Tufts University facts for kids

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Tufts University
	Latin: Universitas Tuftensis
Former names	Tufts College; (1852–1954)
Motto	Pax et Lux (Latin)
Motto in English	Peace and Light
Type	Private
Established	1852
Endowment	$1.87 billion (2019)
Chairman	Peter R. Dolan
President	Anthony P. Monaco
Provost	Nadine Aubry
Academic staff	1,706 (fall 2017; full-time)
Students	11,489 (fall 2017)
Undergraduates	5,541 (fall 2017)
Postgraduates	5,908 (fall 2017)
Location	Medford and Somerville , Massachusetts , United States ; 42°24′22″N 71°07′12″W / 42.406°N 71.120°WCoordinates: 42°24′22″N 71°07′12″W / 42.406°N 71.120°W
Campus	Urban, total 150 acres (0.61 km2)
Student newspaper	The Tufts Daily
Colors	Tufts Blue and brown;
Athletics	NCAA Division III – NESCAC
Nickname	Jumbos
Affiliations	URA; AICUM; NAICU; UPNE
Mascot	Jumbo the Elephant

Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 by Christian universalists.

It was a small New England liberal arts college until its transformation into a larger research university in the 1970s. It is known for its internationalism and study abroad programs.

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Jean Mayer Administration Building, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Gifford House, residence of the President
Bendetson Hall, on the Medford/Somerville campus, houses the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Carmichael Hall on the Residence Quad
Entrance to Tisch Library, the main library on campus
Ginn Library at the Fletcher School
Stratton Hall, a downhill residence hall
West Hall, an uphill residence hall
The Tufts cannon, repainted almost nightly during the academic year, is here painted in response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan
Tufts College, c. 1854
Jumbo in the Barnum Museum of Natural History
Walnut Hill as it appeared prior to the construction of Tisch Library and steps, circa 1910. In the center is Eaton Hall. The road to the right no longer exists.
Sophia Gordon Hall (2006) is Tufts' newest residence hall
Packard Hall
Eaton Hall
Memorial Steps
The Tufts European Center on the Talloires campus
Anderson Hall, the School of Engineering
Goddard Hall, the Fletcher School
Eugene Fama, Nobel Prize-winning economist (B.A. 1960)
Roderick MacKinnon, Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient (M.D. 1982)
Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize (MA, 1981)
Victor McKusick, geneticist, known as the father of medical genetics (COL, 1943)
Vannevar Bush, inventor and science administrator, founder of Raytheon (BS, 1913; MS, 1913)
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase (BA, 1978)
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay (BS, 1988)
Dov Charney, Founder and CEO of American Apparel (Did not graduate)
Susan Decker, Former president of Yahoo! Inc. (B.S. 1984)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Publisher of The New York Times (BA, 1974)
Joi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur, former director of MIT Media Lab (COL, 1985)
Norbert Wiener, child prodigy and youngest Tufts graduate (BA, 1909)
Shashi Tharoor, former Under-Secretary General at the United Nations (MA, 1976; Ph.D, 1978)
Joseph Dunford, 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Scott Brown, Diplomat and United States Senator for Massachusetts (B.A. 1981)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (BS, 1948; MA, 1949; PhD, 1961)
Tracy Chapman, Grammy Award-winning artist (BA, 1986)
Michelle Kwan, American figure skater and two time Olympic medalist (MA, 2011)
Meredith Vieira, American journalist, talk show and game show host (BA, 1975)
Gordon Wood, historian, Pulitzer Prize winning author (BA, 1955)
Peter Gallagher, American actor, musician, and writer (BA,1977)
William Hurt, Academy Award-winning actor (B.A. 1972)
Hank Azaria, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer (BA, 1985)
Jessica Biel, Actress (Did not graduate)
Rainn Wilson, Actor (Did not graduate)