"The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University has historically tracked youth voting trends and found that both 2020 and 2024 were historically high years for young adult turnout. As a student at Vanderbilt University, I’ve seen my peers volunteering at tables outside of dormitories, dining halls, and classrooms to register hundreds of fellow students to vote and encourage them to go to the polls. If young people truly didn’t care, they wouldn’t be showing up!"
CNN anchor and senior analyst Audie Cornish visited Tufts on April 15 as the keynote speaker for the 17th Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism. Cornish participated in both a private student session organized by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and a public panel sponsored by Tisch College’s Solomont Speaker Series, moderated by WNET CEO and President Neal Shapiro (LA’80).
The former congressman and Jan. 6 investigator spoke at Tufts about tribal politics, hard power, and why civic engagement matters even more as the U.S. turns 250