As part of our series looking back at the decade just passed, Tufts Now highlights the milestones that marked those years across all the campuses—presidential transitions, new buildings, new schools, and more.
Don’t forget our Top Ten Tufts Photos of the Decade, Top Tufts Athletic Moments of the Decade, and On Campus Across the Decade.
November 30, 2010
Tufts President-elect Anthony Monaco
is officially introduced to the university community in the Coolidge Room. Photo: Kelvin Ma
May 22, 2011
Tufts President Larry Bacow and his wife, Adele, thank the Tufts community for their support during his tenure at commencement.
Bacow stepped down at the close of the academic year. Photo: Kelvin Ma
April 16, 2012
Joe Lessard, E12, of the
Tufts Marathon Team at mile 9 of the Boston Marathon. Since first taking part in the Marathon in 2003, the Tufts Marathon Team has raised more than $6 million to support crucial issues in food and nutrition. Photo: Alonso Nichols
April 17, 2015
The
new Jumbo statue is unveiled on the academic quad. Photo: Kelvin Ma
May 30, 2015
The
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex at 574 Boston Avenue opens in late May. Photo: Alonso Nichols
July 1, 2016
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
officially became part of Tufts University, and is now named the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, or SMFA at Tufts. Photo: Anna Miller
September 23, 2016
Bernard W. Harleston, H98, and his wife Marie react upon seeing the commemorative plaque during the
official dedication of Harleston Hall, formerly South Hall. Harleston, a psychologist, was the first African American hired to a tenure-track position at Tufts and the first African American president of the City College of New York. He is a trustee emeritus of Tufts, having served on the board from 2002 to 2007. Photo: Alonso Nichols
December 15, 2016
The Foster Hospital for Small Animals completes
an expansion and renovation of the lobby, examination rooms and areas of the ER at the on-campus hospital. Photo: Alonso Nichols
December 4, 2017
The light-filled, state-of-the-art Michael Jaharis Jr., M87P, H15 Anatomy Laboratory is dedicated at the School of Medicine. Photo: Anna Miller
August 9, 2018
Clouds are reflected on the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC),
officially opened the previous October. Photo: Anna Miller
October 19, 2019
Alumni, current students, families, and friends come to the Africana Center to tailgate and celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the center at Homecoming. Photo: Alonso Nichols
