Tufts University values its long history and collaborative relationships with the neighborhoods, local schools and organizations in Boston's Chinatown, Medford, Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts. Several events, activities and learning opportunities on all four campuses are open to the public.
Learn more about our host communities.
If you have any questions, please contact the
Office of Community Relations
at 617.627.3780 or email us at
Health Resources
- Dental Clinics Offers a full range of high quality general, specialty and emergency dental care at lower fees than private dental practices. In addition, the Tufts Department of Pediatric Dentistry offers twice-weekly clinics geared to children in Chinatown; for information on those pediatric clinics, call 617.636.1338.
- The Sharewood Project Health-care clinic organized by medical students and physicians, offering free services to the underserved in the Boston area Asian community. Information or medical appointments: 781.324.1338.
Other Resources
- Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) The largest student-run volunteer organization on campus with more than 30 active programs focusing on different aspects of community service and advocacy.
- Tufts Neighborhood Service Fund (TNSF) A giving option for members of the Tufts community during the Community Appeal. Used to support our host communities and the important work being done by Tufts volunteers with community organizations in Medford, Somerville, Grafton and Boston's Chinatown.
- The Tufts Community Research Center seeks to involve Tufts faculty and students from across all seven schools of the university in research done in collaboration with community partners.
Academic Resources
- Eliot-Pearson Children's School Offers full-day programs for kindergartners and first- and second-graders, as well as half-day programs for preschoolers and toddlers.
- Tufts Educational Day Care Center Offers a full educational day care program—including a certified kindergarten, developmental care and innovative education—for children ages 3-6 in the Tufts and Medford/Somerville communities.
- The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) Offers Tufts students and local K-12 teachers hands-on learning experiences through research opportunities and outreach programs.
- Outreach at Tufts: Connecting with Communities This outreach web portal is supported by the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. The purpose of the portal is to provide information about outreach and community opportunities available to Tufts faculty, students, staff and community partners.
- Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning Educational programs for "mature adults."
- Resumed Education for Adult Learners (REAL) Program Open to adults at least 25 years old who are seeking a bachelor's degree. Applicants should have some recent college experience.
- University Libraries Neighbors are welcome to use library resources on the premises including government documents.
- Auditing Courses Residents of our host communities may audit a Tufts course at a greatly reduced fee.
- Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service Tisch College's Lincoln Filene Center for Community Partnerships (LFC) supports and encourages students and faculty members to work with partner communities in addressing community-identified needs and advances best practices for university-community partnerships. Learn more about Tufts community partnerships and commitment to active citizenship. More details: Chinatown | Medford | Somerville
- Tufts Community Music Programs The Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center is a resource for the local community with a wide range of community music programs, including concerts and events open to the public, Saturday music classes for children and teenagers, weekday evening classes and ensembles for adults, a rotating slate of artists and music genres as part of the Sunday Community Concert series, and Saturday Family and Children's Concerts.
New Around Tufts
Sharewood Project, a free health care organization run by students from Tufts University School of Medicine is offering the following services to Medford residents:
- Primary care medicine
- Seasonal flu shots (including the flu mist)
- Confidential HIV, sexual health, and STD testing and counseling
- Hepatitis B screening and vaccinations
- Free vision screening on the 3rd Tuesday of each month
The clinic operates every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 9:00 PM and is located in the fellowship hall of the First Church of Malden at the end of Pleasant Street in Malden, MA (right by the Malden Center T stop on the Orange Line.) Sharewood is staffed by volunteer physicians, medical students (and other health professions students), and translators. All services are free and open to everyone.
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Dec. 5, 1 p.m.
The Tufts University Music Department Presents:
Good Cheer! A Holiday Concert
The Tufts University Choruses present a concert of popular holiday songs in a special concert designed for children and their families. Join us and celebrate the season!
Concert is FREE and will be in Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University
For more information
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Events
2009 Tufts Neighborhood Service Fund
Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 16
Lectures/Discussion
Global Lens film series: an annual touring film program of eight to ten narrative feature films from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Dates TBD. Presented by the Tufts Program in International Relations.
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Nov. 20, 4 p.m. in
Barnum 104
Dr. Antonia Monteiro, Yale University, Host: Lewis
Title: "Why do butterflies have eyes on their wings? Function and developmental origin of a morphological novelty"
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Nov. 21, 10 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Services and Lunch
Saturday, November 21
Hillel
Please join us for shabbat morning services followed by a free kosher lunch.
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Nov. 21, 8 p.m.
Shir Appeal Fall Show
Hillel
Tufts' only co-ed Jewish a cappella group is back for its annual fall concert! Join as we welcome our new freshmen to the group and perform an incredible new repertoire. See you there!
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Nov. 23, 12 p.m.
Braker Hall 220
Department of Economics
Entry Regulation and Intersectoral Reallocation
Elias Papaioannou, Assistant Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
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Nov. 23,
5-6 p.m.: Reception
6-8 p.m.: Lecture (in Spanish) and screening
Cabot Center, 7th floor
Jorge Ruffinelli, Stanford University
CELEBRANDO EL CINE DE FERNANDO BIRRI
(Celebrating Fernando Birri’s films
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Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m.
East Hall Lounge
“The kidnapped flâneur: Performing the gender of fear in the Paris of South America”
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Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m.
The Fares Center Conference Room, Tufts University
How Should the Obama Administration Deal with the Problem of Terrorism?
Speakers: Stephen Allen, Erin Clancy, Hawazin Naseef, Andrea Walther, Tarek Zeidan
Moderator: Ambassador William A. Rugh, Fares Center Visiting Scholar; Edward R. Murrow Visiting Professor of Public Diplomacy, The Fletcher School
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Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.
Caramel (Sukkar al Banat)
A film by Nadine Labaki
Lebanon, 2007, 93 minutes
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A Beirut beauty salon becomes a treasured meeting place for several generations of women, from various walks of life, to talk, seek advice and confide in one another. Caramel was Lebanon's Official. Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
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Dec. 8, 4:30 p.m.
Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Avenue in Medford, Room P-106
Prof. Glen Miller, University of New Hampshire
"Research at the Boundaries between Organic Chemistry and Nanotechnology"
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Chaplaincy Programs
Chapel Forum on Religion and International Relations
First Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m., Goddard Chapel, Medford Campus
Art Gallery
Performances
The Tufts Third Day Gospel ChoirNov. 20, 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Aidekman Arts Center-Cohen Auditorium
Join the 220-voice Gospel Choir as they present their fall concert.
Tickets are $7 and are on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office (617.627.3679)
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The Tufts Symphony Orchestra
Nov. 22, 3 p.m.
Distler Performance Hall
Gil Rose leads the Tufts Symphony Orchestra in their fall performance.
Admissions is free
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"Little Shop of Horrors"
Torn Ticket II
Dec. 3-5 at 8 p.m.
Balch Arena
Tickets: Free
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Noontime Concerts at Goddard Chapel, 12:30p.m., Thursdays
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Tufts Music and the Granoff Music Center Events Calendar
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