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Tell Me More: Beto O’Rourke on Facing Our Country’s Challenges

We need smart, strategic, and compassionate leadership in our nation, O’Rourke tells a Tufts podcast as part of his visit to Tisch College.

After Prison, Education Equals Opportunity

At this year's prison education symposium hosted by the Prison Initiative of Tisch College, formerly incarcerated scholar Stanley Andrisse shared how his path from prison to Ph.D. highlights the transformative potential of higher education.

Tufts Institute of the Environment Marks Its Twentieth Anniversary

A program celebrating two decades of activism includes awards to Janetrix Hellen Amuguni and Jennifer Baldwin and a talk by U.S. Senator Edward Markey.

Tell Me More: Crossing the Political Divide

Will Hurd, a Republican Texas Congressman leaving the House of Representatives next year, tells a Tufts podcast that more unites us as a country than divides us.

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Setting Up the Next Half Century of Good Nutrition

Fifty years after a landmark conference on nutrition, Tufts is co-hosting a conversation about how far we’ve come and where to go next.

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18601km - A Home away from Home

Tufts Civic Semester Fellow Yong Quan Tan shares his experience moving halfway around the world for this transformative educational opportunity.

Writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt explains the nuances and dangers of modern antisemitism in a talk at Tufts University

A Perfect Storm of Antisemitism

Tisch College was pleased to co-host writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as she highlighted the nuances and dangers of modern antisemitism.

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Exclusive Analysis: College Student Voting Doubled in 2018

Tisch College's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education's national study finds that 40% of college students voted in last year's midterms.

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Learn How to Be a Campaign Staffer

The new Tufts Campaign School is a six-day course in the winter term designed to train students about political campaigns ahead of the 2020 election.