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Members of the Class of 2020 have shared their own photos here in celebration of its in-person Commencement ceremony, which will be held on the Medford/Somerville campus on May 27.

In August 2021, as the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government, a small group of Fletcher community members mobilized the global Tufts community to facilitate the evacuation of alumni and their families who faced imminent peril in Kabul. Among those evacuated were Fletcher School graduates as well as graduates of the Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. This video recounts these efforts of the extended university community to help Tufts alumni in distress.

These Tufts Marathon Team members of the Class of 2022 already accomplished one major goal. Next up? Commencement.

Dan Pashman, A99, the host of the podcast The Sporkful, has created a new shape of pasta after a three-year effort he dubbed Mission Impastable. Called cascatelli (Italian for waterfalls), it is designed specifically to hold sauce, be easy to fork, and offer interesting texture when you bite into it.

Neil Blumenthal--a member of the Tufts Class of 2002--will deliver the Commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2020. Blumenthal will receive an honorary doctorate at the ceremony to be held on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus the morning of Friday, May 27, 2022.

Tufts alumna Erika Lee, an award-winning historian, scholar, and author, will deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2022 and receive an honorary doctorate at the in-person Commencement 2022 ceremony on the Academic Green on Sunday, May 22.

A special welcome message to international students from President Monaco, Provost Genco, and Tufts faculty, staff and students.

Take a tour of Joyce Cummings Center, Tufts’ newest home for learning, research, and collaboration on the Medford/Somerville campus.

Julian Agyeman, professor of urban and environmental policy and planning, presents the concept of just sustainabilities. Agyeman defines just sustainabilities as the ability of people as individuals and communities to have a good quality of life and well-being in a just and equitable manner while living within the limits of supporting ecosystems.

Valarie Kaur, the author of the best-selling See No Stranger, offers an indication of the inspiration she will share when she addresses the Tufts community on March 28, 2022 at the Russell Lecture on Spiritual Life. This year, the Russell Lecture is offered jointly by the University Chaplaincy as part of the Solomont Speaker Series from the Tisch College of Civic Life.

What makes friends so special? This Valentine's Day, these Tufts students explain.

Learn how the Schuler Access Initiative is expanding access to a life-changing Tufts education, and how you can be part of this amazing opportunity to double your impact and shape a bright future for Tufts students, their families, and the world.