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.

Newcomb Pottery, widely considered one of the most significant American art pottery collections of the 20th century, originated from Tulane's H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College pottery program. 

Tulane University hosted the first-ever Clinton Global Initiative in the spring of 2008.

22 Jump Street was partially filmed on Tulane's campus in 2013.

The Pelican Brief, a 1993 thriller starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts, was filmed on Tulane’s campus.

The Tulane motto is "Non sibi, sed suis," translated as, "not for one's self, but for one's own."