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Expand For Undergraduates, a Smooth Test Run

Tufts is testing all undergraduate students—whether they live on campus or off—as soon as they return to the university and twice a week thereafter.

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Expand Compliance Is Key to Successful Campus Opening, University Leaders Say

Compliance is key to successful campus opening, university leaders said at a town hall meeting for Arts, Sciences, and Engineering students and their families, which also highlighted Tufts protocols for safety and COVID-19 testing.

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Expand How Does Art Change Our Perceptions of COVID-19?

Chantal Zakari, a professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, recently published Drop Dead Gorgeous, her new artist's new book challenging how COVID-19 illustrations are perceived.

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Diversity and Inclusion


"Tufts represents more than an opportunity to educate oneself. It offers a place to be oneself.”

— President Anthony P. Monaco

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Global Leadership

With more than 1,700 international students, 450 international faculty and scholars, and 6,000 alumni living outside of the United States, our global community is an essential part of our identity. 

Tufts is committed to global engagement and international research. 

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Innovation


Our community thrives on embracing complex issues and marshaling the capacities of our unique constellation of schools to develop innovative approaches to local and global challenges.

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Societal Impact


We encourage our students, alumni, faculty and staff to connect with the community on local, national and global levels. Through leadership, partnership, mentorship, service and discussion, the active citizens of the Tufts community use their knowledge and research to develop solutions to social challenges. 

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Sustainability


From class projects and cutting-edge research, to extracurricular activities and internships, sustainability is an integral part of Tufts life. We offer numerous opportunities to get involved in developing solutions to local and global sustainability challenges.  

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Transformative Experiences


We are committed to providing every student with ample opportunity for transformative experiences within and beyond the classroom.

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A New Doctor Finds His Calling

Emal Lesha, a recent graduate from the Tufts School of Medicine, talks about his path from Albania to matching to a residency in neurosurgery.

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Young Innovators: Nutrition for Athletes

Sean Harrington, A14, managed the software team for the Patriots, and now he’s got a startup focused on nutrition for top athletes.

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He Brought 5,500 Babies into the World. Then He Started Raising Doctors.

As dean of clinical affairs at Tufts School of Medicine, obstetrician Henry Klapholz knows how to deliver on a good medical education.

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Meet the Man Leading Indonesia's COVID-19 Response

Wiku Adisasmito, an adjunct professor at Tufts' Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, leads the fight against the novel coronavirus in the world’s fourth-largest nation.

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Letting Immigrants Tell Their Stories

Tufts undergrad Saherish Surani, A21, interviewed people new to the country for her book "The Stories of U.S."

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The Veterinarian-Humanitarian

Christine Jost, a Cummings School and Fletcher School alum, works to get U.S. aid where it’s needed to fight COVID-19, locusts, and other emergencies across the globe.

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She Came for the Pets. She Stayed for the People.

Veterinary assistant Kate Jolly—a Tufts at Tech alum—is the glue holding clinicians, owners, and students together in the Foster Hospital ER.

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A Future Veterinarian with a Vision

India Napier, V20, channeled her passion for diversity and inclusion into a STEM program for under-privileged elementary students.

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A Steep Path to a New Home

Tragedy threatened to derail Lisha Shakya-Lee’s dream of becoming a dentist—until her community at Tufts stepped up.

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Insight into Insect Pain—and Scientific Research

Daniel Caron, A20, discovers how some insects sense and respond to pain, and may have created a new model for scientists.

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