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.
Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime
Boston Globe raves about exhibit: Monsters and metamorphosis - Tufts exhibit features mythic Japanese beasts. See Boston Globe article.
TOKYO KAMEN, Noah's Ark, 2008
Set of 5 soft sculptures
Fake fur, vinyl sheet, metal, air bag 180 x130 x 60 cm each
Photo credit: TOKYO KAMEN and Art-U room, 2009
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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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How is President Obama Doing in the Middle East?
Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m.
Cabot Intercultural Center, 702, The Fletcher School
Speaker: Robert H. Pelletreau, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Co-Sponsors: the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, and the Political Science Program
Chair: William A. Rugh, The Edward R. Murrow Visiting Professor of Public Diplomacy, The Fletcher School
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Social Media in the Job Search: Alumni Career Workshop
Alumni Relations
Nov. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dowling Hall, Room 745
Please join Barbara Bix, Principal of BB Marketing Plus, to discuss how you can use blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn, and social networks to build the brand that will elevate your messages above the crowd and open new doors for you.
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Satin Rouge: A film by Raja Amari
Layali Cinema Film Series Featuring Arab Women
Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Olin 101
A Tunisian widow takes an unlikely journey of self-discovery in Raja Amari's sumptuous and sensual Satin Rouge. While investigating a suspected liaison between her headstrong teenage daughter and a cabaret musician, Lilia becomes drawn to an exhilarating nightclub netherworld of Rubénesque belly dancers and nocturnal pleasure-seekers. In trading her shapeless housedresses for sequins and satin, she begins to emerge from her cocoon of melancholy and loneliness.
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Community Organizing: Past, Present, and Future
Nov. 6, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Crane Room, Paige Hall
This forum will discuss the future of community organizing and identify ways today’s young people can participate.
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Poetry Reading
Sponsored by English Department
Nov. 9, 5 p.m.
Room 304, Tisch Library
Speaker; David Baker
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Friends of Tufts University Libraries Presents an Authors Talk
Nov. 12, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Tisch Library, Hirsch Reading Room
Come hear the Tufts University Libraries Friends' Authors Talk by Donna McDaniel, J56, and Vanessa Julye, authors of: Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice
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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
"Kiss Me, Kate" Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 5-7 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets $12More details »
"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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Athletics
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Tufts Educational Day Care Center Fall Yard SaleAll proceeds will benefit the Children's Memorial Scholarship Fund
Nov. 7, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Any donations may be dropped off in the storage POD in the Day Care Center's parking lot (165 Holland St. TAB) from Nov. 2-6
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