Tisch College Spring Semester Events
From the White House to your Netflix watchlist, our spring speakers are filmmakers, innovators, advocates, thought leaders, and more.
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Tufts Civic Semester
Incoming Tufts students can apply for this transformational first-semester program combining academic and experiential learning with a focus on community engagement and social and environmental justice in either Urumbaba, Peru or Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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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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Tisch College Announces Spring 2025 events
Thought leaders across the political spectrum to appear on campus
Retired military leaders weigh in on Trump ordering Pentagon to cut DEI programs
Associate Dean Diane Ryan joins PBS Newshour to share her perspective on the impact of President Trump’s executive order to end DEI initiatives at the Pentagon and within the military, saying these programs “about leveraging the talents of all of our people and recognizing the different strengths that people bring to the fight. It's leader development.”
Unwrapping Gov. Healey's proposed taxes on candy, Zyn
Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, joins Radio Boston to discuss Governor Maura Healey’s proposal to add a sales tax to candy and synthetic nicotine products in the state.
The Economy Was the Big Issue for Youth in 2024—Especially for Those Who Didn’t Vote
A post-election survey of young Americans reveals disinterest in the election and dislike of the candidates as top reasons for not voting
TikTok ban could spark political backlash from young people
Kelly Siegel-Stechler of CIRCLE comments on the center’s research to determine the sources that young voters use for political information. CIRCLE research on decreased youth voter interest in the 2024 election, compared to the 2020 election, is also referenced.