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Border walls and hostile rhetoric won’t solve the migration crisis. Faculty from The Fletcher School at Tufts University offer three fresh ideas to help us do better. #WorldRefugeeDay

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for big ideas for the coming decade, and two Tufts professors have made the final cut. #NSFIdeaMachine

From a new Tufts Squash facility and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine lobby, to ambitious renovations of one of the university’s most historic academic buildings, here’s an overview of constructions projects now underway on Tufts' campuses.

In a transplant procedure, Tufts University School of Medicine alumnus Joshua Linscott saved his father's life by donating part of his liver to him.

From all of us at Tufts, happy Father's Day! 💙

58 first-generation Tufts students graduated this year as the first in their family to earn a college degree 🎓 Join fellow Jumbos in supporting a scholarship for a first-generation Tufts student this fall!

New York eliminated religious exemptions for #vaccinations. When are #vaccine exemptions universally allowed? Why does government require vaccines? Anthony Schlaff, Director of Public Health Programs at Tufts University School of Medicine, explains.

On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design for a United States national flag 🇺🇸 #FlagDay

American Culinary Federation Competition. Four of our chefs competed with a mystery basket of ingredients. #tellyourstory19

“I think that’s the future of humanity: integrating with machines, letting them play to their strength, integrating with our strength, not competing head-to-head,” said author and The Fletcher School at Tufts University alum Olaf Groth. #TuftsTellMeMore #ArtificialIntelligence

Patricia Warner, who earned a certificate in learning disabilities from Tufts in 1975, was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal for her contributions during World War II, which were kept secret for decades.

Congratulations again to #Tufts2019 parents! The impact that your child will make on this world after their experiences at Tufts is immeasurable, but you can help grow that impact for the next generation of students with a gift to celebrate your Jumbo 🐘

President Anthony Monaco, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life Dean Alan Solomont, and members of the Massachusetts delegation are in D.C. today for a Jumbos on the Hill event!

Eight Tufts students trekked to Everest Base Camp while fundraising for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay!Pictured here: Alex Lein, A21, Claire Kerns, A20, Zoe Barnes, A20, Siobhan Shamlian, A20, Mikayla Rose, A20, Isabel Licata, A20, Sarah Lok, A22, Tufts Gordon Institute student James Aronson and Tufts University School of Engineering PhD student Zijia Zhao

Nearly 9,500 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each day in the U.S. alone. Tufts University School of Medicine dermatologist F. Clarissa Yang shares her advice for making the most of sunscreen and other sun blockers.