Tufts Alumni

09/04/2026

Class of 2030 💙 Tufts traditions

[📸: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University]

09/03/2026

It’s official. New Jumbos have matriculated! 🐘💙

Full coverage: https://now.tufts.edu/2026/09/03/jumbo-welcome-class-2030

09/02/2026

Tufts alumni gathered on Thursday, August 20 at the Tufts DPT-Seattle campus for an engaging discussion with President Sunil Kumar and Seattle Storm Head Coach Sonia Raman, J96, exploring leadership and organizational success.

Seattle alums showed up in record numbers and made this event the largest Tufts Alumni Seattle gathering to date. Members of Tufts leadership were also in attendance, including Helen Boucher, dean of Tufts University School of Medicine, who met with faculty and staff of the DPT-Seattle location to learn more about the program's impact in Seattle and beyond.

09/01/2026

Congratulations to Alex Flynn, E26, and the U.S. PR3 Mixed Four on winning gold at the World Rowing Championship—the first ever for the U.S. in this event!

🥇 GOLD FOR THE U.S. PR3 MIXED COXED FOUR!

The crew battled back from fifth at 500 meters to take the lead in the final stretch, crossing the line 1.27 seconds ahead of Great Britain to win World Championship gold for the first time. 🇺🇸

Skylar Dahl, Alex Flynn, Max Allemeier, Gabriella Bigler and coxswain Hannah Diaz also set a World Rowing Championships best time, ending a 15-year British winning streak at the World Championships and Olympics.

What a finish. What a crew.

08/31/2026

08/29/2026

A new generation of Jumbos have arrived. Happy move-in day to first-year students participating in Pre-Orientation activities! 🐘💙

[📸: Andy Kwok and Alonso Nichols/Tufts University]

08/27/2026

Stop gaining weight without changing what you eat. No, it’s not a diet, but a newly discovered trick hermit crabs can do when they can’t find a bigger shell.

Learn more about this research by Tufts biologists Phil Starks and Caitlin Ball, A22, AG23.

Scientists have long known that hermit crabs control their growth to fit in their shells. Now Tufts University researchers know how they do it.

08/26/2026

Got advice for incoming Jumbos? Drop it in the comments. ⬇️

Your response could be featured in an upcoming post, and everyone who replies will be entered into a raffle to win a Jumbo keychain! 🐘💙

08/25/2026

When Professor Elena Naumova gave a lecture to the board of advisors at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Barry Rosenbaum, A60, a member of that board, was impressed. “She conveys complex ideas in a perfectly understandable way to an audience of all abilities,” he said.

Naumova is now the inaugural Barry J. Rosenbaum Professor of Data Science. Rosenbaum and his wife, Renée Underwood, established the endowed professorship, which supports Naumova’s teaching and research.

When Professor Elena Naumova gave a lecture nearly 10 years ago to the board of advisors at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, Barry Rosenbaum, A60, a member of that board, was impressed.

08/24/2026

Just one week after graduating from the Tufts University School of Medicine Master of Public Health program in the spring of 2026, Girlieh Mae Barit received life-changing news: A biopsy confirmed she had Stage 3 lung cancer.

Since her diagnosis, she's leaned on the knowledge she gained through her public health education to better understand her diagnosis, communicate with her care team, and advocate for herself every step of the way.

🔗: https://brnw.ch/21x580S