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Tufts Earns “Gold” Rating for Sustainability

Sustainability report highlights measures of progress

A wheelchair next to a dental chair in a dentist's office.

In the Dental Clinic, a New Approach to a Complex Problem

Bringing good oral health within reach for patients with disabilities or extensive medical issues

Mike Santasieri (in green scrubs), a certified veterinary technician and manager of the simulation laboratory at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, instructs EMS professionals using a simulation mannequin.

After Nero’s Law, Tufts Veterinarians Help Train EMS Personnel Statewide

At recent training sessions for first responders, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine faculty trained participants on how to treat and transport police K-9s in Massachusetts

Wright Academy students listened to a Tufts University School of Medicine student volunteer talk about measuring the heart's activity through an EKG or electrocardiogram.

Medical Students Help Local Middle Schoolers Explore IDEAS in Medicine

Through a Community Service Learning program, more than 100 Wright Academy students are tutored by Tufts University School of Medicine students each year

Tisch College Announces Events for Spring 2023

Speakers include activists, authors, faith leaders, and the former president of Costa Rica

Customers shopping for groceries at Daily Table

Local Nonprofit Organizations Invited to Apply for Tufts Community Grants

Grant amounts are increased this year, thanks to a Cummings Foundation challenge gift

Two large houses that are student residences alongside the Medford/Somerville campus. Wanting to bring more students to live on campus, Tufts University is expanding existing residences and creating new ones

Tufts Adds More Campus Housing

The university added more than 450 beds over the past 5 years and plans to add more in the near future, including a new high-density, on-campus residence hall.

Tufts University sign beside a flowering tree. Tufts emergency response grants are offered to community nonprofits in Medford, Somerville, Boston, and Grafton.

Tufts Emergency Response Grants Offered to Community Nonprofits

The $1,000 grants are available for organizations in university host communities of Medford, Somerville, Boston, and Grafton

Volunteers at the Mystic Community Market

Tufts Awards 35 Grants to Support Local Initiatives

A Cummings Foundation matching gift doubled the amount of the grant awards made this year to community-based charitable organizations in Boston, Grafton, Medford, and Somerville