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Featured Graduate Student Posts

Cooking 101: How to cook in grad school with no money and no time

Alia Wulff, Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. Candidate

I'm sure most of you have been on your own for at least a few years. You've probably dabbled in cooking, maybe tried you hand at baking. You might make your own breakfast or bring lunch to the office. But a lot of you have probably (and totally understandably) been ordering food more often than you should be. 

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Dancing through graduate school: when passions and academia collide
Gina Mantica, Biology Ph.D. Candidate

Ever since the age of 5, I've been a dancer. I used to dance around my living room to Disney music, until my parents decided I needed some sort of outlet for my dancing habit.

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My Life as the Next Graduate Student Council President
Brenna Gormally, Biology Ph.D. Candi

I was never a student council kind of person. I never joined when I was a high school student, and always found myself too busy with extracurricular activites to join in college. 

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Tufts Graduate Student Alumni
From Tufts to Your Career

At Tufts, learning goes beyond the classroom and the lab. You’ll gain a holistic educational experience and develop an array of critical skills that will prepare you for a successful career in academia, corporate, government, or industry. See the great work our alums are doing:

  • Gregory Maguire
    ‘90, Ph.D., English
  • Jon Freeman
    ‘12 Ph.D., Psychology
  • Kara Miller
    ‘08 Ph.D., English
  • Bonnie Schnitta
    '78, M.E., Mechanical Engineering

“I saw that I could use fantasy as a way to talk about the most important things that have to do with the politics and society of today.”

Gregory Maguire is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“The perception of a face is always a compromise between the visual cues before our eyes and the baggage we bring to the table, like the stereotypes we hold."

Jon Freeman is Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University and researches how we use facial cues to instantly categorize other people into social groups.

“I have the amazing luck to sit in a studio, don earphones, and talk to the men and women who are revolutionizing the way we live.”

Kara Miller is the host and executive editor of Innovation Hub, a nationally broadcast radio show from WGBH and PRI.

"I get to help people sleep at night, hear music in ways that they never have before, and not be bothered or agitated by noise."

Bonnie Schnitta, President of SoundSense, LLC

Meet the Deans
  • Bob Cook Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Psychology

    “At Tufts, you’ll get an intimate education — a very personal experience with faculty and other graduate students, and the opportunity to become a mentor to undergraduates.”
  • Karen Panetta Dean of Graduate Education for the School of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    “Graduate students are the heart and the soul of teaching at Tufts. They are a vital part of the university community and integral to everything we do.”