Caroline Latta, Contributing Reporter
• December 4, 2020
On Nov. 12, President Michael Fitts announced the creation of the Louisiana Promise program, a new initiative created to make Tulane University a more accessible option for Louisiana students from...
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Tulane University admitted 11% of the nearly 44,000...
Campbell Lutz, Senior Staff Reporter
• September 6, 2019
Each year, President Michael Fitts hosts a State of the University address. Aimed primarily at Tulane staff, the speech outlines the University’s latest achievements and biggest goals. At this year’s...
Tulane is home to many interesting people who influence the lives of students and shape the entire community. Some students, however, are only vaguely aware of the work these people do. Through our new...
The Class of 2022 is the most racially diverse class in Tulane’s history. With this increased diversity, however, comes the need to support different populations on campus, including first-generation...
Michael Chen, General Associate Editor
• March 20, 2019
In a world where one’s college education is increasingly impacts their success in today’s workforce, many people prioritize having a college degree as an essential path towards financial gain and job...
Though the price of tuition at Tulane is higher than at many of its peer institutions, Tulane’s merit-based scholarships have allowed some high-performing students to attend for a fraction of the...
Beneath the humble, fatherly appearance of Mohan Ambikaipaker lies a passionate educator. As an Associate Professor in the Tulane University Department of Communications, he is fervent about empowering...
Peter Kintner, Contributing Reporter
• March 14, 2018
Moving from 30 percent to 17 percent in just two years, Tulane's acceptance rate has plummeted since 2015.
Two factors have contributed to this rapid rise in selectivity: a dramatic increase in the...
This week, Tulane Director of Admission Jeff Schiffman pledged that Tulane would not penalize prospective students for advocating for what they believe in and participating in peaceful protests.
“Here...
Cam Lutz, Senior Staff Reporter
• February 1, 2018
The start of the spring semester brought 15 new students from Puerto Rico to Tulane. The Hullabaloo thought they deserved a formal introduction in our newest feature Resisting the Storm.
A few weeks after...
Kila Moore, Associate Intersections Editor
• November 16, 2017
"I sit in a class of 80 people and I am able to count the number of people of color on my two hands," Lauryn Hudson, a member of Tulane's Class of 2021, said. "And sometimes I can count them on one."
Though...
