2023 Faculty Spotlights

We are working hard to confirm faculty members from across our schools to present for Reunion Weekend 2023.  Whether you walked across the Commencement stage twenty or fifty years ago, you are sure to learn something new!

While we gather speakers for 2023 Reunions, please take a moment to look at some of the great presentations put together in 2022. 

  • May 19-22, 2022

    Thursday, May 19

    3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Campus Art Tour
    Dina Deitsch, Director and Chief Curator, Tufts University Art Galleries

    Meet in front of Ballou Hall – near the Jumbo sculpture
     

    Friday, May 20

    10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Lessons from Chimpanzees about How to Age Well
    Zarin P. Machanda, Ph.D, Usen Family Career Development Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director of Long-term Research, Kibale Chimpanzee Project
    Location: Pearson 104

     

    Saturday, May 21

    10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
    Fifty Years Later: Remembering and Learning from the Past
    Sol Gittleman, Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, and former Tufts provost
    Location: Pearson 104 (Overflow room - Pearson 106)


    3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Cyber Dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    Josephine Wolff, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Policy, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
    ​​​​​​​Location: Pearson 104

  • June 3-5, 2022

    Friday, June 3

    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
    Beyond the Numbers: A Case Study with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions 
    Gracie Marshall A15, Associate Director of Admissions
    Jon Sokolski A14, Assistant Director of Admissions


    3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Re-engineering Engineering
    Christopher Swan, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dean of Undergraduate Education

    Saturday June 4

    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    New Frontiers in Biomedicine
    Michael Levin A92, Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology and Director of the Allen Discovery Center
    Location: Pearson 104

    Please note: Professor Levin will be joining us remotely and Q&A will be handled via a moderator in the room.

     

    Saturday June 4

    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
    Nutrition Theatre of the Absurd: Understanding Nutrition Advice
    Edward Saltzman, M.D., academic dean for education, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
    Sarah Booth, Ph.D., director, Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
    ​​​​​​​    ​​​​​​​Location: Pearson 104