Tulane University receives $1 million gift for media wing

Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts has received a $1 million donation from marketing executive and alumna Alison Brod, founder of Alison Brod Marketing + Communications. The gift will establish the Alison Brod Media and Communication Wing on the fourth floor of the newly renovated Newcomb Hall.

The new facility is designed to mirror professional industry standards, providing students with infrastructure similar to a working newsroom or production house. The wing will include media production studios, a digital editing lab, a recording studio, and flexible collaboration areas to support diverse activities such as podcast production, film editing, digital journalism, and multimedia research.

By housing the Department of Communication and the Digital Media Practices Program under one roof, the project aims to integrate communication and media studies with adjacent fields like cinema studies, journalism, and global media studies. The initiative seeks to foster an environment where research and professional practice can directly inform one another.