Graduate Alliance for Multicultural Empowerment (GAME)

Created in 2005 by two Arts and Sciences graduate students and a recognized Tufts Graduate Student Council (GSC) graduate student organization, the Graduate Alliance for Multicultural Empowerment (GAME) strives to bring together graduate students from all six Tufts schools to support and promote multicultural awareness and an understanding and appreciation of cultural differences throughout the Tufts community.

GAME was profiled in spring 2007 edition of Alma Matters magazine. To view the article, click here.

<p><strong>Nkengafeh Asong</strong>

<br/><em>doctoral student, chemistry</em>

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<p><b>Current Research: </b> "My research project is very exciting. It involves developing a fundamental, yet thorough, understanding of the structure and reactions of titanium dioxide. Titanium dioxide is a photocatalyst, a compound that is able to catalyze reactions using ultra violet light as the excitation source. Titanium dioxide has great potential not only because it can ultimately be used to treat polluted water, but also because it's inexpensive and the products of the catalysis reaction are non-toxic. I have synthesized this semiconductor and am currently investigating its reactions using vibration spectroscopy."</p>

<p><b>Why Tufts:</b>  "I did my research, looked at potential schools, and decided that Tufts University offered those things I valued most in a school."</p>

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<p><strong>Ranjith Prasad Anand</strong>

<br/><em>doctoral student, biology</em>

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<p><b>Current Research: </b> "I am investigating the biological phenomena behind several DNA expansion diseases such as Huntington's disease and Spinocerebellar Ataxias."</p>

<p><b>Why Tufts: </b> "The single most important factor that makes Tufts a great place to work is the incredible sense of collegiality that exists amongst the researchers irrespective of their official status; be it a student or a faculty member. This holds especially true for the biology department. The sense of collegiality is so much so that the department feels as if it is a big family of biologists.  My Tufts graduate experience has helped me do away with my old mentality of working in isolation. It has taught me that scientific collaboration can be truly rewarding, and that great advances in science are brought about only when there is a confluence of ideas from various fields."</p>

<p><b>The Tufts Difference: </b> "I value the teaching assistantship that the biology department offered me as the most influential factor in my development as a professional researcher. I owe any improvement in my communication and presentation skills to the assistantship."</p>

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<p><strong>Richard Chen</strong>

<br/><em>master's student, economics</em>

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<p><b>Why Tufts: </b> "I chose the Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences because as a Boston resident for the past 15 years, the name Tufts has a sound of distinction. It is one of the best schools in the country competing with the likes of MIT and Harvard and armed with a great faculty."</p>

<p><b>The Tufts Difference:</b>  "The uniqueness of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences definitely comes from the faculty. The faculty here are great and different, but at the same time distinctive from other schools. My experience at Tufts has contributed tremendously to my development as a student. I've been able to throw away a naive look toward life and really have come into my own.  My Tufts experience has also fueled my desire to do research. I feel that it has opened my eyes to research topics that really interest me."</p>

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