First day of classes!
The second consecutive day of solid rain in these parts can’t dampen the excitement of the first day of classes!
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General information about the School.
Center for International Environment & Resource Policy year in review
The Center for International Environment & Resource Policy (CIERP, in local parlance) is one of Fletcher’s most active research centers. It’s the intellectual home base for a major portion of the curriculum, houses the Climate Policy Lab, and offers a variety of opportunities for students interested in climate, energy, and sustainability issues to get involved in its work.
Read moreOrientation!
If pressed to name the single most exciting day of the Admissions year, I’d start by hemming and hawing about how there are quite a few to choose from. Apply enough pressure, though, and you’d ultimately get me to say it’s the first day of Orientation. For Admissions types, it’s particularly gratifying to meet in-person people who have thus far existed only as email addresses and Zoom screens. This year’s Orientation is extra-special, as it’s the first fully in-person affair since 2019.
Read moreUpdates from The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is a home for all Fletcher students interested in the Middle East and North Africa, and one of the premier centers for studies of the region in the Boston area.
Read moreFletcher’s annual gender conference comes into focus
The Gender and International Affairs Conference has become a major Fletcher event since its inaugural 2015 edition. This student-organized conclave has featured past keynote speakers including Samantha Power and Jamille Bigio, and this year’s edition (the 8th!) promises to be just as exciting.
Read moreAdvice to incoming students: dive into the curriculum
Continuing our series of tips to help incoming students prepare for life at Fletcher, today I’ll focus on another topic that might make you think “well duh.” A reasonable response to my advice to start digging into the Fletcher curriculum is to point out that any student who applied to Fletcher, much less confirmed their plans to attend, surely has done quite a lot of this already. I sure hope so! However, the lens through which you view curricular offerings as an applicant or even an admitted student can be quite different for enrolled students.
Read moreThe mulch is back!
Over my years at Tufts I’ve become attuned to a variety of weird harbingers of seasonal change and annual milestones.
Read moreSummer courses with Fletcher LIVE Online
Fletcher’s Office of Executive Education is pleased once again to offer summer courses via Fletcher LIVE Online, a slate of accelerated online courses for professionals looking to expand their understanding of complex global issues.
Read moreVishal on the Rt Honorable Alok Sharma’s exclusive visit to Fletcher
Fletcher recently had the privilege of hosting the Rt Honorable Alok Sharma, MP, and President of COP26 (the United Nations Conference on Climate Change), his only public event during his US visit.
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