Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 FACT BOOK 2006-2007 Abridged 1 Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 Published by the Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation © 2007 Trustees of Tufts College PREFACE The Tufts University Fact Book, 2006/2007 is a compilation of basic information including history, programs, students, staff, facilities and finances. The current version of the Fact Book contains a new section: Faculty by Ethnicity. If there is additional information you would like to see included, please contact the Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation and we will make every effort to incorporate it into future editions. It is our belief that this information should be available to anyone interested in Tufts University. Wherever possible, we have provided columns of historical data in order to allow the reader to compare the most recent information. The Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation, online at: http://www.tufts.edu/ir/, contains a select subset of the information found in this publication, conveniently separated by topic headings. The most current information (including updates and corrections) are posted online on this website. Various university departments collect most of the facts presented here. We wish to thank everyone who assisted in this production for his or her cooperation and patience. As always, we encourage your comments and suggestions. Dawn Geronimo Terkla Executive Director Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation Lisa S. O’Leary Assistant Director, Office of Institutional Research & Evaluation Editor, Tufts University Fact Book 2 Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 University Vision Statement As we shape our future, quality will be the pole star that guides us. We will seek quality in our teaching and research and in the services that support our academic enterprise. Our programs will be those that meet our own high standards, that augment each other, and that are worthy of the respect of our students and of scholars, educators, and the larger community. For students, our search for quality will mean opportunities both in and beyond the classroom to become well educated, well–rounded individuals, professionals, and scholars. For faculty and staff, it will mean opportunities to realize their talents in the service of Tufts’ goals. Fulfilling our vision of quality will mean choices. No university can do everything for everyone, and we will seek to do those things in which we can excel. Nor is quality static, and we will therefore welcome change and innovation, continually improving quality in every aspect of the University. Learning Knowledge is important but alone is not enough. Learning must be lifelong. We will teach our students how to obtain, evaluate, and use information. We will prepare them to use historical perspective and to be receptive to new ideas. Our students will be sensitive to ethical issues and able to confront them. Teaching and The Search for Knowledge As a teaching University, we will honor and promote effective teaching, both inside and outside the classroom. We will seek an environment in which faculty and students are mutually engaged in the search for knowledge. We value research and scholarly activities independently from their contribution to teaching, but they will never become so important that we forget our commitment to educating our students. We believe technology can help us to enhance our educational programs and the services that support them. We will seek opportunities to use it effectively. Citizenship As an institution, we are committed to improving the human condition through education and discovery. Beyond this commitment, we will strive to be a model for society at large. We want to foster an attitude of “giving back;” an understanding that active citizen participation is essential to freedom and democracy; and a desire to make the world a better place. Diversity We value a diverse community of women and men—of different races, religions, geographic origins, socio–economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, personal characteristics, and interests—where differences are understood and respected. Global Orientation We will cultivate in our students an understanding of the citizens and cultures of the world, realizing this goal through our curriculum, study abroad, and students who come to Tufts from abroad. We will strive to contribute to global intellectual capital, harmony, and well being. Fiscal Responsibility Fulfilling the University’s mission and its obligations to its students, faculty, staff, and other constituencies requires that we pursue policies that ensure fiscal soundness, now and in the future. To accomplish this, we will seek out new resources as well as using those we have as efficiently and effectively as possible. 3 Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 HISTORY A “Horrible” in a barrel from the Junior class, ca. 1918. 4 Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 . Highlights of 2006 Dr. Deborah T. Kochevar was named Dean of Jonathan Tisch made a landmark $40 million the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in gift to name the Jonathan M. Tisch College of August. Citizenship and Public Service. Professor Lynne Pepall assumed responsibility Delta Dental of Massachusetts awarded $5 as the Interim Dean of the Graduate School of million to the School of Dental Medicine. This Arts and Sciences in September. is the largest gift in the Dental School’s history and will be used to endow a chair in public Martin Sherwin, Tufts’ Walter S. Dickson health and community service. Professor of English and American History, was the co-recipient of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Nobel Biocare AB, of Sweden, awarded $4 biography. Professor Sherwin received the million to the School of Dental Medicine. This award for a biography of J. Robert gift is the second largest in the Dental School’s Oppenheimer, “American Prometheus,” that he history and will be used to develop and expand co-authored with Kai Bird. the School’s Implant Center and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic. Burton Crosby Hallowell, the ninth president of Tufts University, died on November 21. Swiss businessman and philanthropist Thomas Schmidheiny gifted The Fletcher School with $5 Tufts endowment has grown from $657 million million. The Fletcher School plans to launch a to $1.2 billion as of June 30, 2006. 2-year interdisciplinary master’s degree program in international management in the Beyond Boundaries: the Campaign for Tufts fall of 2008. was publicly announced in November. This is a university-wide campaign that will raise $1.2 Sophia Gordon Hall, the Medford/Somerville billion for financial aid, endowed campus’ first new residence hall since 1991, professorships, new research facilities, and and the first ‘green’ building, opened in initiative in citizenship and public service, September. among other priorities. On the Grafton campus, construction was The School of Engineering received completed of a small animal clinic for the accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and Engineering and Technology (ABET). constuction began for an addition to the Large Animal Hospital. The School of Medicine received full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on A new 137-space student parking garage near Medical Education (LCME) of the American South Hall on the Medford/Somerville campus Medical Association and the Association of opened in September. American Medical Colleges. The university launched a new visual identity The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement system in the fall. of Teaching selected Tufts University for its new Community Engagement Classification. Tufts University celebrated its 150th Tufts, which also holds the foundation’s highest commencement in May. classification for research activity, was honored for its community-related teaching and scholarship, as well as its outreach and partnerships. 5 Tufts ⏐ University ⏐ Fact ⏐ Book ⏐ 2006 ⏐ 2007 A SPECTS OF T UFTS U NIVERSITY H ISTORY 2003— Dr. Michael Rosenblatt was named as the Dean of Tufts School of Medicine. Mary R. Jeka was appointed Vice President of University Relations. Linda M. Abriola was named Dean of the School of 2005— Dr. Robert Sternberg was named Dean of Engineering. Ellen Zane was named as the new the School of Arts and Sciences. Philip Kosch president and CEO of Tufts-New England Medical resigned as Dean of the Cummings School of Center and Floating Hospital for Children, the first Veterinary Medicine. In June, Tufts launched its woman in the position. In November, Tufts (College OpenCourseWare website. The Cummings School of of Liberal Arts, Jackson College, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine received accreditation from the Arts & Sciences, School of Engineering, College of American Veterinary medical Association in March. Special Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Nearly 50 Tulane University students, displaced by Diplomacy, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Hurricane Katrina, spent the fall semester at Tufts Sciences and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman University. Pierre and Pam Omidyar, both graduates School of Nutrition Science and Policy) received of Tufts, invested $100 million in international reaccredidation by the New England Association of microfinance initiatives through a unique partnership Schools and College. The next evaluation is with Tufts. The $100 million endowment gift is the scheduled for 2013. John Baronian, A50, donated largest single gift in the history of Tufts University, 3,000 sculptures and art pieces to the University. as well as the largest private allocation of capital to microfinance by an individual or family. Pierre and Pam Omidyar also committed a $25 million challenge grant to be used to expand the number of undergraduate scholarships. The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine was awarded a $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to build a state-of-the-art, regional biosafety laboratory on the Grafton campus. A new boathouse for the crew teams was built on the Malden River in Medford. 2004— Dr. Eileen Kennedy was named Dean of the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.