News | Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Sunil Kumar Appointed Tufts University’s Next President

Provost and senior vice president at Johns Hopkins University, Kumar will begin as Tufts’ 14th president on July 1, 2023

A Grateful Community Comes Together for Tufts Giving Tuesday

Alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends will celebrate the university’s tenth annual day of philanthropy

Civil Rights Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill: ‘America Is a Teenage Democracy’

The activist and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president discussed the country’s growing pains as it works to secure voting rights for all

Alumni Profile: Leanne Loo

Tisch College seeks to reach across the entire University, embedding civic learning experiences across all Schools and programs at Tufts. And in that effort, Leanne Loo, A22, is providing a road map for student learning and community impact.

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Millions of Youth Cast Ballots, Decide Key 2022 Races

Young people, who overwhelmingly favored Democrats, had one of their highest turnout rates ever in a midterm and shaped results across the country

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Live Results on Massachusetts Question 1: Voters will decide on higher taxes for people earning more than $1 million

Center for State Policy (cSPA) analysis of Ballot Question 1, the "millionaires' tax" is included in this article.

Why Getting More People to Vote Makes the Nation Stronger

Convincing Americans - especially the young and the marginalized - to cast their ballots is essential to the health of our democracy

Saving Democracy Series

Democracy in the United States is under its biggest threat in decades. In the Saving Democracy series, Tisch College experts explore the challenges facing democracy today and our best hopes for safeguarding it.

Institute for Global Leadership Programs Transitioning to Tisch College

In the summer of 2022, Tufts University made the decision to close the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) as a Provost-based institute and to transition its programs to the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.