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Celia Scott Weatherhead portrait on the cover of Tulanian magazine

Winter 2025

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Achievement Abounds

The Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards recognize Tulane faculty, whose works elevate Tulane’s prominence as a top-level research institution.

Tidewater building with green banners and fall trees

viewpoint, President, public health

Empowering Our Impact

Tulane's interdisciplinarity, outward-facing focus and collaborative culture drive the explosive growth of the university's research enterprise.

President, campus

State of the University

President Michael A. Fitts shared Tulane's top achievements during his annual State of the University addresses last fall.

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academics, digital media, game art and animation, up first

Creating Video Games in Class

Students worked with virtual reality and motion capture suits to design their own video games, thanks to classes in the Digital Media Practices program.

Dr. José Wiley and Dr. Harry Roach fist bump

up first, community health, New Orleans, gulf south, medicine

One Year In: Tulane-LCMC Health Partnership

The Tulane University and LCMC Health partnership marks its first anniversary expanding access to care across South Louisiana.

Ashley Langford on stage before an audience

up first, athletics, sports law, business, campus

Presidential Speaker Series

President Michael A. Fitts posed questions about the future of college athletics to three Tulanians at the panel last fall.

Isaac Popper wears broadcast headset while on the sidelines of a sports court

up first, athletics, business, liberal arts

An Extraordinary (Ordinary) Tulane Student

Isaac Popper is emblematic of today’s Tulane student — bright, curious and engaged in any number of seemingly far-flung fields.

Camila Collazo Rivera mentors three middle school students as they record an announcement

up first, psychology, New Orleans

Little Researchers of Creative Change

With psychology students as mentors, New Orleans middle schoolers are conducting research into their own lives and communities.

New Orleans skyline at night with light reflections on the river

up first, entrepreneurship, New Orleans

NOLA Startups and AI

The Tulane University New Orleans Startup Report cites AI and machine learning as having the largest impact on entrepreneurial activity in the region.

three students walk in snow on a sunny day on the Tulane campus

tulanians

Tulanians – Class Notes

Find your classmates by decade!

Bobby Yan wears a blue shirt and leans on a white armchair

tulanians, liberal arts

Impression: Bobby Yan

If Emmy Award-winner Bobby Yan (TC ’95) could offer advice to his 21-year-old self, he’d tell himself to believe in his potential.

Sue Oppliger portrait sitting and wearing a red sweater

tulanians, social work

Impression: Sue Oppliger

After Sue Oppliger (SW ’53) graduated with a Master of Social Work, she went on to change the future of mental health care in Louisiana.

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Farewell

We say goodbye to Tulanians whose deaths were reported to us during the past quarter.

Guests gather outside at the a blue residential house for the dedication ceremony

wavemakers, wellness

$1.5 million gift for Lux Recovery House

The Tulane Recovery Community Center was renamed in honor of alumni Leslie (NC ’78) and Paul (A&S ’79, M ’83) Lux.

looking up at the door and columns of Newcomb Hall

wavemakers, liberal arts

$4 Million Estate Gift

Gaylord M. Bickham (A&S ’56) left an estate gift of more than $4 million to Tulane, supporting priorities at his alma mater that were dear to his heart.