When he lived in Roxbury’s
#DudleySquare
neighborhood he was still known as Malcolm Little—later, the world would know him as
#MalcolmX
, the leader in the civil rights movement, pictured here on the mural, "Faces of Dudley." Learn more:
#BlackHistoryMonth
Chef and restaurateur José Andrés (
@chefjoseandres
), who helped serve more than 3 million meals to Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria, will receive an honorary degree from Tufts and speak at
@TuftsNutrition
commencement.
⏰4:51 AM
🗓️December 12, 2022
📍Medford/Tufts Station
With a ring of the bell, the first Green Line train departs, formally opening the
#GreenLineExtension
Medford Branch for passenger service. The momentous
#BuildingABetterT
milestone is just the start of today's celebrations.
Tufts University has decided to remove the Sackler name from our school of graduate biomedical sciences, from our medical education building, and from within our medical school programs.
Read the full statement:
Young people are poised for a potentially historic turnout in the upcoming Iowa caucuses, and young Democrats prefer Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to an exclusive CIRCLE-Tisch College/Suffolk University Iowa youth poll out today by CIRCLE (
@CivicYouth
).
This past week,
@TischCollege
welcomed
@cyntoia_brown
, an author, speaker, and advocate for criminal justice reform and victims of sex trafficking, to campus for the first Distinguished Speaker Series event of the semester.
Karen Richardson, Dean of
@TuftsAdmissions
, to students participating in peaceful protest of
#gunviolence
: "When you act on your values, in a principled way,...it will not be held against you in the application process. In fact, we may even take notice."
“Efforts to deprive any American of a convenient way to vote will have a chilling effect on voting...efforts to chill college students’ voting are despicable — & frustrating.” -
@NancyThomasIDHE
on efforts to suppress student votes.
Via
@nytimes
Thank you
@RedSox
for recognizing the Tufts’ athletics program in a ceremony at Fenway Park ahead of the
#RedSox
game for winning—for the first time—the prestigious Learfield Directors’ Cup for NCAA Division III for 2021-2022.
#GoJumbos
!
Hundreds turned up for
@TischCollege
's first Presidential Town Hall with Democrat
@BetoORourke
last week - O'Rourke's first public event in Massachusetts since announcing his run for president. See what he had to say.
Read:
As announced last week, Ayanna Thomas, Professor of Psychology, will become the next Dean of Research for the School of Arts and Sciences beginning in September.
"You emigrated from Spain to the United States, and the needs and concerns of immigrants and refugees are close to your heart."
@chefjoseandres
receives degree of Doctor of Public Service
Tufts alumna
@LisannePetracca
, an assistant professor of carnivore ecology at
@JavelinaNation
, researches how to rebuild populations of threatened species, from gray wolves and ocelots to tufted puffins.
It’s time to vote out political leaders who have “enthroned corruption and incompetence,” says
@FletcherSchool
alum and former professor
@MoghaluKingsley
. He’s talking about
#Nigeria
, where he’s running for president.
🔊: Next Stop: “Medford/Tufts”
@MBTA
announces name for its new Green Line station set to open in 2021 at the intersection of College and Boston Avenues in Medford.
Colleges and universities must step up now and partner with local and state authorities to aid in the fight against COVID-19, urges Tufts President Anthony Monaco in
@BostonGlobe
op-ed.
We are pleased that the federal government has rescinded ICE’s overly restrictive and punitive guidance concerning Fall 2020 immigration requirements for international students, who would have suffered major disruptions to their academic and personal lives as a result.
More photos from tonight’s Town Hall event with Beto O’Rourke, the first
@TischCollege
Speaker Series of the Fall 2019 semester! Have photos from tonight’s event? Share them using
#BetoAtTufts
.
Learn more about upcoming speakers:
Congratulations to Tufts alumna Tracy Chapman, who has become the first Black woman sole-songwriter to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay charts for her song, "Fast Car."
Karen Richardson, Dean of
@TuftsAdmissions
, reassures students that participation in peaceful protest of
#gunviolence
will not be held against them in the Tufts application process.
First year student William Scott is a finalist in the
@Jeopardy
College Championship after edging out Swarthmore's Rebecca Rosenthal by exactly $1!
#GoJumbos
#JumboPride
While we recognize these are unprecedented times, today, we celebrate our newest Jumbos who were accepted today through the regular decision process. Welcome
#Tufts2024
Happy Palindrome Day! 0️⃣2️⃣-0️⃣2️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
In both the MM/DD/YYYY format and the DD/MM/YYYY format, this is the only time this century when this will occur!
As the pandemic spreads and needs increase, Tufts is making its residence halls available to house medical personnel, first responders, and patients in an effort to help contain the spread of the virus as local hospitals prepare for a surge of cases.
Earlier today, former Massachusetts Governor & current candidate for the 2020 Republican nomination for President,
@GovBillWeld
, was on campus for
@TischCollege
's Presidential Town Hall.
📷
A pioneer in the use of silk-based materials for tissue engineering,
@TuftsEngineer
Stern Family Professor of Engineering David Kaplan has been elected to the
@theNAEng
.
More than 20 years of painting by student groups left the cannon encrusted in more than 1,000 layers of paint. This summer, crews worked to restore the cannon back to its original state, making room for more memories! Read more about the process:
In recognition of winning this year's Learfield Directors' Cup as the top athletic program in NCAA Division III,
@TuftsAthletics
will be honored in a ceremony at
@fenwaypark
on Sunday, August 14, ahead of the evening's nationally televised Red Sox/Yankees game.
This morning, President Sunil Kumar began his time at Tufts, greeted by a letter from his predecessor, University Professor and President Emeritus Anthony P. Monaco.
The entire university community gives a Jumbo welcome to its new president!
.
@TuftsFootball
players Tim Reitzenstein and Dan Dewing don’t let their differing politics or different skin color get in the way of their friendship, via
@BostonGlobe
.
@TuftsMedSchool
neuroscientist Jamie Maguire received an award from
@MALifeSciences
that will further research into depression in women and the drugs used to treat it.
Today, we honor and recognize all the men and women from Tufts and across the nation, past and present, who have served in the nation's Armed Forces. Happy Veterans Day!
"College students across the United States more than doubled their rate of voting between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections, according to a study published Thursday by Tufts University"
By
@AmyEGardner
|
@washingtonpost
As a Tufts student in 1966, Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon. She crossed the finish line with a time of 3:21:40, better than 2/3 of the men she competed against.
#WomensHistoryMonth
Photo credit: RV1864, Flickr