Central & South America

Water

Helping Hands for Rural Communities in Need

Volunteering for Engineers Without Borders, undergrads work to improve water access in Malawi and Nicaragua

Felipe Dias on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus. A sociologist, Dias uses real world experiments to delve into the mechanisms of inequality in the U.S. and Latin America

Race

Getting to the Root of Inequality

Sociologist Felipe Dias uses real world experiments to delve into the mechanisms of inequality in the U.S. and Latin America

Climate & Sustainability

Inspired by Nature, a Biologist Works with Creativity and Passion to Protect Earth’s Future

Whether he’s working with youth in Paraguay or some of the world’s largest companies, Joseph Sarvary connects people with the abiding value of our planet's...

Kris Manjapra standing outside by a wall. He examines the history of when slavery ended, emancipation laws kept the enslaved in bondage—and rewarded the enslavers

Activism & Social Justice

How Slavery Ended Slowly, and Emancipation Laws Often Kept the Enslaved in Bondage—and Rewarded the Enslavers

Tufts Professor Kris Manjapra examines the history of the injustice of abolition in the U.S. and abroad and the need for reparations in his new book

An artwork made from ink, clay, wood, linoleum, dye, felt and paint.

Visual Arts

SMFA at Tufts Announces Its Traveling Fellows

Five artists to embark on journeys for research and inspiration

Two white hand prints with dripping paint on red doors. In 1984, artists across the country united to confront U.S. intervention in Central America in a movement documented by a new exhibition at Tufts University

Visual Arts

When Artists Are Activists

In the early 1980s, artists across the country united to confront U.S. intervention in Central America in a movement documented by a new exhibition at Tufts

Arts & Humanities

Shining a Light on U.S. Latinx Art and Artists

Professor Adriana Zavala co-founded an organization to bring visibility to often-overlooked artists of Latin American and Caribbean ancestry in the U.S.