At the Tulane University Unified Commencement Ceremony on May 20, the Class of 2023 gathered in Yulman Stadium to celebrate their academic achievements. It was a true New Orleans-style send-off that included parasol-toting graduates second-lining, fireworks, live jazz, Mardi Gras beads and more.

The second annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, held March 9-11, attracted over 12,000 book lovers of all ages to the uptown campus.

The School of Social Work and Tulane Athletics have teamed up to support athletes’ training and mental health through virtual reality–based mindfulness.

Co-founded by Tulanians Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, Glass Half Full is a New Orleans glass recycling enterprise on a mission to restore coastal land.

Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt refused to let the last 4½ minutes of this year’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic get to him. With the Green Wave trailing USC by 15 points in what was easily the biggest game of his career, he knew anything was possible.

Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt refused to let the last 4½ minutes of this year’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic get to him. With the Green Wave trailing USC by 15 points in what was easily the biggest game of his career, he knew anything
was possible.

A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compared popular diets on both nutritional quality and environmental impact and found that the keto and paleo diets, as eaten by American adults, scored among the lowest on overall nutrition quality and were among the highest on carbon emissions.

Walter Isaacson, the Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values and co-chair of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane, was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden. The medal recognizes individuals and organizations whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of and engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy and other humanities subjects.

Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt refused to let the last 4½ minutes of this year’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic get to him. 

The A. B. Freeman School of Business will begin a new full-time MBA curriculum in fall 2023. The curriculum is built on three key pillars: data-driven decision making, cross-functional experiential learning, and broad-based preparation for the business world of the future. In addition to Finance and Business Analytics, the curriculum offers new concentrations in Sustainability and Strategy & Marketing.