Gender

How the Legacy of Strong Women in Greek Myths Lives on Today

Mythological figures like Demeter and Medusa illuminate women’s resistance and rebellion, says a classics professor

July 18, 2023

Participants at the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Tufts sitting at a table in Tisch Library with laptops open. Tufts community members participated in a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to help update Wikipedia profiles of diverse and underrepresented women.

Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Edit at a Time

Tufts community members worked together at their first Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to update entries of underrepresented women

March 27, 2023

Tufts Dental College Class of 1942 on the steps of 416 Huntington Ave. Esther Kaplan Colchamiro is first row center.

Oral Health

At Tufts Dental, She Stood Alone. She Went on to Become Outstanding

In 1942, when women dentists were few, Esther Kaplan Colchamiro forged ahead. She became a giant in public health dentistry.

March 1, 2023

Performing Arts

‘The Beautiful Messiness of the In-Between’

Actor and Tufts Ph.D. candidate Jo Michael Rezes talks about teaching, performing in a Tony Award-winning play, and embracing a nonbinary approach to life

June 7, 2022

A head and shoulders photo of Robbie Goldstein, medical director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Transgender Health Program.

Health Care

This Doctor Prescribes Respectful Care to the Trans Community

In the clinic he helped found, Robbie Goldstein serves a population long disenfranchised by the health care system

March 9, 2022

Neuroscientist Jamie Maguire is shown in her lab at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Health

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Invests in Women’s Health Research at Tufts

The award will support studies on sex differences in depression

January 10, 2022

Four women in blue scrubs stand outside the School of Dental Medicine.

Activism & Social Justice

The Future of Dentistry Is Female

The four women who lead Tufts’ D24 class talk about leadership and what lies ahead

December 8, 2021

Bridgette Wallace stands in front of the Victorian house in Roxbury, Massachusetts, that she wants to transform into a tech training hub for women and nonbinary people of color. Fellow Tufts graduate David Supple is on the left and Tufts alumna Bailey Siber is on the right.

Activism & Social Justice

Transforming an Aging House into a Tech Training Hub

Tufts alumni envision G{Code} House in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood as a place for young women and nonbinary people of color to live and learn skills to launch...

December 7, 2021