From the Provost
Tulane University is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading research and art-making institution -- one that is innovative, trend-setting, and student-centered. Our schools and colleges offer a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, science and engineering, and social work.
Tulane strives to connect its values and mission to the needs of the city of New Orleans, the state of Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast region – as well as to those of the nation and the wider world. Community involvement is now especially important as the University participates in the rebirth of our city and state in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We are very proud that Tulane faculty and staff lend their expertise to rebuilding efforts while at the same time our students gain real-world experience putting their rapidly maturing skills to use.
Excellence in research and art-making, outstanding teaching and mentorship, and the striking diversity of the degree programs we offer help attract to Tulane the very best faculty and students from across our nation and from around the world. When also given the opportunity to be involved in one of the largest urban renewal projects in history, our students ultimately have an educational experience found only in New Orleans, only at Tulane. In the final analysis, it is all of the faculty and staff of our university who make Tulane the truly extraordinary place that it is today; it is the students and the wider communities we serve that are our greatest legacy.
Most Cordially,
Michael A. Bernstein
Professor of History and Economics
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost