Arts & Culture

"We have created this false distinction that learning happens in school and life is some other thing," said Brian Gravel, E01, E04, G11, director of Elementary Education in the Department of Education at Tufts University. Photo: Ingimage
April 27, 2020 Large Image
With Classrooms Closed, Will Kids Fall Behind?
It’s time to reexamine what learning looks like and the forms it can take, says a Tufts elementary education professor

With Governor Charlie Baker’s announcement that Massachusetts schools will remain closed until the end of the school year, many parents are left...

Natalie Shapero talking into a smartphone camera. Tufts professor of the practice Natalie Shapero shares three poems to celebrate National Poetry Month.
April 22, 2020 Video
Take a Breather for Poetry
Professor of the practice Natalie Shapero shares three poems to celebrate National Poetry Month

Poetry isn’t just meant to be read—ideally it’s recited aloud to an audience. These days, of course, that’s out of the question. So to mark...

Student leaders from Tufts Hillel held a virtual mental health seder to come together as a community amid COVID-19. Photo: Courtesy Rabbi Jordan Braunig
April 17, 2020 Large Image
How Tufts Hillel Is Building Community Amid COVID-19
From matzah delivery service to virtual seders, the Jewish community is staying connected and accepting the imperfect

Passover is normally a time when the Jewish community comes together to celebrate spring and liberation, and families and friends gather for a...

A professor and her students look at a poster depicting two students killed in the 1970 Kent State shootings. Their visit to the Tufts archives was part of a course at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts.
April 17, 2020 Large Image
Art’s Power of Persuasion
Historic protest posters still make an impact in course at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts

Among some 60 protest posters spread out for viewing, one made an unforgettable impression. In lower-case white letters marching across a black...

A man with a VR headset covering his eyes, against a screen with orange coloring. A School of the Museum of Fine Arts professor and his students talk about the vast potential of VR
April 16, 2020 Large Image
Making a New World in Virtual Reality
An art school professor and his students talk about the vast potential of VR—and their work in it

Virtual reality, that mind-expanding bridge between the real and imaginary, is moving rapidly from an expensive, niche, high-tech tool into the...

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