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Tulane University is a Private , Nonsectarian , Coeducation al Research University located in New Orleans , Louisiana . Founded as a public medical college in 1834, the school grew into a full university and was eventually privatized under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in the late 19th century. It is the only American university that has been converted from a public institution to a private institution.3 Tulane is an American Research university. Particularly noted are its programs in Architecture , International Development , Philosophy , Political Economy , Latin American Studies (ranked second in the country by the Gourman Report 4), as well as its graduate schools of Law , Business and Medicine . HISTORY Founding/early history The University dates from 1834 as the ''Medical College of Louisiana''. With the addition of a law department, it became '' The University Of Louisiana '' in 1847 , a Public University . 1851 , saw the establishment of an Academic Department, the forerunner of the College of Arts and Sciences. Two significant scientific innovations were made by faculty at the University at this time.5 J. Lawrence Smith invented the inverted microscope in 1850,6 and John L. Riddell invented the first practical microscope to allow binocular viewing through a single objective lens in 1851.7 The University closed for three years during the Civil War ; after reopening, it went through a period of financial challenges. Paul Tulane donated extensive real estate within New Orleans for the support of education; this donation led to the establishment of a Tulane Educational Fund (TEF), whose board of administrators sought to support the University of Louisiana instead of establishing a new university. In response, through the influence of former Civil War general Randall Lee Gibson , the Louisiana state legislature transferred control of the University of Louisiana to the administrators of the TEF in 1884 . This act created the Tulane University of Louisiana. In 1885 , a Graduate Division started, the predecessor to the Graduate School. One year later, gifts from Josephine Louise Newcomb totaling over $3.6 million led to the establishment of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College within Tulane University. Newcomb was the first coordinate college for women in the United States. In 1894 a College of Technology formed, the forerunner to the College of Engineering. In the same year the university moved to its present-day uptown campus on St. Charles Avenue, Five Miles By Streetcar from downtown. The 20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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