Monday, September 14th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
September 14, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts community, It is with great appreciation that we share with you the news that Alan D. Solomont, A70, A08P, the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of the… Read More
Monday, September 14th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
September 14, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts community, I am pleased to welcome you all back to the start of the Fall 2020 semester. I hope you will spend a few minutes to watch… Read More
Friday, August 21st, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
August 21, 2020 Dear faculty and staff colleagues: Recent reports from the National Research Council and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) Council on Research’s Task Force on Laboratory Safety, have stressed… Read More
Monday, August 17th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
August 17, 2020 Dear students, colleagues and friends of the university chaplaincy, I am pleased to share the news that The Reverend Elyse Nelson Winger, an ordained minister within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,… Read More
Thursday, August 13th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
August 13, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, I write today to inform you that Dr. Michael Apkon, CEO of Tufts Medical Center and a stalwart friend and supporter of the university, will… Read More
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
July 8, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, On June 19, we gathered to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday, explore the profound effect structural racism can have on Black colleagues and students within our… Read More
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
July 8, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, Late Monday afternoon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, issued guidance concerning fall 2020 immigration requirements for… Read More
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
June 23, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, The past several months have challenged and changed us in ways that we could never have imagined. We had to transition quickly to remote operations,… Read More
Sunday, June 21st, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
June 21, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, I write today to commend two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have direct implications for members of our university community. On Monday, the court… Read More
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
June 16, 2020 Dear members of the Tufts University community, We gathered last week to mourn for the Black lives that have been lost due to racial injustice and police violence and to begin a… Read More