A gorgeous campus.
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Founded in 1852 Tufts in Boston is a research university and home to 5,200 undergraduate and 5,500 postgraduate students. Though in the city, it is self contained and absolutely beautifully maintained. We visited it on a rainy spring day and were lucky to encounter another Northfield Mount Hermon student from my son’s school!
Professors’ Row across from the tennis courts, where senior faculty live.
Gifford House, the Dean’s home on Packard Avenue.
The Olin Center for language studies.
The Hillel Center is a focus of the campus’s active Jewish life.
The elephant mascot is everywhere.
Caution! Robin’s nest.
The Goddard Chapel.
Inside the Goddard Chapel. The light streaks testify to the rain on the lens!
The Cannon. Painted over nightly by students advertising their accomplishments!
Ballou Hall, dating from 1853, is the oldest building on campus and in perfect repair.
Donated by none other than PT Barnum, whose circus saw its final performance just this week, the elephant is Tufts’ mascot.
The magnificent Tisch library
Hilary Hutchison sculpture in the Tisch Library dedicated to the students of Tufts.
Winston in the Tisch Library, home to 2.7 million volumes. The Tisch family are major Tufts benefactors.
Tufts has many distinguished alumni who include Pierre Omidyar of eBay fame, William Hurt, ambassador Bill Richardson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Eugene Fama, Jimmy Doolittle and distinguished actors David Costabile and Dan Hedaya.