Selected images from the 12 years of Tony Monaco's presidency
Tufts President-elect Anthony Monaco was officially introduced to the university community in the Coolidge Room in Ballou Hall on November 30, 2010. Photo: Kelvin Ma
As we mark the transition of Tufts' 13th president, the pictures in this photo essay offer far more than the "thousand words" promised by the famous adage. They evoke more than a decade's worth of memories, each one illustrative of Tony Monaco's commitment to the role of university president.
Arrival at Ballou
President Monaco reads a handwritten letter from his predecessor, Lawrence Bacow, on Monday, August 1, 2011, his first day in office. Photo: Alonso Nichols
Engaging Across Our Campuses
Michael Mariano, D22, discusses a research project with President Monaco during the annual Bates-Andrews Research Day presentations in 2020. Photo: Paul Rutherford
President Monaco visits first-year students in an English 1 class, on October 31, 2017. Photo: Alonso Nichols
President Monaco salutes alumni and members of the Class of 2019 during the annual Commencement Eve illumination ceremony on May 18, 2019. Photo: Alonso Nichols
Support for Our Student Athletes
President Monaco sports the jersey he received as honorary captain of the Tufts football team during the team's game against Bates College at Zimman Field, on September 29, 2012. Photo: Kelvin Ma
A Ubiquitous Elephant
With Jumbo looking on, graduating seniors on the Tufts Baseball team participate in a special Commencement ceremony on May 16, 2017. Photo: Anna Miller
In Community with Our Neighbors
President Monaco speaks to Grace Vogelzang of Lexington High School about her project at the Region IV Science Fair at Somerville High School, on March 9, 2013. Photo: Emily Zilm
President Monaco reads the book Elmer the Patchwork Elephant to children as Traveling Treasure Trunk, the university's children's theater troupe, acts out the story at Community Day, on October 2, 2022. After having been suspended for three years by COVID-19 precautions, the event turned the Academic Quad once more into a festive celebration. The 2022 Community Day event brought together more than 70 community organizations, university departments, and student groups that showcased both civic work and university ventures. Photo: Alonso Nichols
Protecting the Community
On March 24, 2020, President Monaco spoke with Walter Isaacson on PBS's "Amanpour & Co." about the response by the university community to the outbreak of COVID-19.
In August 2020, students lined up in the Gantcher Center in order to get the COVID-19 tests required for their return to campus for the fall 2020 semester. The following month, the university began a study to look at whether the nasal swab sampling Tufts was using in its surveillance testing could be analyzed in cost-efficient batches, to put it within financial reach of K-12 schools that want to conduct their own surveillance testing. That research led in February 2021 to Tufts' launch of a pooled-testing program with the Medford and Somerville school systems. Photo: Alonso Nichols
As one example of the volunteerism that characterized the Tufts community during the pandemic, athletics coaching staff served as a support network for students in isolation and recovering from COVID-19 in the modular housing (the mods) on the Medford/Somerville campus. Here, Brendan Casey, assistant baseball coach, carries a bag of groceries to the mods in October 2020. Photo: Alonso Nichols
Bringing the World to Tufts
Dr. Zoia Monaco and President Anthony P. Monaco greet former Vice President Al Gore before his participation as part of the Tisch College of Civic Life Distinguished Speaker Series, on February 7, 2018. During Monaco's tenure as president, the series has brought to campus dozens of leaders from a range of fields and perspectives to discuss pressing issues of our time. Photo: Alonso Nichols
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shares a laugh with President Monaco before the justice's delivery of the Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture on October 2, 2013. Photo: Kelvin Ma
Leadership from Tufts University and Woods Hole Research Center sign a memorandum of understanding to celebrate the partnership between the two institutions during an event at the Fletcher School on February 26, 2018. From left: Professor Emeritus (and current chair of the board of directors of the Woods Hole Research Center) William Moomaw, Woods Hole President and Executive Director Philip Duffy, and President Monaco. Photo: Anna Miller
Transitions and New Beginnings
Sunil Kumar, Tufts' newly named 14th president, and President Monaco share a moment at the reception to welcome Dr. Kumar to the Tufts community, on November 17, 2022. Photo: Alonso Nichols
President Monaco leaves Ballou Hall to enter the Academic Quad at the start of the Phase I ceremony of Tufts' 166th Commencement, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. He will preside over his final Tufts Commencement next month. Photo: Matthew Healey
