We asked nine Tufts professors to tell us the personal stories behind their elaborate Commencement fashions.
“Last year I returned to Naples, the city that inspired my love of art more than fifty years ago when I spent a semester there as part of the Tufts in Italy program. Here are a few excerpts from a travel journal I kept during my most recent trip.”
Maisa Al-Sebaei challenges the status quo, in her specialty and her home country.
Jeffrey Glassberg, A69, helped usher in the age of CSI-style criminal investigation by inventing genetic fingerprinting. Then he set out to save the butterfly, and with it the world.
For years, international organizations have turned to Jim Desmond, V08, VG08, and his wife, Jenny, to care for primates in crisis and to track dangerous diseases like Ebola. Now, in the tropical forests of Liberia, they’re taking on their toughest challenge yet.
Meet Georgia Tuttle, M80, a leading dermatologist and, until recently, the elected leader of a small New Hampshire city.
Tufts anthropology professor Nick Seaver explores the hidden world of the people behind music recommender systems.
For more than half a century now, the Ex College has been challenging convention, setting trends, and preparing students for the world of tomorrow.
Hard Work If You Can Get It
Livelihoods programs promise refugees a path to self-reliance, but how much they can truly help remains an open question.
Changing Minds
After an ugly incident, leaders in one Maine city look for new ideas for integrating refugees.
Taking Root
With a little help from Tufts, an immigrant farmer sustains her family and a diverse community.
Tufts Now
Wars shaped Zviad Adzinbaia’s early life, so he came to the Fletcher School to better understand how to avert them
A graduating dentist first discovered her calling at Tufts special-needs clinics
A Fletcher School professor tells how Vladimir Putin uses economics to maintain control over Russia
A veterinary surgeon at Tufts tests an experimental imaging technology on dogs being treated for cancer