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A woman in swimming cap and goggles swimming in a lane in a pool. Katelin Isakoff earns an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship to attend Stanford School of Medicine.

Jumbo Swimming Champion Katelin Isakoff Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Heading to Stanford School of Medicine, she won NCAA championships as a swimmer for Tufts

Damaged exterior of a building with black ISIS slogans painted on it in Aleppo, Syria. Conflicts between Muslim groups in the Middle East are rooted in recent history, rather than religious beliefs, according to a new book.

Sectarian Violence Reflects Politics More than Religion

Conflicts between Muslim groups in the Middle East are rooted in recent history rather than religious beliefs, according to a new book

TUAG Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Tufts University Art Galleries received a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Lionel McPherson stands in front of a building on the Tufts campus. The legacy of enslavement—more than the concept of race—is at the root of our entrenched social status hierarchy, the philosophy professor in a new book.

It’s Not Really About Race

The legacy of enslavement—more than the concept of race—is at the root of our entrenched, caste-like social hierarchy, Philosophy Professor Lionel McPherson argues in a new book

A large group of members of the Tufts men’s tennis team, with a young boy at the center. Tufts is named Division III Team IMPACT Fellowship Campus of the Year

Tufts Is Named a Top Fellowship Campus by Team IMPACT

Recognizes the school for efforts by student-athletes working with the nonprofit, which matches children with chronic or serious illness with college athletic teams

photo of 2024 Juneteenth speaker Christina Greer with Taina McField of Tisch College

On Juneteenth, a Call to Turn on the Lights and Look Around

Political scientist and alumna Christina Greer was the featured speaker for Tufts’ fifth annual day of remembrance and reflection

A collage of 10 book covers against a pink background, The summer book recommendations for 2024 from the Tufts community, fiction and nonfiction.

Summer Book Recommendations 2024

The Tufts community offer their favorite works of fiction and nonfiction—bestsellers, off-the-beaten-track wonders, and classics

Ancient, Resilient, Dynamic: Why Earth Is Life on a Grand Scale

By showing interconnections across time and all living things, Ferris Jabr, A09, makes a case for the Earth as alive

Kevin Clark Named a Beckman Young Investigator

The award will fund his lab’s research into detecting and understanding RNA modifications and their role in brain health