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.

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

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

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. 

The gift, prompted by Board of Tulane member and alumnus E. Pierce Marshall Jr. (B ’90), honors the memory of Marshall’s father, E. Pierce Marshall.

The anonymous donation kickstarts the third phase of the dollar-for-dollar matching program that supports undergraduate scholarship opportunities.

Tulane is an economic and community powerhouse for New Orleans and Louisiana, making an annual $5.2 billion impact on the state’s economy. The university’s operations, capital investments, research and other activities touch every segment of Louisiana communities.

Tulane announced the naming of its School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in honor of alumna Celia Scott Weatherhead. The school’s new name recognizes Weatherhead’s landmark total lifetime giving of more than $160 million in support of the university.

Ashley Langford, a standout point guard for the Green Wave from 2005 to 2009, has returned to Tulane as the seventh women's basketball head coach and first African American to lead the program. 

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Jill Biden visited Tulane to celebrate a project that promises to bring a new kind of magic to the world of cancer treatment.