This rural Louisiana town once linked heart disease to childhood. Fifty years later, it’s taking aim at dementia.

This academic year marks my tenth as president of Tulane University.

George B. McCullough (B ’48, B ’52) and John Barney Taylor (B ’48) first met in 1943, when they arrived at Tulane as members of the Navy V-12 officer training program. 

Demeka Fields (L ’16) never dreamed that less than a decade post-law school, she would be counsel for sportswear company New Balance. 

Find your classmates by decade!

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

B. Michael Howard, beloved music faculty member, the former Albert and Linda Mintz Professor of Music, associate professor emeritus and longtime artistic director for Summer Lyric Theatre, died on Aug. 12, 2023

An anonymous $5 million donation will expand undergraduate scholarship opportunities at Tulane by launching a new phase of the Next Wave Scholarship Challenge, the successful dollar-for-dollar matching program that began in 2021.

Longtime Tulane supporters Don and Lora Peters have increased their commitment to Tulane Athletics to over $10 million, which will serve as a lead gift for “Investing in Excellence,” a capital campaign to upgrade facilities and infrastructure across athletics programs.

President Michael A. Fitts delivers State of the University address