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An illustration of a blue elephant with a large red heart is at the center of four photos of the Tufts University campuses.

A Matching Gift Boosts the Tufts Community Appeal

Faculty and staff giving will strengthen local nonprofits and student financial aid

Cherish Chinatown committee members Venus Tran, D24 and Esther Yi, D25, eating in Chinatown

Cherish Chinatown Challenge Under Way

The initiative, which takes place through the end of November, aims to engage the Tufts community with local restaurants and shops in Boston’s Chinatown.

New Turf Field and Other Upgrades at Ellis Oval

Improvements are a boost for Tufts football and other teams and the entire community

Seven Tufts undergraduate student outside American Flatbread in Davis Square. Somerville. Tufts connects students with host neighborhoods to support local communities

New Jumbos Discover Local Businesses

Tufts connects students with host neighborhoods to support local communities

Jacob Wessel, Boston’s public realm director, talks about a safer, more accessible future for the city’s streets.

A Street-Smart Vision for Boston

Jacob Wessel, A14, steers toward a more equitable future for the city’s public spaces

Five people pose outside the Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center in Chinatown

Helping Chinatown Residents Take Ownership of Their Wellness

Student volunteers see health literacy as one antidote to Asian American health disparities

A new Tufts University building, still under construction, overlooks an intersection with other parts of campus visible around it. Joyce Cummings Center, a new academic hub on the Medford-Somerville campus, is slated to open in early 2022.

Tufts Kicks Off Summer Construction

Work begins on simulation clinics for medical and veterinary students, and continues on a new academic center slated to open in 2022.

A hand puts a container with testing swabs into a box containing other swabs

Grant Supports Innovative Medford Public School COVID Testing Program

Funds from Cummings Foundation bolster testing model that has contributed to safe in-person learning for Medford PK-12 schools

Members of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine’s Asian Dental Organization pose in a garden

Reaching for New Levels of Understanding in Chinatown

A student dentist confronts language barriers in the community and the clinic