List of Tulane University in literature and media

Tulane University has been portrayed in several books, television shows, films and computer games. Also, the campus and affiliated buildings have been used for several productions.

Produced on campus

Documentary

• Architecture School: Sundance Channel documentary series that followed a group of Tulane architecture students competing to design an affordable home in post–Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

Feature

• College (2008 film): the university was one of the filming locations.
• Hurricane Season (film): the university's Fogelman Arena was one of the filming locations.
• Mardi Gras (film): the university's Woldenberg Art Center's Freeman Auditorium was one of the filming locations.
• Runaway Jury: the library of the Tulane president's house served as the judge's chambers.
• The Pelican Brief: filmed on Tulane's uptown campus and the president's house at Two Audubon Place.
• Welcome to Academia: the university was one of the main filming locations.

Television

• Best [...] Sports Show Period: celebrating the return of college football to the Louisiana Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, the show taped from the uptown campus on September 27, 28 and 29, 2006.
• Living Proof: television film from 2008 starring Harry Connick, Jr.: The university was one of the filming locations.
• The Brooke Ellison Story: Tulane's academic quad substituted for Harvard University's campus in Christopher Reeve's last film.
• In the A&E movie about Senator John McCain, the outside scenes of the Naval Academy were filmed at Tulane.

Radio

• American Routes: in fall 2008, Nick Spitzer began a new partnership with Tulane University to co-produce his weekly radio show.

Premiered on campus

• All the King's Men: Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the U.S. premiere of the movie on September 16, 2006.
• Execution: Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the world premiere of the movie on April 10, 2007.

Media references

Literature

• A Confederacy of Dunces by Tulane graduate John Kennedy Toole is set in New Orleans and features Ignatius J. Reilly, a Tulane graduate.
• A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, main character Emma mentions being a Tulane graduate.
• Black Sunday by Thomas Harris is set during a Super Bowl played in Tulane Stadium.
• Codex Maya by Steve Benzell, a Tulane graduate, is set in part on Tulane's uptown campus.
• Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole, main character Holly is a math teacher at Gibson Hall on the Tulane uptown campus.
• Earth (novel) by David Brin, features characters from Tulane.
• Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts features a character Roxanne Nouvelle who attends Tulane.
• Love in the Ruins and The Moviegoer by Walker Percy are partially set on Tulane's uptown campus.
• "Reb Kringle," a story from Nathan Englander's book For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, features an appearance by "the elf on winter break from Tulane."
• The Pelican Brief by John Grisham is set on Tulane's campus and features a Tulane law student.
• The Stagnant Pool by Nancy Maveety (a Tulane professor) is a novel based on life as a Tulane graduate student.
• New Orleans Classic Gumbos and Soups by Kit Wohl features Tulane Chicken Andouille Gumbo.

Cinema

• JFK: Tulane Law School graduate Jim Garrison was played by Kevin Costner in this Oliver Stone film.
• No Mercy: a Tulane sweatshirt is worn by William Atherton's character.
• Taxi Driver: Robert De Niro's character shoots a robber to save a person who is wearing a Tulane T-shirt.
• The Pelican Brief: 1993 screen adaptation of the 1992 John Grisham suspense/thriller The Pelican Brief, which involves a fictional second-year Tulane law student and her professor as characters.

Television

Documentary or story depiction

• Architecture School: Sundance Channel documentary series that followed a group of Tulane architecture students competing to design an affordable home in post–Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
• Taking Back Our Town (Lifetime Television broadcast, Dec. 10, 2001), Myndy Crist played Tulane Environmental Law Clinic supervising attorney Lisa LaVie [Jordan] in a drama about a TELC case.

Fiction

• CSI: Miami: Calleigh Duquesne attended Tulane and majored in physics.
• Frank's Place: Bubba Weisberger (played by Robert Harper) was a graduate of Tulane Law School.
• Gilmore Girls: Rory Gilmore's high school classmate Louise Grant attended Tulane, and Louise's best friend Madeline Lynn also transferred to the university.
• Grey's Anatomy: Dr. Burke attended Tulane University.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: At the end of the episode titled "Sophomore Jinx" (Season 1 Episode 6) one of the accused basketball players transfers to Tulane to play basketball. Detective Munch states his preference for the Green Wave describing them as "last year's sleeper in a round of sleepers, they're good on the break but need help on the wing."
• [...] and the City: Mr. Big's ex-wife, Natasha, attended Tulane as an undergraduate student.
• St. Elsewhere: Howie Mandel's character, Dr. Wayne Fiscus, attended Tulane medical school.

Reality

• The Amazing Race: Tulane alumni Azaria Azene and Hendekea Azene participated in the 12th season.
• The Real World: Denver: Colie Edison attended Tulane.
• The Real World: New Orleans: The cast often socialized with Tulane students especially at The Boot Bar.

Computer games

• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers by Sierra Entertainment: Tulane is one of the game locations.
• Laura Bow Series by Sierra Entertainment (including games The Colonel's Bequest and The Dagger of Amon Ra): Laura Bow, the main character is a Tulane student.