Tufts University
Talloires | |
Newspaper | The Tufts Daily |
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Colors | Tufts Blue Brown[4] |
Nickname | Jumbos |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Jumbo the Elephant[5] |
Website | www |
Tufts University is a
Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and
Tufts has a campus in
History
19th century
In the 1840s, the
Having been one of the biggest influences in the establishment of the college, Hosea Ballou II became the first president in 1853, and College Hall, the first building on campus, was completed the following year. That building now bears Ballou's name.[19] The campus opened in August 1854. President Ballou died in 1861 and was succeeded by Alonzo Ames Miner. Though not a college graduate, his presidency was marked by several advances. These include the establishment of preparatory schools for Tufts which include Goddard Seminary, Westbrook Seminary, and Dean Academy. During the Civil War the college actively supported the Union cause. The mansion of Major George L. Stearns which stood on part of the campus was a station on the Underground Railroad. In addition to having the largest classes spring up, 63 graduates served in the Union army. The first course of a three-year program leading to a degree in civil engineering was established in 1865, the same year MIT was founded. By 1869, the Crane Theological School was organized.[20]
Miner's successor
P. T. Barnum was one of the earliest benefactors of Tufts College, and the Barnum Museum of Natural History (Barnum Hall) was constructed in 1884 with funds donated by him to house his collection of animal specimens and the stuffed hide of Jumbo the elephant, who would become the university's mascot. The building stood until April 14, 1975, when a fire gutted Barnum Hall, destroying the entire collection. [24]
On July 15, 1892, the Tufts Board of Trustees voted "that the College be opened to women in the undergraduate departments on the same terms and conditions as men." Metcalf Hall opened in 1893 and served as the dormitory for women. At the same meeting, the trustees voted to create a graduate school faculty and to offer the
20th century
The
Tufts expanded in 1933 with the opening of the
During World War II, Tufts College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.[25]
Due to travel restrictions imposed by World War II, the Boston Red Sox conducted spring training for the 1943 Major League season at Tufts College.[26] In 1955, continued expansion was reflected in the change of the school's name to Tufts University.[27], though the corporate name remains as 'Trustees of Tufts College'.
The university experienced some growth during the presidency of Jean Mayer (1976–1992).[28] Mayer established Tufts' veterinary, nutrition, and biomedical schools and acquired the Grafton and Talloires campuses, at the same time lifting the university out of its dire financial situation by increasing the size of the endowment by a factor of 15.[28]
The College of Engineering added graduate study to its curriculum beginning in 1961, with master's degrees available in four departments. It added PhD programs in mechanical engineering in 1963, electrical engineering in 1964, engineering design in 1981, and civil engineering in 1985. In 1984 CEO and chairman of Analogic Corporation and NeuroLogica Corporation Bernard Marshall Gordon founded the Tufts Gordon Institute as the first educational institution created to foster entrepreneurship in the engineering fields. In 1991 the New England Association of Schools and Colleges accredited the institute to confer the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Management and in 1992 the Gordon Institute became part of the College of Engineering. In 1999, the College of Engineering became the School of Engineering, when oversight of graduate engineering programs was transferred from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As part of the same reorganization the Faculty of Arts and Science became the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E).[29]
21st century
Under President
As of October 15, 2015, Computer Science surpassed International Relations as the largest major at the university, with 466 declared majors.[41]
On December 22, 2015, the university announced that it would acquire the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The merger was completed on June 30, 2016.[42] One of the key figures in the merger, Nancy Bauer, became the dean of the museum school.[43]
In December 2015, the university completed a reconstruction of the Memorial Stairs. A new Central Energy Plant was under construction and set to finish in the summer of 2016. It will replace an aging 60-year-old plant and provide new efficiency boilers which in addition to providing the university directly with electricity, heated and chilled water, will help the university cut emissions.[44] The university also completed construction of the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in 2017. The SEC features laboratories and fosters interdisciplinary research between the neuroscience and environmental science departments. The SEC joins the newly rehabilitated 574 Boston Avenue in the expansion of classroom and laboratory facilities for the engineering school.[45] In the spring of 2022, the university plans to open the newly constructed Joyce Cummings Center, an interdisciplinary academic building which will house the computer science and economics departments, among others.[46]
In 2016, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledged a $10 million (~$12 million in 2023) donation over four years for the creation of the Allen Discovery Centers at Tufts and Stanford. The centers would fund research that would read and write the morphogenetic code. Tufts biologist Michael Levin will lead the center with research focusing on communications between cells and the causation of birth defects, cancer, traumatic injuries and degenerative diseases.[47][48]
In 2020, Tufts announced that it would pay the MBTA $2 million (~$2.24 million in 2023) over 10 years to rename the adjacent Green Line Extension station from "College Avenue" to "Medford/Tufts."[49] The Medford Branch opened to Medford/Tufts on December 12, 2022.[50]
After twelve years as president, Anthony Monaco retired in 2023. Sunil Kumar, previously the provost of Johns Hopkins University, became the university's 14th president on July 1, 2023.[51]
Campuses
Medford and Somerville
The "Uphill" portion of the campus comprises the academic and the residential "Rez" quad (built on the former reservoir site) and is enclosed by a wrought-iron fence. Classes that contributed to the building of the fence are commemorated along its length. The academic quad contains the earliest buildings and was primarily built from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. One of Tufts' first buildings,
The "Uphill" residential quad contains more modern buildings. The most notable building is Carmichael Hall (1954), designed by Arland A. Dirlam. Dirlam also designed Bendetson Hall (1947) on the academic quad.[21][53] Adjacent to both quads is the Cabot Intercultural Center designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc. one of the Fletcher School's buildings. Many points on the hill have noted views of the Boston skyline, particularly the patio on the Tisch Library roof. It has been ranked one of the prettiest college campuses in the United States.[citation needed]
The "Uphill" portion can be accessed with the memorial stairs. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers in the 1920s, the memorial stairs form one of the main entrances to the university and allows direct access to the engineering school from the academic quad. The engineering school is part of the Tufts's "Downhill" portion of campus. Notable buildings around the engineering school include Bromfield-Pearson Hall (1893), Robinson Hall (1899), and Curtis Hall (1894). Boston architect George Albert Clough is responsible for the design of Curtis Hall and Goddard Hall. Additionally, Arland Dirlam is responsible for the designs of many buildings downhill. These include Cohen Auditorium (1950), Hodgdon Hall (1954), and Jackson Gymnasium (1947).[54] Other notable buildings downhill include the Mayer Campus Center and the Dewick Macphie Dining Hall.[55] Administrative offices also occupy the surrounding neighborhoods and nearby Davis Square, where Tufts makes payments in lieu of taxes on some of its tax-exempt (educational) properties.[56]
Boston
The School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy are located on the Tufts Boston Health Science campus in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, adjacent to Tufts Medical Center, a 451-bed academic medical institution. All full-time Tufts Medical Center physicians hold clinical faculty appointments at Tufts School of Medicine.
The
Grafton
The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is located in Grafton, Massachusetts, west of Boston, on a 634-acre (2.57 km2) campus. The school also maintains the Ambulatory Farm Clinic in Woodstock, Connecticut and the Tufts Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole on Cape Cod.
Talloires
Tufts has a
Each year the center hosts a number of summer study programs, and enrolled students live with local families. The Tufts Summit Program is for American high school students during the month of July. Tufts in Talloires is a 6-week program for Tufts undergraduates that extends from the middle of May until the end of June. Additionally, Tufts in Annecy is a 4-week program which provides French language learners a chance to practice and learn the language. The site is frequently the host of international conferences and summits, most notably the Talloires Declaration which united 22 universities toward a goal of sustainability.[57] The Talloires campus has been ranked as one of the best branch campuses by the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators.[58]
Organization and administration
College/school founding | |
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College/school | Year founded
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Arts and Sciences | 1852
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Dental Medicine | 1868
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Religion (defunct) | 1869
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Fine Arts |
1876
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Medicine | 1893
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Engineering | 1898
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Business (defunct) | 1920
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Law and Diplomacy |
1933
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Experimental | 1964
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Veterinary Medicine | 1978
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Biomedical | 1981
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Nutrition |
1981
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Citizenship and Public Service |
2000
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Tufts University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is The Trustees of Tufts College. The university is governed by up to forty-one trustees and no fewer than twenty-eight. The board is self-perpetuating, with trustees responsible for choosing their successors. In addition to the president, the university appoints charter trustees (up to 30 members) who are elected by the board and alumni trustees (up to 10 members) who serve for up to five years. Generally, charter trustees are elected by majority vote of the members and alumni trustees are elected by alumni. The officers of the corporation include the chair of the board, three vice chairs, the treasurer, the secretary, the provost, the president, who serves ex officio, and the executive vice president.
The
Tufts is organized into ten schools. Each school has its own faculty and is led by a
The Tisch College was founded in 2000 "to educate for active citizenship" with the help of a $10 million (~$16.2 million in 2023) gift from eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam. The school was renamed in 2006 after a $40 million (~$56.1 million in 2023) gift from Jonathan Tisch. It has been called the "most ambitious attempt by any research university to make public service part of its core academic mission".[60] The college facilitates and supports a wide range of community service, civic engagement programs, research, and teaching initiatives across the university. The university runs on a semester-based calendar with most undergraduate students finishing within four years, however, Tisch College provides an innovative 1+4 Bridge year program where students have the opportunity to take a community service-based gap year before starting in Tufts. Current projects undertaken by Bridge Year Fellows involve serving as mentors and teachers to children, caring for rescued wild animals, contributing to renewable energy and sustainability projects. Current projects are based in Brazil, Nicaragua, and Spain.[61]
Academics
Rankings
Forbes[62] | 55 | |
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U.S. News & World Report[63] | 40 | |
Washington Monthly[64] | 36 | |
WSJ / College Pulse[65] | 30 | |
Global | ||
ARWU[66] | 151–200 | |
QS[67] | 379 | |
THE[68] | 191 | |
U.S. News & World Report[69] | 239 |
In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking, Tufts ranked 40th in the nation, tied with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and the University of Washington.[70]
In 2022, Forbes ranked the undergraduate school 32nd among private colleges in its America's Top Colleges ranking, which includes 650 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges.[71] Tufts University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[72]
Tufts was named by
Admissions
Undergraduate admissions
Undergraduate admissions statistics | |
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Admit rate | 9% ( −5.3) |
Yield rate | 50.6% ( +4.4) |
Test scores middle 50% | |
SAT Total | 1460–1560 ( +65 median) |
ACT Composite | 33–35 ( +1.5 median) |
U.S. News & World Report names Tufts' undergraduate admission as "most selective".[83] For the class of 2026, Tufts admitted 9% of 34,880 applicants.[84] The number of places in the freshmen class is set at approximately 1,600 students.[85] For the class of 2024, the interquartile range of SAT scores was 1420–1550 while for the ACT it was 33–35.[86]
Since 2006 Tufts has incorporated experimental criteria into the application process for undergraduates to test "creativity and other non-academic factors", including inviting applicants to submit YouTube videos to supplement their application.[87] Calling it the "first major university to try such a departure from the norm", Inside Higher Ed also notes that Tufts continues to consider the SAT and other traditional criteria.[88][89] Tufts accepts illegal immigrant students with and without Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Undocumented students are not considered international students, but rather domestic students.
In 1856, shortly after Tufts opened, its admissions application asked for statements of good character and for students to complete examinations in Greek, history, Latin, and mathematics. As part of these examinations, they were asked to study a list of relevant textbooks. By 1905 the admissions requirements became lengthier, and the examinations became more complex; the latter required students to write essays and translations. Julia Ryan of The Atlantic wrote that because students certified by the New England College Entrance Certificate Board, ones who attended private preparatory schools in New England, were exempt from the examinations, "perhaps only a few students were even taking [the entrance examinations]."[90] By 1925 Tufts set an admission quota of 650 males; the examinations were of a similar length of the 1905 ones but the entry requirements decreased in size to a level comparable of that of the 1856 ones. Standardized testing, admissions interviews, and other features of current university admissions processes were in place by 1946.[90]
Research
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Tuft's research expenditure in fiscal year 2018 was $213.5 million (~$246 million in 2023).[91]
Collaborations
Students can pursue a five-year program with the
Tufts has offered study abroad programs with various universities for the past 40 years. Tufts has semester and year long programs with
Archives, libraries, and museums
Completed in 1908, Tufts' first library building, Eaton Memorial Library (now Eaton Hall), was made possible with a donation from
Today the
In addition to the Barnum Museum of Natural History, Tufts had established a permanent art collection which includes a wide range of art from antiquity to the present. The Collection comprises 2,000 works from ancient Mediterranean and pre-Hispanic cultures to modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, and photography. Notable highlights in the permanent collection include works by John Singer Sargent, Albrecht Dürer, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, Andy Warhol, Milton Resnick, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso among others. Exhibitions of the collection rotate annually in the Aidekman Arts Center.[108]
Student life
Race and ethnicity[109] | Total | ||
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White | 51% | ||
Asian | 15% | ||
Foreign national | 11% | ||
Other[a] | 10% | ||
Hispanic | 8% | ||
Black | 5% | ||
Economic diversity | |||
Low-income[b] | 11% | ||
Affluent[c] | 89% |
Student body
According to the Princeton Review the undergraduate student body is ethnically and socioeconomically diverse.
Student government
There are three forms of student government at Tufts University: The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate, the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ) and the CSL (Committee on Student Life). The Senate is chaired by the student body president and led by a six-person executive board consisting of Vice President, Treasurer, Historian, Parliamentarian, and Diversity and Community Affairs Officer.[115]
In 2020, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) submitted a referendum on ending the Deadly Exchange at Tufts to the TCUJ, a seven-member group that is tasked with fact checking and removing bias from student government legislation before it is sent to the student ballot. [116] After TCUJ member Max Price expressed that the referendum and campaign rested on mistruths and needed to be revised before it could be approved for the student ballot, SJP demanded that Price be excluded from discussions due to his perceived bias as a Jew and Zionist. [117] Despite investigations determining Price's unbiased and fact-based stance, SJP continued to demand his removal from the discussion, and then his impeachment from the TCUJ altogether. [118] Facing continued harassment and potential impeachment, Price sought legal assistance, which garnered national attention and resulted in the cancellation of the impeachment hearing. [119] The revised referendum on the issue garnered record voter turnout and passed with 68% of the vote, but university administration did not respond to its demands. [120]
Publications and broadcasting
The
Activism
In 1969, Tufts was the center for Civil Rights activism due to the controversy surrounding the construction of Lewis Hall. Students staged a work strike to protest racist hiring policies practiced by the construction company Tufts had commissioned to build the residence hall. In addition to writing letters, students sat in Ballou and East Halls, and collaborated with black workers. These demonstrations eventually attracted support from major metropolitan areas in the Northeast. In 1970, Tufts adopted new hiring policies which were subsequently adopted by other universities. It led to the creation of training programs for minority employees on campus, in addition to the foundation of the Africana Center.[123]
Greek life
About 25% of the student body is involved in Greek life.[124] The four national fraternities with active chapters at Tufts are Delta Tau Delta, Theta Chi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Zeta Psi. In addition, there are three sororities: Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, and Kappa Alpha Theta. There is one co-ed fraternity, ATO of Massachusetts, as well. The university has also been home to historically Black and cultural interest Greek-lettered organizations as well, such as Alpha Phi Alpha and Lambda Upsilon Lambda.[125][126]
Athletics
Tufts competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference—the NESCAC—in NCAA Division III. Their mascot is Jumbo, which is one of two college mascots to appear in Webster's Dictionary with the other being the Billiken of St. Louis University. The mascot comes from P. T. Barnum's circus, as Barnum was one of the original trustees of Tufts College. According to legend, Jumbo the Elephant heroically jumped in front of a train, sacrificing himself to save a younger elephant from dying. Jumbo's stuffed skin was donated to the school and was displayed until a 1975 fire destroyed the body, except for the tail, which had been removed for conservation work. Now, a statue of the elephant is a prominent landmark on the quad, near Barnum Hall, the Biology building. Some of Jumbo's ashes were recovered in a peanut butter jar that has remained in the athletics director's office where students continue to rub it for good luck.[127]
Recently, Tufts has become one of the top athletic schools in Division III. The school has consistently ranked in the top ten of the Learfield Director's Cup, which ranks the top Division I, II, and III athletic programs in the country by awarding points in a pre-determined number of sports for men and women. In 2022, Tufts won the Learfield Director's Cup. In 2015–16, Tufts ranked 4th in the country, and in 2014–15 Tufts ranked 9th. Tufts men's lacrosse team won the school's first ever NCAA team championship in 2010, beating
Tufts also fields a team of runners each year for the Boston Marathon, raising money for the Friedman School's research initiatives. Originally an initiative started by then President Larry Bacow as the Presidential Marathon Challenge, it has been continued by President Monaco. At one time Tufts was granted 200 race bibs a year and students, alumni, and other affiliates would be trained by Coach Donald Megerle from the Fall until the day itself, the current number of bibs per year is 50. Many of the runners are first-time marathoners, and it is tradition for participants to wear their Boston Marathon medals at graduation.
Performed at most football games, "Tuftonia's Day", the Tufts fight song, was written in 1912 by Elliot W. Hayes. It can also be heard at Tufts' numerous a capella concerts and at homecoming.[136]
Housing and dining
Seven out of ten undergraduates live on campus. Students can choose from 40 residences from small special interest houses to traditional dorms, to shared apartments. There are 25 residence halls. Similar to residential colleges, students would frequently organize discussions and bring in guest speakers and plan several activities together. Upperclassmen have the option of living in special interest housing which are 15 houses reflecting a specific cultural or academic interest. Each house offers organizes several activities and events not limited to residents. Shared apartments are usually the most popular in the university with apartments like Sophia Gordon Hall (SoGo) a primary gathering place for juniors and seniors. The high-density residential neighborhood around the university provides additional housing for students who opt to live off campus.[137]
The university has two main dining centers, Dewick-MacPhie serving downhill students, and Carmichael serving uphill students. Each dining hall has a different menu and atmosphere. Both offer a European style server with multiple stations.[clarification needed] The Princeton Review has listed Tufts in its "Best Campus Food" category since 2005, ranking it as high as second.[138][139][140] In addition to the two main dining centers, there are a variety of smaller cafes, including a Kosher Deli and Hodgdon Food-To-Go which offers students a place to grab a quick bite to go.[141]
Traditions
A Cappella
Tufts maintains a capella groups, including the
Naked Quad Run
Every winter just prior to final exams, students would run naked laps on the Academic Quad as a way to relieve the stress of finals, much akin to similar traditions such as the
JumboSmash
JumboSmash is an application built from scratch every year by students in the computer science department.[citation needed] The idea has its origins in a 2012 submission to a Tufts hackathon.[147] Several students involved in its creation described it as "a localized, college-seniors-only Tinder app" available during the week before graduation.[148][149] The 2017 iteration registered 1 million swipes in the first 24 hours.[citation needed] Per tradition, the developers delete the app at the end of senior week, and the next year's group starts from scratch.[citation needed]
Notable people
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Tufts alumni in the government sector include Admiral
Graduates who have found success in business include
In media, alumni include
Other alumni include
Notable people who matriculated but did not complete their degrees include actress Jessica Biel, actor Rainn Wilson, American Apparel founder Dov Charney, and country music singer songwriter Darrell Scott.
Current and former Tufts faculty include former
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Eugene Fama, Nobel Prize-winning economist (BA, 1960)
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Roderick MacKinnon, Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient (MD, 1982)
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Victor McKusick, geneticist, known as the father of medical genetics (COL, 1943)
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Vannevar Bush, inventor and science administrator, founder of Raytheon (BS, 1913; MS, 1913)
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase (BA, 1978)
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Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay (BS, 1988)
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Dov Charney, Founder and CEO of American Apparel (did not graduate)
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Susan Decker, Former president of Yahoo! Inc. (BS 1984)
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Shashi Tharoor, former Under-Secretary General at the United Nations (MA, 1976; PhD, 1978)
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United States Senatorfor Massachusetts (BA, 1981)
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (BS, 1948; MA, 1949; PhD, 1961)
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Tracy Chapman, Grammy Award-winning artist (BA, 1986)
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Michelle Kwan, American figure skater and two time Olympic medalist (MA, 2011)
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Jessie G. Garnett, Boston's first black woman dentist and the first black woman to graduate from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.(BA, 1920)
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Meredith Vieira, American journalist, talk show and game show host (BA, 1975)
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Gordon Wood, historian, Pulitzer Prize winning author (BA, 1955)
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Peter Gallagher, American actor, musician, and writer (BA,1977)
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William Hurt, Academy Award-winning actor (BA, 1972)
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Hank Azaria, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer (BA, 1985)
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Oliver Platt, Stage and screen actor (BA, 1983)
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David Faber, financial journalist (BA, 1985)
See also
- The Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism
- The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
- PRAXIS: The Fletcher Journal of Human Security
- Tufts Historical Review
- Tuftsin
- Tufts Jumbos football
- Tufts Daily
- Tufts Observer
- Tufts OpenCourseWare
- Tufts Pass
- University Press of New England
Notes
- ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
- Pell grantintended for low-income students.
- ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.
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Further reading
- Sol Gittleman: An Entrepreneurial University: The Transformation of Tufts, 1976–2002, Tufts University Press, 2002, ISBN 1584654163
- Diversity, Resiliency, Legacy: The Lives of Adult Students at Tufts University, ed. by Jean Hebert and Tina Marie Johnson, Tufts University Press, 2008, ISBN 0595500463