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Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student from Ice detention • Apr. 25, 2025, 7:06 AM ET (The Guardian)
Federal government appeals judge's order to move detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to Vermont • Apr. 22, 2025, 2:48 PM ET (NBC)
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont • Apr. 18, 2025, 6:52 PM ET (AP)
Judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student's case • Apr. 14, 2025, 4:18 PM ET (AP)
Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in new court filing • Apr. 11, 2025, 4:36 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Tufts College
Date 1852 - present
Areas Of Involvement coeducation
Notable Alumni Vannevar Bush • Shashi Tharoor • Jonathan Pollard • Joseph Dunford • Bill Richardson • Gregory Maguire • Meredith Vieira • Eugene F. Fama • Robert Munsch • Michelle Kwan • Jamie Dimon • Roderick MacKinnon • Stephen Moulton Babcock • Ram Dass
Related People Leonard Carmichael

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