Africa in the New World
The Africa in the New World (ANW) Interdisciplinary Program encourages students to explore Africa and the African diaspora in the Americas and globally through a range of perspectives. Particular emphasis is given to three intellectual currents: Diaspora studies, identity construction and globalization. ANW sponsors an annual Africa-Diaspora lecture series to showcase these themes.
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.
An Ecological Analysis of Cryptosporidium in Kenya
Led by principle investigator Jeffrey K. Griffiths, MD MPH&TM, the major goal of this research is to map the genotypes of /C. parvum/ isolates found in water, animal feces, and from cases of human diarrhea in a region of Kenya where HIV is prevalent and human-animal contact is frequent (Meru Town and Meru game park, Kenya). Collaborators include the Vice Chancellor of Kenya Methodist University and the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Anthropology
Anthropology at Tufts provides students not only with a strong background in critical thinking, analysis, and writing, but also with first-hand experience through original field research. The combination of intellectual community, disciplinary breadth, global and local understanding, hands-on research and public engagement makes anthropology a strong liberal arts major and an excellent preparation for both graduate school and a wide range of careers.
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.
Archaeology
Tufts offers a general interdisciplinary undergraduate major in archaeology, incorporating courses from the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students in archaeology combine course work with firsthand experience in recovery, conservation, and interpretation of material remains. The archaeology program has affiliations with several summer field schools, including the Murlo excavation in Italy, the Talloires/Mt. Musièges excavation in France, the Old Sturbridge Village Field School, and the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology.
Archaeology Field School: Programme for Belize Archaeology Project
Each summer, lecturer Laurie Sullivan leads Tufts and University of Massachusetts students in an Archaeology Field School on the Programme for Belize Rio Bravo Conservation Lands in northwestern Belize. Students participate in first-hand field excavation and laboratory research in a tropical rainforest setting that was the site of Maya occupation from ca. 900 B.C. to 900 A.D. They investigate social and political organizations through the excavation of small site centers and large ceremonial centers.
Art and Art History
The wide range of courses offered by the department is designed to familiarize students with important artists, traditions and themes in world art and visual culture. Some courses focus on individual achievements, great artists and schools, while others explore significant periods, such as the Renaissance or the 1960s, or themes that cross time and cultures, such as the treatment of nature or the fear and destruction of images (inconoclasm and iconophobia). Artistic style and culture from a number of regions are explored, with course offerings such as Japanese Architecture, Contemporary Art in Africa, and Latin American Cinema.
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 Community at Tufts
The goal of Asian Community at Tufts (ACT) is to unify the Asian groups on campus by raising political awareness about Asian/Asian-American issues. To this end, ACT provides various political, educational, and social events that serve to educate and unite the Tufts community.
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."
Center for International Environmental and Resource Policy (CIERP)
Established in 1990 to support the growing demand for international environmental leaders, the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy's mission is to educate students to become policy and decision-makers who will keep environmental concerns at the forefront of the national agenda. Through the Center, students develop the skills necessary to formulate effective environmental strategies and solutions.
Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies
Established in 1989, The Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies has since served as New England's focal point for scholarship on the South Asian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean rim. With an emphasis on history, culture, literature, religion, politics, economics and diplomacy, it is committed to promoting interdisciplinary approaches to the study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, which together make up the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
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.
Christian Medical College
The Department of Public Health & Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and Christian Medical College/Vellore, in Tamil Nadu, India, have a 35-year history of collaboration in research and education. The combination of excellence in medical research at CMC and the expertise in Infectious Diseases at Tufts has enabled outstanding joint research (primarily in intestinal infectious diseases, and more recently in HIV/AIDS), bilateral exchanges of faculty, and excellent training opportunities in India for Tufts medical and public health students. The culmination of that relationship is the development of a Masters in Public Health (MPH) program in Vellore, with the curriculum jointly developed by Tufts and CMC faculty.
Classics
Classics at Tufts constitute an interdisciplinary study of the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, and Europe. The Department of Classics is dedicated to the study of Greek and Roman culture and to clarifying and assessing its continuing impact on contemporary life. The role of the individual in relation to contemporary society, as the study of Classics shows, can be examined through the history, archaeology, art, architecture, science, philosophy, religion, mythology, and especially through the literatures of Greece and Rome.
Comparative Religion
The Department of Comparative Religion investigates the various expressions of religion encountered in human experience around the world. Students study the field of religion in both its functional and theoretical aspects. Courses explore the Western religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Courses are designed to give a broad cultural appreciation of religion in accordance with the principles of a liberal arts education.
Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research
The Concordia Foundation Fellowship for Summer Excavation/Research provides support for graduate students studying Classics and Classical Archaeology at Tufts. The Fellowship is funded by an endowment from the Concordia Foundation and is awarded to students who are pursuing research or participating in an archaeological excavation during the summer.
Cryptosporidium in HIV Positive Children in Ecuador
Led by principle investigator Jeffrey K. Griffiths, MD MPH&TM, the major goal of this research is to test the hypothesis that micronutrient interventions will decrease the incidence of diarrheal diseases, and specifically cryptosporidiosis, in HIV seropositive children in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Cuban Experience: Graduate Research Internships in Cuba
This internship is one of many opportunities at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program enables graduate students across the schools at Tufts to pursue short-term research internships in Cuba in the fields of education, agriculture, health, the environment and cultural studies. Contact the Latino Center for more information.
Dental Distance Education Program: Master of Science
In 2005, the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine launched a master's degree program through a long-distance learning format for dentists who want to further their education but cannot be physically present in the Boston area full time. This three-year program adheres to the same standards and requirements as all other master's degrees. The course work includes study of craniofacial pain, statistics, and epidemiology, review of scientific literature, technical writing and thesis work. Candidates have been enrolled from countries such as India, Italy, Canada and the United States.
Dental International Student Program
The Dental International Student (DIS) Program at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine began in 1956 to provide foreign-trained dentists with the education and experience required to practice dentistry in America. The program comprises five semesters of course work and clinical experience, including innovative courses in implantology and geriatric dentistry. Upon completion of the program, students receive a D.M.D. degree and are eligible for licensure to practice dentistry in the United States of America.
Department of Romance Languages
The Romance languages all derive from the Latin spoken in different parts of the Roman Empire. Courses in French, Spanish, and Italian give students an understanding of the spoken and written language and promote the reading and appreciation of each nation's literature. Students may deepen their linguistic sensibilities and expand their horizons by studying, through a Romance language, a civilization different from but connected to their own. Students may major in French, in Spanish, or in Italian Studies, and may minor in Italian.
Division of Education, Advocacy and Community Outreach
This division of the School of Dental Medicine organizes and sponsors trips to countries such as Ecuador, where students and faculty offer preventive care, screenings and education.
Drama and Dance
The Department of Drama and Dance provides a liberal arts approach to the creative, historical, and aesthetic dimensions of the theater arts. It fosters critical thinking and challenges the imagination in the study and performance of theater arts. Drama and dance have forever been powerful forces in the world, an imaginative mirror through which we can better understand psychology, politics, religion, and gender. The Drama and Dance department offers many study abroad opportunities, such as the British American Dramatic Academy, the London College of Fashion Design, and Tufts-in-Madrid, a strong theater program for students fluent in Spanish.
Economics
The mission of the department is to teach students to be critical thinkers and to use the discipline of economics to analyze important economic, political and social issues, ranging from international economic relations, development, growth, and income inequality, to education, housing and competition policy. Department courses, with continuing interaction with other scholars at Tufts and elsewhere, help mold future community leaders. Classes, collaborations, faculty research, and other study opportunities are available for students in the area of international economics.
Effectiveness and Cost of HIV Care Delivery and Treatment in Kenya
Dr. Mkaya Mwamburi of the Tufts University School of Medicine is conducting a trial of modified, directly observed therapy for HIV, and determining the cost-effectiveness of this approach. He is also doing qualitative research to determine why some people afflicted with HIV in Kenya may elect not to undergo antiretroviral therapy when it is available. His current focus is in operational and translational research in developing countries.
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.
Environment and Sustainability Initiative
ESI seeks to supplement our studies through a variety of activities related to environmental and energy issues. These can include inviting speakers, hosting forums and debates, organizing education programs for EEF members as well as the Tufts and larger community, career workshops, and advocacy for the environment on the international level or the levels of our local community, and other appropriate activities.
EPIIC
The Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) program is a carefully integrated multidisciplinary program which, through its innovative and rigorous curricula and projects, prepares undergraduates to lead their communities -- local, national and global. Each year, EPIIC explores one broad global dilemma and provokes students to explore its complexity. High intellectual engagement, passion, and genuine objectivity have been the standard of EPIIC: the cornerstone of Tufts University's international relations education for the 21st century.
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.
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE is the Institute for Global Leadership's photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights program, dedicated to mentoring and developing young, knowledgeable photojournalists and documentary filmmakers. EXPOSURE's instructors include preeminent photographers from VII Photo Agency and other distinguished journalists who help run the program's hands-on workshops in Kosovo, Argentina and Philadelphia. These workshops are designed to examine the media's role in exposing the public to important social and international issues.
Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
The mission of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is to create an academic environment for the promotion of greater understanding of the Eastern Mediterranean's rich culture and heritage, and the significant challenges which face this region in the 21st century, focusing on Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and their neighboring countries. The Center acts as a focal point for cross-regional and cross-cultural analysis, providing a forum for the articulation of diverse viewpoints: an effective means of conflict resolution.
Feinstein International Center
The Feinstein International Center strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in emergencies, war, and other humanitarian crises.
Established in 1996 as part of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the Center conducts field-based research in complex emergency situations on the politics and policy of helping the vulnerable. It works in partnership with national and international organizations to bring about institutional changes that enhance effective policy reform and promote best practices.
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.
Fletcher Global Women Mentor Program
This program is designed to help undergraduates majoring in International Relations explore educational opportunities and define career goals through connections with female role models engaged in private, public, and not-for-profit professions. Fletcher students from the Global Women Group are paired with undergraduates according to regional, academic, or professional interests at the beginning of each academic year.
Fletcher Student Exchange Programs
The Fletcher School provides many opportunities for students to supplement their education with joint degree and exchange programs with some of the world's leading professional schools and graduate programs. Student can choose from six pre-approved programs in countries such as Switzerland or Germany, or contact a host institution of their choice and create their own program.
Flowers of the Alps
Flowers of the Alps is a biology and environmental studies course offered at the Tufts campus in Talloires, France, during the first Summer Session. The course focuses on the Savoy region's world-class display of montane and alpine floral diversity. Sessions highlight outstanding representatives of important plant families, their human and ecological relevance, and the design of dichotomous keys. Outdoor field sessions are devoted to recognizing species in their native environment, evaluating shifts in alpine vegetation, and enhancing agricultural diversity in the region's farm community.
Food Policy and Applied Nutrition
Built around a high-quality, multidisciplinary teaching and research curriculum, the FPAN program seeks to equip students with the diverse skills and comprehensive knowledge base needed to make a successful impact on food policy and nutrition intervention worldwide. With its three fields of specialization, FPAN provides conceptual and analytical skills, as well as a solid foundation in applied statistics and research in the technical aspects of program planning, design, implementation, and evaluation.
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.
Funding for International Graduate Students
From AAUW international fellowships to Soros, Paul and Daisy Fellowships for New Americans, there are a variety of funding opportunities for international graduate students.
German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature
The department offers graduate and undergraduat