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A group of Timmy Global Health volunteers stands for a photo outside of a school where a health clinic was held.

An Immersive Lesson in Global Health

With support from President Sunil Kumar, 15 undergraduate students traveled to the Dominican Republic for a weeklong medical brigade with Tufts Timmy Global Health

Kamala Harris walks up a few stairs, with a large U.S. flag in the background. A political scientist explains the surprising role that gender plays in American politics

Do Women Candidates Have a Harder Time Being Elected?

Newhouse Professor of Political Science Brian Schaffner explains the surprising role that gender plays in American politics

Five panelists sitting on a stage, each holding a microphone. A Tufts panel discussion with four recent alumni gave new first-year students perspectives on choices they will face in college and beyond

Difficult Conversations, Healthy Dialogue, and Keeping an Open Mind

A panel discussion with four recent alumni gives incoming students perspectives on choices they will face in college and beyond

Graie Hagans and Rabbi Or Rose stand at microphones

A Time to Talk About Antisemitism

A workshop for students kicks off a series of university conversations on confronting bias and prejudice

A crowd of students applaud at Tufts’ matriculation ceremony.

Tufts Welcomes the Undergraduate Class of 2028

President Sunil Kumar urges incoming students and transfers to be open to new experiences and to embrace uncertainty

Sunil Kumar talking with a young woman and her mother and father in a room with balloons and other families.

A Fun Way to Begin Their College Careers

Tufts pre-orientation programs provide new students with valuable experiences and ways to make new connections

Composite image of Alexandra Collins, Jeremy Eichler, and Sonal Sharma

Faculty Focus: Fall 2024

Alexandra Collins is a new assistant professor in the Department of Community Health; Jeremy Eichler is the new John McCann Assistant Professor in Music; and Sonal Sharma is a new assistant professor in the Department of Sociology

Illustration of a woman seated at a desk with an open laptop, looking at a large tray with a bright lightbulb and a hand from above lifting a cover off it. We work all the time, but we don’t always understand how it’s affecting our health and sense of purpose, says an economist

Want a Job You’ll Like? Think About More Than the Pay

We spend so much of our lives working, but we don’t always understand how it’s affecting our health and sense of purpose, says Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Mary Davis in a new book

Black and white photo of four men in caps sitting in a row in the 1930s.

Is It the 1930s All Over Again?

Professor of History David Ekbladh sees parallels between the world today and the economic uncertainties and rise of authoritarian rule in the pre-World War II era