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Turkish Tufts University student released from Louisiana immigration detention center • May 9, 2025, 8:33 PM ET (AP)
Appeals court orders ICE to return detained Turkish Tufts University student to Vermont • May 7, 2025, 2:21 PM ET (AP)
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Also Known As Tufts College
Date 1852 - present
Areas Of Involvement coeducation
Notable Alumni Vannevar Bush • Ram Dass • Joseph Dunford • Shashi Tharoor • Jamie Dimon • Jonathan Pollard • Gregory Maguire • Bill Richardson • Michelle Kwan • Meredith Vieira • Robert Munsch • Eugene F. Fama • Roderick MacKinnon • Stephen Moulton Babcock
Related People Leonard Carmichael

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