Tulane University in popular culture

Tulane University has been portrayed in several books, television shows, films and video games. Also, the campus and affiliated buildings have been used for several productions.
Produced on campus
Documentary
*Architecture School: This Sundance Channel documentary series follows a group of Tulane architecture students competing to design an affordable home in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
Feature film
*Welcome to Academia: The university was one of the main filming locations.
*The Pelican Brief (1993): It was filmed on Tulane's uptown campus and the president's house at Two Audubon Place.
*Runaway Jury (2003): The library of the Tulane president's house served as the judge's chambers.
* The Brooke Ellison Story (2004): Tulane's academic quad substituted for Harvard University's campus in Christopher Reeve's last film.
*, the university was one of the filming locations.
* Living Proof (2008): Television film from starring Harry Connick Jr., which used the university as one of the filming locations.
* (2010): The university's Fogelman Arena was one of the filming locations.
*Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011): The university's Woldenberg Art Center's Freeman Auditorium was one of the filming locations.
*22 Jump Street (2014): Tulane's uptown campus was one of the main filming locations for the movie, which also hired Tulane students as extras.
*Our Brand Is Crisis (2016): The university's McAlister Auditorium was one of the filming locations.
* Faith of My Fathers: The outside scenes of the United States 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.
Television
* Best Damn 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. 4
* Gilmore Girls: Rory's friends from Chilton, Madeline and Louise, end up attending Tulane.
*, United States Secretary of State, Catherine Durant, is a Tulane University graduate.
*Sex and the City: In season 2, Mr. Big marries Natasha, who is a Tulane alumna .
* Treme: Filmed scenes of fictional professor Creighton Bernette (John Goodman) at Tulane University.
* Scream Queens: Tulane's uptown campus served as the location of the fictional Wallace University.
* The Magicians: Tulane's uptown campus served as a filming location for the fictional Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy.
* Preston Burke Cardiothoracic surgeon in Grey's Anatomy is a Tulane alumnus.
Premiered on campus
*' (2006): Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the U.S. premiere of the movie on September 16, 2006.
*Execution (2007): Tulane's McAlister Auditorium hosted the world premiere of the movie on April 10, 2007.
Media references
Film
*Taxi Driver (1976): Robert De Niro's character shoots a robber to save a person who is wearing a Tulane T-shirt.
*No Mercy (1986): William Atherton's character wears a Tulane sweatshirt.
*JFK (1991): Kevin Costner plays Tulane Law School graduate Jim Garrison in this Oliver Stone film.
*The Pelican Brief (1993): 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.
*Shark Night (2011): Seven Tulane undergraduate students go for a weekend trips in Louisiana Gulf where they are attacked by shark.
*The Best of Me (2014): Michelle Monaghan plays Amanda Collier, who attends Tulane University. Other references to the school are made throughout the movie.
*' (2016): Dr. Fletcher has a diploma for a Master's of Psychology Degree from Tulane University hanging on her wall.
Literature
(Alphabetical by author's surname)
Books by Tulane alumni and faculty
*Codex Maya by Steve Benzell, a Tulane graduate, is set in part on Tulane's uptown campus.
*Testing Kate by Whitney Gaskell, a Tulane graduate, is a novel about the lives of first-year Tulane Law School students.
*The Stagnant Pool by Nancy Maveety (a Tulane professor) is a novel based on life as a Tulane graduate student.
*A Confederacy of Dunces by Tulane graduate John Kennedy Toole is set in New Orleans and features Ignatius J. Reilly, a Tulane graduate.
Books that cite or feature Tulane
*' by David Brin features characters from Tulane.
*A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, main character Emma mentions being a Tulane graduate.
*Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole, main character Holly is a math teacher at Gibson Hall on the Tulane 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 having an affair with a lecturer.
*Black Sunday by Thomas Harris is set during a Super Bowl played at Tulane Stadium.
*Fantasy Lover and Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon take place in New Orleans featuring heroines that attended Tulane University.
*The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft briefly mentions a correspondence between the main character and authorities at Tulane University.
*Love in the Ruins and The Moviegoer by Walker Percy are partially set on Tulane's uptown campus.
*Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts features a character Roxanne Nouvelle who attends Tulane.
*New Orleans Classic Gumbos and Soups by Kit Wohl features Tulane Chicken Andouille Gumbo.
Television
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.
*The Amazing Race: Nancy Gunn, Tulane graduate school alumna and current Tulane Adjunct Professor and Production Director was Senior Producer for the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award.
*Big Brother 14: Winner Ian Terry attended Tulane.
*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.
Video Games
*Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers by Sierra Entertainment: Tulane is one of the game locations.
*In the 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.

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