], founder of [[Kickstarter]] and [[Luther Leonidas Terry|Luther Terry]], former U.S. Surgeon General who issued the first official health hazard warning for tobacco; from medicine: [[Michael DeBakey]] and [[Dr. Regina Benjamin]], President Obama's [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]]; from science [[A. Baldwin Wood]], inventor of the wood screw pump and [[Lisa P. Jackson]], [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) Administrator under President Obama; from sports: [[Bobby Brown (third baseman)|Bobby Brown]], former [[New York Yankees]] third baseman and former president of the American League. A former graduate residence hall on campus was also named for Engineering graduate [[Harold Rosen (electrical engineer)|Harold Rosen]], who invented the [[communications satellite|geosynchronous communications satellite]]. [[Douglas G. Hurley]], [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and pilot of mission [[STS-127]], became the first alumnus to travel in [[outer space]] in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/090909_hurley.cfm |title=Tulane University – Alumnus Orbits Earth |publisher=Tulane.edu |access-date=September 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929171447/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/090909_hurley.cfm |archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

Tulane also hosted several prominent faculty, such as two members who each won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology or Medicine: [[Louis J. Ignarro]] and [[Andrew V. Schally]]. Other notables such as [[Rudolph Matas]], "father of vascular surgery" and [[George E. Burch]], inventor of the phlebomanometer in medicine, also were on faculty at Tulane. Five [[U.S. Supreme Court Justice]]s have taught at Tulane, including Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/abroad/index.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_168_0_4386_1 |title=Tulane Law School – Study Abroad |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911111609/http://www.law.tulane.edu/abroad/index.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_168_0_4386_1 |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tulane has also hosted several prominent artists, most notably [[Mark Rothko]], who was a Visiting Artist from 1956 to 1957.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJPwss-O72IC&q=mark+rothko+tulane&pg=PA353 |title=Mark Rothko: A Biography |first=James E. B. |last=Breslin |date=April 18, 1998 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=9780226074061 |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621163801/http://books.google.com/books?id=zJPwss-O72IC&pg=PA353&lpg=PA353&dq=mark+rothko+tulane&source=bl&ots=jfKkMVY9tL&sig=Vihsqb0pexUq5lwkIG4iCLtTpaA&hl=en&ei=MSu9So2eLM7X8AbGnc2zAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=mark%20rothko%20tulane&f=false |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently on the faculty are [[Walter Isaacson]], [[American Routes|Nick Spitzer]], [[Olawale Sulaiman]] and [[Melissa Harris-Perry]].<ref name="carville">{{cite news|title=Political Pundit Joins Faculty |date=November 18, 2008 |publisher=Tulane University |url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111808_carville.cfm|access-date=March 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607105726/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111808_carville.cfm |archive-date=June 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="spitzer">{{cite news |title=Folklorist Spitzer En Route to Campus |date=July 18, 2008 |publisher=Tulane University |url=http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/071808_spitzer.cfm |access-date=March 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127034551/http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/071808_spitzer.cfm |archive-date=November 27, 2008}}</ref><ref name="harris-perry">{{cite web|url=http://melissaharrisperry.com/teaching.html |title=Teaching |publisher=MelissaHarrisPerry.com |access-date=March 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313231445/http://melissaharrisperry.com/teaching.html |archive-date=March 13, 2012 }}</ref>

Several football alumni played in the [[National Football League]], including five-time NFL Champion Wide Receiver [[Max McGee]], [[Mewelde Moore]], [[Matt Forté]], [[Troy Kropog]], [[Dezman Moses]], [[Cairo Santos]] ([[Chicago Bears]]), [[Darnell Mooney]] ([[Chicago Bears]]), and Super Bowl champion [[Shaun_King_(American_football)|Shaun King]] ([[Tampa Bay]]).

Several baseball alumni played in the [[Major League Baseball|Major Leagues]], including [[Brian Bogusevic]] ([[Chicago Cubs]]), [[Brandon Gomes]] ([[Tampa Bay Rays]]), [[Mark Hamilton (baseball)|Mark Hamilton]] (free agent), [[Aaron Loup]] ([[Toronto Blue Jays]]), [[Tommy Manzella]] ([[Colorado Rockies]]), [[Micah Owings]] ([[Washington Nationals]]), and [[J. P. France]] ([[Houston Astros]]).

Actor [[Harold Sylvester]] was the first African American to receive an athletic scholarship from Tulane. Turning down Harvard, he attended Tulane on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology.

[[Shalanda Young]], who is an American political advisor who is the nominee to serve as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Biden administration, graduated with her Masters in Health Administration.

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File:Senatorwhite.jpg|[[Edward Douglass White]], 9th [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
File:Sen William L Armstrong.jpg|[[William L. Armstrong]], leading welfare reform legislator, [[United States Representative]] and [[United States Senator|Senator]], businessman
File:Rudolph Matas.jpg|[[Rudolph Matas]], regarded as the “father of [[vascular surgery]],” 9th President of the [[American College of Surgeons]]
File:Michael DeBakey.jpg|[[Michael E. DeBakey]], regarded as the “father of modern [[cardiovascular surgery]],” prolific inventor
File:Regina Benjamin crop.jpg|[[Regina Benjamin]], 18th [[Surgeon General of the United States]]
File:Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore retouched.jpg|[[Newt Gingrich]], 50th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]
File:Lisa P. Jackson official portrait.jpg|[[Lisa P. Jackson]], 12th [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]
File:Senator Howard Baker.jpg|[[Howard Baker]], [[U.S. Senate Majority Leader]], 12th [[White House Chief of Staff]], 26th [[United States Ambassador to Japan]]
File:Cedric Richmond official photo.jpg|[[Cedric Richmond]], 25th [[Director of the Office of Public Liaison]]
File:Rachel L. Levine (HHS ASH).jpg|[[Rachel Levine]], 17th [[Assistant Secretary for Health]], first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate
</gallery>

==In literature and media==
Tulane has been portrayed in several books, television shows and films. These films include ''[[The Perfect Date]], [[So Undercover]], [[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]], [[College (2008 film)|College]],'' and ''[[22 Jump Street]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bunszel |first=Renee |date=2020-11-15 |title=Ranking Movies Filmed at Tulane |url=https://tulanemagazine.com/ranking-movies-filmed-at-tulane/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=The Crescent Magazine: Tulane's Online Lifestyle Publication |language=en-US}}</ref> Several movies have been filmed at the Uptown campus, especially since tax credits from the state of Louisiana began drawing more productions to New Orleans in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/the-short-shady-history-of-hollywood-south.html |first=Anya |last=Kamenetz |title="The Short, Shady History of Hollywood South" Issue 118 |publisher=Fastcompany.com |date=September 1, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210062044/http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/the-short-shady-history-of-hollywood-south.html |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Uptown campus has hosted two movie premieres from 2006 to 2007.

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana]]
* [[Newcomb Art Museum]]
* [[A Studio in the Woods]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://tulanegreenwave.com/ Tulane Athletics website]

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