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A Force for Peace

Tufts alum Sean Callahan, head of Catholic Relief Services, describes how religion aids humanitarian efforts
Launching Most Ambitious Fundraising Campaign In Its History, Tufts University Seeks to Raise $1.5 Billion

Funds will increase resources for financial aid, support teaching, advance research making real-world impact
Tufts University commemorates JFK centennial with celebration of citizen service

Tisch College explores JFK's legacy with panel of accomplished activists and leaders in the national service movement
Thinking Through Big Data

Tufts’ Data Intensive Studies Center hosts a major symposium on November 8 with wide-ranging topics
Rebooting the Mathematics Behind Gerrymandering

Those oddly shaped voting districts, usually drawn for the benefit of the party devising them, can be improved
The Vitamin D Gap

Most kids in northern latitudes don’t get enough vitamin D in winter. Tufts researchers find out how to bridge the divide.

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