Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
March 31, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts community, The university’s Board of Trustees gathered for a series of virtual committee and full board meetings in late January and early February. During the plenary session,… Read More
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
March 23, 2021 Dear faculty and staff, Let us first express our deepest gratitude for the hard work you are all continuing to do in this challenging time. As noted in our message to the… Read More
Thursday, March 18th, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
March 18, 2021 Dear students, faculty, and staff: I’m delighted to share with you that civil rights lawyer and advocate Bryan Stevenson will be Tufts’ 2021 Commencement speaker. Mr. Stevenson, the head of the Equal… Read More
Thursday, March 18th, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
March 18, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts community, On Tuesday night, eight lives were taken in a series of violent attacks in Atlanta. While an investigation is under way, we know that six of… Read More
Friday, March 12th, 2021 President's Desk Speeches and Messages
March 12, 2021 Dear Tufts students, faculty, and staff, It was one year ago that we shifted to remote education, curtailed research, closed clinics for all but emergency care, and began to work from home.… Read More
Monday, March 8th, 2021 Speeches and Messages
March 8, 2021 Dear students, faculty, and staff: I’m writing to update you on plans for the university’s Commencement ceremonies. As you can imagine, planning for Commencement this year is extremely challenging. Uncertain public health… Read More
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 Speeches and Messages
February 17, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts University community, Last July, following our community’s Juneteenth celebration, I announced a university-wide initiative to make Tufts an Anti-Racist Institution. Today, I write to share with you… Read More
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 Speeches and Messages
February 10, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts community: Tufts has a long history of leadership within higher education on issues of sustainability, ranging from initiating the Talloires Declaration in 1990 to its work today… Read More
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 Speeches and Messages
February 9, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts University community, Last night, another Tufts meeting on Zoom was interrupted in the most despicable way. To protect the safety of those in the meeting—and to avoid… Read More
Saturday, February 6th, 2021 Speeches and Messages
February 6, 2021 Dear members of the Tufts University community, I write today to make you aware of a despicable racist incident that occurred Friday afternoon and the steps we are taking in response—and to… Read More