UPTOWN CAMPUS SELF-GUIDED TOUR
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Welcome to Tulane University! This is a self-guided comprehensive guide to tour our campus. 112
This tour will begin at Gibson Hall (#1), the location of the Office of Undergraduate Admission and will end at the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, or LBC (#29) which houses our bookstore. Throughout your tour, you’ll find building names followed by numbers which correspond to those on our campus map. It usually takes about an hour to complete a campus walk through. Enjoy your visit!
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WALKING TOUR (#1) GIBSON HALL (#2) TILTON MEMORIAL HALL
(#44) IRBY HOUSE (#45) PATERSON HOUSE
(#3) DINWIDDIE HALL
(#46) WALL RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE
(#4) RICHARDSON MEMORIAL HALL
(#47) PHELPS HOUSE
(#5) RICHARDSON BUILDING
(#52) BUTLER HOUSE
(#6) NORMAN MAYER BUILDING
(#55) KATHERINE AND WILLIAM MAYER RESIDENCES
(#7) F. EDWARD HÉBERT HALL (#8) ROBERT C. CUDD HALL
(#56) WARREN HOUSE (#59) WEATHERHEAD HALL
(#9) MUSSAFER HALL
(#60) HOWARD-TILTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
(#10) STANLEY THOMAS HALL (#11) WALTER E. BLESSEY HALL
(#68-83) NEWCOMB COLLEGE CAMPUS (#68-70) BRANDT V.B. DIXON HALL & ELLEONORA P. MCWILLIAMS HALL
(#12) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LAB COMPLEX (#13) FLOWER HALL FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (#14) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LAB COMPLEX (#15) LINDY CLAIBORNE BOGGS CENTER FOR ENERGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (#17) ALCEE FORTIER HALL (#18) MERRYL & SAM ISRAEL JR. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BUILDING (#19) PERCIVAL STERN HALL (#25) JOSEPH MERRICK JONES HALL (#28) THE COMMONS (#29) LAVIN-BERNICK CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY LIFE (#30) DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE (#31) NAVY BUILDING (#32) WEINMANN HALL (#33) LAW SCHOOL ANNEX (#39-40) GOLDRING/WOLDENBERG BUSINESS SCHOOL COMPLEX (#42) MONROE HALL (#38) AND SHARP HALL (#43) MCALISTER AUDITORIUM
(#74) NEWCOMB HALL (#72) BARBARA GREENBAUM HOUSE (#73) MYRA CLARE ROGERS MEMORIAL CHAPEL (#76) JOSEPHINE LOUISE HALL (#81) NEWCOMB ART MUSEUM (#81-83) WOLDENBERG ART CENTER (#84) CAROLINE RICHARDSON BUILDING (#92) STUDENT HEALTH CENTER (#96) WILLOW STREET RESIDENCES (#98) ARON RESIDENCES (#100) BEA FIELD ALUMNI HOUSE (#103) COLLINS C. DIBOLL COMPLEX (#106) REILY STUDENT RECREATION CENTER (#107) HERTZ CENTER (#110) YULMAN STADIUM (#111) THE WILSON CENTER (#112) TURCHIN STADIUM (#113) SOFIO BASEBALL PAVILION (#114) BARNEY MINTZ FIELD
HISTORY OF TULANE Tulane was founded in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana in an effort to address the city’s Yellow Fever epidemic. In 1884, merchant Paul Tulane donated over $1 million to endow a university “for the promotion and encouragement of intellectual, moral, and industrial education” as an act of gratitude for the City of New Orleans. Paul Tulane’s donation established the Tulane Educational Fund, which today has grown to more than $1 billion. The Medical College of Louisiana changed its name to the Tulane University of Louisiana in his honor. Tulane University is now comprised of 10 schools, most of which are on the uptown campus, with the exception of the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and the School of Social Work, which are located downtown at Tulane’s original campus in the New Orleans BioDistrict. Tulane undergraduates – while all members of Newcomb-Tulane Undergraduate College – study across five schools: Architecture, Business, Liberal Arts, Public Health, and Science & Engineering. The Uptown Campus is ¾ of a mile long and ½ a mile wide spanning 110 acres. It is located approximately 4 miles from the Central Business District and French Quarter. Tulane has approximately 7,000 full-time undergraduate students, 5,000 graduate students, and 1,200 faculty members. In 2019, the incoming freshman class was 1,821 students. Approximately 85% of our undergraduates come from over 900 miles away, making Tulane one of the most geographically diverse universities in the country.
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Undergraduate Admission, Registrar, President, Provost, School of Professional Advancement, Math
TILTON MEMORIAL HALL (#2)
Economics, Political Economy, Center for Ethics & Public Affairs, Amistad Research Center
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Anthropology, Middle American Research Institute
RICHARDSON MEMORIAL HALL (#4) School of Architecture
RICHARDSON BUILDING (#5)
Center for Academic Equity and The “O”
TILTON MEMORIAL HALL
STANLEY THOMAS HALL (#10) Center for Computational Science
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LAB COMPLEX (#14)
NORMAN MAYER (#6)
Academic Success Center, Counseling & Psychological Services, Goldman Office of Student Accessibility, Financial Aid, Makers Space
F. EDWARD HÉBERT HALL (#7)
FLOWER HALL FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (#13)
English, Political Science, Africana Studies
History, Asian Studies, Africana Studies, Honors Program, TIDES
ROBERT C. CUDD HALL (#8) Newcomb-Tulane College
MUSSAFER HALL (#9) Office of Academic Advising and Career Center
The Taylor Center for Social Innovation & Design Thinking and Maker Space
LINDY CLAIBORNE BOGGS CENTER FOR ENERGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (#15) School of Science & Engineering
MERRYL & SAM ISRAEL JR. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BUILDING (#18) Laboratory Sciences
PERCIVAL STERN HALL (#19) Laboratory Sciences
INSTRUCTIONS: MUSSAFER HALL
ALCEE FORTIER HALL (#17) Center for Public Service
· Begin at Gibson Hall (#1), Office of Undergraduate Admission and exit out the back of Gibson to walk through the Academic quadrantes of campus. · Continue straight down the path until you walk beneath Stern, past the PJ’s Coffee, and cross Freret Street at the crosswalk into the living quadrantes of campus.
DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE (#30)
STUDENT LIFE & DORMS
Green Wave Basketball and Volleyball
NAVY BUILDING (#31) Naval ROTC
LAVIN-BERNICK CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY LIFE (#29)
GOLDRING/WOLDENBERG BUSINESS SCHOOL COMPLEX (#39-40) A.B. Freeman School of Business
MCALISTER AUDITORIUM (#43) THE COMMONS (#28)
LAVIN-BERNICK CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY LIFE
INSTRUCTIONS: · Continue along McAlister Place Goldring/Woldenberg Buisnes School Complex (#39-40) will be on your right.
Cafeteria and Newcomb Institute (NCI) building
· Turn left along the LBC towards the Commons (#28). The LBC quad will be on your right.
HOWARD-TILTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (#60)
· Continue straight and cross the street to the corner of Dixon Hall(#68) to the left you can see the Library (#60) and to the right is Newcomb quad.
You are now entering the historic Newcomb College portion of campus · Located behind Newcomb Hall (#74) is a small living quad which backs up to Broadway Street where you can find buildings #72-#76. · Walk around Newcomb Hall to the other side of the building. · Continue past Woldenberg Art center (#81-83) and make a left toward Willow Street to see the Student Health Center (#92). · Cross the parking lot and turn in between Weatherhead (#59) on your left and Warren (#56) on your right. · Walk between Butler Hall (#52) on your left and Mayer Residences (#55) on your right. · Turn left onto McAlister Place and cross Willow Street at the crosswalk into the Athletic Quad.
HOWARD-TILTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
NEWCOMB HALL (#74) School of Liberal Arts
JOSEPH MERRICK JONES HALL (#25)
Latin American Studies, Classical Studies, Cunningham Observatory, Special Collection Libraries
NEWCOMB COLLEGE CAMPUS (#68-83) BRANDT V.B. DIXON HALL & ELLEONORA P. MCWILLIAMS HALL (#68-70)
Newcomb Department of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance NEWCOMB HALL
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KATHERINE AND WILLIAM MAYER RESIDENCES (#55)
BARBARA GREENBAUM HOUSE (#72)
BUTLER HOUSE (#52)
School of Liberal Arts
MYRA CLARE ROGERS MEMORIAL CHAPEL (#73)
IRBY HOUSE (#44) & PHELPS HOUSE (#47)
JOSEPHINE LOUISE HALL (#76) All Female Dorm
Housing and Residence Life (Irby) and Accounts Receivable (Phelps)
WOLDENBERG ART CENTER (#81-83)
WALL RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (#46)
Newcomb Art Department
Freshmen Honors Dorm
NEWCOMB ART MUSEUM (#81)
PATERSON HOUSE (#45)
Campus Art Museum
CAROLINE RICHARDSON (#84)
Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Women Studies
STUDENT HEALTH CENTER (#92) WARREN HOUSE (#56) WEATHERHEAD HALL (#59)
Sophomore Honors Village both singles and doubles – connected by a shared bathroom.
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ATHLETIC COMPLEX DÉCOU-LABAT RESIDENCES (#96) Complete with PJ’s Coffee House
REILY STUDENT RECREATION CENTER (#106)
INSTRUCTIONS: · Continue along Janet Yulman Way towards Reily Student Recreation Center (#106).
If you’d like, enter the tunnel beneath Reily to look into Yulman Stadium, or walk around the right side of Reily and take a left onto Ben Weiner Drive to the other athletic facilities · Turn around and walk back towards Willow Street and cross Willow and continue on McAlister Place returning to the living quad.
COLLINS C. DIBOLL COMPLEX (#103)
· Behind the Business school complex is home to Monroe Hall (#38), Sharp Hall (#42) and Weinmann Hall (#32) Tulane’s Law School.
HERTZ CENTER (#107)
· Continue down McAlister Place passing more residence halls and McAlister Auditorium (#43) to complete your tour at the LBC (#29).
Parking Services and Tulane University Police Department
Practice facility for men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball
YULMAN STADIUM (#110) Green Wave football Stadium
· Once you are back at the LBC your tour has come to an end, but feel free to continue to explore campus! · To get back to Gibson Hall, walk on McAlister Place towards Freret Street. Cross at the crosswalk and continue straight ahead through the front of campus until you arrive at Gibson Hall.
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THE WILSON CENTER (#111)
Athletic offices, the Green Wave Shop, ticket offices, weight rooms, and trophy cases.
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TURCHIN STADIUM (#112) Tulane baseball Stadium
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BEA FIELD ALUMNI HOUSE (#100) Office of Alumni Affairs
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Lagniappe! Also known as “a little extra,” here’s some helpful transportation information. · The Airport Shuttle is $15 each way per person (504.522.3500 or 866.596.2699) · Nawlins Cab is $33 to the airport for 1-2 people, $17 per person for 3-5 (504.522.9059) · The streetcar is $1.25 per person each way, and no change is provided · Type Cowen Circle into your Uber or Lyft apps for pick up by Gibson Hall.
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