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Four Things Experts Have Learned From the Pandemic

Germs, disinformation, and inequities are easily spread, say COVID-19 researchers

New Yorkers wait outside an urgent care office for Covid-19 testing. Experts at the Tufts 2020 COVID-19 Research Symposium talk about lessons learned from the pandemic.

An Inuit Voice in the Arctic

Fletcher alumna Dalee Sambo Dorough advocates for Indigenous rights on the international stage

Portrait of Dalee Sambo Dorough, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, in the woods

WHO chief scientist, NEJM Editor Headline Tufts COVID-19 Symposium

The virtual, public event will address the pandemic’s impacts on health and society

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

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