In 2014, Tulane produced 6 Fulbright Scholars.

Tulane's student-run newspaper, The Hullabaloo, has won the Associated Collegiate Press' Pacemaker Award for best college newspaper a number of times, including in 2013, 2011, 2002, 1998, 1996, and 1994.

In 2014, Tulane opened Yulman Stadium—entirely funded by private donations—and moved Green Wave football back to the Uptown campus for the first time in 40 years.

The Tulane University Marching Band appears every year in New Orleans Mardi Gras parades.

Tulane's school colors are Olive Green and Sky Blue. Before they were the Green Wave, athletics teams were simply called The Olive and Blue.

Bryan Batt of Mad Men, and star of 9 Broadway shows, is a New Orleans native and 1985 Tulane Grad.