Tufts University

In the 1840s, Boston businessman Charles Tufts gave the Universalist Church 20 acres of land in Medford, Massachusetts so that the Church could establish a college. That college became Tufts University, a private research university and one of the top 30 institutions of higher learning in the U.S. The campus is now 150 acres. Alumni from Tufts have gone onto win Nobel prizes and Emmy and Academy Awards, and have become Rhodes, Truman, Marshall and Fulbright Scholars. Notable alumni include eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar, singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, former member of the U.S. Senate Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Publisher of The New York Times Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., actress Jessica Biel and actors Hank Azaria and William Hurt. The school’s motto is “Pax et Lux” or “Peace and Light” and the official colors are brown and Tufts Blue. The mascot is Jumbo, an elephant, because circus showman P.T. Barnum was a university trustee who donated the elephant’s stuffed hide to the school. The school is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference and NCAA Division III. Since 2010, Tufts University teams have won 15 national championships. The sports offered include men’s baseball, basketball, crew, football and tennis, and women’s basketball, cross country, field hockey, squash and sailing.

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