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82-804: Glassie received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1964, his M.A. from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1965, and his Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. After serving as the State Folklorist of Pennsylvania and teaching at the Capitol Campus of Pennsylvania State University, Glassie began teaching in the Folklore Institute at Indiana University in 1970. In 1976, he became

164-450: A 21 percent increase over the last five years. 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. The most impressive incoming undergraduate students are invited to join the honors program by

246-572: A College of Commerce, the first business school in the South . In 1925, Tulane established the independent Graduate School. Two years later, the university set up a School of Social Work , also the first in the southern United States. Tulane was instrumental in promoting the arts in New Orleans and the South in establishing the Newcomb School of Art with William Woodward as director, thus establishing

328-479: 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, which was subsequently 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. Tulane received an "A−" on

410-411: A community college until becoming a four-year institution in 1963. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , while chartered four years after Georgia in 1789, was the first state university to hold classes. Classes began at UNC in 1795, and UNC is the only state university to have graduated students in the 18th century. The University of South Carolina was chartered in 1801 and held classes for

492-498: A course credit involving 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. 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. Tulane's primary campus

574-543: A former President of Costa Rica . Two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university. The university was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 partly as a response to the fears of smallpox , yellow fever , and cholera in the United States. 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

656-551: A single legal entity and administration, but may consist of several institutions, each with its own identity as a university. Some states—such as California and Texas—support more than one such system. State universities get subsidies from their states. The amount of the subsidy varies from university to university and state to state, but the effect is to lower tuition costs below those of private universities for students from that state or district. As more Americans have attended college and private tuition rates have increased well beyond

738-486: A state public institution to a private one. 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. 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. In 1885,

820-537: A state university by acts of the legislature in 1945 and 1956. It became a 'System' with the absorptions of Newark University in 1946 and The College of South Jersey in 1950, becoming Rutgers' Newark and Camden campuses, respectively. Rutgers was chartered in 1766, nineteen years before the University of Georgia, but did not become the State University of New Jersey for another 179 years. Castleton University in Vermont

902-528: A steady stream of books. Henry Glassie has lectured throughout the United States and Canada, and in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, France, Malta, Turkey, Israel, Kuwait, India, Bangladesh, China, and Japan. Glassie’s papers, correspondence, and drafts of books, are in the Indiana University Archives. Glassie’s field recordings from Ireland and

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984-540: Is also the oldest state university that has continuously operated as a public institution), with the other developing states similarly creating public universities to serve the citizens. On a national basis, the state university system was also assisted by the establishment of the Land-grant universities , under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890. Many state universities were founded in

1066-414: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Alumni include twelve governors of Louisiana ; one Chief Justice of the United States ; various members of Congress, including a Speaker of the U.S. House ; two Surgeons General of the United States ; 23 Marshall Scholars ; 18 Rhodes Scholars ; 15 Truman Scholars ; 155 Fulbright Scholars ; four living billionaires; and

1148-548: Is deemed a "Most Selective" university. Tulane is the only institution in Louisiana to have that distinction. 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 . It is need-blind for domestic applicants. The Office of Undergraduate Admission received over 43,000 applications for fall 2022 — over

1230-524: Is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side. 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 , in 1894. The School of Architecture is also located on the oldest section of

1312-571: Is located in Uptown New Orleans on St. Charles Avenue , directly opposite Audubon Park , and extends north to South Claiborne Avenue through 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 110 acres (0.45 km ) 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

1394-623: Is the oldest state university in New England, chartered in 1787. This was soon followed by the charter of The University of Vermont (UVM) in 1791. However, neither institution was a "state university" in the modern sense of the term until many decades later. Castleton began as the Rutland County Grammar School. It did not become a postsecondary institution until the campus became home to the State Normal School in 1867. Although

1476-521: The American Civil War . 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

1558-468: The 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

1640-601: 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. In 1914, Tulane established

1722-549: 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 . As part of the post-Hurricane Katrina Renewal Plan,

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1804-730: The University of California and the California State University as four-year university systems, and the California Community Colleges as its community college system. Texas has seven state university systems (one of which currently consists of only one institution), plus one independent public university. There is much diversity between the states in terms of how governing power is distributed between boards of regents (or trustees), presidents, chancellors, provosts, and other senior university executives. At one end of

1886-474: The University of Louisiana in 1847. The institution became private under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884 and 1887. The Tulane University Law School and Tulane University Medical School are, respectively, the 12th oldest law school and 15th oldest medical school in the United States. Tulane has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1958 and

1968-524: The V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. In 1963, Tulane enrolled its first African American students. In 1990, Rhonda Goode-Douglas, alongside other black, female students, founded the first African American sorority in Tulane's history, AKA Omicron Psi. A detailed account of the history of Tulane University from its founding through 1965

2050-587: The 2011 College Sustainability Report Card , garnering an award as one of the top 52 most sustainable colleges in the country. 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. There have been 15 presidents of Tulane since then. The board comprises more than 30 regular members (plus several members emeriti) and

2132-552: The Academy of Richmond County, chartered in 1783 with instruction beginning in 1785. While the academy, later known as Augusta State University and now merged into Augusta University , was founded as a high school, it taught college-level classes from its creation, and its graduates were accepted into four-year colleges as sophomores or juniors, effectively making it a combination of a modern high school and community college. The school eventually dropped high school instruction, but remained

2214-583: 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. 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

2296-625: The City of New Orleans announced plans to add bicycle lanes to the St. Charles Avenue corridor that runs in front of campus. 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

2378-449: 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 , five miles (8 km) by streetcar from downtown New Orleans. With the improvements to Tulane University in the late 19th century, Tulane had a firm foundation to build upon as the premier university of

2460-570: The College of Technology, the Tulane School of Architecture was separately formed as a school in 1953. The 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

2542-606: The Health Sciences campus are also involved in community-wide health promotion, such as community health fairs and distributing condoms to address the high rate of STIs in New Orleans. In 2014, the Tulane 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 80,000 square feet (7,400 m ) of space and 6 acres (24,000 m ) of surrounding land located on Broadway and Leake Avenue adjacent to

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2624-455: The MBA program 63rd overall. 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. U.S. News & World Report ' s 2015 edition ranked the School of Law 46th overall and 6th in environmental law, while the 2022 edition ranked

2706-654: The Mississippi River. 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 F. Edward Hebert Research Center near Belle Chasse, Louisiana provides facilities for graduate training and research in computer science , bioengineering , and biology . Satellite campuses of

2788-511: The National Register of Historic Places since 1978. The campus architecture consists of several styles, including Richardsonian Romanesque , Elizabethan, 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

2870-496: 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. State university system A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state , territory or federal district . These systems constitute

2952-513: 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. In 2021,

3034-979: The School of Continuing Studies, Tulane's open admissions school of 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 . Tulane offers an executive MBA program in Cali, Colombia ; Santiago, Chile ; Shanghai, China ; and Taipei, Taiwan . 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

3116-490: 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

3198-399: The School of Law 60th overall. "The Law School 100" ranks Tulane as 34th, relying on a qualitative (rather than quantitative) assessment. The 2010 Leiter law-school rankings put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality, using LSAT and GPA data. The Hylton law-school rankings , conducted in 2006, put Tulane at 39th. The school's maritime law program is widely considered to be the best in

3280-535: 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. 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,

3362-609: 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. During World War II , Tulane was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in

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3444-564: The United States are in the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University. Tulane University Tulane University , officially the Tulane University of Louisiana , is a 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

3526-524: 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. The School of Liberal Arts encompasses 16 departments and 19 interdisciplinary programs in

3608-485: The University of Louisiana instead of establishing a new university. In response, through the influence of former Confederate general Randall Lee Gibson , the Louisiana state legislature transferred control of the University of Louisiana to the administrators of the TEF in 1884. This act created the Tulane University of Louisiana . The university was privatized, and is one of only a few American universities to be converted from

3690-591: The Vernacular Architecture Forum, and his local historic preservation organization, Bloomington Restorations Incorporated. He is married to fellow folklorist Pravina Shukla , a professor at Indiana University, who is a teacher and the author of two major books on dress and adornment, The Grace of Four Moons and Costume. Glassie and Shukla co-authored Sacred Art, an ethnographic account of creativity in northeastern Brazil. Glassie has four children and four grandchildren. Henry Glassie began doing fieldwork on

3772-530: The campus, occupying the Richardson Memorial Building. The middle of the campus, between Feret and Willow Streets, and bisected by 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

3854-598: 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

3936-576: The chairman of the Department of Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1988, he returned as a College Professor to Indiana University, where he had appointments in Folklore and Ethnomusicology, American Studies, Central Eurasian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and India Studies. He retired in 2008. Glassie has served as president of the American Folklore Society,

4018-456: The chief executive officer of each campus. Instead, the Kansas Board of Regents directly supervises the presidents of all Kansas public universities. There are several states with hybrid in-between arrangements, such as Hawaii, Indiana, and South Carolina, where the systemwide leader of the state university retains direct executive control over the original flagship campus but also supervises

4100-424: The degrees granted by some smaller institutions. A prominent example of this is the State University of New York , which is the largest comprehensive system of universities , colleges , and community colleges in the United States. During the 1970s, further mergers took place and the concept of a state system was widely adopted. Some states have more than one state university system. For example, California has

4182-601: 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

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4264-561: The downtown New Orleans Central Business District between the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and 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

4346-528: The embarrassment of being the only state left that had not established a state university, the New Jersey Legislature decided to commission an already existing private university as its state university, rather than build one from the ground up, as other states had done. Rutgers University , which had previously been a private school affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church , was designated as

4428-421: The first major center in the U.S. to focus on research using adult stem cells . The school has highly selective admissions, accepting only 175 medical students from more than 10,000 applications. 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. Although a program in hygiene was initiated in 1881,

4510-417: The first time in 1805. The University of Tennessee was originally chartered as Blount College in 1794, but had a very difficult beginning—graduating only one student—and did not begin receiving the promised state funds until 1807 when it was renamed East Tennessee University. Determining which state university was the "first" is further complicated by the case of New Jersey 's state university system. Facing

4592-552: The leaders of all other campuses in the system. As R. Bowen Loftin has pointed out, this requires considerable tact on the part of the systemwide leader: "How would the other campus leaders see themselves in such an arrangement?" However, it is more common for the flagship campus to have its own leader distinct from the systemwide leader. Some states maintain a separate system for state colleges (often specified as community colleges , technical colleges , or junior colleges ), distinct from their university system. Examples include

4674-471: The leading research universities in North America. The 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 ,

4756-531: The majority of public-funded universities in the country. State university systems should not be confused with federally funded colleges and universities, at which attendance is limited to military personnel and government employees. Members of foreign militaries and governments also attend some schools. These schools include the United States service academies , Naval Postgraduate School , and military staff colleges . A state university system normally means

4838-460: The middle 19th century, in particular supported by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890. Many state universities—such as UCLA , Arizona State , and SUNY Geneseo —were founded as normal schools . Following the Second World War , many state universities were merged with smaller institutions to achieve economies of scale in administration and also to raise the prestige of

4920-476: The oldest public universities in the United States. The University of Georgia is the country's first chartered public university, established on January 27, 1785, by an act of the General Assembly of Georgia. However, the University of Georgia did not hold classes until 16 years later in the fall of 1801. The first collegiate-level classes conducted by a public institution were at another Georgia institution,

5002-468: The rate of inflation, admission to state universities has become more competitive. State university systems were a product of the demand for higher education in the newly formed United States. The tradition of publicly funded state colleges began primarily in the southern states, where in the east and northeastern states other private educational institutions were already established. There remains significant debate about which institution or institutions are

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5084-433: 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 SEIU . 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

5166-414: The renowned Newcomb Pottery . The 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

5248-404: The school as the University of Louisiana , a public university , and the 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

5330-468: The school became state-supported at that time, its campus remained privately owned until 1912. UVM was chartered as a private institution and did not become a public university until 1865. The first institution in New England to actually operate as a public university is Westfield State University in Massachusetts, which has been public since its founding in 1838. Consideration of public higher education

5412-517: The second floor, and on its third floor houses the Newcomb Institute. There is one graduate housing complex for Tulane University, Bertie M. and John W. Deming Pavilion, in the Downtown Campus. As of 2016 it is not operated by the university's Department of Housing and Residence Life. There were previously two other complexes: The Tulane University Health Sciences campus is located in

5494-630: 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. The Tulane University School of Medicine

5576-519: The songs, stories, and architecture of the Southern Appalachian region in 1961. He has since done fieldwork in several regions of the United States, and in Ireland, England, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Nigeria, and Brazil. He published his first scholarly paper, an article on the Appalachian log cabin, in 1963. Since then, he has published over 100 articles and

5658-455: The spectrum is the University of California, in which each campus has a chancellor as its chief executive officer. All chancellors report as equals to a systemwide president, who in turn reports to a Board of Regents . At the other end is Kansas, where there is no true state university system with a systemwide brand identity and a systemwide chief executive officer empowered to establish uniform policies across multiple campuses and to supervise

5740-476: 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). Tulane was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1958. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and had research expenditure of $ 193.3 million in fiscal year 2018. In 2008, Tulane

5822-429: 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 and Barnard College . In 1894

5904-521: The university initiated an extensive university-wide core curriculum. 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

5986-760: 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. Tulane is organized into 10 schools centered around liberal arts, sciences, and specialized professions. All undergraduate students are enrolled in the 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

6068-477: 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 . 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

6150-428: The upbuilding of the best commercial and friendly relations between these Trans-Caribbean peoples and the United States." 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

6232-640: 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

6314-400: Was designed by New York architect James Gamble Rogers , noted for his work with Yale University 's campus. 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 Turchin Stadium , and in January 2013, ground

6396-580: 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

6478-457: 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 invented the inverted microscope . In the following year John Leonard Riddell invented the first practical microscope to allow binocular viewing through a single objective lens. In 2001 the Tulane Center for Gene Therapy started as

6560-532: Was included in the earliest westward expansion of the U.S. with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the Northwest Territory . It stated: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." Ohio University (1804) was the first state school so established in the territory (and

6642-485: Was published by Dyer. In July 2004, Tulane received two $ 30 million donations to its 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

6724-537: Was ranked by the Ford Foundation as the major international studies research institution in the South and one of the top 15 nationally. The National Institutes of Health ranks funding to Tulane at 79th. The university is home to various research centers, including the Amistad Research Center . Overall university rankings and ratings include: According to U.S. News & World Report Tulane

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