On Friday, Tufts’ Office of Residential Life and Learning sent an email to all remaining students in the random housing pool informing them that they had not yet been placed for the 2026–27 school year. Students will now have to wait until May 8 for updates on their fall housing situation.
Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and thousands of Iranians, Tufts students and faculty have questioned the war’s motive and the federal government’s messaging while acknowledging the repressive nature of the Iranian regime.
Tufts is piloting a new pre-college program this summer called College Prep 101 for Neurodivergent Students, designed to help neurodivergent high school students prepare for their transition to college. The program, launched by Tufts University College, will run June 22–26 and is open to students in grades 10 through 12 who are able to commute to Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus.
The Medford Public Library plans to build a digital database of its content following approval by the Medford City Council in late October. A soft launch of the database will be published early in 2026.
Faculty research at Tufts has been limited by the cancellation of grants and the withdrawal of research funding across the country since President Donald Trump took office last winter. These changes, following the shuttering of federal agencies and shifts in research priorities by the federal administration, have left faculty members in humanities departments are facing uncertainty with limited institutional support.
