Societal Impact
In every discipline, Tufts empowers students to be advocates for social change. Beyond classroom learning, Tufts students learn how to foster collaborative partnerships and creative problem solving that impacts others on campus and around the world.
New & Notable
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Study of 10 million college students shows national surge in voting in 2018 midterms; black women are most active voters on campuses; Hispanic students’ voting rate shows largest increase
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Writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt highlights the nuances and dangers of modern antisemitism in a talk at Tufts
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A Fletcher School graduate promotes congestion pricing to reduce pollution and make transit more climate-friendly
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The new Tufts Campaign School is a six-day course in the winter term designed to train students about political campaigns ahead of the 2020 election
Spotlights
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Tisch College houses the Tufts chapter of Jumpstart, a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community members to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods.
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Tufts' umbrella organization for 30+ service groups across campus.pus
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In the run-up to the 2016 general election, Tufts University launched JumboVote as a multifaceted, university-wide initiative to boost political learning, engagement, and voting in that year’s presidential election—and beyond.
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Encourages community involvement and efforts to link research to social action.
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A group of Tufts alumni interested in having social impact to network, collaborate, and help current students drive social change.A group for Tufts alumni interested in the social impact field to network with each other, collaborate, and help current students drive social change.
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Develops effective, ethical leaders who are driven to comprehend complexity, reflect cultural and political nuance, and engage as responsible global citizens in confronting the world's most pressing problems.