In 1850, J. Lawrence Smith, a faculty member in the Tulane School of Medicine, invented the inverted microscope.

The Tulane Maritime Law Journal is widely considered to be the preeminent admiralty law journal in the country.

The Tulane University Law School, established in 1847, is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.

The A.B. Freeman School of Business was named in honor of Alfred Bird Freeman, former chair of the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and a prominent New Orleans philanthropist and civic leader.

New Orleans is home to the longest bridge in the USA; the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway stretches about 24 miles connecting Metairie, the city’s largest suburb, to the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain.

New Orleans is called the Crescent City because the city proper was originally shaped like a crescent as it hugged the Mississippi River.

Tulane’s Gay Straight Alliance, QSA, is the oldest continuously operating Gay and Lesbian organization in the state of Louisiana.

Tulane has more than 200 majestic live oaks shading its campus.

Founded in 1924, Tulane’s Middle American Research Institute (MARI) boasts a large collection of Mayan artifacts and a museum.

In 2006, Tulane hosted an on-campus red carpet premiere of “All the King’s Men.”  Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, and Patricia Clarkson were among the stars who attended.