Africana Center
Founded in 1969, the Africana Center seeks to ensure that students have access to a variety of academic and cultural resources available on campus. The Center works with students of African descent from many different backgrounds. It implements programs such as lectures, workshops and a range of additional activities that are designed to support the individual growth of all Tufts undergraduates and which reflect and celebrate the intellectual and cultural traditions of black people in the diaspora.
African Student Organization
The African Student Organization is a cultural group open to all members of the Tufts community. The organization seeks to bring issues concerning modern African politics, traditions, and cultures to the awareness of both the African and non-African communities at Tufts. It achieves this goal by hosting several community outreach and awareness initiatives, as well as bi-monthly interactive discussions, cultural workshops, intercultural shows and other events.
Arab Student Association
The Arab Student Association (ASA) is a political and cultural student organization concerned with Middle Eastern issues. It strives to disseminate information to the Tufts community about the nation-states and nations that make up the Arab world. The ASA attempts to inform and increase awareness of the political conflicts, social and economic developments, and cultural strains unique to this vital and complex area.
Asian American Center
The Asian American Center, founded in 1983, is a resource for the university and the Asian American/Asian communities at Tufts. The Center fosters a supportive environment for the academic and personal development of students by offering educational and cultural programs. The Center recognizes the distinct East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian cultures and identities present in the Tufts community and strives to create a successful college experience for people in these communities.
Asian Studies
The Asian Studies major provides students with a strong foundation in an Asian language and expertise drawn from a variety of disciplines. Tufts students who have majored in Asian Studies have pursued careers in international organization, government, business, and teaching.
Association of Latin American Students
The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), formerly known as the Hispanic American Society, is a student-run organization created in 1989 that seeks to bring together students who are part of the Latino community at Tufts as well as students who are interested in Latin America. ALAS' primary goal is to meet the needs of the Tufts' Latino student population as well as to provide an arena for intellectual discourse on issues facing the Latino community at large.
Borghesani Memorial Prize
This prize is awarded to second-semester sophomores and juniors who undertake a research project, internship, volunteer activity, or plan of study in any field involving international issues. The prize encourages personal growth and independence, while increasing one's understanding of all peoples and encouraging a commitment to the world community. Past recipients of the prize have traveled abroad in order to study, conduct research, participate in international internships, and become involved in social change movements.
Caribbean Club
The Caribbean Club helps to foster an understanding and appreciation of the diverse culture of the region. The club accomplishes this through music, conversation and community. It aims to bring widespread cultural awareness to the Tufts campus by collaborating with other cultural organizations on events such as the "Inter-Cultural Semi-Formal."
Chinese Students Association
The Chinese Students Association (CSA) brings Chinese culture to Tufts through cultural festivals and other activities relating to Chinese culture. Typically, the association holds annual Chinese New Year celebrations and introduces various types of Chinese food and games to the Tufts community. The CSA also publishes the newsletter Resonance, which discusses current issues and events in the local Chinese community and in Asia. The goal of the CSA is to convey to all Tufts students the significance of being Chinese.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Programs Abroad
Students of the ECE Department can participate in study abroad programs, usually during junior year, at University College London or elsewhere.
Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) promotes international awareness and responsibility by completing engineering projects designed to improve the standard of living in developing areas. EWB provides a forum and community for engineers and non-engineers alike to learn about developing countries, their cultures, and the development issues facing them. Students have worked on a model green building in Ecuador and water filtration in El Salvador in an effort to build a better world, one community at a time.
European Club
The purpose of the European Club is to debate and educate students and faculty about European politics and current events, focusing especially on Europe's path towards unification in the 21st century. The Club initiates and coordinates efforts to help the Tufts community understand the challenges facing a united Europe, as well as its importance to the rest of the world.
Filipino Cultural Society
The purpose of the Filipino Cultural Club is to promote awareness of Filipino issues and culture, to create a network of Filipinos on the Tufts campus, to open the lines of communication with Filipino clubs at other schools and, finally, to support Tufts in promoting diversity.
Friends of Israel
Friends of Israel (FOI) is a student organization committed to educating the Tufts community about Israeli culture. FOI was founded with the hope that its members could play a role in the crucial task of building a brighter future for the world. Although Friends of Israel is a political organization due to the nature of relevant issues, the organization does not have official positions on the conflict in the Middle East. It does, however, hold hopes for an end to all violence, and looks forward to a future in peace.
Hawaii Club
Emphasizing 'Ohana and the Aloha spirit, the Hawaii Club is dedicated to educating the Tufts community on Hawaiian traditions and cultures as well as helping its first-year undergraduate student members adjust to a new life in Boston. Tufts University's Hawaii Club sponsors events ranging from Asian-American activities to Spam Musubi nights throughout the year, culminating with a luau in the spring.
Innovative Curricula in Water & International Research
The Innovative Curricula in Water & International Research is a five-year NIH-funded "Roadmap" program. Its goal is twofold: to develop and implement a health and water curriculum in the new Tufts University Water: Systems, Science, and Society interdisciplinary program, and to create novel interdisciplinary Internet-based curricula linking Tufts University with East African public health educators, researchers, and institutions.
Institute for Global Leadership
The mission of the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) is to prepare new generations of critical thinkers for effective and ethical leadership, ready to act as global citizens in addressing international and national issues across cultures. The Institute emphasizes rigorous academic preparation and experiential learning. Students learn through intensive engagement in classes, global research, internships, workshops, simulations and international symposia -- all involving national and international leaders from the public and private sectors.
Intercultural Conversation Program
The Intercultural Conversation Program, sponsored by the International Center, is a volunteer program open to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff who are interested in engaging in a unique cultural exchange. The program gives international graduate students the opportunity to practice English conversational skills, learn more about U.S. life and culture, and seek friendship and support from a local host.
Intercultural Festival
The Intercultural Festival is a week-long series of programs and events designed by the International Center to promote learning and understanding within the Tufts community of various countries and cultures from around the world and within the United States.
International Center
The International Center provides support for international students and faculty at Tufts, offering a variety of services, workshops and information. The center is a valuable resource for international students and faculty who want to acclimate to life at Tufts and make the transition as smooth as possible.
International Club
The International Club at Tufts promotes foreign culture on campus through an array of exciting events designed to link the university's American and International communities: students, faculty and others. In addition to sponsoring events like the I-Cruise, Intercultural Week and the Parade of Nations, the club works closely with groups such as UNICEF to support charitable giving.
Japanese Culture Club
The purpose of the Japanese Culture Club is to educate the Tufts community on cultural, political and economic issues about Japan. This is done through organized events and social gatherings that incorporate Japanese food, ceremonies, games, films, and much more. Past efforts have also included a dance to raise awareness and money for victims of the Kobe Japan earthquake.
Korean Students Association
The Korean Students Association was formed with the intent to enhance the awareness of the distinct culture and history of Korea. It also seeks to promote unity among Tufts University's Korean students. It achieves these goals by sponsoring a number of dances, culture nights, and sporting events throughout the year.
Kwabeng Project
Presently funded by Tufts University's Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the Kwabeng Project builds upon the fieldwork of environmental engineer John Durant and epidemiologist David M. Gute in Kwabeng, Ghana, examining the area's increased rates of urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium) since the onset of surface gold mining activities in the early 1990s.
Latino Center
The Latino Center officially opened in October of 1993 to serve the needs of the Latino student population on the Tufts campus. Its primary objectives are to provide a supportive environment for its students, to foster pride in the Latino culture and to serve as a resource for the entire Tufts community. Through its programs, the Latino Center is committed to building a strong Latino community at Tufts where students feel valued and supported.
Mechanical Engineering Study Abroad
The Mechanical Engineering Department offers the opportunity for selected students to study for one or two terms (typically during junior year) at the University of Sussex in England and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon in France. Although these are the only programs with which the department has formal arrangements, students have attended accredited engineering programs in other universities (e.g., University of London, University of New South Wales).
Muslim Students' Association at Tufts
The Muslim Students Association at Tufts (MSAT) is committed to serving the needs of Muslim students at Tufts University and to promote awareness and tolerance of Islam within the Tufts community and neighborhoods. The organization seeks to provide a welcoming community of faith and friendship. Weekly discussions of the Qur'an are held, as well as communal dinners during Ramadan. MSAT also works with other faith communities on campus to build an environment of peace and mutual understanding.
Office of Programs Abroad
Tufts University has been offering foreign study programs to undergraduates for four decades, and at present runs its own programs for juniors and seniors to study in Chile, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, London, Madrid, Oxford, Paris, and Tübingen. Students may also choose from hundreds of approved programs run by non-Tufts providers.
Oliver Chapman Award
The Tufts University International Club administers The Oliver Chapman Leadership and Community Service Award. This award is unique because the achievements of a Tufts student are recognized by his/her peers. In considering nominees for this award, the committee looks for a student who has been active with the international community either on the Tufts campus or off-campus in the local community.
Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits for Broadband Wireless Communication Systems Research
The Tufts School of Engineering is currently collaborating with the Optical Communications Group at the University of Oxford for this research project focused on developing novel optoelectronic integrated circuit architectures for broadband communication systems. The Oxford group provides expertise in the design of custom Indium Gallium Arsenide arrays of optoelectronic devices that are integrated with high-performance silicon electronic circuits developed by graduate research students in the Tufts Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Group, led by Prof. Valencia Joyner.
Pan-African Alliance
The purpose of the Pan-African Alliance is to promote solidarity and awareness among members of the black community and to teach others about the black experience, providing a cultural and spiritual link to Africa. The Alliance provides and coordinates social, educational, cultural and recreational activities to help enhance the quality of student life at Tufts. The Pan-African Alliance also serves as a voice through which to articulate the concerns of black students to the university as a whole.
PANGEA
PANGEA is dedicated to cultivating a community aware of global issues, committed to people around the world, and ready to use its knowledge and experience to lead our generation in promoting justice. Through meetings, teach-ins, hosting events, and other mediums, PANGEA examines diverse international issues and effective means by which to aid communities in need. Most importantly, PANGEA takes action through projects including service trips, and brings the issues to the Tufts community.
Singapore Students Association
The Tufts Singaporean Students Association (SSA) was established with the goal of promoting the unique Singaporean culture on and around the Tufts Campus. Each year SSA sponsors several events at Tufts, including informational meetings, food gatherings, movie nights, and their biggest annual celebration, Kopitiam. SSA has also been an active participant in the Tufts Tsunami Relief Fund, established to raise funds following the disaster in Southeast Asia.
Special Interest Housing
The Office of Residential Life offers fourteen special interest housing opportunities, giving students a chance to live with those who share cultural or academic interests. Each small group unit offers an assortment of activities for residents, many of which are international in nature. Groups include language units, in which students can practice a common language, and culture units, emphasizing the unique cultural experiences of various regions.
Surface Mining Impact on Spread of Schistosomiasis in Ghana
Dr. John Durant is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the School of Engineering and teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on environmental chemistry and chemical fate and transport. His research interests involve the human health consequences of environmental chemistry, particularly in air and water. Currently he is studying the influence of surface mining on changes in hydrology and its impact on the spread of schistosomiasis in Ghana.
Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts
The Taiwanese Association of Students at Tufts (TAST) is dedicated to bringing together students interested in the history and culture of the region as well as the experiences of Taiwanese people living at home and abroad. TAST's activities include lantern-painting nights, movie nights, Taiwan Week, Nightmarket, and much more.
Thai Club
The Thai Club seeks to represent the Thai population at Tufts and to promote Thailand's culture throughout the entire student body. The club puts on events each year such as film screenings, field trips, and its annual Thai Night, which recreates the atmosphere of a marketplace and provides authentic Thai food.
The Quito Integrated Environment and Policy (QUIEP) Program
This three-year National Institutes of Health-funded program, directed by Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, represents an international collaboration to encourage research in developing countries on topics that combine the issues of health, environment, and economic development. The goal is to improve understanding of the relationships between these topics and to help guide policy. The program encourages faculty and student exchanges at the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Fletcher.
The Russian Circle
The Russian Circle is an organization for students interested in the various cultures and politics that abound in the former Soviet Union, as well as for those studying the Russian language. Past activities have included lectures, a film series, restaurant trips, and celebration of Russian holidays. The Circle holds weekly meetings to which all students, particularly those wishing to converse in Russian, are invited.
Tufts Association of South Asians
The Tufts Association of South Asians (TASA) is open to all members of the Tufts community. TASA hopes to educate the Tufts community about South Asia and explore the heritage and experiences of its members. Not only is South Asian culture explored and celebrated, such as the ethnic dancing featured in TASA's annual culture show, but political events are discussed and debated as well.
Tufts-in-Chile
The Tufts-in-Chile program allows undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least five semesters of Spanish classes to study at the University of Chile in Santiago, one of the region's leading universities, for the fall semester or the full academic year. Students are fully integrated into the life of the university and are able to take regular courses in any of its faculties.
Tufts-in-China
The Tufts-in-China program offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least four semesters of Chinese classes the chance to spend the fall semester in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, one of the top universities in China. There is a saying in Chinese: "In heaven there is paradise; on earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou." The combination of the city of Hangzhou and the renowned Zhejiang University makes Tufts in China a unique program for students of Chinese language and culture.
Tufts-in-Ghana
The Tufts-in-Ghana program, which takes place in the fall semester, offers undergraduates (usually juniors) the chance to study at the University of Ghana (Legon), located just outside the booming metropolis of the capital, Accra. Since English is the language of instruction at the University of Ghana and is widely spoken throughout the nation, there are no language prerequisites.
Tufts-in-Hong Kong
The Tufts-in-Hong Kong program is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and offered to undergraduates (usually juniors) in the spring semester. HKU evolved from the former Hong Kong College of Medicine, founded in 1887. No language experience is needed to apply.
Tufts-in-Japan
Tufts-in-Japan offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least two semesters of Japanese classes the chance to spend the spring semester or a full academic year in Kanazawa, one of the most beautiful cities in Japan. Located on the Japan Sea (facing Korea and China), Kanazawa is an ancient castle town that was the administrative center of the Kaga Domain, the largest and most affluent in the entire country, during the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868). Students take classes at the newly rebuilt Kanazawa University, one of the leading national universities. By night, students are able to enjoy Korinbo's colorful nightlife.
Tufts-in-Madrid
The Tufts-in-Madrid program, run jointly with Skidmore College, offers undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least six semesters of Spanish classes the opportunity to study at one of two Tufts-affiliated universities: the Autonomous University of Madrid or the University of Alcalá, 16 miles east of Madrid.
Tufts-in-Oxford
Tufts-in-Oxford offers undergraduates (usually juniors) in high academic standing the chance to spend a year studying at Pembroke College, a 400-year-old, 400-student strong division of Oxford University.
Tufts-in-Tübingen
Tufts study abroad program in Tübingen, Germany, a town of 80,000 not far from Stuttgart, offers a full year or one-semester program for undergraduates (usually juniors) with at least two years of German classes. The program of 20 students, is completely integrated into the German university system, offering courses at Eberhard-Karls University, founded in 1477.