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.

Students digging up the subfloor of a house

New & Notable

Young Innovators: Getting Food to Those in Need

Gordon Institute students’ startup FoodEase hopes to help communities struck by natural disasters

Summer Projects Allow Students to Combat COVID-19, Racial Injustice

When COVID-19 derailed their summer plans, these Tufts students were awarded grant funding from Tisch College for projects to help their communities instead
New report examines benefits, costs of region-wide effort to reduce emissions from cars and trucks

Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University’s Tisch College estimates the potential impact of Transportation Climate Initiative
Youth vote up significantly in 2020; young people of color pivotal

High youth turnout in 2020 key to Biden-Harris victory, especially in battlegrounds and among youth of color
Tufts’ Fall Festival of Plays Reinvents Theater for the Pandemic

Producing three plays amid COVID-19—and addressing the crisis of racism—required a lot of inventive thinking for drama staff and student actors

Events

Dec 3
Dental Education Learning and Teaching Academy (DELTA) Mini-Residency Program

Spotlights

School of Medicine Community Service Learning (CSL)

In preparation for their role as care providers and community leaders, medical students work directly with community organizations as collaborators, mentors, and educators.
Tufts Leonard Carmichael Society

Tufts' umbrella organization for 30+ service groups across campus.pus
Tufts Social Impact Network

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.
Jumpstart

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.
STEM Ambassadors

A professional development program with an outreach mission. Ambassadors share their passion for the sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with local middle and high school students.
Institute for Global Leadership

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.