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Tufts Civic Semester

First year students can join this transformational first-semester program combines academic and experiential learning with a focus on community engagement and social and environmental justice based in either Urubamba, Peru, or Chiang Mai, Thailand,

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Assisting the International Community in a Time of Uncertainty

Following a student’s detention, the International Center and university community mobilize to offer guidance, empathy, and unwavering support.

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Check out Open Applications

Tisch College has opportunities open for internships, service, and student programs all year long.

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Big Data for Democracy

Tisch College has one of the biggest research teams in the U.S. devoted to understanding the challenges to our democracy—and the opportunities to build and sustain it. We use that scholarship to inform our own programming at Tufts and to drive national conversations about voting and elections, the role of citizens, the health of democratic institutions, and the power of young people.

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Find Your Civic Pathway

At Tisch College, every Tufts student—whatever their field of study, school or degree program—has a pathway to civic engagement.

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The state’s unemployment system is a fiscal time bomb. Can Healey defuse it?

Evan Horowitz of cSPA suggests that Massachusetts cap unemployment insurance benefits at 26 weeks in all circumstances, rather than reverting to 30 weeks statewide when the 12-month average jobless rate hits 5.2 percent (unadjusted) in any metro area.

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Tufts Civic Semester

Assisting the International Community in a Time of Uncertainty

Check out Open Applications

Big Data for Democracy

Find Your Civic Pathway

Find Your Civic Pathway

Tisch College News

The state’s unemployment system is a fiscal time bomb. Can Healey defuse it?

Boston at Risk of ‘Wealth Spiral’ as Harvard Fight Ripples Through Economy

Senator Ed Markey won his 2020 reelection thanks to the Markeyverse. Can he convince young people to support him again?

Trump Ramps Up Harvard Feud With Threat to Tax-Exempt Status

Subtract $1 billion from Mass. revenue estimate, analyst says

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Community Sports Day

Tisch College Community Paint Day

Youth-led Conversations on Conscious Leadership and Global Solidarity: Participatory Action Research Webinar

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