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A young girl who attended the National Girls and Women in Sports Day event at Tufts University on Saturday, February 3, throwing a softball while members of the Tufts women's softball team cheer her on in the background.

Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Athletes

The 2024 National Girls and Women in Sports Day brought joy and fun to local children

Tufts students doing neighborhood clean-up

Tufts Named a Top Institution for Community Engagement

The Carnegie Classification recognizes the university-community partnerships that advance the public good

A Lifetime of Caring for Boston’s ‘Rough Sleepers’

Public health pioneer Jim O’Connell champions kindness and continuity in treating the homeless

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“Endurance Streets”: A History of Chinatown’s People in Pictures

A review of the "Endurance Streets: Resilience and Response in Boston’s Chinese Community" exhibit in Chinatown.

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Jumbo Giving Tree

Tufts Athletics ended their 2022 season by giving back to local families in Medford.

Tufts President Anthony Monaco and Joe Curtatone, former Somerville mayor, at a ceremony on November 21.

Former Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone Receives Presidential Medal

The award recognizes his long service to the city and his collaborative partnership with Tufts

children and a person in an elephant costume at Tufts Community Day

Tufts Community Day Returns without Missing a Beat

After a two-year hiatus, Tufts welcomes local neighbors back to campus.

Tufts students working on the Mystic River in a canoe

Out on the Mystic, Tisch Summer Fellows Make a Difference

Kyrielle Lord, E24 and Sam Markowitz, A23 combined their interest in environmental stewardship and passion for social change as Tisch Summer Fellows at the Mystic River Watershed Association this summer.

Tufts students pose in front of the Boathouse along the river with garbage bags

Tufts Student-Athletes Collaborate with Friends of the Malden River on Cleanup

20 Tufts student-athletes participated in a clean-up of the Malden River around the Shoemaker Boathouse alongside volunteers from the Friends of the Malden River and the local community.