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Just minutes to the French Quarter, the Midtown Hotel is just a short distance to the Super Dome, New Orleans Arena, New Orleans Convention Center, Memorial Medical Center, Childrens Hospital, and University of New Orleans.
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Graced with charm, three lushly landscaped courtyards are surrounded by several buildings. An outdoor pool with hot tub and cabana is featured in one, and the courtyard lounge, Chez Pierre Bar & Bistro, featuring big-screen TV and Billiard Room, is located in another.
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Tulane University, officially called The Tulane University of Louisiana, more often referred to as simply TU, is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, which is the largest city and the metropolitan area in the US state of Louisiana, with a population estimated at a number of more than 223 000 inhabitants, during the 2006 census.
TU was founded in 1834, as a public medical college, becoming a comprehensive university in 1847, and being privatized in 1884, under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb. Its main campus is located in Uptown New Orleans, on St. Charles Avenue, extending north to South Claiborne Avenue, through Freret and Willow Street, occupying more than 110 acres of land.
Tulane University is academically organized into 10 schools, which are centered on sciences, liberal arts and specialized professions, offering its students various educational programs in an extensive range of fields of study. The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is one of the oldest public health schools in the States, and according to the US News & World Report, it is 13th among public health programs.
In 1958, Tulane was elected to the Association of American Universities, also being designated as a research university with ‘’very high research activity’’, by the Carnegie Foundation. TU reached the highest level of research funding in its history, in 2007, exceeding $157.5 million, its funding being ranked 79th by the National Institutes of Health. In 2008, the Ford Foundation ranked Tulane as the major international studies research institution in the South and one of the top 15 nationally.
The athletic teams from TU are known as the Tulane Green Wave, who compete the NCAA, the university being a member of Conference USA, as well as an official member of the NCAA Division I. Athletically, the university has experienced victory many times in the past years, including in 2008, when the women’s volleyball team won the 2008 Conference USA Championship tournament, including in 2001 and 2005, when the baseball team finished 56 wins and was placed 5th at the College World Series.
The list of notable TU alumni contains resonant names such as T.R. Kidder – archaeologist, John Desmond - designer of many public buildings in Baton Rouge, Hodding Carter - journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Geoffrey Beene – fashion designer, Michael Price - Emmy award-winning writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons, as well as many other people, who have made themselves notable, in various fields, after attending Tulane University.
