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
Thursday, January 31st, 2019 Speeches and Messages
January 31, 2019 Dear members of the Tufts community, As you know, the US Department of Education is currently soliciting public comment on proposed changes to the regulations governing Title IX of the Education Amendment… Read More
Thursday, January 24th, 2019 Speeches and Messages
January 24, 2019 Dear members of the Tufts community: We have received reports that a Tufts University student recently posted a photo of herself in blackface on Instagram. Blackface has a long history of being… Read More