Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville,Massachusetts,with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton,Massachusetts,and in Talloires. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s,when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates.
The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public research university in Lowell,Massachusetts,with a satellite campus in Haverhill,Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public university system and has been accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) since 1975. With 1,110 faculty members and over 18,000 students,it is the largest university in the Merrimack Valley and the second-largest public institution in the state. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
The Stern College for Women (SCW) is the undergraduate women's college of arts and sciences of Yeshiva University. It is located at the university's Israel Henry Beren Campus in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan.
Philip Morris Klutznick was a U.S. administrator who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 9,1980,to January 19,1981,under President Jimmy Carter. He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organisations,including as president of the World Jewish Congress from 1977 to 1979.
The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University,a private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in downtown Boston. It has clinical affiliations with numerous doctors and researchers in the United States and around the world,as well as with its affiliated hospitals in both Massachusetts,and Maine.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management is one of the four graduate schools of Brandeis University in Waltham,Massachusetts.
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat,policy advisor,and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party,Rice served as the 22nd Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023,as the 27th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013,and as the 23rd U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City. SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields,as well as the Executive MPA and PhD program in Sustainable Development.
John Gunther Dean was an American diplomat. From 1974 to 1988,he served as the United States ambassador to five nations under four American presidents.
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life is a college of Tufts University in Medford,Massachusetts. The college was founded with the aid of a $10 million donation by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam in 2000 to encourage students to perform volunteer and public services for the community.
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Israel. He was the seventy-sixth United States secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the twenty-fifth White House chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 and as director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Stephen Warren Bosworth was an American academic and diplomat. He served as Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from March 2009 to October 2011. He served three times as a U.S. Ambassador,to Tunisia (1979–1981),to the Philippines (1984–1987),and to South Korea (1997–2001). In 1987,he received the American Academy of Diplomacy's Diplomat of the Year Award.
Founded in 1891,Lowell General Hospital is an independent,not-for-profit community hospital serving the Greater Lowell area and surrounding communities. With two primary campuses located in Lowell,Massachusetts,Lowell General Hospital offers a full range of medical and surgical services for patients. Lowell General Hospital is a member of the Voluntary Hospitals of America. Lowell General is affiliated with Tufts Children's Hospital in Boston.
Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29,2011,and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8,2011. Previously,he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee,Shapiro was ordered on January 5,2017,to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. On August 30,2021,President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran.
Matthew Winthrop Barzun is an American businessman,diplomat and political fundraiser who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his fundraising work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He served as United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign. He is author of The Power of Giving Away Power from Optimism Press,an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Andrew Tisch is an American businessman,who is the co-chair of Loews Corporation,the company founded by his father Laurence Tisch and uncle Preston Robert Tisch.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University,in Medford,Massachusetts. Fletcher is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations. As of 2017,the student body numbered around 230,of whom 36 percent were international students from 70 countries,and around a quarter were U.S. minorities.
The Franklin Project was a policy program of the Aspen Institute from October 2012 to December 2015,that focused on advancing national service in the United States. Walter Isaacson called the project the "biggest idea" to come out of the Aspen Ideas Festival during his tenure as CEO of the Aspen Institute. In January 2016,the project merged with ServiceNation and the Service Year Exchange project of the National Conference on Citizenship to form Service Year Alliance.
Stephen J. Flanagan is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He formerly served as a senior director in the United States National Security Council under the Clinton and Obama administrations as well as senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
