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Tufts University has been selected to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of America s leading research universities noted for their accomplishments in education, research, and innovation.
Tufts joins a select group of 65 other highly regarded institutions, including Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, and MIT. Member universities help shape policy for higher education, science, and innovation, promote best practices in undergraduate and graduate education, and strengthen the contributions of leading research universities to American society. Every day, Tufts makes a positive difference in the world and helps to address the great challenges of our time through its teaching, research, and people, especially by nurturing the next generation of world leaders and innovators, said President Anthony P. Monaco. Joining AAU is a great honor that enhances our impact by placing us in the company of like-minded and similarly-
Tufts University will not directly invest in a group of coal and tar sands companies with large reserves, making the private Boston-area institution the latest wealthy university to take steps toward fossil fuel divestment. The Tufts Board of Trustees approved a plan last weekend under which the university will prohibit direct investment in 120 coal and tar sands companies