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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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/africana/index.html

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/asianam/index.htm

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/researchOppBorghesani.htm

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/graduate/page5.html

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.

http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/icenter/

International Relations Department Research Opportunities

The International Relations Program affords students many opportunities and scholarships to conduct original research. A research experience can greatly enhance one's experience at Tufts, challenging one to critically apply what one has learned. In addition, the International Relations Program offers research scholarships, an online international research community and a web-based research colloquium.

http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/research.htm

International Relations Mentors Program

The Mentors Program was developed to provide new and prospective International Relations majors with an international relations peer mentor. The mentors, typically seniors or juniors, offer their insight on issues such as the department's major requirements, study abroad experiences and international internships.

http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/leadershipMentors.htm

International Relations Research Scholars Program

The International Relations Research Scholars Program supports original, high-quality undergraduate international research. Designed for sophomores or juniors who anticipate producing an upper-level research paper in their senior year, whether for an International Relations thesis, directed research, conference submission or external essay competition, the scholarship supports a minimum of eight weeks of International Relations core faculty-mentored summer research for collecting materials and data.

http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/researchOppScholars.htm

International Research Network

The International Research Network at Tufts is a support tool designed to help students conduct research on international issues, particularly while abroad. The International Research Network guides students through international research and toward the successful completion of capstone research projects by providing an online toolbox of resources and a network to connect with faculty and their peers.

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/latinocenter/

Luce Student Scholarship in Science and Humanitarianism

Co-sponsored and administered by the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), this scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate an interest in public health and international humanitarian assistance, as well as the capacity to engage in original field research or participate in a research-focused internship at home or abroad. Under the co-mentorship of Luce Professor Astier Almedom and IGL Director and Luce Coordinator Sherman Teichman, Tufts juniors and seniors are eligible.

http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/luce.html

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).

http://ase.tufts.edu/mechanical/programs/undergrad/

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/studyabroad/

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/icenter/eventsChapmanAward.htm

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.

http://ase.tufts.edu/reslife/ResHallInfo/sgh.htm

<h4>A Dental Education Delivered to your Doorstep</h4>

<p>Unlike most first-year students at Tufts, the students in the School of Dental Medicine's distance education program -- the first of its kind in the world -- don't get together on campus for study groups. Instead, they remain in constant communication with the school and each other from their homes around the world as they earn their M.S. degrees in craniofacial pain and temporomandibular joint disorder.</p>

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<p>Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, an associate professor of public health and family medicine, is always on the go. But then he needs to be: he is bent on nothing less than changing the world. What makes him run? "I'd just like the world to be a better place when I go," he says. "And it's fun doing this stuff."</p>

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<h4>A Mission to Help </h4>

<p>During the summer of 2007, Tufts dental student Marjorie Brisard traveled to her native Haiti this summer with a team of classmates and faculty members. For Brisard, the trip was one step toward fulfilling a life's goal.</p>

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<p>Working for the United Nations Mission in Sudan gave two Fletcher School students a unique view into an international peacekeeping operation and a new outlook on the Darfur conflict.</p>

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<h4>Bienvenue à Talloires</h4>

<p>The Tufts in Talloires program allows students to explore a foreign culture -- and themselves.</p>

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<h4>Castle in the Clouds </h4>

<p>Elliot Hirshon (A'05) recalls a trip to Tibet with Engineers Without Borders.</p>

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<h4>Change Agent</h4>

<p>Salome Otami, a Tufts Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development graduate student, hopes to make a difference when she returns to her native Ghana.</p>

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<h4>Connecting Across Continents </h4>

<p>Students in GMAP, a combined residency and Internet-mediated graduate program at Tufts University's Fletcher School, are gaining an interdisciplinary education in global affairs, while making lifelong connections with their classmates from around the world.</p>

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<h4>Deliverance</h4>

<p>Through the organization he founded, LimaKids, Joseph Donroe (A'98, MD/MPH'07) seeks to address both mental health and quality of life issues of orphaned children in Peru's capital city.</p>

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<h4>Depth of Field</h4>

<p>One of several programs offered by the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), EXPOSURE is an institute for photojournalism, documentary studies and human rights. It all began when IGL Director Sherman Teichman and undergraduate Matthew Edmundson (A'05) teamed up with acclaimed photographer James Nachtwey.</p>

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<h4>Dr. Chotanga</h4>

<p>Jeffrey Lazar, M03, recalls his seven-week stint at Livingstone General Hospital in Zambia.</p>

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<h4>Growing Strong</h4>

<p>The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP), part of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, was founded in 1998. It now serves about 50 immigrant farmers from Laos, Cambodia, Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Kenya.</p>

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<h4>It's All Breaking New Ground</h4>

<p>As the directors of Tufts University's Nutrition/ Infection Unit, Drs. Christine Wanke, MD, and Sherwood Gorbach, MD, explore the link between nutrition and HIV/AIDS.</p>

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<h4>Making Its Mark </h4>

<p>A decade after its inception, Tufts University's Feinstein International Center is making a powerful impact on humanitarian work around the world.</p>

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<h4>Re-engineering a River</h4>

<p>Applying engineering principles to primary disease prevention can help bolster public health efforts, says David Gute, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Tufts.</p>

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<h4>Summer Smarts</h4>

<p>Through Tufts Summer Scholars program, Jamie Chang (A'06) spent a summer in Korea exploring her passion for theater history. With support from her faculty mentor, she studied how contemporary Korean theater incorporates traditional performance forms, such as one-man operas and masked dances.</p>

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<h4>True Blessings</h4>

<p>Sue Higgins, T86, G02, has seen firsthand the difference occupational therapy can make in the lives of adults and children living in Mexico.</p>

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<h4>Welcome to America </h4>

<p>In 2000, Jane Leu (J'91) founded Upwardly Global, a San Francisco nonprofit dedicated to helping legal immigrants find work in their field. Today, with more than a dozen employees and a field office in Manhattan, the organization has assisted immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from some 65 countries.</p>

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<h4>Welcome To Arada Vieja </h4>

<p>Jonny Crocker (E'07), the former president of Engineers Without Borders, talks about the group's water filtration project in rural El Salvador.</p>

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