STEM diversity

Tufts’ Justice-based Engineering and Data Science Initiative focuses on making meaningful changes to the engineering curriculum that better reflect real-world conditions.

Asian American and Pacific Islander faculty members investigate their backgrounds to find the roots of their academic and intellectual pursuits.

Matias Aranguiz, E22, EG23, excelled as a fifth-year master’s student in mechanical engineering and made time to tutor undergraduate students.

Luisa Guarco, E23, found a balance between engineering, DEIJ, and the liberal arts at Tufts.

Data science junior Taarika Bala connects with her culture through the University Chaplaincy and Jumboraas, one of Tufts’ South Asian dance groups.

Grace Caldara brings her experiences as a woman of color in STEM and her work in social justice to her leadership of Tufts’ Center for STEM Diversity.

Join the School of Engineering on March 31 for a DEIJ colloquium with Dr. Darryll Pines, President of the University of Maryland.

Members of STEM education organization KARMA, supported by a grant administered by the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, created a word for ‘robot’ in the Navajo language.

Co-presidents Jahnea Potts, E25, and Nasir Wynruit, E25, of Tufts Black Students in Computer Science forge a supportive community with a technological edge.