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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Cummings faculty capitalize on kids’ affinity for animals to foster diversity in veterinary medicine and other STEM fields
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"Election Imperatives" challenges universities to improve democratic engagement for 2018 midterms and beyond; major higher education associations endorse report
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An innovative wearable device puts Tufts on the front lines in fighting high blood pressure
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In a new book, Maryanne Wolf argues that our brains are changing with all this screen reading, but that it’s not too late to fix the damage
Spotlights
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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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An approach to community engagement that facilitates collaboration between government, academia and community groups to solve some of Boston’s most pressing issues.
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Prepares students to become engaged public citizens and community leaders who will help build a more equitable world.
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Advances democracy, student political learning and engagement, and increasing political equity and opportunity.
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An undergraduate club dedicated to fostering non-partisan debate within the Tufts community.
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An initiative to study student registration and voting rates in the interest of greater civic learning and engagement in democracy.
Resources
Tufts in the News
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Foreign Affairs
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Huffington Post
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Associated Press