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What happens when a summer fellowship becomes the launchpad for a career in civic leadership? Twenty years ago, the Tisch Summer Fellows (TSF) program began placing Tufts students in hands-on civic internships across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Since then, TSF alumni have gone on to shape the world as organizers, researchers, policymakers, educators, and beyond. This special anniversary panel brings together TSF alumni to reflect on their journeys and current students who are just starting theirs. Together, they’ll explore how civic learning at Tufts continues to shape lives, careers, and communities long after graduation. Registration required, all are welcome. Lunch provided.
Meet the Panelists

Chad Fisher, N24 is the Principal Research Analyst (GIS planner for Parks & Facilities) at the Boston Parks & Recreation Department. He works on issues small and large including generating snow removal maps for all 305 properties the department manages, participating in citywide climate resilience planning, and designing interactive web maps for the city website. He served two years with AmeriCorps, graduated with a masters in Agriculture, Food, and Environment (concentration in spatial data science) from the Friedman School, completed a Tisch Summer Fellowship at Speak for the Trees, Boston, and worked at the Tufts Data Lab before his current role. Outside of work, Chad enjoys knitting, biking, and exploring the city he calls home. Nate Hall, A25, Legislative Aide for Representative Ken Gordon. Julie Silverman, A23, Life Scientist, Air & Radiation Division, Energy & Resilience Branch (EPA)
This lunch is part of From Tufts, Forward, our semester-long Civic Life Lunch theme exploring how the Tufts community carries ideas forward on campus, in local communities, and far beyond. Each event reflects the momentum we create together through creativity, dialogue, and civic responsibility, and how that momentum extends into lasting impact.



Learn more at http://tufts.presence.io/event/civic-life-lunch-20-summers-of-impact-tisch-summer-fellows-then-and-now

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Spend a summer in France! Join us to learn more about the 2026 Tufts in Talloires and Tufts in Annecy programs at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. NO FRENCH REQUIRED. Learn more at http://tufts.presence.io/event/tufts-in-talloires-annecy-info-session-5