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Refugee Integration Conference and Art Festival

The Refugee Integration Conference will pair researchers with practitioners or policymakers from the same urban area to give presentations showcasing how their community supports migrant integration.

Colorful houses are built into the Italian cliff, overlooking a harbor with boats

Investing in Africa

Reeta Roy, CEO of Mastercard Foundation, defied critics and steered its $33 billion to help Africans solve the continent’s challenges

A woman meets with three female African mechanics in work clothes and hard hats. Reeta Roy, a Tufts Fletcher School alumna and president and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, defied critics and steered its $33 billion to help Africans solve Africa’s problems.

Tisch College Launches Civic Action Gap Semester

The Civic Action Gap Semester is designed to allow high school graduates to undertake a virtual "volunteership" with a community organization across the Americas while earning college credit through coursework taught by Tufts faculty.