Monday, March 25th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear Members of the Tufts University Community: I am writing to share my thoughts on the controversy involving the Sackler family and the opioid crisis. The anguish that opioids have inflicted on so many individuals… Read More
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear Members of the Tufts Community, We are writing to provide you with information about possible changes in the operations of Tufts Dining Services on the Medford/Somerville and SMFA campuses. As you may know, Tufts… Read More
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear Members of the Tufts Community, Today I am pleased to announce a new program for incoming first-year Arts & Sciences undergraduates that will expand opportunities for global experiential learning as a foundation for the… Read More
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts AS&E community, We are writing with great sadness this evening to let you know that we have learned of the unexpected passing of Shubha Debnath, a member of the Class… Read More
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts community, The university’s Board of Trustees gathered for its second meeting of the academic year earlier this month. In addition to the regular meetings of the Board and many of… Read More
Thursday, February 14th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts community, On Tuesday, I wrote to you to call attention to and condemn an incident involving the targeting of Jewish members of our community with flyers that were posted at… Read More
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts community, This morning, a large number of posters were found on the exterior of the university’s Granoff Family Hillel Center. The derogatory images and symbolism in these posters were profoundly… Read More
Friday, February 8th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts community, I hope that the spring semester is off to a good start for all of you. This past fall saw significant progress on our academic priorities. The key drivers of excellence… Read More
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear colleagues, Tufts prides itself on excellence in teaching and innovative research and scholarship. Our faculty have always given us reason to rejoice, and I am delighted to invite you to seven celebrations of academic… Read More
Thursday, January 31st, 2019 Speeches and Messages
Dear members of the Tufts community, The most recent regular meeting of the Board of Trustees and its committees took place on Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3, on the Medford/Somerville campus. Major topics… Read More