Tulane University

Tulane University is a private institution of higher education granting undergraduate, graduate and medical degrees. Tulane is part of the USA athletic conference and offers schooling in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, science and engineering, and social work.

Once a medical school named the Medical College of Louisiana, Tulane was originally part of the University of Louisiana. It emerged as a private university in 1884, named after millionaire Paul Tulane. By 1886, a woman's college named Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was made part of the university. By 1894, the main campus had moved to St. Charles Avenue. The school established its graduate school in 1925. Tulane University: Tulane History

Tulane University ranked 50th on the 2008 America's Best Colleges list by U.S. World and News Report.U.S. News and World Report: America's Best Colleges 2008 Forbes Magazine ranked Tulane's business school 44th in 2007, and Newsweek named Tulane one of the "25 Hottest Schools in America."Tulane University: How Do We Rank?

• President: Scott Cowen
  • 1998-present: President
    • 1984-1998: Dean And Professor Of Management At The Weatherhead School Of Management

• 1834: Tulane University Is Founded

• 1847: Medical College Merges With University Of Louisiana

• 1884: University Of Louisiana Reorganizes And Becomes Tulane University

• 1894: Tulane University Moves To Present Location On St. Charles Avenue

• 2005: Hurricane Katrina Forces The University To Close For A Semester

• Official Site: Tulane Green Wave

• League Website: Conference USA

• Basketball Site: Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball

• Football Site: Football

• Baseball Site: Baseball

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