Welcome from President Fitts

At Tulane University, learning is freed from siloed disciplines or majors. We are cross-disciplinary to the core.
Finance students study Shakespeare, music majors explore neuroscience, student-athletes become physicians, and everyone reaches beyond campus, beyond themselves and beyond what they dreamed possible to bring positive change to the community and the world.
We educate the whole person – intellectually, emotionally and socially – teaching the love of knowledge for its own sake and how to use that knowledge to tackle the pressing issues of our time.
We are both a major research enterprise and a tight-knit community of small classes and one-on-one mentor relationships.
Our students travel farther to attend school than students anywhere in the country. They are drawn by a thriving, welcoming community of nearly 14,000 students located in one of the world’s most culturally diverse and environmentally significant regions.
We are a microcosm of the greatest global challenges and treasures and our boundary-crossing learning and research engages with it all – infectious diseases, coastal erosion, music, art and language.
Below are key initiatives to prepare the next generation of leaders and ensure the continued growth of Tulane’s cross-disciplinary, global-impacting discovery and creativity.
Key Initiatives

Enhancing the Student Experience
President Fitts is creating a campus that will fuel learning, collaboration and community.
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Honoring and Advancing Diversity
The Presidential Commission on Race and Tulane Values is committed to fostering a racially diverse, inclusive community for all Tulanians.
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Promoting Pioneering Research
President Fitts believes working across disciplines to pursue groundbreaking discoveries has the most significant global impact.
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Ensuring Financial Stability
Under President Fitts’s leadership, Tulane has shattered fundraising records year after year since launching Only the Audacious: The Campaign for an ever bolder Tulane.
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