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The ARRAYS Project - an award which focuses on improving science education at the undergraduate, graduate and K-12 levels. The four year term for the award began in 2006 and will conclude in 2010.

Citizenship and Public Service Scholars Program - a three-year leadership development program that works with a select group of sophomores, juniors and seniors. Scholars work to create positive change, engage University resources and build capacity in Tufts’ partner communities and beyond.

Community Music - offers Saturday classes throughout the school year for students ages 3-18 in addition to programs for adults. Community Music offers 4-6 free concerts for children on Saturdays. Tufts music students also serve as mentors for Somerville and Medford public schools.  

Fulcrum Institute- this program aims to prepare a group of Educators in Science who will implement and lead research-centered science learning and teaching in their schools and districts. Participants advance their professional knowledge and status through the Institute’s credit-bearing, three-graduate-course sequence which focus on investigations in physical science and the teaching of science in K-8 classrooms.

Hillel - Tufts Hillel is committed to conducting engaging programs that make social justice and the teaching of related Jewish texts and values a core component of their mission on campus.

Leonard Carmichael Society - A student-run, umbrella organization with more than twenty sub-groups working in theareas of Hunger and Homelessness, Youth Mentoring, Literacy/Education and Tutoring,
Health Issues, and more!

PACE CENTER: Transforming Elementary Science through LEGO™ Engineering Design - This is an NSF funded research project involving a small number of student volunteers each year to assist elementary school teachers with implementing a LEGO based science program in their classrooms.

Read by the River - this one-day event is the culmination of several reading programs organized and supported by Tufts Hillel volunteers.

Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) - Representatives from the 33 varsity sports teams on campus meet monthly as a committee. The community service sub-committee helps organize activities to involve and serve the community.


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