Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

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Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life The Tisch College of Civic Life is a national leader in civic engagement that sets the standard for higher education's role in advancing the greater good.

The only university-wide college of its kind, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life Tisch College is charged with a broad and vital mission: to prepare students for a lifetime of engagement in civic and democratic life, to study civic life and its intersections with public and private institutions, and to promote practices that strengthen civic life in the United States and around the world. We combine education, research, and practice to serve as a hub for students, faculty, and community members who are committed to civic engagement and to its ability to change the world for the better.

This is who: Halloween Edition! The faces (& iconic costumes) behind the content, events, and research reaching Jumbos t...
10/30/2026

This is who: Halloween Edition!

The faces (& iconic costumes) behind the content, events, and research reaching Jumbos this election season! 🗳️🎃

Election Day is one week away! 🗳️🐘Swipe ➡️ and check out the link in our bio for all of Tisch College’s nonpartisan voti...
10/27/2026

Election Day is one week away! 🗳️🐘

Swipe ➡️ and check out the link in our bio for all of Tisch College’s nonpartisan voting resources

Making homestay memories already!! ✨Our Civic Semester students in Peru and Thailand have moved onto the homestays porti...
10/26/2026

Making homestay memories already!! ✨

Our Civic Semester students in Peru and Thailand have moved onto the homestays portion of their experiences. We are excited to hear more about their homestay families, and are so grateful for the kindness and generosity they show our Jumbos every year! 🇵🇪🇹🇭

Getting to know Thai culture with our Civic Semester students and their incredible community org visits and experiences!...
10/21/2026

Getting to know Thai culture with our Civic Semester students and their incredible community org visits and experiences!🇹🇭

📸: Quinn Chalmers and Nina Nguyen

10/20/2026

Just 3 weeks until Election Day - it’s time to make your voting plan, whether early, in person, or by mail!

We celebrated yesterday outside of Barnum Hall with Party at the (Early & By Mail) Polls! We ate donuts, did face tattoos, and shared nonpartisan voting information. Visit the links in our bio to visit Turbovote, & more! 🗳️

🎥: Ella

10/13/2026

Election Day is 4 weeks today! Jumbos, are you ready to mail in your ballots? 🗳️✉️✔️

Join us on Monday 10/19 for Party at the (Early & By Mail) Polls at noon outside of Barnum Hall to fill out and mail your absentee ballot, or vote early in-person in Somerville or Medford, or celebrate with your peers. 🐘

🎥:

Tufts Civic Semester Peru students took a 3 day trip to Paru Paru (Highland Andean community in the Sacred Valley) to le...
10/09/2026

Tufts Civic Semester Peru students took a 3 day trip to Paru Paru (Highland Andean community in the Sacred Valley) to learn more about Peruvian Indigenous Culture and experience more of beautiful Peru. 🇵🇪🐘

📸: Samantha Wang & Yang EJaye

We’re seeing double in Thailand with our Tufts Civic Semester cohort’s annual elephant sanctuary visit! 🐘🇹🇭 📸: Quinn Cha...
10/07/2026

We’re seeing double in Thailand with our Tufts Civic Semester cohort’s annual elephant sanctuary visit! 🐘🇹🇭

📸: Quinn Chalmers & Nina Nguyen

“When you spend time reaching out to old friends or making new ones. When you spend time taking care of your community. ...
09/29/2026

“When you spend time reaching out to old friends or making new ones. When you spend time taking care of your community. That is not wasted time. That is the essential work that we all now have to engage in.”

Last week, Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the United States and New York Times best-selling author of Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, joined us for a Solomont Speaker Series conversation with Tufts University School of Medicine Dean Helen Boucher about loneliness as a public health issue. Together was chosen as this year’s selection for the Common Book Program, a partnership between Tufts University School of Medicine and Tisch College, for all incoming medical students.

📸: Laurie Swope

We're FALLing for this semester's speakers + events! Hear from changemakers like former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek M...
09/23/2026

We're FALLing for this semester's speakers + events! Hear from changemakers like former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, 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. Join us this fall at Tufts University!

See the full semester lineup here: https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/news-events/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D209495463

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163 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA
02155

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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