Tufts University Community Relations

10/08/2026

Looking back on Tufts Community Day 2026 - a afternoon spent celebrating community with neighbors, community partners, and Tufts students, faculty and staff!

Thanks to all who joined us for this annual tradition on the Hill! 💙 🐘 🤎

📸 Photos: Naya Chopra

10/06/2026

Neighbors!

This Sunday, October 11th, Tufts University welcomes all students, staff, faculty, and local community members for an Indigenous People's Day Community Celebration featuring local vendors, food, performances and workshops.

🔹Free and open to the all. Lunch will be served.
🔹RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/y9pa65kd

10/04/2026

Happening today! Tufts Community Day!

Bring the whole family and enjoy:
🎶 Live performances
🔬 Kids' STEM activities
🎨 Crafts and family fun
🚒 Touch-a-Truck vehicles
🤝 Community organizations and resources
🍔 FREE barbecue lunch (while supplies last)

✨ More info: cday.tufts.edu

09/30/2026

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life has announced their fall speaker schedules and events program! Hear from changemakers like Rev. Dr. Susie Hayward, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, the filmmakers (& Tufts Alumni) behind the Oscar-winning documentary All the Empty Rooms & more

📆 Full schedule here: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events

09/24/2026

🎵 Neighbors: Help choose the music for the Goddard Chapel carillon bells during Tufts Community Day! 🎵

Which song would you like to hear ringing from Goddard Chapel at the end of Community Day?

🔔 1. Nine to Five (Dolly Parton)
🔔 2. We Don't Talk About Bruno (Encanto)
🔔 3. This Little Light of Mine

Vote by commenting 1, 2, or 3 below. We'll announce the winner Tues, September 29!

09/23/2026

Proud to have the Medford Public Library as a community partner and to see the 2026 Tufts Community Grant they received in action - providing read-along books accessible to youth with visual impairments, learning disabilities, and English language learners!📚

09/22/2026

📆 Mark your calendars! Tufts Community Day returns on Sunday, October 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Academic Quad.

Bring the family for live performances, kids' STEM activities and crafts, Touch-a-Truck vehicles, community resources, a free barbecue lunch (while supplies last), and more! 🎵🖍️🚒🍔

Visit cday.tufts.edu for details and see photos from past Community Days below. ⬇️📸

09/21/2026

Thank you Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn for joining at Friday's Tufts Day of Service Kickoff!

We were thrilled to have you there to help send Tufts volunteers out into the community to work on projects at Medford's Missituk Elementary School, Barry Playground & Tufts Park! Great to partner with the City of Medford and local organizations - including TreesMedford - on such a special day of community connection!

Thank you to the over 350 Tufts University students who are currently flooding Medford and Somerville to clean, w**d, and paint as they take part in their Day of giving!

👏❤️

09/13/2026

This Thursday! Come cheer on the Medford Mustangs and Somerville Highlanders Girls' Soccer teams as they take to the field for first-ever Tufts Girls' Soccer Classic on Bello Field.⚽️

Free admission and parking (with code) for all families and fans!

09/01/2026

Neighbors! The Massachusetts Primary Election Day is today, Tuesday, September 1st. Polls will be open from 7am to 8pm.

Tufts University hosts two election sites on its Medford/Somerville campus:

🗳️ If you live in Somerville Ward 7 Precinct 1, you vote at the Tufts Administration Building (TAB) at 167 Holland Street in Somerville.

🗳️ If you live in Medford Ward 4 Precinct 1 or Precinct 2, you vote at the Gantcher Center (right rear entrance) at 161 College Avenue in Medford.

To find out where you vote, visit: https://buff.ly/RAf7Ahj