Tulane University unveiled the new Bayou and Fogelman residence halls, adding nearly 700 beds and expanding on-campus housing to about 5,000 students for the first time in the university’s history.

In June 2026, the university announced a major step in its effort to transform the former Charity Hospital building into a national hub for bioscience research and innovation by signing a purchase and sale agreement with the original developer.

Tulane’s Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders became the first facility in the state to administer gene therapy for hemophilia A, offering patients the potential for a life free from the risk of clotting complications.

Tulane’s researchers are generating breakthrough discoveries in fields ranging from medicine to public health to geology and the humanities.