Did You Know?

The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is the only public health school in the country with the words “tropical medicine” in its name.

The current Navy ROTC building on the corner of Freret Street and McAlister Drive was built in 1912 as the university’s first gymnasium.

Dinwiddie Hall is named for Albert Bledsoe Dinwiddie, professor of mathematics and president of Tulane from 1918–1935.

Gibson Hall is named for Randall Lee Gibson, a Confederate general, U.S. senator from Louisiana and the first president of the Tulane board.

There is a blarney stone on the uptown campus outside of Stanley Thomas Hall.

WTUL radio can be heard worldwide via webcast at wtulneworleans.com.

The first artists played on WTUL radio were the Beatles.

Tulane was founded in 1834 before California became a state in 1850. (ALSO, Arkansas became a state in 1836, Michigan in 1837, Florida in 1845, Texas in 1845). 

There are a total of 68 alumni clubs around the world; 59 are in the U.S. and nine are international.

The Tulane stadium that once stood on campus was home to Super Bowls IV, VI and IX.

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Over 2,000 commemorative second line handkerchiefs will be distributed at the Unified Ceremony.

6,000 barbecued oysters will be served at this year's Wave Goodbye party.

1,500 crawfish pies and 3,000 portions of jambalaya will be served at Wave Goodbye.

17,000 soft drinks and bottles of water will be available during Wave Goodbye.

Tulane will drop 1,500 commemorative beach balls and balloons to celebrate the conclusion of the Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony.

5,000 specially made Tulane Commencement 2008 beads will be given to graduates and their guests.

James Carville and Mary Matalin's commencement address will be the first to feature a husband and wife as speakers.

Did you know that Tulane has one of the largest programs in the world in which students concurrently earn their master’s of public heath and medical degrees?

Did you know that Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine now offers a master’s degree with a concentration in disaster management?

Tulane University owns approximately 50,000 acres of land in five states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

One of the world’s most extensive collections of Mardi Gras memorabilia is housed in a Special Collections Archive on Tulane’s campus. 

The Tulane Stadium was home to the New Orleans Saints from 1967–1974.

The first Tulane study abroad program began in 1954 at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. 

Dr. Rudolph Matas invented more than 20 surgical procedures including the Matas operation for aneurysms during his 42 years teaching at the medical school. 

Tulane's libraries are ranked among the top 120 research libraries in North America.

The Hullabaloo, the student run university newspaper, prints 4,000 copies each week. 

The diverse student body at Tulane represents all 50 states and more than 40 different countries.

Gibson Hall was built in 1894 by Thomas Nicholson and Company of Chicago for $117,849.

Students can learn 26 different foreign languages at Tulane.

Tulane won the NCAA tennis championship in 1959.

The St. Charles Avenue streetcar passes Gibson Hall 100 times a day.

The Bruff Dining Room uses 30,200 pounds of potatoes each year.

After Hurricane Katrina, Tulane opened its doors to the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Orleans Ballet and the New Orleans Opera to perform on its campus.

Twelve Louisiana governors attended Tulane University.

Tulane University’s uptown campus was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Twelve medical degrees were issued during the first Tulane commencement held on April 5, 1836.

At the first commencement address for the Tulane Medical School in 1836, the dean delivered his speech in Latin.  

Tulane will host the inaugural Clinton Global Initiative University, a program created by former President Bill Clinton to harness the energy and knowledge of college students to solve some of the world's most pressing problems. Students can sign up now for this star-studded event, which will include Clinton, Lauren Bush, James Carville, Dave Eggers, Cornel West, and more.

Researchers at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine are using a $14 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fight HIV/AIDS in eight developing countries that lack the large-scale public health resources to track HIV infections. 

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has partnered with Reuters and Trading Technologies to enable students to experience true, real-time market trading conditions right in the classroom. The first-of-its-kind teaching simulation brings the systems used in most commercial trading houses to Freeman’s trading center, a $2.5 million state-of-the-art classroom built to mimic a trading floor.

The Reily Center at Tulane offers ballroom, belly, salsa and swing dance lessons? All classes offer a free “Intro” class before the session officially begins, so people can try it out, meet the instructor and decide if the class is right for them. For more information please contact Michelle Riley Mirpuri at (504) 314-2079 or e-mail mariley@tulane.edu.

Benjamin P. Sachs is the new senior vice president and dean of the School of Medicine. Before coming to Tulane in November 2007, he held several appointments at Harvard Medical School, where he helped create the research team that discovered the probable cause of preeclampsia, one of the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity worldwide.

Provost Michael Bernstein, who joined Tulane in July 2007 from the University of California at San Diego, is a history professor whose teaching and research interests focus on the economic and political history of the United States, macroeconomic theory, industrial organization economics, and the history of economic theory. Learn more about his duties as provost.

Did you know that you can watch free features & interviews with Green Wave coaches and student-athletes on the web?

Senior running back Matt Forté is leading the NCAA in rushing, and is a candidate for multiple national football awards, including the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy.

President Scott Cowen has been "blogging" to the Tulane community since 2001, with his weekly "Tulane Talk."

Parent/Family Weekend is October 26-28, 2007. This is a time for students' families to get a feel for the Tulane community, explore New Orleans, and share in the Green Wave spirit at Homecoming.

At this year's Homecoming on Oct. 27, all marching band alumni are invited to play with the Tulane Marching Band, in the stands or on the field at halftime. Director Barry Spanier has created new arrangements of Green Wave classics such as the Tulane Fight Song, Roll On, Tulane, and the Tulane Swing.

Tulane will welcome home all alumni for the Wave '07 celebration, which features a day of service, a grand reunion party and the opportunity to Paint the Quarter Green, Oct. 25-27.

In 1912, the Tulane School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was established. The first such institution in the United States, it was the precursor of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University created the Partnership for the Transformation of Urban Communities to focus on the building of healthy and sustainable communities locally, regionally, and throughout the world.

The university is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, a select group of the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Tulane undergraduates enjoy a number of research opportunities.

The Center for Public Service at Tulane University was started in 2006 to ensure that our students are learning outside the classroom and giving back to the community. Tulane is currently offering over 60 courses that have service-learning components.

Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest and the Tennessee Williams Festival are just a few of the unique events you'll experience as a Tulane student in New Orleans.

Modeled after the residential college system that originated at Oxford and Cambridge universities in England, the Wall Residential College integrates academic and residential life.

All eight of Tulane's Green Wave athletics teams ranked well above the national averages in the NCAA's most recent Academic Performance Rates. Each of the eight sports boasted a score of 940 or better, including cross-country with a high of 989.

The Newcomb College Institute is an academic center offering educational and co-curricular programs designed to enhance women's education at Tulane University. The institute's mission furthers a 120-year old Newcomb legacy of providing all undergraduate women students with programs, tools and experiences to enhance their leadership and scholarship.

The Tulane National Primate Research Center, one of eight centers that make up the National Primate Research Center Program funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is a leader in infectious diseases research.

An exciting match up against Memphis is one of the highlights of Homecoming & Parent-Family Weekend 2007, which will be held October 26-27.

Orientation includes the Convocation for New Students and Their Families, an opportunity for President Scott Cowen to welcome new Tulanians and introduce them to some of Tulane's academic traditions.

Tulane is home to the Hogan Jazz Archive, the world's premier source of recordings, photographs and books about New Orleans jazz from its traditional roots to its modern form. Today the archive works with private collectors and musicians to preserve local legacies nearly lost in Hurricane Katrina.

An avid interest in current urban issues prompted the School of Social Work to expand its offerings to include eight undergraduate courses beginning in Fall 2007.

Tulane biomedical engineering students participate in an annual design contest to develop devices that benefit the disabled.

The academic home for all of Tulane's undergraduate students, Newcomb-Tulane College provides services for students, including advising, honors, study abroad and a variety of innovative student programs.

Tulane physicians and medical students began the Tulane Community Health Center at Covenant House in the days following Hurricane Katrina. The free clinic has seen over 13,000 patients since then.

The Student Hurricane Network, co-founded by Tulane law students, attracted over 2,700 volunteers to provide legal assistance to Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The A.B. Freeman School of Business is home to Burkenroad Reports, the acclaimed student-run stock analysis program. MBA and undergraduate business students in this course work in small teams to analyze one public company each. The teams visit top management, develop financial models and publish extensive investment research reports.

Students in Tulane's School of Architecture URBANbuild program are building new homes and designing neighborhoods for New Orleans residents.

Tulane's athletic teams are known as the Green Wave after a song written in 1920 by Earl Sparling, then editor of the Hullabaloo.

The Tulane motto is "Non sibi, sed suis," translated as "not for one's self, but for one's own."