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A Push to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Tufts will head a global program that aims to stop new viruses from becoming a widespread danger to humans

A person dressed in personal protective gear walks next to a graveyard in Liberia. Tufts University will head a program that will work with 10 countries in Africa and Asia to halt the spread of emerging viruses that lead to diseases like Ebola and COVID-19.

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.

Students gather around a computer monitor. A chalkboard in the background has words written in Portuguese.

Empowering Women for Better Lives for People and Animals

Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being

A woman in front of a chicken coop, gesturing to a chicken walking in front of her. Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being

The Veterinarian-Humanitarian

A Cummings School and Fletcher School alum works to get U.S. aid where it’s needed to fight COVID-19, locusts, and other emergencies across the globe

Christine Jost with a number of Somali women. A Cummings School and Fletcher School alum, Jost works to get U.S. aid where it’s needed to fight COVID-19, locusts, and other emergencies across the globe

A New Doctor Finds His Calling

A recent graduate from the Tufts School of Medicine talks about his path from Albania to matching to a residency in neurosurgery

Tufts medical student Emal Lesha in his white medical coat, with a stethoscope around his neck

Are Countries Ready to Exit COVID-19 Lockdowns?

Lessons from a Pandemic: Nations need to consider three principles before re-opening, argues Fletcher’s dean of global business

After ‘Victory in Europe,’ the Myths of the Post-war World

The political and military situation wasn’t what many now think, a Tufts professor says

Tufts Alumnus Donates 350,000 Procedure Masks to Tufts Medical Center

The gift from Ben Harburg, A06, will help protect all hospital patients and staff

Boxes of procedure masks ready to be shipped out. Tufts University alumnus Ben Harburg, A06, managing partner with global investment firm MSA Capital, has donated 350,000 procedure masks to Tufts Medical Center.

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