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Tufts is a leader in American higher education, distinctive for its success as a moderately sized university that excels at research and providing students with a personal experience. Our unique combination of research and liberal arts attracts students, faculty and staff who thrive in our environment of curiosity, creativity and engagement.

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How COVID-19 Has Affected Special Education Students

Special education students and their families have been especially hard hit by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, say two Tufts special education experts.

Societal Impact

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How to Tell the Flu from COVID-19

Tufts’ director of infection control describes the similarities and differences between the flu and COVID-19, and explains why getting the flu vaccine is so important for you—and those around you.

Transformative Experiences, Societal Impact

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How Historians Shape the Teaching of History

Who gets to tell the story of the past? It’s a question that has transformed the Tufts curriculum.

Global Leadership, Societal Impact

Diversity and Inclusion

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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

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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

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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

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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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News

Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the world
Three Things to Look for in the Presidential Debates
A Tufts political science professor explains how to decipher the candidates’ approaches
The Long History of Xenophobia in America
From colonial times to today, the demonization of outsiders has existed alongside the idea of the U.S. as a nation built by immigrants

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Our Brains, Our Selves

World-renowned philosopher Daniel C. Dennett argues that our inner worlds and religious ideas can all be explained as evolutionary functions of the brain.

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Reeta Roy shown listening to a mechanic at SolarTaxi in Ghana before the pandemic.

Investing in Africa

Fletcher School alum Reeta Roy, CEO of Mastercard Foundation, defied critics and steered its $33 billion to help Africans solve the continent’s challenges.

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Christine Jost, a graduate of Cummings School and Fletcher school, in the Somali region of Ethiopia talking to a group of women about access to quality animal health services.

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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David Gelfand, E21, who is training for the Paralympics, swimming in a pool.

Tokyo Dreams

Chasing down a childhood ambition, David Gelfand, E21, trains for the Paralympics with the U.S. national team.

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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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India Napier, V20, in a classroom at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine with a bird on her arm.

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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Barry Trimmer, the Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Science, and Daniel Caron, A20, in Professor Trimmer's lab at Tufts University.

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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Lisha Shakya-Lee, D20, at Tufts School of Dental Medicine wearing a white coat.

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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Veterinary assistant and Tufts at Tech alum Kate Jolly with a small black dog at Foster Hospital ER.

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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Emal Lesha, a new doctor, posing in a white coat at Tufts University School of Medicine.

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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