Labor Day
The university observes a holiday on this day.
Event Type: University Holiday.
Monday, September 1, 2025.
International Center Medford Fall Picnic
The Tufts International Center invites all members of the international community to its annual Medford fall picnic!
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Come enjoy some food and drinks to start off the year. And please arrive early -- first come, first served!
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Location Details: International House yard. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Alumni and Friends. Faculty. Interns and Residents. Postdoctoral Fellows. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Community Engagement. Event Subject: Community Celebration. RSVP Information: First come, first serve. Event Contact Name: International Center. Event Contact Email: internationalcenter@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: (617) 627-3458.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Community Conversation I: Design Your Course With Different Perspectives in Mind
This is the first of four Community Conversations, a series that invites faculty to reflect, share, and connect around diverse timely topics—from AI to critical thinking to current events — and the impact on our teaching. In this session, we’ll explore what it means to integrate multiple perspectives into course content, the impact this has on fostering critical thinking skills in students, and practical strategies for getting started.
Online Location Details: zoom. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNuvBmDe4eJSwEIwgvvVWkhkgoXu3Q3NNYv9CHiXmou6Sgcw/viewform. Event Contact Name: CELT. Event Contact Email: celt@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 6176274000.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Career Fair Prep Session and Q&A for International Students
This session is being hosted by the Tufts Career Center and the International Student Center at Tufts and is for all international students in the School of Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and the School of Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Both Centers will provide information on how to navigate the career fair, what to expect, discuss ways to prepare for the fair including how to develop your 1-minute introduction to employers so they can learn a bit about you in the fair environment. Students will have an opportunity to ask questions of representatives from both the Career Center and International Center and we provided with several resources available. The Tufts Career Center will be sending out a Career Fair Guide with a list of all the employers attending the upcoming career fair. Employers designated with a globe next to their name are able to sponsor students on an H1B visa.
Online Location Details: Zoom link provided upon registration. Location Details: Zoom link. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Postdoctoral Fellows. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Community Engagement. Information Session/Open House/Orientation. Event Subject: Career Development. RSVP Information: Register on Handshake. Event Contact Name: Career Center. Event Contact Email: careercenter@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: (617) 627-3299.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Monthly Drop-Ins: IIE, OUC and OEO
Monthly Drop-Ins with IIE, OUC and OEO
The Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence will also be partnering with the Office of University Counsel and the Office of Equal Opportunity to offer joint office hours through the summer. These 60 minute virtual office hours can serve as drop-ins for questions or consultations to faculty, staff, and students who have questions about how federal actions may impact their research, teaching, programs, or scholarship at Tufts.
Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/SsoieI6LTb6-rE-IhpSBlA#/registration. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation. Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence. Education. Global Engagement. Politics/Policy/Law. Research. Event Contact Name: Jasmine Raynor. Event Contact Email: jasmine.raynor@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 8572938048.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit diversity.tufts.edu. Monthly Drop-Ins: IIE, OUC and OEO
Monthly Drop-Ins with IIE, OUC and OEO
The Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence will also be partnering with the Office of University Counsel and the Office of Equal Opportunity to offer joint office hours through the summer. These 60 minute virtual office hours can serve as drop-ins for questions or consultations to faculty, staff, and students who have questions about how federal actions may impact their research, teaching, programs, or scholarship at Tufts.
Online Location Details: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/odp5KDh_RDGrwdYCMg-blA#/registration. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation. Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence. Education. Global Engagement. Politics/Policy/Law. Research. Event Contact Name: Jasmine Raynor. Event Contact Email: jasmine.raynor@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 8572938048.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit diversity.tufts.edu. • Cummings International Community Fall Welcome Lunch
On behalf of the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach, the Cummings international community is invited to attend a luncheon on Thursday, September 25th. We hope you'll join us in using this opportunity to connect with international students, faculty and staff and meet members of the International Support Group as well as staff from the Tufts International Center.
Campus: Grafton campus. Location Details: Kohnstamm Conference Room. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Interns and Residents. Postdoctoral Fellows. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Community Engagement. Event Subject: Community Celebration. Event Contact Name: Ashley Brewer. Event Contact Email: Ashley.Brewer@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 508-839-8785.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Learning by Doing: Easy Ways to Integrate Experiential Learning
What is experiential learning? Why implement it? How manageable is it for faculty? This workshop explores micro experiences—small, semester-long activities faculty can create for students. These experiences may occur in-classroom or invite students to step outside in structured ways, enabling content and skill acquisition through hands-on practice and direct engagement.
Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Postdoctoral Fellows. Students (Postdoctoral). Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. Event Subject: Education. RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepch_IhjzYbNLw2F7C3CTBx7C9xKqZb3SPzfTlksR8Vr7WNw/viewform?usp=dialog. Event Contact Name: CELT. Event Contact Email: celt@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 6176274000.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Helping Students Recover Mental Bandwidth
Join this CELT roundtable to identify stressors that may be impacting student engagement and to discuss strategies to help students reclaim mental bandwidth for learning.
Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Postdoctoral Fellows. Students (Postdoctoral). Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. Event Subject: Education. RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEl5NtBNgKrFL9OFN-zJa9fDoexPqm_sKqBWzuq789O09aiw/viewform?usp=header. Event Contact Name: CELT. Event Contact Email: celt@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 6176274000.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Tufts Community Day
Tufts Community Day is an annual Tufts tradition, celebrating arts, innovation and community. Our campus neighbors are invited to join us on our Medford/Somerville campus, along with community partners, students, staff, and faculty for a day of live entertainment, family friendly activities, and free food.
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Open to Public: Yes. Event Type: Community Engagement. Event Subject: Community Celebration. Event Contact Name: Leah Boudreau. Event Contact Email: leah.boudreau@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3780.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit cday.tufts.edu. Community Conversation II: Teaching in Today’s Higher Ed
Join CELT for an open, supportive discussion about how you're experiencing your work within today's dynamic and ever-changing context, exploring how these challenges impact both our students' ability to engage and learn and our capacity for teaching and navigating relationships. We welcome all perspectives and experiences into this collaborative space where we will troubleshoot challenges and build meaningful connections with colleagues.
Online Location Details: zoom. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeo5-P8rnnXS02DQJqEHjynIQaymGrO_pdlgLQ5UpELY5buKQ/viewform. Event Contact Name: CELT. Event Contact Email: celt@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 6176274000.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
The university observes a holiday on this day.
Event Type: University Holiday.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
Job and Internship Search Strategies for International Students with the Career Center
Lunch will be provided. We will be joined by an International Student Advisor from the Tufts International Center who will provide a basic overview of employment options for international students to legally work in the U.S. (OPT/CPT/On campus) and then Tufts Career Center will share effective strategies and tools to conduct job and internship searches. We hope to share some optimism, practical insights, and best practices to help you navigate your career planning in the short and long term. You will also gather tips from some current international students as they share what strategies worked for them. As a result of attending this Workshop you will learn how to: Organize & prepare for your job search , Define and research your target markets , Efficiently target companies that sponsor H-1B visas and hire international students , Uncover published and unpublished jobs—the “hidden job market” , Use multiple job search methods effectively,
There will be time at the end for your questions too! We look forward…
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Location Details: Cabot 702, 170 Packard Avenue. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Community Engagement. Information Session/Open House/Orientation. Event Subject: Career Development. RSVP Information: Register on Handshake. Event Contact Email: careercenter@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: (617) 627-3299.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Community Conversation III: Teaching in an AI World
Join fellow faculty for a conversation about the real ways AI is showing up in our teaching, how it’s shaping student learning, and what possibilities and challenges lie ahead.
Online Location Details: zoom. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZc0a-2RCQZmzhc01EOZxPCbHlppr4BX1he_26WT6KsHCF3Q/viewform. Event Contact Name: CELT. Event Contact Email: celt@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: 6176274000.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Veterans’ Day
The university observes a holiday on this day.
Event Type: University Holiday.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
International Center Medford Fall Community Dinner
The Tufts International Center would like to invite all members of the international community to its annual International Center Fall Community Dinner! Please join us for an evening of conversation over a shared meal.
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Location Details: 51 Winthrop Street. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Interns and Residents. Postdoctoral Fellows. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Community Engagement. Event Subject: Community Celebration. RSVP Information: Register on Eventbrite. Admission/Cost: $5. Event Contact Name: International Center. Event Contact Email: internationalcenter@tufts.edu. Event Contact Phone: (617) 627-3458.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Thanksgiving Day
The university observes a holiday on this day.
Event Type: University Holiday.
Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Day after Thanksgiving
The university observes a holiday on this day.
Event Type: University Holiday.
Friday, November 28, 2025.