21st century Tufts University

sophia gordon hall (2006) tufts newest residence hall

under president larry bacow, tufts started capital campaign in 2006 goal of raising $1.2 billion implement full need-blind admission 2011. of december 10, 2010 campaign raised $1.14 billion. tufts received largest donations in history since 2005, including $136 million bequest endowment upon dissolution of charitable trust set 1911 alumnus frank c. doble, $100 million gift ebay founder pierre omidyar establish omidyar-tufts microfinance fund, , number of $40 million-plus gifts specific schools.

in 2008, hines interests , tudc, subsidiary of university, planned break ground on south station tower. tufts had acquired air rights south station in 1990, former president jean meyer envisioning tower center of medical research. preliminary design done cesar pelli, construction scheduled start in 2017. however, tufts withdrew project in 2009.

on november 30, 2010, university announced anthony p. monaco, formerly of oxford, become thirteenth president. monaco s inauguration took place on october 21, 2011.

as of october 15, 2015, computer science surpassed international relations largest major @ university, 466 declared majors.

on december 22, 2015, university announced run school of museum of fine arts. merger completed on june 30, 2016.

in december 2015, university completed reconstruction of memorial stairs. new central energy plant under construction , set finish in summer of 2016. replace aging 60 year old plant , provide new efficiency boilers in addition providing university directly electricity, heated , chilled water, university cut emissions. university constructing new science , engineering complex (sec). sec feature state of art laboratories , foster interdisciplinary research between neuroscience , environmental science departments. new building finished summer of 2017 , join newly rehabilitated 574 boston avenue in expansion of classroom , laboratory facilities engineering school.

in 2016, microsoft co-founder paul allen pledged $10 million donation on 4 years creation of allen discovery centers @ tufts , stanford. centers fund research read , write morphogenetic code. tufts biologist michael levin lead center research focusing on communications between cells , causation of birth defects, cancer, traumatic injuries , degenerative diseases.