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How Animals Help Us During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pets can provide company and comfort in the face of social isolation and high anxiety.

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Tufts Community Rallies to Support Students in Need

As some students face difficulties due to COVID-19 emergency, fellow students, alumni, parents, and friends pitch in to help.

Higher Education’s Role in Fighting the Coronavirus

Colleges and universities must take a leadership role in relieving the unprecedented stress of COVID-19 on our health-care system.

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10% of Trump 2016 voters might not vote for him in 2020

Brian Schaffner, Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts University, and Laurel Bliss, research associate at Tufts, collaborate on this piece discussing the findings of a 2019 Cooperative Election Study survey

How High Schoolers Can Change the World

A summer intensive session at Tufts will teach pre-college students how to use social organizing principles to make a difference.

Teaching Kids About Nature to Save the Planet

Children who deeply experience the natural world can grow into “Earth stewards” and restore the planet’s health and future.

2020 Talloires Network Leadership Conference

Tisch College and Harvard University's Institute of Politics are proud to co-host TNLC 2020 - Global Universities, Local Impact: Power and Responsibility of Engaged Universities. Learn more and join us this September!

John DiBiaggio, Former Tufts President, Dies

The son of immigrants, he served from 1992 to 2001, emphasizing civic engagement and strengthening the university’s financial foundation.

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Bringing the Incarcerated Millions into View

A new exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries sheds light on those imprisoned and their families.