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About Tufts

Tufts is a leader in American higher education, distinctive for its success as a moderately sized university that excels at research and providing students with a personal experience. Our unique combination of research and liberal arts attracts students, faculty and staff who thrive in our environment of curiosity, creativity and engagement.

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Libraries

Tufts' libraries across all campuses provide essential resources, information and technology to support your studies, scholarship and research.

Tisch Library

Ginn Library (The Fletcher School)

Hirsh Health Sciences Library

Webster Family Library (Veterinary)

W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library (SMFA)

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Careers

As a Tufts employee, you become part of a community of hard-working, intellectually curious and creative individuals. We offer a wide range of employment opportunities and resources to support Tufts’ diverse academic environment

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Benefits

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Brighter World The Campaign for Tufts

New & Notable

Breeding the Best Cows

Bovine IVF program at Tufts Ambulatory Service enables New England farmers to propagate their best milkers and maintain a steady revenue stream
Empowering Women, Educating Men

The Fletcher School’s Leadership Equality and Diversity certificate program offers a series of workshops aimed at enlisting all genders to shatter the glass ceiling
A Visual Dictionary for Sign Language

Tufts researchers help create an award-winning ASL database that allows users to look up a sign without having to guess at its English translation
Four Tufts University Faculty Receive National Awards for Science and Engineering
10 Ways to Fight Food Waste

Plan your meals, donate to the hungry, love your leftovers and much more
Fighting Canine ALS

Human patients could benefit from a study that's underway in dogs with a fatal paralytic disease

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