Marking the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts.
On Campus
How One Thing Builds on Another: 3 Deans in Conversation
When Tulane reconstituted several schools following Hurricane Katrina, the School of Liberal Arts in its current form was born. Hear from the three deans who have shaped it and why its future may be its most important chapter.
More Cutting Edge Faculty Join SLA
We are excited to welcome 15 new tenure-line and professor of practice faculty to the SLA community, adding their expertise to our 32 departments and programs.
SLA Welcomes $1 million Investment into Newcomb Hall, among other exciting contributions
The Alison Brod Media and Communication wing will be just one cutting-edge improvement when the renovated Newcomb Hall reopens this fall. Thanks to a multitude of donors, the flagship building will be better than ever.
First Year SLA Students Start the Year at Assembly and Open House
The Class of 2030 received a resounding invitation to join “the school that refused to be one thing, in the city that refused to be one thing, for students who refuse to be one thing.”
The Smash Weekend Class “Fast 15” is Back for Fall!
The latest SLA one-credit mini course will teach Selling the Truth: How to get into the business of telling and selling real intelligence in the age of AI. Students will work with a BBC investigative journalist and other professionals sitting in future facing careers. Applications due October 2.
Award-Winning Journal Moves to Tulane for its Next Chapter
The Tulane Global Humanities Center (TGHC), housed within the School of Liberal Arts, has been chosen as the new institutional home of Public Culture, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Save the Dates: Carole Barnette Boudreaux ’65 Great Writers Series
This academic year, we are providing the community with two exceptional opportunities to engage with writers whose work asks urgent questions about language, culture, memory, and the world around us. The first is Ocean Vuong on November 19, 2026, followed by George Saunders, for his rescheduled appearance, on April 12, 2027.
In the Community
Tulane Students Present Research at Widely Covered New Orleans City Council Meeting
Tulane students gained hands-on experience conducting research and presenting it to local government in Professor Brian Brox’s Policy-Making Research Shop class this summer.
Interdisciplinary Service Learning Class Presented as a Model at International Conference
Arts, Classics and community engagement merged as students worked with leaders at such local arts organizations as KIDsmART and the Contemporary Arts Center.
Waking Up a Sleeping Language
Learn how Tulane students worked alongside Tunica-Biloxi tribal members this summer to help revive Tunica, a language whose last fluent speaker died over 50 years ago.
Out in the World
Where in the World Were SLA Students this Summer?
This summer, SLA students and faculty took their learning well beyond campus, with experiences spanning Greece, France, Ecuador, The Bahamas, and Cameroon. From field-based research to cultural immersion, these opportunities offered new ways to connect classroom learning with communities, places, and perspectives around the world.
What We’re Reading
From stickball in Brooklyn in the 60s, to the last “gringo president” of the United States, and a new era heist novel, here are some of the books and features written by SLA faculty that have been added to our TBR list.
Music Professor Courtney Bryan Co-Created and Debuted an Opera on the World’s Stage, in a Most New Orleans Way
The MacArthur Fellow and composer-in-residence at Opera Philadelphia adapted Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer’s world premiere, complete with City Park bird song and references to the Roosevelt Hotel.
