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Participants at the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Tufts sitting at a table in Tisch Library with laptops open. Tufts community members participated in a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to help update Wikipedia profiles of diverse and underrepresented women.

Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Edit at a Time

Tufts community members worked together at their first Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to update entries of underrepresented women

Rei Xiao with her painting "It was dark inside the wolf."

Artists Explore the Past Through Family Photos, Dark Humor, and Lots of Hugs

Works by five SMFA at Tufts students and recent alumni are now on display at the MFA

Contemporary and archival photos show Tufts student-athletes playing sports and holding awards

The Ideal of the Student-Athlete Has a Long History at Tufts

The university's inaugural athletic director set the tone for today's successful Division III program

A crowd of parents and students listen to a tour guide talk on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus. Out of the more than 34,000 applications, students in the admitted Tufts Class of 2027 bring engagement, academic excellence, and diversity

Early Impressions of the Students Admitted to the Tufts Undergraduate Class of 2027

Out of the more than 34,000 applications, the students admitted to the Tufts Class of 2027 bring engagement in their communities, academic excellence, and diversity

Kerri Greenidge in her office at Tufts University. In a celebrated new book, Kerri Greenidge writes about a pair of white sisters lauded for their abolitionist efforts, who had an uneasy relationship with their Black nephews

Unveiling the Complicated Family Story of Anti-Slavery Activists

In a celebrated new book, Assistant Professor of History Kerri Greenidge writes about a pair of white abolitionist sisters who had an uneasy relationship with their Black nephews

Tufts Earns “Gold” Rating for Sustainability

Sustainability report highlights measures of progress

Dr. Ofelia Zepeda speaks to the audience at the writing workshop on March 8, 2023

Preserving Language Through Poetry with Ofelia Zepeda

The poet and Tohono Oʼodham Nation member led a workshop highlighting the humanizing power of verse

The four women swimmers of the Tufts 400 free relay team hold trophies on the top platform, with other teams to either side of them. Tufts wins three NCAA swimming titles at national competition.

Jumbos Win Three NCAA Swimming Titles

First-year student Lily Klinginsmith nabs 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle titles and the 400 freestyle relay team takes crown, too

A woman wears a sculpture that shows her head behind bars.

Rewriting Their Prison Stories, Sentence by Sentence

A first-of-its-kind national journal of literature and art gives voice to hundreds of people affected by incarceration