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Let’s Talk Vampires and Aliens

Two-time Bram Stoker Award winner Christopher Golden, A89, shares the secrets of a successful writing career
Tufts President Emeritus Larry Bacow to Lead Harvard

Bacow enhanced the undergraduate experience and fostered active citizenship while at the university
Inaugural Tufts Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Named

Nine decades and ten sports are represented from the university’s nearly 150 years of athletics history
Jeffrey Summit Receives Ballou Medal

Longtime Tufts Hillel leader is honored for commitment to students’ spiritual, personal, and intellectual development
Anger and Hope on Climate Change

Al Gore told a Tufts audience that a sustainability revolution is possible, but political will is necessary

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